Want to know more about how to make rum? Here’s an inside look at the distilling process at Montanya Distillers.

We’ve never worked with someone as consistently smiley and upbeat as Polly. It never feels forced or contrived, and it makes her a true joy to work with and she lifts everyone else up alongside her.

Yes, we know that our stills are “inanimate” objects. But you can’t spend 10+ years making rum without realizing that they do, in fact, have personality. We named ours Bellatrix and Bellisima. Read on to meet them personally!

Gene is one of the Louisiana farmers who grows about 500 acres of raw cane every year for the mill that provides our sugar cane. He brings a lot of passion to growing a crop we depend on.

The more we work toward going zero-waste, the more people want to know how we do it. Especially when it comes to the things like travel. Here of some of the things our founder and owner Karen Hoskin does to avoid trash on the road.

An Alaskan native from the Aleut tribe, Assistant Kitchen Manager Shane Walker says that Colorado is his home away from home. We’re glad, because that means he brings his talents to Montanya Distillers.

Let’s be honest: the City of Miami and Miami Beach need no introduction. Beaches. Bars that never close. A culture of celebration. Karen visited Miami over the winter, happily trading snow for sand and participating in the Miami Rum Congress.

Spring. That time of year when most places in the northern hemisphere start to experience gentle rains, green grass and the first flowers of the year. In our neck of the woods? Well, let’s just say that spring is more of a change in the air. Snow lasts a long time around here, but that doesn’t keep us from celebrating the change in season with a great spring cocktail. Read on for a “renegade” recipe!

When Alissa discovered Crested Butte, she took a leap of faith, quit her corporate job, and moved here with her dog nine years ago. Since then she launched her own business and came to Montanya.

Montanya Distillers makes its home at the end of the road in a mountain town, but the remote location doesn’t keep owner and CEO Karen Hoskin from exploring the world. Her pursuit of quality spirits takes her from hidden gems in the Colorado Rockies to the busy streets of San Francisco and Miami. In this blog series, we share some of Karen’s best finds. Next up: Glenwood Springs, CO.

At Montanya Distillers, an uncanny number of reviews start with a simple phrase: “I don’t normally drink rum, but…” Something about our cocktail menu transforms visitors from “never-evers” into rum lovers, and it’s pretty crazy when we step back and think about why. For starters, we have nearly 40 cocktails, but only 4 different liquors—all of which are rum. In this week’s blog post, we share a few thoughts on what allows us to get so creative.

In February of 2019, Montanya Distillers launched two new partnerships that brought our rums to France and Chicago. Both of these new partners are changing the way spirits are sold, which is great for consumers!

Some neighborhood venues defy definition, blurring the lines between categories as they set out to fill a niche in the community. Good Neighbors and Wild Goose Meeting Houses of Colorado Springs do just that. The sister cafes offer everything from specialty coffee and great food to craft beer, cocktails, and wine—anything that helps facilitate any kind of getting together. And they feature Montanya rums.

Not many people can say they’ve gone from the Goldman Sachs Foundation to the world of rum, but Sarah can. You can find her bottling Montanya Distillers rum or in the kitchen cooking up our increasingly popular food menu.

Tips on how to taste your own rum tasting at home—plus a link to rum tasting guide with a tasting notes template.

We’re thrilled to announce our most recent affiliation with Best for Colorado. Part of The Alliance Center, Best for Colorado provides an assessment tool for companies to measure their social responsibility practices.

What sets Montanya Rums apart in terms of their flavor profiles, plus tasting notes for each of our four rums.

Montanya Distillers makes its home at the end of the road in a mountain town, but the remote location doesn’t keep owner and CEO Karen Hoskin and her family from exploring the world. Her pursuit of quality spirits takes her from hidden gems in the Colorado Rockies to the busy streets of San Francisco and Miami. In this new blog series, we share some of Karen’s best finds. Next up: Hayes Valley, SF.

Jenny started out in the world of TV news. We’re grateful that her journey took her from producing the news to public relations because it brought her to our doorstep!

There’s a time-honored tradition of distilling rum in the mountains, including places like Guatemala, Colombia and Panama that predates even Caribbean rum. And now there’s Colorado.