Our Products

All of our products are crafted from the highest quality ingredients from sources as close to our production facility as possible.  The formulas have been developed to provide distinct products of superior quality.

 

Cane vodka                                                

 

A vodka made from the juice of Maui sugar cane before it is processed into sugar.  Instead of multiple passes through the ‘Hookah’ Pot Still it is run through its own  column still.  It is then slow filtered by the ‘Lichtenstein’ a unique apparatus of our own design.  The result, is an extremely smooth and infinitely mixable vodka that is also gluten free.

 

Grain vodka                                                

 

The process and apparatus of the cane vodka but the same raw ingredients as Double-Diamond Whiskey…65% malted barley (some grown and malted in Colorado) plus rye for a spicy flavor.   It gets one spin through the Hookah and then is rectified in the column still.  The result is a complex, spicy grain flavored vodka… And you thought vodka didn’t have flavor.

 

Pepper vodka                                        

 

The basis of this extraordinary spirit is the cane vodka but it is infused with the perfect combination of New Mexico dried red chilies (roadside ristras) and black pepper from Indonesia.  While it does make the best bloody mary in the world, that is by no means  it’s only talent.  This  complex product is excellent as a soloist and as a mixer with just about anything (try ginger…or marjoram). How about a Downslope Pepper Screwdrammer with fresh ginger?  Colorado Proud?  Yeah -  Colorado Proud!

 

Rum

 

White Rum                                           

 

This (and all) our rums are made from dried Maui cane juice that has not yet been processed into sugar.  What that means is that none of the molasses been removed and so needs no molasses added back.  This rum is good on its own and as the backbone for  any traditional rum cocktail. A tropical agricultural product made whole in the cold.

 

Gold Rum                                           

 

What happens when a beautiful harmony of sugar cane is aged in experienced American white oak barrels?  Downslope Gold Rum..  These are the same barrels that are used for tequila but with the earthy agave flavor replaced with the warm and comfortable flavor of  unadulterated cane juice from the tropics.  The Wood and the Weather…ok, no singing,  just try it.

 

Spiced rum

 

There are many spiced rums available with very familiar flavors and easily recognizable ad campaigns.  Ours differs in that we use no artificial flavors and no additives.  The result is a complex but not overpowering  citrus/ spicy rum that stands alone and plays well with other flavors.

 

Vanilla Rum                                        

 

Vanilla is the most widely accepted flavor for the human  species ( really!) Vanilla flavored spirits on the other hand tend to fall short.  They seem to posses either an artificial flavor or an over the top vanilla flavor with an accompanying bitterness.  The vanilla rum we produce includes neither of these qualities.  We use two kinds of vanilla beans that have the perfect contact time in very small batches to capture a complex vanilla flavor that is unmatched. These small quantities are then blended for consistency.  This product stands elegantly on it’s own and plays well with others (flavors).  Try a Mexican Coke with Downslope Vanilla Rum, or miss out.

 

Wine Barrel Aged Rum                     

 

Ageing rum in oak barrels certainly makes for an interesting product but we take that to the next level by selecting some of the rum and ageing it in various wine casks.  Each of these rums is unique and is produced in limited quantities.  In fact there is only 60 gallons of each product in the world.  Currently we have rum in Hungarian Tokaji casks, a California chardonnay cask, and a Napa Valley merlot cask.

 

We are not bottling these products currently but are offering them in 1 liter mini casks that we will fill on demand.

 

Double-Diamond Whiskey             

 

Have you ever had really good Irish whiskey?  The kind that makes you taste it (not drink it) to excess.  We have.   And then, we decided we could do better.  Our whiskey follows the Irish tradition of being made predominantly with malted barley, the other fraction is rye which contributes a spiciness that is our signature.  The whiskey is aged in very small experienced medium toast casks and then blended. The result is a light colored extraordinarily smooth whiskey that tastes of vanilla and honey and spice and wood.         

 

 

                                                            

 

Currently Double-Diamond whiskey is only available in our tasting room and only in 1 liter wooden casks

 

Malt Whisky – In Process

 

Our malt whiskey is made only from malted barley. The malt we use is from a venerable low yield strain called Maris Otter that is malted by hand.  We use this very expensive malt because what it yields in malt flavor is unsurpassed. We will a touch of peated barley which will balance out the overall flavor.  The aging and blending regimen is the same that we use in our Double-Diamond whiskey.