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XO Alambic

It's about agriculture.  It's about alchemy.  It's about time. 

  • XO Alambic official logotype
    XO Alambic. 
    A craft distillery creating legend-ary spirits from the bounty of       Washington agriculture. 
     
    Well, to be absolutely precise....

    It's about agriculture.  
    It's about alchemy.  
    It's about time.
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  • Engraving of a distiller at work
    Fine brandies crafted from select
    Washington wine-grapes and Washington cider apples.
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  • Harvesters with 21-mule team
    Fine single-malt whisky distilled from sprouted Washington barley and a heritage whisky made from ancient grains including spelt, emmer, rye and maize, all grown in Washington.
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  • Artisanal spirits from a single pot-still, made with expert care and attention.  This is at the heart of every XO Alambic offering.  A stable of distinctive, hand-made spirits brands to suit every taste.
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  • Irish-style cream liqueur made from sweet dairy cream, four-leaf clover honey and fine whisky spirits.
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XO Alambic?


XO Alambic is a Washington craft distillery with a curious name.  


XO universally stands for hugs & kisses, and simply for reading this, we lovingly send those to you.  In spirit-speak, however, it is shorthand for extra-old, but we like to think that it means extraordinary!


The term alambic refers to the traditional style of distillation that relies on a batch technique in a single pot still, the ultimate in artisanal production.  It is contrasted with continuous distillation most commonly associated with large-scale spirits production on a what is termed a Coffey or patent still.  The pot still at XO Alambic is a 2000-litre, dual-kettle, pot-and-column hybrid still, referred to as a Figgins Reciprocator, a technical innovation brought to life by the distillery's founder.  


It's about agriculture.  It's about alchemy.  It's about time.


Agriculture.  Alchemy.  Time.  These three elements are conspicuously on display at XO Alambic.  As the pursuit of excellence in craft-distilled spirits involves all three, all of them conspire in the climb toward the creation of perfect spirits.  Farm-grown fruits and grains, once fermented and then double-distilled, are slowly matured to become worthy of the XO badge.  Considering that the distiller's own Washington brandy and whisky has been secretly maturing for the past eight years, the distillery's first releases have caused quite a sensation!