About
Distillery 291 is a small-batch craft whiskey distillery in Colorado Springs, nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. They produce award-winning whiskeys including Colorado Rye Whiskey, Colorado Bourbon, and American Whiskey using copper pot stills, sour mash, and finishing with toasted Aspen staves. Founded by owner and distiller Michael Myers to capture the taste and character of the Wild West era.
Colorado Rye Whiskey
World's Best Rye
Small-batch craft whiskeys finished with toasted Aspen staves
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What They Make
291 Colorado Rye Whiskey
Made from rye malt, sour mash, distilled in a copper pot still, aged in American White Oak deep char barrels and finished with toasted Aspen Staves. World's Best Rye – 2018 World Whiskies Awards.
291 Colorado Bourbon
Distilled from a bourbon sour mash, distilled in a copper pot still, aged in American White Oak deep char barrels and finished with toasted Aspen Staves. San Francisco World Spirits Competition Double Gold winner.
291 American Whiskey
Pre-prohibition style whiskey distilled in a copper pot still. Short-aged in once used bourbon barrels for at least 5 months.
291 Colorado Rye Whiskey White Dog
Unaged rye whiskey.
291 E Colorado Whiskey Batch #7
Awards
Craft Producer of the Year
2022
Best American New Make & Young Spirit
2022
World’s Best Wheat
2021
Best American New Make & Young Spirit
2021
Double Gold
2021
Double Platinum
2021
Best American New Make & Young Spirit
2020
Double Gold
2020
World’s Best Rye
2018
Best American Rye
2018
+ 4 more awards
Latest News
Recent awards include 2022 Craft Producer of the Year from Whisky Magazine; active shop promotions for 2025.