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Seelbach's Inside The Distillery: Grand Traverse Distillery

by Blake Riber September 13, 2018

In this weeks episode, we talk with Landis Rabish from Grand Traverse Distillery. Grand Traverse Distillery is in Traverse City, MI. They focus on grain-to-glass distilling. They source their grains from a farm just a few miles from the distillery.

Grand Traverse Distillery uses a 60/30/10 corn/rye/malted barley for their bourbon and 100% rye on their rye whiskey. They started with a lower percentage of rye in their bourbon. Because they love the rye flavor they get they decided to increase the amount of rye.

 

 

Show Notes:

- Founded in 2007 making grain-to-glass vodka

- [13:04] to hear a dephlegmator defined and how it affects distilling

- [15:05] why copper is used in stills

- [20:09] the difference in distillation with whiskey vs. vodka

- [23:13] what a distillers production day looks like

- [29:00] explanation of their Cherry Whiskey. It's not the flavored whiskey you're used to!

- [34:30] a sneak peek at a new product line but a great explanation of solera aging

- [36:17] we discuss barrel selection and how the wood plays a large factor in the aging in development of the whiskey. Grand Traverse is now working with Seguin Moreau Napa Cooperage to test high-vanillin barrels

Grand Traverse Distillery Collection:

 

 

 

 

 

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