A Terrific Travel Destination or a Local's Daytrip: Woodinville Whiskey Co.'s New Distillery. KING 5's Evening Magazine Airs Story on How to Bottle Whiskey with the Pros

Thanks to Evening Magazine for the story on Woodinville Whiskey Co. which you can catch online here.  Learn how you might be able to score a spot at one of the upcoming bottling sessions where you'll roll up your sleeves on the line and help bottle, label and pack whiskey. 

Or if something more leisurely is your idea of a good time, take a tour of the distillery and slide up to the bar for a guided tasting.  The distillery shop has great gifts for the holidays including a gorgeous limited edition gift pack.

Upstairs, there's a terrific event space overlooking the distillery equipment for private events and parties.

Woodinville Whiskey Co.

Bourbon, rye and more! 

Eater on Woodinville Whiskey Co. and Josh Henderson's Hollywood Tavern

Eater posted the news about this Woodinville collaboration.  Julien Perry wrote, "Cofounder Orlin Sorensen says the new distillery will be highly interactive and will let visitors step onto the production floor, surrounded by corn cooking and barrels being filled.


Photo from Redmond Patch. 



As far as Hollywood Tavern goes, soft-serve, cheap beer, fun bar snacks, corn hole, a killer patio, and a cocktail list designed by Maggie Savarino are all on deck."

Can't wait for autumn.  (Did I just say that?)



Seattle Times "All You Can Eat" Describes Hollywood Project in Woodinville as having "Star Power". Woodinville Whiskey Co.

Read Rebekah Denn's article today on the new Hollywood Tavern and Woodinville Whiskey Co. distillery opening in Woodinville this Fall?  "Woodinville’s old Hollywood Tavern is getting some star attractions.  We’ve known for a while that Josh Henderson of Huxley Wallace Collective (best known for Skillet Street Food) was setting up a farm style restaurant in the old bar space, which is expected to open in September. Now there’s news that the Woodinville Whiskey Company, known as one of the state’s top craft distilleries, will share the property."

Thanks Rebekah.

Woodinville Whiskey Co.'s New Distillery: Allecia Vermillion of Seattle Met Tells Us About the New Project at Hollywood Tavern

Thanks to Allecia for a terrific article on the new distillery, just down the road, that Woodinville Whiskey Co.'s opening later this fall.  Seattle Met describes the project: "We’ve long known that Woodinville’s Hollywood Tavern is getting a makeover as a cheeseburger-and-whiskey-fueled restaurant courtesy of Joshua Henderson. But here's the lowdown on the whiskey component. And it's a big one.

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Woodinville Whiskey Co., one of the biggest, most established players in the state's young distillery culture, is moving its operations to a new complex being built around the historic tavern, which previously lived a long life under the name Mabel’s. The plan: Preserve the original tavern, which long predates the wine culture that has sprung up around it, but make it part of a destination that fuses whiskey, dining, and a killer patio where you can play cornhole.

The new distillery will be four times the size of the original. Cofounder Orlin Sorensen says a new still will arrive in October from Germany; the 1,320-gallon pot still will be one of the largest in the western United States.

Sorensen and cofounder Brett Carlile grew up in the area; Sorensen has fond memories of the tavern, from having to keep his distance as a minor to enjoying a Pabst or two inside when he came age: “It was so unique, this little bar right between Ste. Michelle and Columbia and Redhook,” he recalls. So when developer Point 32 (also behind the Bullitt Center) approached the guys, they loved the idea of moving their business to the tavern site. And in the intervening two years, the distillery grew to a point where it actually needed more spacious digs.

The new Woodinville Whiskey will offer tours three times a day, says Sorensen, and the distillery is designed to be highly interactive; visitors can even step onto the production floor, surrounded by corn cooking and barrels being filled." 

Point 32 (Bullett Center sound familiar?) is the developer. Henderson's named Chef Angie Roberts as the Hollywood Tavern's Chef (there will be soft serve ice cream) and the drink list's being dreamed up by Maggie Savarino.  Scoot over here to read the entire story.  You need to hear if Joshua's keeping cheap beer on the menu, after all. 

(Thanks Allecia from Lesa Linster and all of us!)