In the News
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Top 50 innovative spirits launches of 2023: 10-1
January 12, 2024 - The Spirits Business
Brother Justus Cold-Peated® American Single Malt Whiskey named #4 most innovative spirit in the world.
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How Minnesota farmers kept booze flowing during Prohibition
December 8, 2023 - Star Tribune
”That’s our Jim Beam. That’s our Jack Daniels. That’s our Prohibition hero. And of course, in Minnesota, it would be a monk, not a mobster.”
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Planning with Care: What to Know About Designing a Craft Distillery
November 15, 2023 - Craft Spirits & Distilling
“I saw it as an artistic vision,” [Phil Steger] says, “creating whiskey and the distillery as a total art, an immersive work of art for the consumer.”
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Minnesota's Brother Justus Whiskey Company Doubles American Single Malt Production as It Begins Distribution Expansion; Chicago-Area Availability Launches in November
October 26, 2023 - NEWSFILE
Brother Justus Whiskey Company, a Minneapolis-based craft distillery, today announced its first steps in increasing distribution of its American Single Malt Whiskey products
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SMarch Select Whiskey from Brother Justus
September 20, 2023 - Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
There’s a new mash in town. The incomparable Stephanie March and our expert, Director of Production James Jefferson, collaborated on a limited edition special release.
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Whiskey Review: Brother Justus Founder's Reserve
August 1, 2023 - The Whiskey Wash
“In all my reviews, in all my time in whiskey, Brother Justus might have my favorite story.”
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Taking the Heat Out of Peat
July/August 2023 - Craft Spirits Magazine, pg. 68-70
A Q&A feature with Brother Justus Founder & CEO Phil Steger about Cold-Peated® Whiskey
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American Peat, Part One: Sustainable Traditions
Summer 2023 - Artisan Spirit, pg. 41-45
Spirits writer Sailor Guevara stops by Brother Justus to learn more about the process of cold-peating® whiskey.
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Brother Justus pioneers Cold-Peated® whiskey
May 30, 2023 - The Spirits Business
Minnesota-based distillery Brother Justus has produced the world’s first Cold-Peated® American single malt whiskey.
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The Best Peated Whiskeys to Drink From Around the World
Brother Justus Whiskey Company’s Cold-Peated® American Single Malt Whiskey was named Most Experimental in a list of the 12 Best Peated Whiskeys to Drink From Around the World.
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Houston White and Brother Justus Collab on Coffee Whiskey
Dec 2, 2022 - Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Stephanie March talked with Brother Justus Founder & CEO Phil Steger and Houston White of The Get Down Coffee Co. about our new Luxury Coffee Liqueur.
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Brother Justus Whiskey Cocktails
Nov 1, 2022 - KSTP
Bar Manager Taylor Davis shares three new cocktails you can try as the weather cools down.
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Libationary Tales: Worth’s Guide To The 17 Hottest Whiskeys And Bourbons To Try Right Now
Mar 31, 2022 - Worth
Let’s be honest: We all need a drink. The coronavirus lingers. Inflation is back. Whispers of World War III abound…
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Get to Brother Justus for some stunning Minnesota-made whiskey
Jun 16, 2021 - PIONEER PRESS
World class whiskey made in Minnesota? I’d argue yes, especially after a recent visit to Brother Justus Whiskey Co. in Northeast Minneapolis. The distillery, in the far…
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A toast to specialty spirits
Dec 19, 2021 - Star Tribune
Without to-go options to fall back on, bars and cocktail lounges were hit, in some respects, the hardest by the pandemic. Yet the shutdowns didn't stifle creativity…
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Brother Justus's Revolutionary Whiskey
April 23, 2021 - Mpls St Paul Magazine
Just a few years ago, in a Northeast Minneapolis warehouse basement, Phil Steger perfected the first single malt whiskey in Minnesota. He called it Brother Justus—after the…
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Cold-Peated® Whiskey Is A Focus Of Minnesota’s Brother Justus Whiskey Company
Apr 14, 2021 - THE WHISKEY WASH
What happens when you blend time spent in the Middle East preserving ancient manuscripts and a trip to Jim
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Minnesota Whiskey Is Having Its Moment
November 30, 2020 - Minnesota Monthly
Three new whiskeys that hit the market at the end of November made me stand up and give our local distilleries another look. I’ve been sampling (I do this for you all….
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Former SJU Swimming Star Puts His Company to Work Fighting Pandemic
Apr 3, 2020 - GoJohnnies.com
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. - At the Brother Justus Whiskey Company, Phil Steger '97 and his crew normally focus on…
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In the Land of Peat & Whiskey
October 28, 2019 - the GROWLER
Minnesota is rich in peat and distilleries. So when will a Minnesota peated whiskey become a reality? The ground beneath me gives way slightly as I place my…
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Rare Whiskey Friday! (Video)
Jun 21, 2019 - Whiskey Vault
Today we taste and review Cotton Hollow 4 Year Texas Bourbon, The Oamaruvian, Twelve O'Five Four Finger Rye, Brother Justus American Whiskey and Brother Justus Silver…
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Brother Justus Whiskey shares unique story in Minneapolis
Dec 20, 2017 - FOX 9 KMSP
(KMSP) - It's a journey that's been neither cheap or easy, but for the man behind Minnesota's newest single malt…
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Dorsey attorney preps for a different bar, with launch of Northeast Minneapolis distillery
Dec 4, 2017 - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
A startup distillery, Brother Justus Whiskey Co. Inc., is setting up shop in Northeast Minneapolis and it's nearly ready to…