| Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey | |
| Location | Denver, Colorado United States |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | George Stranahan Jess Graber (independent) |
| Year opened | 2004 |
Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey is a 94 proof, small-batch whiskey distilled in Denver, Colorado, 200 S Kalamath St Denver Co. Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey is the first microdistillery making whiskey in Colorado and the Rocky Mountains as well as one of the first in the country. Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey is the first of a new category known as "Rocky Mountain Straight Whiskey"
The whiskey is made from a unique four-barley fermented wash that consists of carbon filtered Rocky Mountain water and western barley that is grown in the Northern Rockies. The wash is distilled in a Vendome Copper custom-made combination Pot / Column still and then aged in 50 gallon heavily charred (#4 char), American white oak whiskey barrels made by World Cooperage in Lebeanon MO. The barrels age for between 2 and 5 years in a humidified, climate controlled environment. 10-12 barrels are combined to make each batch consisting of 2500-3000 bottles. Each bottle is filled by hand and each label is hand written identifying the distiller, batch number, the youngest barrel in the batch and a unique comment.
Stranahan's is named after minority owner, educator and activist George Stranahan, who also owns the Flying Dog Brewery formerly of Denver, currently located in Maryland. [1] Jess Graber, retired firefighter, is the majority partner and founder of the company. Head distiller and production manager Jake Norris is also a part owner and founder of the company.
Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey won the Gold medal in the malt whiskey division of the 2008 American Distillers Institute in Louisville KY. as well as the over all Best of Show. Other awards include Westword's Best of Denver 2008 and 2009, The Malt Advocate Magazines Pioneer of the year 2008, Jim Murray's 2008 Whiskey Bible named SCW The Best Small Batch Distilled Whiskey in the World.
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