Painted Stave to release limited edition whiskey to mark solar eclipse

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Painted Stave Distilling, Smyrna, will release SunSeeker Wheat Whiskey on August 21 to commemorate the total solar eclipse.

 SunSeeker Wheat Whiskey is the third in Painted Stave’s series of whiskeys distilled from craft beers.

In January 2016, Painted Stave Distilling partnered with Fordham Brewing Company in Dover on what would be become the third release in Painted Stave’s “Beers To Whiskey!” series.

Painted Stave picked up over 3,000 bottles of Fordham’s Sunseeker Wheat Beer from the brewery and with the help of a dozen volunteers managed to pour all the beer into a holding tank in about 45 minutes. The wheat ale was then distilled into 10 gallons of 124 proof whiskey in Painted Stave’s copper pot-still.

The whiskey was aged for 18 months in a Bourbon barrel before being bottled at 84 proof. Only 130 bottles were made.

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Painted Stave and Fordham Brewing will be launching the whiskey at the Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation’s (DASEF) Environmental Outpost in Smyrna during their eclipse watching party starting at 1 p.m.  

The party is open to the public and is family friendly.  Whiskey, Painted Stave cocktails and Fordham and Dominion beer will be available for eclipse watchers over 21.

SunSeeker Wheat Whiskey is the third release from Painted Stave made from a local craft beer.

The rest, a semi-yearly release called Double Trouble D, is distilled from Dominion Brewing Companies Double D Imperial IPA.

Double Trouble D was first released in April 2016 and is now available through April and October releases every year.

Double Trouble D was awarded a Best in Category and a Silver Medal by the American Distilling Institute in April. The second release was a special batch of Short N’ Stout Malt whiskey distilled from Mispillion River Brewing Company’s beer by the same name.

 Short N’ Stout, both the beer and the whiskey, were released in June 2017 to raise money for the Officer In Distress Fund.

 
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