Come on out for a distillery tour!  We are open all Memorial Day weekend for our regular business hours.  We will be open Saturday and Monday from 10AM-5PM and on Sunday from noon to 5PM.  We have free tours every hour on the hour with the first at noon and last tour at 4PM.

A small distillery in LeClaire, Iowa has been recognized as producing some of the world’s finest spirits.  Three of Mississippi River Distilling Company’s products recently received top industry ratings at one of the world’s top spirits competitions.

Results were recently announced from the 13th Annual San Francisco World Spirits Competition.  Cody Road Bourbon Whiskey won silver and Cody Road Rye Whiskey earned bronze in the American Craft Whiskey category.  River Pilot Vodka received silver in the vodka category. Read more »

Queen Bee Honey Whiskey is back!  Our most popular seasonal release to date makes it’s second release on April 5.  This is a bourbon whiskey infused with fresh honey from beekeepers near Preston, Iowa, just 30 miles north of the distillery. The use of fresh honey is unique says owner and distiller Ryan Burchett. Read more »

Do you have an idea for a great whiskey? Want your own custom whiskey for your bar or restaurant? You and some buddies want your own label for the hunting camp? Want an amazing one-of-a-kind holiday gift? Here’s your chance!

We will custom make a 30 gallon barrel of whiskey for you. You pick the grain bill, the yeast, the barrel, the age and the proof. You even get to name it! When it’s done, you get all the whiskey in the barrel and the empty barrel to display proudly.

Visit this page for more information.

Mississippi River Distilling Company is excited to announce the release of their newest seasonal product, “Dry Dock Sorghrum” on February 1, 2013.  Known for incorporating local ingredients in their spirits, MRDC partnered with a new Iowa business on this product.  This time Maasdam Sorghum Mills near Lynnville, Iowa has provided sorghum syrup that was crafted into a unique rum.

“The whole idea of the seasonal spirits is to bring some unique products to the market and also partner with other local businesses,” Ryan Burchett, MRDC owner and distiller, says.  “We’ve had so many people ask us for rum.  But rum is made from sugar cane and molasses.  But we finally figured out a way to put a local spin on it and we invented ‘sorghrum.’”

MRDC used sorghum syrup made in an early 1900’s style steam powered sorghum press at the Maasdam Farm.  They fermented the sorghum syrup along with sugar and then distilled it into a spirit. That spirit went into a new, charred barrel for a short age before hitting the bottle.

“This was so much fun to have something come along that allowed us to be a little creative a put a totally new spin on an old favorite.” remarks owner and distiller Garrett Burchett.  “We purposely short aged this one so we wouldn’t cover up the unique flavor of the sorghum.  It left some interesting cinnamon and nutmeg notes.  We think spiced rum drinkers will like this one.”

The name is meant to play off of the unique history of the spirit.  “When people think of rum, they think of the Caribbean.  We want to give that feeling, but this one came from waves of grain, not from the sea.”

The project has been in the works since last year and is finally hitting the market tomorrow.  Retailers all across Iowa can purchase Dry Dock Sorghrum from the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division in Ankeny.  Production was limited to only 5,000 bottles.  Distillers expect to have it in stock through the spring.  In April, the popular Queen Bee Honey Whiskey will return as the spring seasonal.

Mississippi River Distilling Company is celebrating the release of the new spirit at their First Friday event held Friday, Feb. 1 from 5:30 – 8 p.m. Recipes made with Dry Dock Sorghrum and other MRDC spirits will be available for sampling along with a special Valentine’s Day rocks glass giveaway to patrons who purchase bottles of spirits during the event.

You love whiskey. So do we. And we want you to see what it’s all about from beginning to end. Experience whiskey in a whole new way with this up close and personal weekend. You’ll get a chance to do everything from the mashing to distilling to bottling. Learn more about the history of whiskey. Take a sensory journey through the distillation process. Learn to make classic cocktails with handmade spirits. This is a complete whiskey weekend you’ll never forget!

Find out more at:  http://mrdistilling.com/frame/products_whiskeyschool.shtml

Mississippi River Distilling Company is excited to announce the arrival of their new Cody Road Rye Whiskey along with the first large scale release of Cody Road Bourbon Whiskey.  Read more »

You asked for it and now it is finally back!  Iowa Coffee Company Liqueur was our fall seasonal last year and it was such a big hit, we’ve brought it back for 2012. Read more »

We are counting down the days until Nov. 2.  Not only will we have a whole bunch of Cody Road Bourbon coming out of aging.  But we’ll also be taking the wraps off our our newest whiskey, CODY ROAD RYE WHISKEY. Read more »

We will have our next batch of Cody Road Bourbon ready for release in early October.
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