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Brewery + Distillery: The Perfect Pairing for Success

Adding distillation equipment to your brewery offers the benefits of expanded product ranges, enhanced revenue opportunities, captivating consumer experiences, and differentiated branding.

Working with Independent Bottlers and Blending Houses

For craft-whiskey distilleries, independent bottlers and blenders offer unique opportunities for collaboration and raising brand awareness.

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Case Study: Black Frost and the Pursuit of “Rum Oil”

Led by a brewmaster with a family legacy, a hunger for knowledge, and a passion for mixed-culture fermentation, Minnesota’s Black Frost Distilling is producing fragrant, old-fashioned rums using half-wild yeast and open-topped wooden fermentors.

The Art of Budgeting for Your Distillery

Creating a budget may seem daunting, but it can reinforce your distillery’s vision, align your team, and set the stage for success.

Beasties in the Spirits Bottle: Tradition, Gimmickry, and Risk

There is immediate marketing appeal in having something—a worm, a bug, a piece of fruit, a sliver of wood—floating in a bottle of spirits. There’s also some history and tradition behind the practice … but there are risks.

Your Spirits. Our Ingredients.

From distiller’s malt to yeast, fruit, and more, Country Malt Group is here to support your craft.

Distiller’s Perspective: Black Fox Grows Its Flavor on the Farm

This Saskatchewan farm and distillery is making its whiskeys from home-grown triticale and exposing its barrels to the extreme local climate, all while telling its unique story to the world.

Dollar Trees: Distilleries Kick in on Reforestation

Planting trees is critical to alleviating climate change, and wood is critical to the spirits industry. With support from customers, distilleries are giving to programs that plant more trees—often for a buck a bottle.

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Go Long: Helpful Tips for Long-Term Whiskey Maturation

Older isn’t necessarily better—despite the interest in higher age statements—but there are specific, achievable ways to help set up longer-aged whiskeys for success.

A New Perennial Favorite: Making Whiskey with Kernza

There are costs and challenges—and it’s not all that easy to find—but a growing handful of distillers are excited about the potential of Kernza, a perennial grain domesticated for its environmental benefits.