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Volunteers can sign up online on the
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Snowflake Series - Released yearly and only available for purchase at the Denver distillery. Finished in oak casks previously filled with wine from local wineries or other spirits, sitting in the casks for roughly 18 months. When new bottles of
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in 2010, with operations remaining in
Colorado. By 2012, Proximo had increased whiskey production from around 12 barrels per week to 30, with plans to grow into the high forties. Stranahan's was sold in 38 states and 7 countries until 2010, when Proximo decided to scale down sales to mostly the
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Each barrel is bottled by hand, with each label hand-signed by the distiller, often including a note about, for instance, the music listened to during the whiskey's production. The bottling process is done by volunteers, who receive a free tour and a bottle of
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Mountain Angel 10-Year-Old Whiskey - the first batch was released in 2020, aged 10 years in new charred American oak casks with less than 500 bottles available at 47.3% ABV. Other batches have also been
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Osopher 11-Year-Old Whiskey - Released in 2022, an age-statement 11-Year-Old whiskey at 47.3% ABV finished in Imperial Porter barrels. This release was done in collaboration with Flying Dog
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Whiskey - released in 2020, this uses a Solera finish, a maturation process typically used in wine. This is bottled at 43% ABV.
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