Distilleries

Photo: KoHana Distillery in Hawaii

Our tours of distilleries currently on in California and even one in Hawaii! We have loved the ones we have written about here, and made sure to bring some liquor home from our visit as well!

Some of our favorites have been Hotaling & Co in San Francisco, and KoHana Rum in Hawaii!

See what we liked and how our experiences were below!

We went on a tour of Lindores Abbey distillery in Scotland. It is the spiritual home of Scotch whisky. It is considered a pilgrimage for whisky lovers. Lindores Abbey is a newer distillery, but historically, this distillery plays a super interesting role in the history of whisky! The first known written reference to whisky …

The first single malt distillery in Edinburgh, Scotland in almost a century, Holyrood Distillery makes whisky and gin! Holyrood Distillery is the first whisky distillery in the city of Edinburgh for almost 100 years. The last distillery closed in 1925, known as Glen Sciennes or Newington distillery. Holyrood is in a 180 year old …

This cheatsheet is a comprehensive list of the 5 Scotch regions of whisky in Scotland. We hope this helps to make sense of the distinctive flavors that Scotland brings to their whisky. Since we are visiting Scotland for the first time, we wanted to share this cheat sheet all about the different Scotch regions …

Check out our tour of McHenry County, Illinois Craft Beverage Trail! 11 breweries and distilleries are combining forces for a great tour of beers and liquors sure to please all, just 1 hour west of Chicago! McHenry County, Illinois has started a new Craft Beverage Trail that encompasses 11 breweries and distilleries in the …

This “German Steamworks”, Dampfwerk Distillery in located in the twin cities, specifically in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. They are a micro-distillery that produces European style fruit brandies, herbal liqueurs, gin, aquavit and whiskey. Let me just start this post by saying how excited we were to finally go to Dampfwerk Distillery while we were …

Holladay Distillery is the oldest distillery west of the Mississippi River. Located in Weston, Missouri, they use a spring that Lewis and Clark discovered in 1804. History abounds in a simple bourbon tour here. 95% of the world’s bourbon comes from Kentucky, but bourbon can be made anywhere in the US as long as …

Join us on this tour of Humboldt Distillery in Fortuna, California. This original micro distillery in Humboldt County, California produces vodka, rum and whiskey. See our tasting notes of their products as well as their facilities, and make plans to visit yourself! On our recent spring break trip we made our way to Northern …

This post is all about a weekend spent in Kansas City, Missouri. Bars, Distilleries, Restaurants and other places we went during our spirited travel to visit Kansas City! Jay and I took a quick weekend away before the boys started school in August. We can’t wait to show you all we ate, drank and …

ZOur tour of the Kō Hana Rum Distillery in Hawaii! In March this year we went to Hawaii for a family vacation. We took the kids, and went with Jay’s parents and sister, as well. For the first part of our trip we stayed on the North Shore, which was amazing by the way …

Check out our trip to an amazing Sonoma Valley distillery! We also used their Nocino to make a fabulous walnut rum old fashioned cocktail! When most people think about visiting Sonoma, they envision rolling hills covered in grapevines and beautiful tasting rooms! But, there is a whole other side of Sonoma that has a …