Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey.

• Position: Colorado Cool Stuff - Brief article

A volunteer firefighter in Aspen, Jess Graber met George Strananhan, the owner of Denver-based Flying Dog Brewery, under unfortunate circumstances: in the afterglow of a blaze that claimed a barn on Stranahan's Pitkin County ranch. That barn was toast, but Stranahan had "another barn with running water and a warm space," said Graber. "In Colorado, you need that." There they distilled a couple of leftover kegs, and the results spurred them to launch a full-fledged operation that used barley mash from Flying Dog. The whiskey is aged in charred white oak barrels for no...