Do Harmony Spirits and cigars pair together? The simple answer is, yes. The more complex answer is, Hell Yes! Pairing cigars and spirits make total sense, in fact, tobacco and spirits employ fermentation to produce their flavor profiles. Several cigar manufacturers age their tobacco in whiskey or bourbon barrels. The very same barrels Harmony Spirits use to age whiskey, bourbon, and barrel aged rum. Pairing cigars with aged spirits “is” the natural order. Cigars and spirits both contain many similar flavor profiles: vanilla, caramel, … [Read more...] about Harmony Spirits and Cigar Pairings
Hand Crafted in Harmony
Full Circle Grain to Glass
At Harmony Spirits we produce our handcrafted spirits 100% locally. We are a full circle, grain to glass/farm to table distillery. Andy Craig, one of our owners, sources the grains locally from our farmer investors and grinds the grain on his family farm. The last load of corn Andy ground came from Kent Dornink’s farm. Andy had the pleasure of riding with Kent in the combine for a few rounds while he was harvesting the corn. After the grain is ground, Andy delivers it to the distillery where we weigh it out and cook it. After the … [Read more...] about Full Circle Grain to Glass
October Winner!
Congratulations to Mike(another GL'r)! He picked up his free bottle of Harmony Spirits Barrel Strength Bourbon last week. Subscribe to our blog for your chance to win the first week in November. … [Read more...] about October Winner!
Times Distilled = Quality?
How many times distilled is your favorite spirit? How many times does a spirit need to be distilled? The answer to these questions depends on the spirits. Our vodka is 7 times distilled. We “strip” all the alcohol on the initial distillation of our vodka and collect it. Distillation is a process of heating alcohol until it becomes a vapor and then condensing that vapor. The stripping run of distillation is the run where we are collecting the alcohol from the fermented mash. No cuts are made during this run. Our only goal is to remove … [Read more...] about Times Distilled = Quality?
Harmony Spirits Wins National Award
Harmony Spirits is a winner in the 2020 USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice travel award contest for Best New Craft Distillery. The distillery was nominated as one of 20 new distilleries nationwide and received fifth place in the contest after an outpouring of voter support throughout the country. “We are humbled and honored to win a national award,” says Jim Simpson, Harmony Spirits owner. “The supporters of our business are phenomenal and we are grateful that we can deliver them a high-quality product.” Harmony Spirits produces a wide … [Read more...] about Harmony Spirits Wins National Award