beverages founded ann arbor michigan 1999 headquarters denver colorado key people scott leopold todd leopold products gin vodka absinthe fernet whiskey liqueurs website 1 leopold bros. is a family owned and operated distillery located in denver colorado . they are well known as an independent distillery that floor malts mills mashes and ferments all the grains in their spirits as well as distills ages and bottles their entire portfolio at their one and only distillery in northeast denver . they currently have the largest traditional floor malting room of any distillery in the united states where they malt colorado barley onsite . for more information on floor malting see malt house . contents 1 history 2 products and awards 2.1 spirits 2.2 whiskies 2.3 liqueurs 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit brothers scott and todd leopold distant relatives of environmentalist aldo leopold from littleton colorado opened a brewpub on south main street at the site of a renovated brake factory in ann arbor michigan in 1999 . later operations expanded to include a micro distillery . todd leopold brew and still master for the brewery after graduating from the siebel institute of technology in chicago he interned in four german breweries and went to distilling school in lexington kentucky . scott leopold an environmental engineer was crucial in the design stages attempting to create as near a zero pollution factory as possible . 1 the microbrewery operated as an eco brewery using organic hops and barley and used equipment and procedures designed to reduce wastewater and other waste by products in the beer making process . 2 3 leopold bros. closed its ann arbor location in the spring of 2008 relocating to denver where it discontinued brewing and began operating as a micro distillery alone . 4 5 to keep up with exploding demand leopold bros. opened a new facility with triple the production capacity of their previous facility which also includes the only malting floor at a distillery outside of scotland . 6 products and awards edit leopold bros distills over twenty hand numbered small batch products all made from scratch and natural ingredients which are distributed in twelve states the district of columbia and parts of europe . among the distinctive methods used by leopold bros. is the separate distillation of each botanical used in flavoring its products prior to blending and final distillation . 7 many have won awards in international competitions 8 9 10 11 they received distillery of the year award from the american distilling institute in 2015 . spirits edit american small batch gin gold medal san francisco world spirits competition navy strength american gin gold medal beverage tasting institute ; winner good food awards aperitivo absinthe verte silver medal 2008 london international wine and spirits competition ; 12 bronze medal 2009 san francisco world spirits competition 13 fernet leopold highland amaro gold medal san francisco world spirits competition silver tree american small batch vodka gold medal 2009 san francisco world spirits competition ; 13 silver medal 2007 san francisco world spirits competition ; gold medal 2006 beverage tasting institute thomas & leopold single barrel dark rum discontinued pisco gold medal 2009 san francisco world spirits competition 13 discontinued whiskies edit american small batch whiskey maryland style rye whiskey rocky mountain blackberry flavored whiskey rocky mountain peach flavored whiskey new york apple flavored whiskey michigan cherry whiskey georgia peach flavored whiskey liqueurs edit rocky mountain blackberry gold medal 2006 beverage tasting institute ; silver medal 2009 san francisco world spirits competition 13 new york sour apple gold medal 2007 beverage tasting institute new england cranberry best in show fruit liqueurs 2009 san francisco world spirits competition ; 13 14 gold medal 2007 beverage tasting institute ; french press style american coffee silver medal 2007 beverage tasting institute ; silver medal 2007 san francisco world spirits competition rocky mountain peach gold medal 2007 beverage tasting institute ; bronze medal 2007 san francisco world spirits competition michigan tart cherry gold medal 2007 beverage tasting institute ; bronze medal 2009 san francisco world spirits competition 13 three pins alpine herbal gold medal 2007 beverage tasting institute ; silver medal 2007 san francisco world spirits competition ; bronze medal 2009 san francisco world spirits competition 13 american orange liqueur gold medal beverage tasting institute maraschino liqueur winner good food awards see also edit peach street distillers references edit hogg a.j. leopold brothers brewery two brothers brew up an idea and end up distilling the essence of sustainability michigan daily february 7 2006 tsu bonnie ann arbor s other side boston globe march 23 2005 enders david leopold s expands its niche michigan daily october 16 2002 berman jillian popular a2 bar leopold bros. to close this summer michigan daily february 7 2008 mathis jo and gershman dave ann arbor brewpub to split for denver ann arbor news february 6 2008 peterson eric a week for the ages distilleries leopold bros. and laws whiskey house open doors in denver confluence denver november 12 2014 felten eric american entrants in the gin game wall street journal april 11 2009 . schniper matthew . high spirits colorado springs independent march 5 2009 brown douglas absinthe emerges from the shadows denver post july 23 2008 brown douglas reviving the spirits denver post october 8 2008 fillion roger spirited times for craft industry rocky mountain news october 25 2008 iwsc 2008 results a b c d e f g wsc 2009 2009 best in show awards san francisco world spirits competition external links edit leopold bros. kochaniec george jr. video making absinthe with the leopold bros. rocky mountain news october 27 2008 felten eric american entrants in the gin game wall street journal april 11 2009 p w7 tamarkin david one for the road time out chicago issue 156 february 21 27 2008 calgary flames jordan leopold retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title leopold bros. & oldid 743429982 categories manufacturing companies based in denverdistilleries in the united statesabsinthewhiskies of the united statesamerican vodkasamerican rumsrumsginscuisine of the western united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 16 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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