Two Maryland brothers decided they wanted out of "rat race" so eight years they developed a plan to make spirits in the state.
John and Chris Cook several years ago launched Blackwater Distilling in Stevensville.
Chris Cook says their company is the only fully licensed distillery in Maryland. "We can distill anything here in any quantity," says Cook.
The brothers say they were interested in producing a home made product by using their hands. That's how Sloop Betty Vodka started.
The Cooks' say it was important for them to make the vodka locally and to use organic products. But that combination didn't work so well. John Cook says they couldn't get all the ingredients locally in Maryland so they decided it was more efficient if the early processing was done at harvesting. He says 270 gallon totes of wheat and sugar cane are shipped into the warehouse. The Cooks handle blending, filtration and bottling of the vodka at their facility.
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6 comments:
cool article told my brother and hes grabbing a bottle out on the west coast
Sloop Betty vodka is 80 proof wheat vodka, according to their web site. Will try it in the future, when I make a few late night Bloody Ceasar's, which is Clamato juice, hot sauce and vodka or even Hot V-8 with additional hot sauce and vodka is pretty tasty.
I liked it with pineapple juice or with grapefruit juice when I used to drink.
Good for these guys. When life hands you lemons (in the case of the economy) make vodka. :)
I'll stick with my 'shine. My battles with vodka are of legend, and the main reason I have some pics online, that I'm not proud of. lol
Great just what any woman would have in their house ...not.
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