Jon Kreidler is the founder and chief officer of Tattersall Distilling, and upon the release of their Interstate Whiskey, he expressed his joy over the pending approval of a classification allowing distillers to officially label an American single malt whiskey. “As a member of the American Single Malt Whiskey Commission, we have been anxiously awaiting the federal government’s approval of the American single malt whiskey designation.

Minnesota’s distinguished cocktail distiller sure feels like it belongs in Wisconsin after one visit to the spectacular new 75,000-square-foot facility in River Falls. Just 25 minutes from downtown St. Paul (or 40 minutes from its original northeast Minneapolis home), Tattersall surprises no one with co-founder Dan Oskey’s glorious cocktails.

But the quality of the food, from executive chef Jonathan Newman, pleasantly surprised me. A creamy trout dip pays homage to the nearby Kinnickinnic River, and several dishes nicely utilize Tattersall spirits, like the whiskey-glazed pork belly bites.

Wisconsin’s Tattersall Distilling recently launched its Interstate Whiskey, which was inspired by the first interstate park in the nation.

A statement from the distiller notes that this expression, Tattersall’s first American single malt, has been in the making for more than five years. You’ll be able to find a bottle in Minnesota and Wisconsin starting now.

“As a member of the American Single Malt Whiskey Commission, we have been anxiously awaiting the federal government’s approval of the American single malt whiskey designation,” said Jon Kreidler, founder and chief officer of Tattersall Distilling, in the prepared statement.

There’s a new trending spirit in town that’s starting to demand space of its own: aquavit. Thanks to its deep herbal profile, usability in cocktails, and ease of production, aquavit has been popping up on drink menus around the world.

It all started over a drink. As things do.

Bentley Gillman, Tattersall’s chief distiller, is a bit of a mad scientist messing with side projects that may or may not see the fast track of the distillery’s production line. One of the projects he had been working on earlier this year was a rice-based spirit in the style of shochu.

When Jon Kreidler and Dan Oskey launched Tattersall Distilling in Minneapolis, their focus was craft cocktails. They’ve built their business on flavor-forward spirits and the cocktails people crave. Yet as the business grew they bumped into limits within Minnesota’s liquor laws.

Tattersall Distilling announced he launch of its first canned cocktail line. Made from its award-winning distilled spirits, the cocktails include Key Lime Gin + Tonic, Blueberry Basil Collins, Easy Street and Watermelon Bootlegger. Distributed in Minnesota and Wisconsin to start, Tattersall’s canned cocktails are now available at select liquor stores and Tattersall’s River Falls distillery in 4-packs of each can.

The microdistiller not only sources grains, fruit and materials from local suppliers — it repurposes as many byproducts of the distilling process as possible, in what’s likely one of the most scalable examples of circularity so far in the spirits business.

Tattersall River Falls is powered by a rooftop solar array that produces a yearly average of 472,000kWh of electricity.  That’s like adding 5,517 trees to our forests.

As Minnesota-based Tattersall Distilling Co. continues to expand distribution across the United States, its rollout will be supported by its new distillery just over the border in Wisconsin.

Tattersall recently strengthened its Midwest footprint through partnerships with distributors in Illinois and Michigan. Restaurants, bars and liquor stores in those two states – and 23 others – will be stocked with Tattersall spirits produced in Wisconsin, not Minnesota.