Small Batch Big Passion pays off with Gold!!

4/11/2015 Walnut Shade, Missouri.

We are very excited to announce that Copper Run Distillery’s, Overproof White Rum was awarded a Gold Medal and Best in Category awards during the American Distilling Institute’s “9th Annual Judging of Craft American Spirits” that took place in Louisville, Kentucky on the 31st of March 2015.

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This was the first competition entry for Copper Run Distillery in the past 5 years so we very pleased that our hard work and commitment to producing high quality spirits is being recognized and appreciated but above all we’d like to thank all of you, our fans, for believing in what we do here at Copper Run and for supporting us all these years.

We are especially proud of this award because clear spirits rarely receive Gold medals, so we’d like to thank the judges for bestowing this rare honor to Copper Run.

OverproofRumOur Overproof White Rum is made from dark brown sugar and blackstrap molasses, doubled distilled, and bottled at 120 proof. This technique concentrates the flavor and aroma making it the perfect rum for your favorite spring or summer time cocktail.

Judges notes:

Bouquet: Sweet molasses, toasted vanilla, bananas and tropical fruit, liquorice

Body: Full, round, rich

Finish: Beautifully balanced, wild flowers, sweet, long lasting

Our Overproof White Rum is the ideal Rum for your spring/summer cocktails so try it in your favorite cocktail recipe and see for yourself what the judges are talking about:

Tornado Mango Mama Caipirinha Mojito
1½ oz OP Rum
¾ oz grenadine
1 oz orange juice
¼ oz lime juice
1½ oz OP Rum
½ tbsp sugar
1 lemon wedge
2 orange wedges
1 oz mango juice
1.5 oz OP Rum
half of a lime, cut into wedges
2T brown sugar
1.5 oz OP Rum
8-10 mint leaves
half of a lime, cut into wedges
2T white sugar
club soda
Fill a highball glass with ice. Combine ingredients in a shaker and shake. Strain into highball. Garnish withan orange wedge, a lime wedge, and a moonshine soaked cherry on a toothpick. Muddle lemonand orange wedges with sugar. Top with mango juice, rum, and ice. Toss mixturea few times between the glass and shaker to combine. Add a splash of grendadine for garnish. Muddle lime wedges and brown sugar in a rocks glass. Add ice to fill glass, top with rum, and toss a few times between another cup to mix. Muddle mint leaves, lime wedges, and sugar lightly in the bottom of a shaker cup. Add ice and rum, shake vigorously. Pour mixture into a highball glass, add additional ice if desired, and top with club soda. Stir to mix.

 

 

 

Announcing The Signature Barrel Program

BarrelStack_logoLearn the secrets of hand crafted Whiskey, a barrel at a time! The signature barrel program by Copper Run Distillery.

Walnut Shade, Missouri (PRWEB) November 26, 2014

Copper Run Distillery announces the launching of its Signature Barrel Program, an innovative new product that offers whiskey lovers a chance to learn the secrets of making hand crafted whiskey while actively participating in making their very own barrel of whiskey. Under this program, the Copper Run experts will guide members of this program through the entire process at the end of which their signature label will decorate their bottles of whiskey.

This innovative program offers a unique experience and a chance for whiskey lovers to start their own whiskey adventure, whether they are a connoisseur, a group of friends, a corporation, an investor, etc. This is a great opportunity for any whiskey lover to be directly involved with their own bespoke whiskey.

About Copper Run Distillery

Nestled between overgrown oak trees in the Ozark Mountains, sits one of the best kept secrets in Missouri – Copper Run Distillery, a small business growing deep roots. Copper Run is a small batch craft distillery that favors quality and refines the age-old craft of distilling into a drink-worthy art form.

The Copper Run family of spirits is heavily influenced by local resources. Pure limestone-rich water, Missouri white oak barrels, and the ever changing climate in the Ozarks create a unique distilling environment. From the beginning Copper Run’s White Whiskey (Ozark Mountain Moonshine) and aged Corn Whiskey won the silver medal from the American Distiller’s Institute in 2010. Today small batch production, imagination, and ever evolving practices come together making exciting new spirits.

Copper Run Spirits include: Ozark Mountain Moonshine, Over Proof Mountain Moonshine, Small Batch Spirit Whiskey, White Rum, Hopped Malt Whiskey (Special Release) and Three Grain Whiskey (Special Release).

For more information about this topic click here or call us at 417-587-3456 or e-mail: [email protected]

Keep Warm for the Holidays!!

OverMoonshine_productShot_pressDuring this holiday season we want to offer our customers a special discount on one of our hand crafted products. We are extremely pleased to inform you about our “Keep Warm for the Holidays” discount offer on our Overproof Ozark Mountain Moonshine!

