Dry Fly 3 YR. Straight Bourbon 101

79% Corn, 21% Rye. This is a blend of 75% Dry Fly's own distillate blended with 25% LDI.  Aromas of spun sugar, black tea and fresh rye husk. The palate has a floral honey mingled with baking spices and stone fruit preserves. D&M Tasting Notes   50.5% ABV

The kernel that would become the distillery began during a fly fishing trip, when two buddies tired of the corporate rat race bantered around the idea of trying this new ‘craft distilling thing.’ Kent Fleischmann and Don Poffenroth were those two friends and both had a background in the industrial food business. Being savvy to the ways of scale and how large business worked, they decided to take a different path for their next life chapter. They leaned on Kris Arvid Berglund PhD, a Michigan State Professor of Craft Distilling in East Lansing, Michigan for distilling knowledge; and for distillery layout contracted a family firm in Germany that has been building distilleries since the late 1800s. Not wanting to be beholden to outside investors they borrowed from themselves, or rather their retirement accounts. (This did cause Don’s wife to ask if he was high when he first proposed this.) They were innovators in the craft distilling space with ‘bottling parties’ and a distilling school. Oola, Big Bottom, Smooth Ambler, Green Hat, and dozen of other distilleries have passed through the school over the years. They source the grain from Eastern Washington state, where they are located. Michael Kennel, D&M