Immortal Spirits & Distilling Company

Overview of the Distillery

Immortal Spirits & Distilling Company is located in Medford, Oregon and was founded in 2009. The distillery produces a wide range of handcrafted spirits with whiskey as its flagship, and operates a tasting room with a bar, restaurant and retail shop. Production is built around its own, homemade equipment and a philosophy of making everything from scratch.

History

Immortal Spirits began in 2009 in Medford as a craft project with the goal of making spirits entirely from scratch. Early in the process, the team chose to build a large portion of the equipment themselves; among the units mentioned are a 60-barrel mash tun, a 1200-gallon stripping pot still and an 88-gallon spirit pot still. From the outset, the company has emphasized controlling the entire value chain: mashing, fermentation, distillation, aging and bottling all take place on-site. Each bottle bears a hand-number and a release date as part of the distillery's signature. Over the years the range has expanded with several types of spirits, and today the distillery runs a tasting room where guests can taste the products and purchase bottles to take home.

Raw Materials and Production

Production at Immortal Spirits is centered on full in-house manufacturing. Raw material preparation, mashing and fermentation take place on-site, and distillation occurs in pot stills consisting of a stripping pot still and a spirit pot still. The distillery built a large portion of its own equipment, which provides tight control over the technical processes. After distillation, the spirits are aged in suitable casks; whiskies are aged specifically in new, charred Oregon oak casks produced in Oregon. Bottling and bottle handling also take place on-site, and each bottle is numbered to document the release date and bottle identity. In addition to whisky they produce rum, absinthe, gin, brandy, eau de vie and seasonal products such as nocino.

Maturation and Cask Types

Immortal Spirits uses new, charred Oregon oak barrels from Oregon for their whisky aging. The choice of new, charred Oregon oak casks is a central element of their aging strategy and underscores a desire to work with locally produced wood. The bottles are numbered at release so aging time and the bottle's release date can be documented for each release.

Whiskies

The range spans widely: whisky is identified as the distillery's flagship, but they also produce gin, rum, absinthe, brandy, eau de vie and seasonal products. The website highlights, among other things, Limoncello (64 proof / 375 ml), Antarctica Gin (100 proof / 750 ml) and Nocino (74 proof / 375 ml). The products are sold in the tasting room's retail shop, and the bar uses the house spirits in cocktails on the restaurant's menu.

Whisky Style and Flavor Profile

There are several documented flavor profiles in the house: limoncello shows a distinct lemon/citrus character, nocino demonstrates a nutty character, and the whisky aging in charred Oregon oak casks points to a pronounced use of charred oak as a flavor contributor. These elements recur throughout the product range and aging choices.

Visit the Distillery

The distillery's tasting room in Medford is open Tuesday through Saturday from 5 PM to 10 PM. Here there is a bar with cocktails, a full restaurant menu and a retail department where you can buy bottles to take home. The tasting room and restaurant serve as a gathering place to sample the house spirits and experience how they are used in cocktails and on the menu.

The stated opening hours are Tuesday - Saturday: 5 PM - 10 PM.

Philosophy and Craft

Immortal Spirits is built on an explicit philosophy of craft: always from scratch and always handmade. They conduct mashing, fermentation, distillation, aging, and bottling on-site, hand-build much of their equipment, and number each bottle with a release date and bottle number. In addition, they use new, charred oak barrels produced in Oregon as a central part of their aging philosophy.