Distillery Report: Bourbon in Woodinville
See you in 2012, J.P. Trodden.
Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Aug 04, 2010 at 10:42AM
10 Comments
J.P. Trodden, a new Woodinville-based craft distiller, is about to start production on a bourbon-style whiskey.
To qualify as a bourbon [this should read “straight bourbon,” see comments for details], whiskey has to be made in the United States from at least 51 percent corn and aged for at least two years in New American oak barrels. In other words, you won’t be tasting J.P. Trodden whiskey for some time.
Distiller Mark Nesheim, who owns J.P. Trodden with wife Jennifer Severson, graduated from the apprentice program at Dry Fly in Spokane. He says he and his wife are big fans of bourbon, so when the law changed the decided to try their hand at making it.
While most new craft distilleries are starting out with an unaged spirit so that they can get a product to the people as soon as possible, Nesheim and Severson are only making whiskey.I look forward to tasting it in 2012.
Tags: Whiskey, Woodinville, Microdistilleries, Distillery Report
Fantastic. There are few greater joys in life other than a great bourbon (short of Japanese whisky, arguably), so I’m happy to heat that Pacific Distillery and Softtail distillery will have a new compatriot in Woodenville.
One correction though. It’s a common misconception that for bourbon to be bourbon, it has to be aged 2 years. At age 2, bourbon can then be called ‘straight bourbon’, but it does not have to be aged for that time period:
“(1)(i) “Bourbon whisky”, “rye whisky”, “wheat whisky”, “malt whisky”, or “rye malt whisky” is whisky produced at not exceeding 160° proof from a fermented mash of not less than 51 percent corn, rye, wheat, malted barley, or malted rye grain, respectively, and stored at not more than 125° proof in charred new oak containers;”
Jessica,
I swear, you are the best source for booze news. I can always count on you hearing about new distilleries before anyone else!
I’ll look forward to meeting the J.P. Trodden crew.
Thanks for the correction Liberty. Duly noted!
And thanks for the props Sound Spirits! Nice to hear
We are lloking forward to meeting all the Bourbon fans out there. We are producing Small Batch Bourbon which is a blend of selected barrel batches to be bottled. Please follow us on Facebook at JpTrodden Distilling and/or JP Trodden.
Cheers!
Would love to get on a mailing list! Can’t seem to find a web page (although I did click “I LIKE” on their Facebook page- perhaps that will keep me “in the loop”?
This is great news. JP Trodden will be a nice addition to the growing craft scene in Woodinville.
These two wonderful people are gonna KILL it out there. Couldn’t happen to anyone better. Good luck to both of you!
If Mark & Jennifer put just half the effort into this new venture that they have put into all of their previous endevors we can all look forward to an incredible new Bourbon!
I want to get on a waiting list for about 6 bottles. How do I do that? Also, do you have tours or will you have tours?
Ed
Ed, we would be happy to have you out for a tour. Please contact me directly and we will set something up. Mark