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COURTESY OF LONELY OAK DISTILLERY

Amy and Pat Hoffman
began Lonely Oak Distillery
as a farm and are now
"making something" out of
those crops.

IOWA SPIRITS

miles. They come straight from farm"-a genuine
grain-to-glass approach. Other agricultural products find their way into Mississippi River Distilling
spirits, too, as in Pride of the Wapsi strawberry
vodka and Queen Bee Honey Whiskey.
Other Iowa distilleries similarly use local
ingredients.
Cedar Ridge Winery and Distillery in Swisher
uses "acres of Iowa grown grapes [and] unending
bushels of corn straight from our fertile Midwestern
soil."
Says Iowa Distilling Company in Cumming,
"The real knowledge behind our operation comes
from the fact that we are true Iowans. We know
the farmers who grow the corn. The hands that
distill and then distill again. And oftentimes, the
people behind the bar serving every last drop."
Iowa Legendary Rye in Carroll uses a rye whiskey recipe from a Carroll County moonshiner who
defied Prohibition, Lorine Sextro, grandmother of
co-founder Heath Schneider. Plus, says the website, "Our whiskey is 100 percent rye grain that
comes from Brian Irlbeck, a farmer in Carroll
County."
Lonely Oak Distillery in Earling started with a
farm, owned and operated by Pat and Amy
Hoffmann. "As farmers, we had a vision about our
crop," says Lonely Oak. "Not only did we want to
harvest the grain, but we wanted to make something out of it." All spirits at Lonely Oak are made
from ingredients grown by the Hoffmanns or grown
for them by other local producers.
So next time you sit down to enjoy a drink featuring liquor from an Iowa distiller, you can know
that the benefits extend far beyond that pleasurable feeling that's tickling your palate.

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