Anchorage Distillery

Anchorage Distillery at a Glance

Anchorage Distillery has 6 distinct products with 21 total TTB label approvals, including Vodka - Cherry Flavored, Vodka - Other Flavored, Vodka 80-89 Proof. Labels approved between 2020-02-06 and 2020-06-07. Label origins on file: Alaska, Arkansas.

At a Glance data sourced from public TTB records.

Anchorage Distillery: Alaska Vodka From Local Grain to a Wider Market

Anchorage Distillery opened its tasting bar in September 2015 at the Midtown Anchorage plant built by the former Bare Distillery, whose name still appeared on the label, Alaska Dispatch News reported. Bare had launched Truuli Peak vodka in 2011 from local barley and honey, and the product ceased two years later after failing to gain a foothold, the same report said.

How Anchorage Distillery restarted in 2015

Todd Goodew, an Oregonian with 30 years in the food business, came to look at the property in 2014, by the newspaper's account. He shipped his first product in April 2015 and built the tasting bar himself from leftover crates and pallets, so that it resembles a mine shaft. As CEO he was producing gin, white whiskey, and a straight unflavored vodka, had created a line of flavored vodkas, and was experimenting with a ghost pepper vodka. One issue that brought down Truuli was that it did not make the most of its Alaska connection, Goodew said, and the labels on his bottles proclaim "All Alaska".

What goes into Anchorage Distillery vodka

The plant took its water from Eklutna Lake before it reached the municipal water plant, Goodew told Alaska Dispatch News in 2015. By 2017 the grains were wheat and rye from VanderWeele Farms in the Mat-Su Valley and barley from Robinson Farms in Delta Junction, with barley as the base for the Glacier Melt vodka, Edible Alaska wrote. Fermentation takes about 72 hours, and an essence still extracts flavors from local berries such as blueberry or raspberry for the vodka, the magazine added. A run starts with 1,500 kg of Alaskan grain and yields 1,080 bottles of 750 ml, the distillery's process page says.

The distillery's website lists the product as Glacier Vodka, at 40% abv, beside Ghost Pepper, Blueberry, Raspberry, and Cranberry vodkas at the same strength.

A new CEO and an all-Alaska grain claim

The distillery's current iteration began in 2016 when Bob Klein, its CEO, took over, Edible Alaska wrote in 2017, putting the business at about four years old. Its claim to fame was using only Alaskan grains, and it was the only distillery in the state doing so, Klein told the Peninsula Clarion in 2016. Two products called The Benefactors send all proceeds to Alaska causes: Benefactor Pink helps those fighting breast cancer while Benefactor Black supports military family projects, John Halligan, a physician involved with the distillery, told the same paper.

Where Anchorage Distillery spirits are sold

Products were available in over a hundred establishments statewide in 2017, Edible Alaska wrote. Its spirits are now in over 300 bars, restaurants, and retailers across Alaska plus a few retailers in Arkansas, the distillery's website says. The BUY.VODKA TTB snapshot lists Alaska as the label origin on file in February through May 2020 and Arkansas in June 2020. Each approval appears in the TTB label records for Anchorage Distillery on this page.

Sources

• Alaska Dispatch News. “Adventurous distillers aim to make their spirits as all-Alaskan as possible.” 11 September 2015. https://adn.com/culture/article/blazing-alaska-s-vodka-trail/2015/09/11
• Edible Alaska. “In Good Spirits.” 19 August 2017. https://ediblealaska.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-good-spirits/
• Peninsula Clarion. “Grain to berries.” 18 October 2016. https://www.peninsulaclarion.com/news/grain-to-berries
• Anchorage Distillery (anchoragedistillery.com). “OUR SPIRITS | Anchorage Distillery.” Undated. https://www.anchoragedistillery.com/our-spirits
• Anchorage Distillery (anchoragedistillery.com). “Craft Distilled Spirits | Anchorage Distillery | United States.” Undated. https://www.anchoragedistillery.com/
• Anchorage Distillery (anchoragedistillery.com). “GRAIN TO GLASS PROCESS | Anchorage Distillery.” Undated. https://www.anchoragedistillery.com/grain-to-glass-process
• TTB Public COLA Registry via BUY.VODKA data snapshot (src/data/labels.json, local build 26 October 2026). “Anchorage Distillery” label approvals. Local read-only query, 26 October 2026.

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