• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advertise
  • About Craft Brewing Business

Craft Brewing Business

Professional Insight, Unfiltered

Craft Brewing Business Craft Brewing Business
  • News
  • Business & Marketing
  • Packaging & Distribution
  • Equipment & Systems
  • Ingredients & Supplies
  • Webinars & White Papers
  • News
  • Business & Marketing
  • Ingredients & Supplies
  • Packaging & Distribution
  • Equipment
  • Webinars & White Papers
  • COVID-19

Craft crossovers: Craft brewers dabble in distilling

April 9, 2013Jason Morgan

Craft Beer Distilling wins awards
Craft brewers Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Rogue Ales & Spirits and Dogfish Head Craft Brewery all took home medals from the American Distilling Institute.

While all brewers perfect the art of beer, some take a step further to experiment with other alcohol forms. Last week, we saw the Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) diversify into ciders, and this week brings news of craft brewers who took their distilled spirits to the American Distilling Institute. Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Rogue Ales & Spirits and Dogfish Head Craft Brewery all took home medals for their forays into the distilling world.

Bloomberg Businessweek reported that Ballast Point’s Devil’s Share malt whiskey won “Best in Class” for its whiskey, while Rouge took a silver for its Dead Guy whiskey. Dogfish Head also grabbed a sliver for its Brown Honey rum. Bloomberg said this craft crossover shouldn’t come as a shock, and pointed to writer John Holl’s article in All About Beer:

The wine boom of the 1970s and 1980s led into the craft beer revolution that began in the decades after and continues today. Now artisanal distilleries are gaining momentum. Most beverage entrepreneurs have long been content with running one business, but there are a growing number of breweries — including Rogue Ales, Dogfish Head, Samuel Adams, New Holland and others — that are adding distilling to their operations.

Just north of the Craft Brewing Business office, there has been a growing interest in local distilling thanks in large part to the launch of Cleveland Whiskey, which mirrors the small business entrepreneur spirit of local craft brewers like Great Lakes Brewing Co., the Market Garden Brewery and Distillery and Indigo Imp Brewery.

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Distribution Wisconsin
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery to build new distillery on Milton campus
Russian River Brewing Pliny The Elder
Russian River Brewing’s Pliny the Elder voted 2013 “Best Commercial Beer”
craft-spirits-distillery
FYI: TTB wants to ease distilled spirit permitting
BFD_Group_Pic-1
Ballast Point awards Brewing for Diversity Scholarships with UC San Diego Extension

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. DenverBeerGuy says

    April 9, 2013 at 12:59 pm

    RT @BavarianAF: Craft crossovers: Craft brewers dabble in distilling – Craft Brewing Business http://t.co/pG0MIfiar8

    Log in to Reply
  2. BavarianAF says

    April 9, 2013 at 12:48 pm

    Craft crossovers: Craft brewers dabble in distilling – Craft Brewing Business http://t.co/pG0MIfiar8

    Log in to Reply
  3. DenverBeerGuy says

    April 9, 2013 at 12:13 pm

    RT @CraftBrewingBiz: Craft crossovers: @dogfishbeer @BPbrewing @RogueAles take home distilling awards. Congrats! http://t.co/eJogAYAa3a

    Log in to Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Primary Sidebar

Latest News

  • New Belgium unveils its latest solar installation at Asheville brewery
  • Oregon Fruit Products debuts line of certified organic fruit purees
  • Are brewery employees happy? Depends on the department
  • MadTree Brewing’s One Good Party has a great beer competition that supports non-profits

Sign up for our newsletter

unsubscribe from list

Most Popular Today

Recent Features

  • satisfaction surveysAre brewery employees happy? Depends on the department
    May 16, 2022
  • Male hand closes hatch of brewery tankUnfiltered: Do I need to clean tanks between transfers?
    May 11, 2022
  • Hard seltzers: Achieve high alcohol fermentations in a clean and neutral way with the proper nutrient aids
    May 9, 2022
  • Paxton Products uses air and ionization to rinse and dry beer bottles and cans
    May 9, 2022
  • Did you miss the 2022 Craft Brewers Conference this week? Yeah? I see. Well, here’s what it looked like
    May 5, 2022
  • Beth-Anne-Merida-Grant-winner-6Craft breweries support teachers and nurses with great promotions this month
    May 5, 2022

Footer

  • Email Newsletter Sign Up
  • About Craft Brewing Business
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise on Craft Brewing Business
  • Media Kit Download
  • Privacy and Terms

© 2022 · CBB Media LLC

Posting....