Keep warm during these holidays with the smoothest 120 proof Moonshine in the Ozarks!
For a limited time the Overproof Ozark Mountain Moonshine will retail for $20 instead of $24.

Please note that this offer expires on the 31st of December and includes all retail locations that carry our products, so take advantage of this offer and “Keep Warm these Holidays” with this special discount from Copper Run Distillery!

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NEW White Rum just in time for Summer!

WhiteRumAfter the Island Gold Rum sold out, the time came for Copper Run Distillery to produce more Rum. And so we did. What came out was simply amazing!! Why try to age an already perfect Rum? Thus the White Rum…

Copper Run Distillery is proud to present a White Rum. Made from brown sugar and blackstrap molasses, this tasty un-aged Rum is ideal for all your cocktails this summer!

Appearance: Crystal clear White Rum
Aroma: overtones of Molasses, dried figs, crème brulèe and cake-batter.
Flavor: Exotic spice, toffee, and butterscotch
Body: Medium to Full
Finish: Lingering warm glow fading with an exotic spice

Overall: This young and spirited White Rum instantly wakes up your senses. Aromas of cooked sugar float around the glass, surprisingly becoming tingly, exotic, spicy, and full of flavor.
Copper Run’s White Rum is ready for the Summer! Enjoy!

Product Details:
Size: 750ml
Strength: 40% alc/vol

Buy White Rum Online Now!  CLICK HERE!

The “Overproof” Ozark Mountain Moonshine

WALNUT SHADE, Missouri, Jan. 18, 2014 – Copper Run Distillery takes whiskey making to the next level. Following the success of the “Ozark Mountain Moonshine”, Copper Run Distillery is happy to present its new offering of white whiskey.

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The “Overproof” Ozark Mountain Moonshine!

Copper Run has created a new experience in the white whiskey category. This 120 proof white whiskey is distilled and blended from separate batches of corn, wheat and barley proudly joins the existing Ozark Mountain Moonshine (Standard Proof).

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Appearance: Crystal clear, white whiskey
Aroma: Open and inviting offering of fruity grain.
Flavor: Sweet buttery corn, toasted wheat, with caramelized barley.
Body: Full and smooth, mid tongue heat with lots of curves.
Finish: Clean and rich granola, honey, cinnamon, liquorice…

Overall: A Bold whiskey experience that draws you in and takes you on a journey! Beginning with clean aromatics, moving into fresh grain flavor, growing into tingling warmth and richness that eventually fades leaving a mysterious glow.

Product Details: Size: 375ml | Strength: 60% alc/vol. (120 proof)

Most commercial spirits produced today are so rectified that they have a relentless blandness but this is far from the case with the “Overproof” Ozark Mountain Moonshine.

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About Copper Run Distillery

Nestled between overgrown oak trees in the Ozark Mountains, sits one of the best kept secrets in Missouri – Copper Run Distillery, a small business growing deep roots. Copper Run is a boutique, artisan distillery that favors quality and refines the age-old craft of distilling into a drink-worthy art form.

The Copper Run family of spirits is heavily influenced by local resources. Pure limestone rich water, Missouri white oak barrels, and the ever changing climate in the Ozarks create a unique distilling environment. From the beginning Copper Run’s White Whiskey (Ozark Mountain Moonshine) and aged Corn Whiskey won the silver medal from the American Distiller’s Institute in 2010. Today small batch production, imagination, and ever evolving practices come together making exciting new spirits.

For more information about this topic please call us at 417.587.3456 or e-mail [email protected]

Good things certainly do come to those who wait…

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Hello, friends of Copper Run Distillery!

We hope your holidays were as exciting as ours. We have a few surprises coming up this month, with the Special Reserve Rum being the first.

After 4 years in a cream sherry cask, we are pleased to announce the limited release of our 4 Year Special Reserve Rum. With only 100 numbered bottles available, the 4 Year Special Reserve is the finest batch of handcrafted Rum we’ve released thus far.

This Rum is also a part of symbolic for Copper Run since this distillation brought together and began a creative and formative partnership for Copper Run co-owners and friends, Master Distiller Jim Blansit and Aris Aristidou. After four years, we can say good things certainly do come to those who wait.

In line with an island style, dark rum, our 4 Year Special Reserve is an exceptionally smooth and balanced spirit with notes of stone fruit, currant, and tobacco.

The 4 Year Special Anniversary Rum is a limited, single barrel release, so please pre-order your bottle today to reserve one of the 100 bottles that are available.

  • Limited to one bottle per person/order.
  • Estimated Release date: January 31st 2014
  • First come first serve.
  • Only 100 bottles available.

Pre-Order your Special Reserve Bottle Today! Click HERE