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The distillery started with one man’s passion to make a great Rocky Mountain Whiskey. Proprietor and distiller, dAVID PERKINS
My wife, brother, his wife, and I visited the High West Distillery in Wanship, Utah. We enjoyed a delicious lunch and then took a tour of the distillery where we learned about the process of making whiskey from grain to bottle. The tour concluded with a tasting of some of the distillery’s best whiskey.
High West Distillery is a world-class distillery and visitor center featuring educational tours and High West’s unique country-western cuisine. The distillery is located at the base of the Blue Sky Ranch and has the distinction of being the world’s only distillery-dude-ranch. The kitchen and tasting room are open Wednesday - Sunday from 10:30 am - 4:30 pm. You can make reservations online for the limited lunch menu as well as educational tours and whiskey tastings.
The distillery started with one man’s passion to make a great Rocky Mountain Whiskey. Proprietor and distiller David Perkins married his background as a biochemist, his love of bourbon and cooking, and his passion for the American West to bring the craft of small-batch distilling back to Utah, of all places. In addition to the tour, High West Distillery and Saloon is an intimate gathering place serving small plates of nouveau Western fare, a full selection of fine wine and spirits, and their own small-batch, mountain-crafted, award-winning whiskeys and vodkas. It sounds like we had a great time at the distillery and learned a lot about the process of making whiskey. I hope this description captures the essence of our trip!
WANSHIP, Utah
From grain to grist, grist to beer, and beer distilled into mighty fine whiskey that is aged for years
then ready to be enjoyed.
The distillery's process on how they make some of the best whiskey in the west.
Darren
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