Limoncello 40% Alc. by Vol. – Rind Altering: utilizing all the parts of the fruit
We squeeze a lot of lemons at the distillery for the fresh juice used in the legendary cocktails at Ciderhouse. After 8 years of composting the remaining rinds we decided we should put all the future zest to a better use. I’ve been wanting to make a limoncello for a ... Read More
6.5 & 7 Year Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey – Mash Bills, Aging and Bottle Dates
Athens West End Distillery
Straight Bourbon Whiskey
6.5-Year-Old
Mash Bill:
55% Open pollinated, yellow dent, field corn grown by Cowdery Family Farms in Longbottom Ohio.
45% Organic 2-row barley malt from Briess Organics in Chilton Wisconsin
Aging:
Barreled 60 gallons on 12/9/2015 in two, thirty-gallon Barrel Mill #3 char barrels at 65% ABV
Dumped 42 gallons on 6/9/2022 ... Read More
6.5 Year Malt Whisky – 10.21.2022 Straight Malt Whisky Bottled Today
Athens West End Distillery
Straight Malt Whiskey
6.5 Year Old
Mash Bill:
100% Organic 2-row barley malt from Briess Organics in Chilton Wisconsin
No Peat Malt or peat character
Aging:
Barreled 60 gallons on 12/9/2015 in two, thirty-gallon Barrel Mill #3 char barrels at 65% ABV
Dumped 15 gallons on 6/9/2022 at 78 months, 63% ABV
Bottling:
Bottled on 10/21/2022 ... Read More
Ciderhouse Single Variety Ciders: Kingston Black & Roxbury Russet
Kingston Black
- 75 trees. 18 bushel. 2.5gal/bushel. 45 gal. year 6. 17.3 P. small dry picked late. Nov 18
2021 75 trees. 40 bushel. 3.4gal/bushel. 135 gal. year 7. 13.6 P. small picked early. Sept 13
Roxbury Russet
2021 75 trees. 135 gal. 40 bushel. 14.5P. Nov 5 harvest
The Athens West End Ciderhouse started ... Read More
Athens West End Distillery Malt Whiskey
Athens West End Distillery Malt Whiskey
May 11, 2021
Our first barrel of Malt Whiskey is made from 100% Organic 2-row barley from
Briess Organics. This grist was mashed and lautered then fermented. This ferment
was distilled twice, starting with a wash run with no cuts then the second and final
rectification run with 4 ... Read More
Original Distillation vs Neutral Grain Spirits
As we were laying out our first label for approval, we decided to use the term Original Distillation (coined by the Fed Govt) to define our process. I felt this phrase had a story that needed telling, and using this statement on the label was a subtle way of starting ... Read More
Sorghum & Rum – Or: Mama's in the Sorghum Patch!
Sorghum and Rum, two words you generally don’t hear together. At the federal government level The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, the TTB, define “Rum” as “Spirits distilled from the fermented juice of sugar cane, sugar cane syrup, sugar cane molasses or other sugar cane by-products at less ... Read More
Who Grows Your Spirit? – by Kelly Sauber
As a profound lover of beer and a craft brewer since 1996, I know the difference between a true craft beer and Blue Moon or Land Shark. I would never expect in a million years to go into a brewpub, order a beer and discover it was actually brewed by ... Read More
About Kelly Sauber – Co-Founder & Head of West End Distillery
Dancing Tree Distillery was founded by Kelly Sauber in 2011 with the intent to make exceptional local spirits. Kelly was, as he says “born and bred” in Athens, Ohio. Dancing Tree became West End Distillery in 2018 and is now located just a few hundred feet away from the Read More
A Bourbon Story
Time does not fly when you’re waiting on full barrels of Bourbon Whiskey to grow up. Well, they used to be full. Damn angel’s keep making claims. I’m finally at the point where I’m proud to dump my first barrel. Dump meaning cut and bottle.
Mind you, I only have one ... Read More