Distilleries

Neat or on the rocks, shaken or stirred into a craft cocktail—high-quality spirits are served in Idaho’s distillery tasting rooms, which range from no-frills to trendy. The Gem State’s semi-arid climate, diverse soil types and long growing season create an ideal environment for a variety of crops that contribute to a burgeoning spirit scene.

While there are many distilleries in Idaho, these featured locations are open to visitors for tours, tastings, cocktails and more.

Feature image credited to: Up North Distillery

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Did You Know?

Idaho is home to seven distilleries with tasting rooms for visitors to sample spirits such as vodka, bourbon, brandy, rum, gin, whiskey and moonshine.

Up North Distillery prides itself on a “farm to the flask” distilling process and transforms locally grown and foraged ingredients into concoctions like the North Idaho Pine Liqueur.

Bardenay is the nation’s first restaurant distillery and has three Idaho locations in Boise, Eagle and Coeur d’Alene, each producing a different spirit.

How Is an Idaho Spirit Made?

1. Meet Your Mash

Brandy or whiskey, gin or rum, vodka or tequila—the process of distilling these spirits is similar, but it all comes down to the base, called the mash. The contents of the mash depend on the spirit. This list is a sampling of the most unique ingredients that Idaho distilleries use to start their spirits.

Apricots
Cherries
Huckleberries
Pine cones

Fun Fact: Bardenay Restaurant and Distillery begins a batch of its gin with 1,000 pounds of sugar and Champagne yeast.

2. Ferment and Distill

Fun Fact: Koenig Distillery’s Seven Devils is the first Idaho-made whiskey that incorporates spring-fed water from the Seven Devils Mountains in the distilling process.

3. Better With Age

Fun Fact: The Madeira Finished Organic Whiskey from Warfield Distillery is aged for three and a half years in a bourbon barrel before it’s transferred to a wine cask for an additional six months of aging.

4. Blend It All Together

Fun Fact: Up North Distillery sells Big Kid Cider, a combination of apple brandy and apple cider.

5. Package the Spirit

Fun Fact: Grand Teton Distillery’s Huckleberry Flavored Vodka may be sold in a fuschia bottle, but the liquor’s pink hue is derived from a 12-week huckleberry infusion.