Two Trees Distilling

Overview of the distillery

Two Trees Distilling is located in the Appalachian Mountains and produces fine spirits with a clear focus on sustainable maturation. The company combines selected grains, spring water from the Appalachians, and roasted wood varieties that are toasted to the precise character to build aroma and a hint of smoke. Their Sustainably Matured™ approach seeks to reduce wood usage and shorten aging time.

Raw materials and production

Two Trees puts the raw materials at the center: best possible grains are combined with Appalachian spring water and with wood that is carefully selected and roasted to match a specific grain. Instead of traditional, long barrel-aging cycles, they employ maturation strategies where toasted wood varieties add the desired structure and aroma. The goal is to have greater control over maturation, reduce wood usage and minimize evaporation losses through shorter and more controlled aging processes. The processes are collectively referred to as Sustainably Matured™.

Maturation and barrel types

The maturation builds primarily on toasted wood varieties and alternative wood-based methods rather than solely long barrel aging. Two Trees describes that their methods can reduce wood usage to under 10% compared with traditional barrel aging, significantly shorten aging time and reduce ageing loss and problems with whiskey fungus.

Whiskies

The website presents Two Trees as a producer of craft spirits, with focus on products aged via their sustainable maturation methods and tight control of wood-to-grain pairings. The range is sold in the tasting room, but no detailed product descriptions or age statements are given on this page.

General flavor profile

Smoke is described as a hint of smoke, mentioned in the description of roasted wood varieties. Oak is described as central to flavor development through the use of toasted wood varieties.

Visit the distillery

The tasting room is open Monday–Thursday 10:00–19:00, Friday and Saturday 10:00–20:00, and Sunday 12:00–17:00. Bottle sales are offered seven days a week. Visitors can taste spirits in the tasting room, and contact can be made at phone (828)-483-6755 or via Info@twotreesdistilling.com. Access requires that you are over 21 years old.

The stated opening hours are Monday - Thursday 10am - 7pm; Friday & Saturday 10am - 8pm; Sundays 12pm - 5pm (bottle sales available 7 days a week).

Philosophy and craftsmanship

Two Trees is making deliberate efforts to reduce the industry's reliance on wood and overall GHG emissions by optimizing wood use in maturation and reducing aging time. They prioritize selected, roasted wood species matched to grain to achieve controlled flavor development.

Sustainability

The Sustainably Matured™ initiative reduces the industry's dependence on wood and aims to use less than 10% of the wood required in traditional barrel aging.
Two Trees states that they can produce equivalent quantities (50 barrels / 2,650 gallons) with two trees, whereas traditional barrel aging would require 25 trees.
Reduced aging time lowers calculated GHG emissions, reduces evaporation losses (angel's share) and reduces the risk of whiskey fungus (Baudoinia Compniacensis).