Dad’s Hat Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey

Dad’s Hat Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey, located in the Grundy Commons complex in Bristol, officially opened in September 2011. That February, the first whiskey was released — a White Rye that is taken straight from the still and bottled at 100 proof with no barrel aging. In June 2012 — after sustaining the proper aging process — the Dad’s Hat Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey was released.

And the rest is history.

These days, just five months after producing its first aged rye whiskey, Dad’s Hat is producing 3,000 bottles on a monthly basis. All stages of the whiskey brewing business are done on premises. Mihalich explained that Dad’s Hat uses natural, local ingredients and the recipe only uses rye grain and malt for a pure taste.

Here are some photographs I took during a recent tour of the distillery.