Marketers of authentic craft-method spirits, many of which we were deeply involved in creating. We spun off from Germain-Robin in 2003 because of Hangar 1.
Craft Distillers deals in small-batch craft-method spirits. These spirits result from the intervention of an individual in the otherwise fairly mechanical process of distillation. Each reflects the creative individuality of a single human being, working with small, hand-operated equipment: his experience and insight, his special talent, his creative innovations. We're about authenticity, special ingredients, personal attention, love of one's work. Our products are real.
We're marketers of what we call "pure, beautifully made spirits", and we like putting out true information about them.
GERMAIN ROBIN Brandy
.....Hand-distilled in Mendocino County, California, from premium wine grape varietals, using a small antique cognac still
.....Founded in 1982, first released in 1987
.....Consistently reviewed as on of the world's finest spirits
GERMAIN ROBIN Absinthe Superieure
.....A white (clear) absinthe distilled on the antique cognac still from an apple-honey mead (an old family recipe) infused with botanicals
.....Opalescent louche
.....On Paul Pacult's list of the world's top fifteen liqueurs
MAISON SURRENNE Cognac
.....Single-district, often single-vintage, cognacs from the extensive cellars of the largest remaining family-held cognac house
.....Rated Best Buy by Wine Enthusiast magazine; Cognac of the Year by both Wine & Spirits magazine and Food & Wine magazine
.....Includes collector's bottlings: Tonneau 1; Grande Champagne 1946 Unblended; Héritage 1875; Cask 356
LOW GAP Whiskey
.....100% malted Bavarian hard wheat distilled on a 17 HL antique cognac still
.....Currently in release only as a clear (white) whiskey
CRISPIN'S ROSE Liqueur
.....Hand-distilled from macerations of fresh-picked heirloom roses
.....Wine Enthusiast says, "Remarkable, fabulous bouquet of a room filled with roses at their peak bloom. Spectacular."
LOS NAHUALES Artisan Mezcal
.....Produced in a tiny distillery in Santiago Matatlan, Oaxaca, to supply the owners' restaurants
.....Three bottlings: unaged Joven, and Reposado and Anejo aged in French Oak
MEZCALERO Artisan Mezcal
.....Individual bottlings from family distilleries in remote Oaxacan pueblos
.....Anthony Dias Blue says, "If tequila is too tame for you, check this out - remarkable and complex."
