
Our Distillery
In Traverse City, you can stumble upon a building on the outskirts of town that hosts a custom built Arnold Holstein still from Germany. For the past decade that still has been utilized to produce the region's premier spirits from grain to bottle, spirits that have received international acclaim and awards. Our distillers make cuts by taste and not by automation. We empty barrels when they're perfect and not on a schedule. Every bottle is inspected and capped by hand, and all of that results in a genuinely handcrafted spirit that is only accomplished in a true craft distillery.


Our Spirits
It all starts in the soil. Our rye, wheat and corn are grown and harvested just a few miles from the distillery at Send Brothers Farm in Williamsburg, Michigan. The Grand Traverse region is known for our rolling hills, fresh water and harsh seasons, all of which lend well to maintaining hearty and tested crops. ​​
Bins from the farm are delivered weekly to Grand Traverse Distillery, and we mill the yield down into our mash tun at the perfect recipe. Our spirits are a Certified Craft Distilled, Kosher and Pure Michigan at its finest, so much so that we can put it on the bottle.
These perfectly crafted spirits can be tasted in our tasting rooms around the state of Michigan.



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TRUE NORTH
RYE VODKA
DOUBLE GOLD
2017 ADI
TOP 4 IN
THE WORLD
2010 Wine Enthusiast
BEST IN CATEGORY
2017 ADI




FIVE STARS
2018 BevX.com
DOUBLE GOLD
2013 Fifty Best
GOLD
2013 Intl Review



GOLD
2009 Intl Review

GOLD
2008 San Fran
World Spirits


TOP 6 IN
THE WORLD
2009 Wine
Enthusiast
TOP 5 IN
THE WORLD
2008 Wine
Enthusiast
TRUE NORTH WHEAT VODKA

GOLD
2016 Intl Review

GOLD
2013 Intl Review

GOLD
2009 Intl Review

4-STAR
2009 Beverage Experts
TRUE NORTH CHERRY VODKA
SILVER
2009 Intl Review


BRONZE
2008 San Fran
World Spirits

3 Stars
2008 Spirit Journal
TRUE NORTH CHIPOTLE VODKA

GOLD
2017 Tastings.com
BRONZE
2017 ADI

PENINSULA GIN
PENINSULA GIN

GOLD
2016 Intl Review

SILVER
2016 San Fran
World Spirits

5 Stars
2015 Beverage
Experts
GOLD
2015 Fifty Best


SILVER
2015 Intl Review

SILVER
2017 Tastings.com

SILVER
2014 San Fran
World Spirits
BARREL AGED
PENINSULA GIN

4/5 Stars
BevX
OLE GEORGE
RYE WHISKEY

FIVE STARS
2018 BevX.com

GOLD
2017 San Fran
World Spirits


GOLD
2013 Fifty Best
GOLD
2013 ADI
BRONZE
Cask Strength
2017 ADI
SILVER
2017 ADI

BEST OF CATEGORY
2013 ADI

SILVER
2014 ADI


DOUBLE BARREL
OLE GEORGE RYE WHISKEY

GOLD
2018 World
Whiskey Awards
BOURBON WHISKEY

SILVER
2017 ADI

GOLD
2017 Fifty Best
GOLD
2014 Fifty Best

ISLAY RYE WHISKEY

