FRUIT BRANDY

 

It all begins with the fruit. But it goes much further than that at the Dampfwerk.

Skin-on-fermentation is what we do here in our distillery, which is a fancy way of saying that we use the whole fruit in our fermentation process. It’s expensive, arduous, and messy, but it provides a full-bodied fruit brandy that we are proud to sip eau de vie style, or barrel aged.

Pear Brandy

  • We source our Bartlett pears from a. single-family orchard out in Oregon. We process roughly 25,000lbs of pears into a coarse sauce, which we then ferment before distillation.

    This eau de vie showcases soft floral notes of the Bartlett pear on the nose, paired with fresh green pear flavors and aromatics on the backend.

  • Bartlett pears.

  • All our fruit brandies undergo skin-on fermentation, meaning we use the whole fruit in the process.

    Skin on fermentation followed by distillation and resting on stainless.

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Apple Brandy

  • With a juicy apple base, the varietal shows on the nose and the back end. The small crab apples add body to the spirit, while the cider-making apples make this a delicious, juicy apple brandy. “Tastes how apples smell”.

    More of a cascade of flavor that encompasses the whole orchard, from the hay to the apple.

    This fruit brandy pairs beautifully with fattier cheeses, such as brie, gorgonzola, or sharp gouda.

  • Minnesota apples: Haralson, Viking, Wealthy, Crab, and many more.

  • All our fruit brandies undergo skin-on fermentation, meaning we use the whole fruit in the process.

    Skin on fermentation followed by distillation and resting on stainless.

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Barreled Apple Brandy

  • Our aged Apple Brandy is barreled on an ex-Cabernet Sauvignon French oak barrel for roughly a year. Still holding true to the essence of the apples, this apple brandy is more aligned with what one would expect from a barrel-aged apple.

    Apple notes are pushed to the back burner, leaving a soft spice and a dusty wood finish.

  • Minnesota apples: Haralson, Viking, Wealthy, and Crab apples.

  • All our fruit brandies undergo skin-on fermentation, meaning we use the whole fruit in the process.

    Skin-on fermentation, followed by distillation and resting in used red wine barrels.

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Brandy

  • The most fanciful fruit brandy in our line-up, this barreled grape brandy features elegant floral notes, along with soft caramel flavors, a chewy body, and a varietal-forward finish.

    Our Minnesota & Wisconsin-grown grapes feature high acidity and sugar, allowing for an interactive fermentation process. It says a lot that this is our family and team's fan favorite.

  • Frontenac Gris & Blanc grapes. Minnesota/Wisconsin-grown.

  • All our fruit brandies undergo skin-on fermentation, meaning we use the whole fruit during fermentation.

    Skin-on fermentation, followed by distillation and aging in red wine barrels.

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