Brother Justus American single malt

Brother Justus American single malt Specializing in American singlemalts, this Minnesota distillery was founded by Phil Steger, who was inspired by a bootlegging Minnesota monk whose copper stills and teaching of the craft of distilling helped “lift families out of poverty” during Prohibition, setting up 1,600 family-operated distilleries in the state, which, surprisingly, has more than 6,000,000 acres of ancient peat forest, crucial to making single malts. Founder’s Reserve 1 ($120) is made from 100% barley at 100 proof, while its Cold-Peated American Single Malt is the world’s first and only Cold-Peated® Whiskey ($95), made by using a granulated version of peat in the finishing process (instead of the traditional smoked peat in the malting process