It has recently been brought to my attention that you guys "out there", need a bit of updating on the goings on around here.

Well the turkey is dead and the goose is getting nervous.

Fall has fallen and winter is peeking around the corner.  The mornings are crisp and the evenings a deep  clear mountain cold.  Leaves are falling and I can smell the brats and peppers on the grill and hear the roar of the football game.  Fall in Colorado is wonderful, a drive through the mountains makes you wonder how any one made it past the beauty of the Rocky Mountains on their way west.  Seas of brilliant golden shimmering aspens, the scattered red burst of a scrub oak and endless green spans of Colorado pine as far as the eye can see.  The vista is beauti

Friends,
              It has been a while since I last took fingers to keyboard, but I have not been writing for lack of motivation or absence of news but rather because I have been busier than a one legged man at an ass kicking contest. 

4/8/09 was 5 years to the day that I laid down our first barrel of Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey.  To commemorate this occasion John Hinkenlooper, Mayor of Denver attended a ceremony at the distillery and hammered in the bung on our 1000th barrel.  On a fun note, 1000 barrels makes 5280 gallons of whiskey, and as you might know denver is exactly 5280 feet above sea level.  The day after sealing our 1000th barrel we bottled our 100,000th bottle of Stranahan's.  Wow time flies when your having fun, and we are just getting started.  Thank you all for supporting us in th

I am often asked about the "distilled on date" on the label of a bottle of Stranhan's.  When I set out to bottle a batch of whiskey I hand select 12 barrels of whiskey varying in age from 2 years to 5 years old and marry them together.  The cask strength whiskey is then cut down to exactly 94 proof using Eldoroado Springs water.  The date we write on the label will generally be the youngest barrel in the batch. Cheers Jake

The first Snowflake special edition goes on sale Monday 1/12/09, a Hungarian white oak cask finish.  There is extremely limited amount available, so stop in and buy a bottle soon.  When it is gone , ti is gone. 

      They say no two snowflakes are the same.  On that giant rocky mountain of white glistening snow, no two flakes are alike.   The same can be said of Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey.   Each batch has its own characteristics, its own nuance that makes it unique.  We cherish that quality about our whiskey.  To celebrate the handmade character of Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey we are releasing a line of extremely limited edition one-off bottlings aptly named Snowflakes.
 

It all started with a mail delivery.  The postman arrived with a package wrapped in plain brown paper.  I signed my name and took the parcel.  Upon opening I realized it was the much awaited "Whiskey Bible 2009".  I had been waiting eagerly for the release of the new addition since it was to contain reviews of every batch of Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey 1-23.  I was eager to see what the esteemed Jim Murray thinks of all out little babies, but I was excited also because we are the first whiskey distillery ever, in all of time, to have every single one of i

    Your lunch was stolen, the boss bit you, your dog ran away, your pick up truck didn't start....No it is not the new hit country song, it was your day today.  You get home, kick off your shoes, aim for that Laz-y-boy with that bottle of Rocky Mountain comfort in mind.  After all, even when your wife tells you to sleep in the garage, Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey still loves you.  Your hand reaches for that glowing amber capsule, malted barley having undergone the alchemy of time, sweet, mellow, smooth, and complex.  Before you pour a well deserved dram i