{"title":"Death's Door Spirits","description":"\u003cp\u003eWashington Island, Wisconsin is at the heart and soul of everything produced by Death's Door Spirits. This 22 square mile island hosts 700 year-round residents and has a school, a rec center, a medical clinic, a downtown strip with bars and a grocery, churches, a bank and a gas station. What Washington Island also has miles of beautiful uninterrupted shoreline, protected coves and inlets, and acres upon acres of open land with rolling hills and hardwood stands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWashington Island was once known for its potato farming. Washington Island \"spuds\" made their way around the world for their quality and flavor. However, in the early 1970's, vertical integration in the potato industry left Washington Island without contracts to grow its crops. Without customers, island farmers stopped planting and instead switched to other jobs that were either more tourism-based, or moved off the island to find a livelihood elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wUVg2mrlkGI\" width=\"700\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFast forward to 2005, a small group of like-minded people began exploring reinvigorating farming on Washington Island. Armed with enough seed to plant 5 acres and enough know-how to get it done — brothers Tom and Ken Koyen began growing wheat on the island. What started as wheat to use as flour at the Washington Island Hotel has grown into a select specialty grain for use in Capital Brewery's Island Wheat Ale and all of Death's Door Spirits products.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince 2005, Death's Door Spirits and Capital Brewery have supported the farmers' efforts on Washington Island to expand the acreage of hard red winter wheat from five (5) to 1,200.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","products":[{"product_id":"deaths-door-white-whisky","title":"Death's Door White Whisky","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDeath's Door White Whisky was a pioneer in the whisky category and has an 80:20 mash bill of hard red winter wheat to malted barley. The unique character of this spirit starts back in the process of fermenting the grains, utilizing a champagne yeast rather than a traditional whisky yeast. The spirit is then double-distilled up to 160 proof (80% ABV), rested in stainless steel, proofed down to 80 (40% ABV) and finished in uncharred Minnesota oak barrels to help bring the \"white whisky\" together and to meld this unique spirits' flavors.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Death's Door","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43868549644441,"sku":"59266003034","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/7177\/7177\/files\/Death-s-Door-White-Whisky-Vintage-Wine-and-Spirits-0.jpg?v=1756536432"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/7177\/7177\/collections\/deaths-door-spirits-984697.jpg?v=1720851637","url":"https:\/\/vintagewineandspirits.com\/collections\/deaths-door-spirits.oembed","provider":"Vintage Wine \u0026 Spirits ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}