How it all began
BORN OF FIRE & FRIENDSHIP
When volunteer firefighter Jess Graber responded to a neighbor’s barn fire down the road, he never imagined what would come of it.
FROM EACH BAD THING COMES SOMETHING GOOD
Stranahan’s® Colorado Whiskey is Colorado’s first legal whiskey distillery since Prohibition. This Rocky Mountain Single Malt is handcrafted from grain to glass in Denver, Colorado. Using only the finest resources, our whiskey is made from 4 ingredients: 100% malted barley, yeast, Rocky Mountain water, and time in the barrel.
The story of Stranahan’s started when volunteer firefighter Jess Graber responded to a neighbor’s barn fire in 1998. He never imagined that any good would come of it. But the barn he made an effort to save belonged to Woody Creek local George Stranahan, a long-time brewery owner, and whiskey connoisseur. When the fire settled, the two discovered a shared passion for the Colorado outdoors and a good pour of fine whiskey.
From this relationship, Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey was born. The two developed a recipe for a distinctively smooth and flavorful American Single Malt whiskey using their local mountain surroundings to their advantage and releasing the first Original bottle in 2006. Created and founded in 2004, Stranahan’s® Colorado whiskey is Colorado’s first Rocky Mountain Single Malt, the pioneer and leader of American Single Malt.
HANDCRAFTED IN SMALL BATCHES
By hand-producing our Single Malt whiskey from barley to bottle, we have our fingerprints on the process every step of the way. Using only the finest resources, our whiskey is made from 4 ingredients: 100% malted barley, yeast, Rocky Mountain water and time in the barrel.
MEET THE TEAM
Peter Macca
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Paul Woebkenberg
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Armon Hainesworth
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Eric Quintero
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Walter Polinski
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Meghann Darby
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Rodrigo Braun
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Kelsy Nixon
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Rachel Cox
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Joseph Grenham
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Mindy Dhillon
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Anders Englund
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Charles Koller
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Sam Gentry
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Derek Biggs
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Jason Levinson
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Andy Fournier
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Aaron Cronin
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Laura Hemstead
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Tyler Glasser
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