Michter’s Rise

“We do our fermenting. We make our own beer here. And we distill. Our still system, our column to pot system in Shively, which was built by Vendome, is obviously a custom system that’s all copper, 11,000 pounds of copper to be specific.

Meanwhile, over at Michter’s Fort Nelson distillery, which we opened to the public in February this year, is a second distiller. There, we have a pot to pot still system which is a different white dog than you would get with the same yeast and the same mash bill, versus a column to pot. And, we were able to buy the Michter’s Pennsylvania pot still system for that location. It’s a 550 gallon beer still and 110 gallon spirit still doubler, as well as three recyclers with fermenters from old Michter’s Pennsylvania. The system was actually built in 1976 from Michter’s Pennsylvania by Vendome.

Ironically, some of the people that worked on that system had children, and grand children, who actually worked on our Shively system making it all for Vendome.” – Joesph Magliocco, The Whiskey Wash by Nino Marchetti, September 24, 2019