Montanya Blog
Obsessively Crafted High Mountain Rum.
Good Water Makes Good Rum
Did you know that 60% of what goes into every bottle of rum is water? We’re fortunate enough to proof Montanya Rums with water from a snowmelt-fed aquifer beneath our bottling and distribution center.
A Best for the World Company
Montanya Distillers was named a Best for the World Company for 2019, putting us in the to 10% of all B Corporations.
Meet the Growers: Isabel and Will Thibaut
Isabel Thibault grew up in Crested Butte and Gunnison, Colorado, and moved to Louisiana when she married her sugar-can growing husband, Will. Now their land grows sugar cane that ultimately finds its way into Montanya Rums.
Zoetica: Kits for a Waste Free Life
Montanya Distillers supports two of our own social responsibility companies, including Zoetica. Co-founded by our very own Karen Hoskin, it offers consumers alternatives to single-use trash, especially plastic.
Tales of the Cocktail 2019
Montanya Distillers will be heading to Tales of the Cocktail in the French Quarter of New Orleans this month. Here’s where you can find us!
"Employee" Spotlight: Bellatrix and Bellisima
Yes, we know that our stills are “inanimate” objects. But you can’t spend 10+ years making rum without realizing that they do, in fact, have personality. We named ours Bellatrix and Bellisima. Read on to meet them personally!
Meet the Growers: Gene Adolph
Gene is one of the Louisiana farmers who grows about 500 acres of raw cane every year for the mill that provides our sugar cane. He brings a lot of passion to growing a crop we depend on.
Zero-waste Travel: How We Do It
The more we work toward going zero-waste, the more people want to know how we do it. Especially when it comes to the things like travel. Here of some of the things our founder and owner Karen Hoskin does to avoid trash on the road.
Changing the Way Rum is Sold
In February of 2019, Montanya Distillers launched two new partnerships that brought our rums to France and Chicago. Both of these new partners are changing the way spirits are sold, which is great for consumers!
Being Good Stewards
We’re thrilled to announce our most recent affiliation with Best for Colorado. Part of The Alliance Center, Best for Colorado provides an assessment tool for companies to measure their social responsibility practices.
Flavor Profiles of Montanya Rums
What sets Montanya Rums apart in terms of their flavor profiles, plus tasting notes for each of our four rums.
A Q&A with Karen Hoskin
There’s a time-honored tradition of distilling rum in the mountains, including places like Guatemala, Colombia and Panama that predates even Caribbean rum. And now there’s Colorado.
Proud to be a B Corp
We are now a certified B Corp! This honor comes in recognition of the work we’ve done to be good for our people, our community, and the planet.
Montanya's glass bottle supplier receives "Cradle to Cradle" environmental certification
We knew we picked the right bottle supplier when we partnered with Owens Illinois. O-I was the first beverage packing company in the world to become certified under the Cradle to Cradle certification program.
Montanya Distillers Partners with terrapass® to Fight Climate Change and Offset its Carbon Emissions
We’ve partnered with terrapass® to offset carbon emissions from distilling, business travel, outgoing freight and inbound shipping. Through the partnership, Montanya is offsetting about 52 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) in 2018. The offset will help fund a Forest Management Project, which absorbs and stores about 2,500 more metrics tons of CO2each year than neighboring forests.
Shaking Up the Craft Spirits World, The Women's Distillery Guild Advocates for Gender Diversity and Advancement
When Karen Hoskin, owner of Montanya Distillersand a founding member of Ladies of American Distilling (LOAD), took over as interim leader of the organization in February, one of the first things she did was change the name to The Women’s Distillery Guild (WGD).
Montanya Distillers Celebrates 10 Years!
Ten years ago this month, in the tiny Colorado mountain town of Silverton, in an 800 square-foot stone building that was a brothel a hundred years ago, Karen and Brice Hoskin hatched a crazy idea to start a craft rum distillery called Montanya Distillers.
TEN DAYS TILL TURKEY!
Thanksgiving is coming! We're giving you TEN days of discounts to help celebrate the coming holiday. Participate in five of ten discounts and win a night out on us!
Taking on distribution in the EU!
About four years ago, folks from Europe began asking how to get Montanya Rums. Needless to say, we thought this was really cool and wanted to give them all the yeses in the world. But then the roadblocks began cropping up, more by the day, until we were just about ready to throw in the towel.
Montanya now Certified Green Business
Green America has recently certified Montanya Distillers as a Green Business!
The Green Business Certification is awarded to businesses that are "values driven," socially equitable, accountable with "radical transparency," and environmentally responsible in sourcing, manufacturing, marketing, and daily operations. Customers can feel confident that businesses with this certification operate in ways "that support workers, communities, and protect the environment."