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Inaugural Battle of the Bartenders
This inaugural event promises to be a blast. Ten bartending teams go toe to toe, creating original cocktails with Montanya Rums in a competition to be the best local bartender.
Fall Cocktail Recipes
Three recipes for fall cocktails, featuring Montanya Rums and some of our Women’s Cocktail Collective partners.
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.
In the Media: Review of Montanya Exclusiva on Paste
This collection of summer Tiki cocktail recipes features two recipes made with Montanya Oro Rum. Thanks for the shoutout! We’ll have to make these this weekend.
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.
Employee Spotlight: Meet Anna-Marie
We like to think that Anna-Marie Davidson arrival at Montanya Distillers is kismet. A server and bartender, our tasting room was the first establishment she visited during her first trip Crested Butte.
In the Media: Best New Summer 2019 Tiki Cocktail Recipes
This collection of summer Tiki cocktail recipes features two recipes made with Montanya Oro Rum. Thanks for the shoutout! We’ll have to make these this weekend.
In the Media: Empowering Female Bartenders
Founder and owner Karen Hoskin weighs in on the important topic of empowering female bartenders in this article from the restaurant blog, Toast. A fascinating and important read.
New Cocktail Recipe: Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
What happens when our creative staff come up with a brand new bitter? Our founder creates a new cocktail to go with it! Introducing Rhubarb Bitters and the Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Rum Cocktail.
The Secrets of Sugar Cane
Rum is made from a single plant—sugar cane—and yet it’s also sugar free, carb free, and gluten free. Say what? Learn more about the “rum plant” in this featured blog post.
Cocktails for Camping
Batching cocktails ahead of time and choosing simple ingredients makes it easy to enjoy artisan cocktails while camping. Here are three cocktails perfect for camping or your next river trip.
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!
Last Minute Ideas for the 4th of July
A few last minute ideas to make your 4th of July celebration memorable (and incorporate American-made Montanya Rums!).
Rum on the Road: Fort Collins, CO
What happens when you load 15 Montanya Distillers employees into a van and head to Fort Collins? A whole lotta fun, that’s what.
Employee Spotlight: Nia Morales
Nia found her way to Crested Butte from New Jersey. We can so relate to her sense of wanderlust and recognize a kindred spirit when she talks about how life changing travel can be.
Ask the Founder: The Continuum of Rum Part II
Founder Karen Hoskin weighs in on some of the current debates within the world of premium rum, including the debate over sweetened versus unsweetened rum and what she loves best about the category of spirits. Part 2 of 2.
Ask the Founder: The Continuum of Rum Part I
Founder Karen Hoskin weighs in on some of the current debates within the world of premium rum, including the “best makers” of rum and the best ways to learn more about rum. Part 1 of 2.
Summer Cocktail Recipe: Mojitos!
We share a couple of variations on the classic Mojito cocktail recipe: a “Bojito” (a mojito with muddled berries) and a hibiscus mojito.