private founded jorg rupf january 4 1982 headquarters alameda california usa key people jorg rupf lance winters dave smith products vodka gin absinthe liqueur rum whiskey brandy website st. george spirits st. george spirits is an artisanal distillery located in alameda california that produces a range of alcoholic beverages under the direction of master distiller lance winters . 1 2 they are known for producing vodka absinthe whiskey rum gin brandy liqueurs and a range of exotic spirits . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit st. george spirits was founded in 1982 by jorg rupf a pioneer in what has become the craft distilling movement . 3 originally founded as an eau de vie distillery st. george spirits has steadily expanded their portfolio to include about a dozen spirits . 4 in 1996 jorg rupf hired lance winters a brewer and former nuclear scientist . one year later jorg and lance began distilling and aging their single malt whiskey which was first released in 2000 . in 2004 st. george spirits moved into its current location a 65 000 square feet 6 000 m2 airplane hangar on the former alameda naval air station . 5 in december 2007 the company produced the first commercially available american absinthe st. george absinthe verte since the lifting of the 1912 ban on making the spirit . 6 since then st. george has continued to experiment with a number of spirits . some of them such as california agricole rum have entered regular production while other flights of fancy like their oyster dungeness crab kombu seaweed and christmas tree spirits have remained experiments . 7 in 2010 jorg rupf retired from his 28 year career as master distiller of st. george spirits . that same year st. george sold their popular hangar one vodka line to proximo spirits so that they could focus their attention on new projects including agricole rum gin liqueurs whiskey and breaking & entering bourbon . in 2015 they released a new line of three vodkas and in 2016 they brought out bruto americano a california amaro . 8 in 2013 maverick drinks began distributing st. george spirits in the uk . 9 products edit current spirits terroir gin botanivore gin dry rye gin absinthe verte breaking & entering bourbon st. george single malt whiskey california agricole rum fruit brandies fruit liqueurs nola coffee liqueur discontinued spirits hangar one vodka references edit heather bourbeau oct 26 2008 . spirited away . http www.foodgps.com qa with distiller lance winters timeline . st. george spirits . retrieved 9 february 2015 . spirits . st. george spirits . retrieved 9 february 2015 . spirits . st. george spirits . retrieved 9 february 2015 . a liquor of legend makes a comeback flights of fancy . st. george spirits . retrieved 9 february 2015 . pape allie 1 may 2014 . hangar one and st. george spirits are part ways . eater sf . retrieved 9 february 2015 . st george spirits on maverick drinks . retrieved 2016 07 22 . external links edit st. george 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