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It soon outgrew the little house and in 2013 moved down the street into Bristol Brewing's original building, after Bristol moved to a larger site.^3,8,9 Myers had made the whiskey alone, but in 2015 he hired distiller Eric Jett, who had worked at Stranahan's, and other staff.^7,8 In 2016 a second still, a larger 300-gallon replica of the original, arrived from Cogitic Corporation, a Colorado Springs firm that also builds parts for nuclear submarines.^4,7,8 Output quadrupled to 240 gallons a week, and every batch still passes through the original still, now a thump keg joined by copper pipe to the 300-gallon still.^4,7,8

In 2021 the distillery moved to a 12,000-square-foot building at 4242 N. Nevada Ave., the former home of Colorado Gold Distillery.^9,10 The new space let it make 500 gallons a week, with plans to add more than 12,000 square feet there.^9,10 By February 2024 its facility covered 26,000 square feet and held several stills.¹¹

It uses grain from the Colorado plains and water from Pikes Peak reservoirs.¹ The spirit is distilled three times in custom pot stills made locally.⁶ The whiskey ages in virgin, heavily charred American white oak barrels, then toasted aspen staves from a friend's nearby land go into the barrels for three weeks.^6,7

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