Coppersea Distilling

About the distillery

Coppersea Distilling is an award-winning farm distillery in the Hudson Valley with a clear craft focus. The distillery malts its own grain, ferments in open wooden vessels, and distills in direct-fired copper pot stills. A single barrel straight rye, selected for New York Craft Spirits and bottled at cask strength, illustrates their approach to small-batch releases and raw material control.

Raw materials and production

The documented mash bill for the shown Single Barrel Straight Rye is 60% rye, 25% corn and 15% malted rye. Coppersea malts its own grain and conducts fermentation in open wooden vessels. The distillation takes place in direct-fired copper alembic pot stills. The combination of house malt, open wooden fermentation, and direct-fired copper distillation points to a traditional, small-batch production model with a focus on raw material control and process choices.

Maturation and barrel types

The specific product is a single barrel (barrel #100) selected and bottled at cask strength. The source does not indicate which cask types or previous contents were used for maturation, only that the bottle comes from a single-barrel selection and is undiluted.

Whiskies

The documented range at the retailer includes one active listing: a single barrel straight rye whiskey bottled at cask strength. Overall, Coppersea is described as a farm distillery that produces whiskeys from locally sourced grain with emphasis on traditional techniques and small-batch releases.

General flavor profile

Philosophy and craft

Coppersea prioritizes traditional methods and quality over speed and volume. They malt their own grain, use locally sourced grains, and employ open wooden fermentation vessels as well as direct-fired copper pot stills as central elements of their craft.