December 2011

Quince Liqueur Released!

Our quince are from Orchards of Oregon in Wilsonville, on acreage which also produces chestnuts, filberts, and apples. The quince is a French variety that Earl, the orchard owner, grafted onto his trees about...

Meat Cheese Bread, a favorite local restaurant of ours, featured SBB Easy Eight Oat Whiskey in their fabulous bread pudding. We hope they will make more batches using our products!...

Colorful Visitor

Boyd rolled into Portland on a motorcycle, in the company of Sebastian's high school friend Rick, in town for a visit. The parrot entertained our tasting room guests by perching on their shoulders and...

Raquel Bournhonesque, our new employee…

Raquel has been helping out at the distillery for the past few months. We are vastly appreciative of her energy and appetite for learning the ins and outs of distillation, fermentation, and all things...

Rye Goes Bronze!

Photo courtesy of American Distilling InstituteStone Barn's Hard Eight Unoaked Rye Whiskey won a bronze medal at the American Distillers Institute 2011 National Competition!...

Traveling Spirits Show

Everyone is invited to The West Coast Distillers Troupe Traveling Spirits Show featuring Bull Run, New Deal, Big Bottom, and Stone Barn Brandyworks! There will be a special extended happy hour...

Ethan Donahue is our fourth employee! He has a keen interest in beer and wine-making, and distilled spirits. In his day job Ethan works as a Geotechnical Engineer, and we are fortunate he...