Archives: Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery Visit
Made a visit to Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery in Swisher, Iowa recently. Cedar Ridge was the first licensed distillery in Iowa since Prohibition and are a grain-to-glass operation. In 2005, Jeff Quint founded Cedar Ridge because he believed it was time for Iowa–the number one corn-producing state in the U.S.–to share its homegrown Bourbon Whiskey with the world.
After releasing its first batch of whiskey in 2010, Cedar Ridge Distillery quickly became a nationally recognized leader in craft spirits, winning multiple awards such as American Distilling Institute’s “2017 Distiller of the Year” and “Best American Craft Whiskey” at the 2016 New York World Spirits Competition. Cedar Ridge has just made history by becoming the #1 selling Bourbon in Iowa. To high acclaim they recently released The QuintEssential™ American Single Malt Whiskey. If that is not all cool enough in June 2019, they announced a partnership with Slipknot, who are also from Iowa… No. 9 Whiskey!
Thanks to Andrew for the tour and a background on the history. Do yourself a favor and seek out Cedar Ridge Whiskies!
