A woman-owned North Carolina distillery producing premium, innovative small-batch vodkas, rums, gins, whiskies, bourbons, amaro, absinthe, bitters, and more under five distinct brands: Slate Belt Spirits (vodkas), Bronze Bull Spirits (bourbons & whiskies), Cap & Cane Spirits (rums), Whirligarden Spirits (gins), and Gracious Garden Spirits. They emphasize tradition, technique, and storytelling through spirited curiosity, with a tasting room and cocktail bar available. Recent highlights include award-winning overproof rum.

House of Brands with five premium spirits lines Innovative small-batch spirits Award-winning rums, vodkas, bourbons, gins, and liqueurs
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Cap & Cane Spirits Overproof Rum
Bold, high-proof rum from Guatemalan molasses, turbinado, panela, evaporated cane juice; fermented and distilled independently, blended with dunder, high-reflux, esterification for tropical fruit, florals, funky hogo.
Double Gold 2025
Nominated for Best of Class 2025

CAP & CANE SPIRITS OVERPROOF RUM released; awarded Double Gold and nominated for Best of Class at 2025 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.