Lift Your Spirits: Woody Creek Distillers Elevates the Art of Homegrown Hooch

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The Scanlan Family Farm at Chaparral Ranch in Woody Creek is the home to 35 acres of potatoes for Woody Creek Distillers vodka.
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Owners of Woody Creek Distillers include Pat Scanlan (left), his wife Mary Scanlan and Mark Kleckner (right).
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Distillery Manager David Matthews empties freshly harvested Woody Creek potatoes into the conveyer to be cleaned then mashed.
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The custom-made Carl Distilling equipment is capable of producing the purest ethanol in the world.
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Fresh apples from Paonia are used in Woody Creek Distillers’ aged apple brandy.
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Woody Creek Potato Vodka is the first of several offerings from Woody Creek Distillers in 2013.