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Bottle of Dominion Whiskey with a scenic background

Lowbrows Making Highbrow Whiskey

In the shadow of Old Dominion Mountain, where the Kettle River Range meets the Columbia, we make American single malt whiskey the way it should be made: with local barley, proprietary yeast, mountain water, and time.

Twelve years ago, when commercial stills had multi-year waitlists, we built our own. Old Alice, our hand-built copper alembic still, came from both necessity and ability. When you can solve a problem with your own hands, you do. That philosophy defines everything at Dominion.

Single malt whiskey is the ultimate test of a distiller’s craft. Simple ingredients, nothing to hide behind, no shortcuts. Just malted barley from Washington’s Palouse Hills, yeast, pure water, and the patience to let the whiskey become itself inside oak barrels.

The temperate Northwest climate ages our whiskey slowly, deliberately. We bottle only when it’s ready. The result is a mellow, 93 proof, American single malt whiskey with notes of dark toffee, chocolate, hazelnut, and that honeycomb finish that locals call “Mellow Hearts of Gold.” It’s honest whiskey, made by honest hands, in country that doesn’t suffer fools or shortcuts.

Henry Anderson

Dominion's distiller

Henry Anderson, has been on a 25 year journey learning the art of distilling, aging and blending all sorts of spirits. Thankfully his dedication to trial-and-error, wild experimentation and deep rooted curiosity has lead to a truly remarkable American Single Malt whiskey. We affectionally call it "Mellow Hearts of Gold."

Now we get to open the doors of our distillery, knowing that we are sharing something unique and incredibly special. Dominion is a whiskey for people who love a high-quality drinking experience and like the idea of lowbrows like us making a rarefied highbrow whiskey.

There’s something very satisfying about doing runs and cuts on a still that Henry built by hand 12 years ago. When things are going smooth, we do a spirit run every week. It's not always smooth. Our traditional open-style alembic still gives him freedom to shape and experiment with the flavor through the entire distillation process.

There are no shortcuts and it takes a lot of patience. Dominion's not about marketing or brand awareness, it’s about whiskey.

You can purchase Dominion whiskey online or by attending one of our upcoming distillery events in Kettle Falls, WA. We also have our Kelly Hill Allocation Whiskey Club that creates access to our rarest whiskeys throughout the year.

About the Kelly Hill Allocation Club