Rob's Mountain Gin & Spring44 spirits.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: COLORADO COOL STUFF

Spring44's water is as "pure and clean as you can get," says Rob Masters, the distillery's chief ethanol savant. This makes it ideal for distilling, he adds, especially in the case of Spring44 Vodka and Honey Vodka. (Vodkas are tasteless, so impurities stand out) Masters started distilling professionally in 2004, and just recently brought his skill set and gin brand, Rob's Mountain Gin, to Spring44, after a run with Boulder Distillery. The gin uses a number of nontraditional botanicals like basil, lime leaf and clove. Unlike juniper-heavy London dry gins, American-style gins like...