Photo: Bend’s Oregon Spirit Distillers moves into bigger home
Published 12:00 am Thursday, September 3, 2015
- Andy Tullis/ The BulletinBrad Irwin, who owns Oregon Spirit Distillers, uses a forklift to moves barrels of spirits into place in the warehouse at Oregon Spirit Distillers new location on NE 1st St. in Bend Wednesday morning 9-2-15.
The folks at Oregon Spirit Distillers are moving 350 barrels, a still, fermentation tanks and everything else needed to make vodka, bourbon, spiced rum, wheat whiskey, genever — a type of gin — and absinthe. The distillery outgrew its first home on Northeast Butler Market Road, near Fourth Street, and is moving into a three-building complex at 740 NE First St. The new location provides three times the space, allowing Brad Irwin, the distillery’s owner, to also open The Barrel Thief, a new cocktail lounge, and keep the tasting room open seven days a week.