XO Alambic.
Shopping Cart
Your Cart is Empty
Quantity:
Subtotal
Taxes
Shipping
Total
It's about agriculture. It's about alchemy. It's about time.
XO Alambic.
A craft distillery creating legendary spirits from the bounty of Washington agriculture.
Well, to be absolutely precise....
It's about agriculture.
It's about alchemy.
It's about time.
Fine brandies crafted from select
Washington winegrapes and Washington cider apples.
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.
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.
Irish-style cream liqueur made from sweet dairy cream, four-leaf clover honey and fine whisky spirits.
WELCOME
WELCOME
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 at the distillery lovingly sends those to you. In spirit-speak, however, the XO from Cognac nomenclature 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 of fine spirits. Batch production contrasts greatly with continuous distillation, which is most commonly associated with large-scale spirits production on what is commonly called a continuous, Coffey or patent still. The distillation apparatus 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. Our belief is that the pursuit of excellence in craft-distilled spirits involves all three of these, and thus, 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 from a former project has been secretly maturing for the past nine years, the distillery's early releases have caused quite a sensation!
