Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey

Great Minds Drink Alike.

They say no two snowflakes are the same. 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.

Full-bodied as the fire that bore it, this whiskey glowed amber from the start. When volunteer firefighter Jess Graber responded to a neighbor's barn fire down the road, he never imagined any good could come of it. But the barn he made effort to save belonged to George Stranahan, long-time liquor connoisseur. When the fire settled, the two discovered a shared passion for the Colorado outdoors and a good pour of fine whiskey. And so Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey was born. They developed a recipe for the smoothest, most flavorful whiskey in the world using the purity of their mountain surroundings to their advantage. Well, to your advantage. They say from each thing bad comes something good. For Jess, George, and fine whiskey drinkers alike, it's amazing just how good it can be.

Master Distiller

Jake Norris - Our ingredients carry the purity and the freshness of the Rocky Mountains. Eighty percent of our barley is grown in Colorado with the remainder coming from the Rocky Mountain region. Our water sources can be found in the crisp mountain streams of the Rockies, just a stone-throw away to the west. The barley goes through a roller mill (half husk cracked, for the sake of detail) and then into our 30 barrel mash-tun here at the distillery. The grain is mashed, sparged and transferred as a naturally maltose-sugar-rich liquid to the kettle where it is boiled before being filtered, cooled and transferred to one of our 60 barrel fermentation vessels. Once the fermentation is complete, the wash is then again filtered and transferred to distillery holding tanks. From the holding tanks, the wash goes into a custom made combination pot (scotch style) and column (bourbon style) still, made by Vendome Copper Co. of Louisville, Kentucky. We distill it twice, of course, taking the best parts of the doubling run. And that's what fills our 52.8 gallon charred, American white oak whiskey barrels. We age our whiskey a minimum of two years before it reaches bottled perfection for your drinking pleasure.