Today Evan and Suzanne are tasting and sharing Dampfwerk’s inaugural whiskey release…an American Single Malt Whiskey. Join us for a quick peek into this craft distillery and to hear what we think about this spirit…
About Dampfwerk American Single Malt Whiskey
“This single malt whiskey hones in on flavors of deep fruit, chocolate, toffee, and caramel notes. Our whiskey is made from 100% MN sourced pale ale and chocolate malt, first barreled in Minnesota-made American white oak barrels and finished on a selection of red wine barrels to give softness, depth, and a delicate nature to this spirit”
Buy Dampfwerk American Single Malt Whiskey Now!
Our brand represents innovation, creativity, and yet historical simplicity. The Dampfwerk is a family distillery located in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, and our goal is simple: produce outstanding spirits to be enjoyed in the company of friends and family.
It starts with a name: Dampfwerk. Like most things we do, it is not the easiest name to pronounce, but it goes to the essence of our process. “Steam works” is the translated version, and it is essential to the distillation process to produce our premium spirits.
About Your Hosts
The Crafty Cask celebrates and supports craft alcohol makers through engaging consumer content, events, virtual tastings, and online education. We help craft enthusiasts drink better and craft makers market their brands better to build thriving small businesses that keep #TipplerNation drinking well!
Your hosts for this event, alongside the featured maker, are Suzanne Henricksen, Founder of The Crafty Cask and Evan Rothrock, sommelier, certified cider professional, mixologist, and bespoke wine tour guide.
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Hello hello
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we are so excited to be here today to talk to you
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about Dampfwerk Distilling American Single Malt Whiskey
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I’m Suzanne
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and this is Evan
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and we are here from The Crafty Cask and boy
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do we have a treat for you today
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yeah this is a really exciting
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inaugural whiskey release from Dampfwerk Distilling um
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they’ve been primarily focused on fruit brandies and uh
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the liqueurs
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yeah herb liqueurs
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and they also have a variety of other products
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but this is their first whiskey
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and they decided to go with an American single malt
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which is really exciting
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trend in whiskey production in the United States
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you usually associate single malts with Scotland
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um but there’s more and more cropping up in the US
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and this is a fantastic example yeah
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hmm and on the nose
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this is so fun when this happens
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when it just triggers a memory for you
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on the nose
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I immediately go to chocolate mounds bars
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you know the like
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coconut and the chocolate covered kind of I just yeah it’s so beautiful
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like dark chocolate going on here some
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some really rich kind of nuttiness
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um peanuts and almonds and walnuts
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I could smell this for a while
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yeah it smells really good yeah
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the grain characteristic of the
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barley that they use to make this
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by definition of single malt
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is made exclusively from barley
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as opposed to utilizing corn or rye
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or wheat or anything else um
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also made it a single distillery
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it’s single
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yeah and they use 100% Minnesota source
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that’s where they’re based
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pale ale and chocolate malt in this
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should we give it a taste
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hmm very impressive
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for their first whiskey that they’re releasing
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second kudos
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this is actually the distiller’s son
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but who’s also a distiller
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uh his inaugural distillation release
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so this isn’t just the first release of whiskey
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for this distillery
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it’s also his first distillation
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which is such a bold move for his son to be like
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my first one’s gonna be an American single malt whiskey
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so kudos yeah
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it’s actually a whole family affair
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yeah actually a whole family affair
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there’s the dad’s a distiller
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the son’s a distiller
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the um mom helps run operations
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and then the daughter is kind of creative director
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and also runs the cocktail lounge
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and speaking of creative direction
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look at these cool bottles
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yeah absolutely
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got a lot going on there at Dampfwerk
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and it’s really delicious
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what would you just drink
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this straight primarily
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that what you do with single malts
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I kinda have a hard time doing anything else
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I can see making a nice old fashioned with this um
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but I feel like in general
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with single malts I’m
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I’m hardly convinced to use it anywhere
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yeah it’s so delicious on its own really
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well if you wanna check out Dampfwerk Distilling
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American Single Malt Whiskey
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or any of their other spirits
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we really hope you enjoy them as much as we are
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because this is
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like we said
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who knows batch No. 1
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we’re very excited to get to try it
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and talk to you about it here today
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so we encourage you to try it as well cheers
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