Minnesota’s Premier American Single Malt Whiskey.
Brother Justus Whiskey is crafted with conviction. A product of hard work, innovation, and love for the land. It honors Minnesota’s rebellious, bootlegging monk who believed that good whiskey – expertly made – is a blessing.
Business not as usual.
Some of the hot, new whiskey out there was born out of boredom. Or, by jumping on the bandwagon of a fleeting trend, something new that’s been designed to appear old-timey and authentic. Not ours.
Ours is a story of conviction. Our product is a result of years of hard work to master the craft. From a founder who lived in a monastery, served the homeless and desperate migrant workers, smuggled medical supplies into war zones and helped preserve ancient manuscripts in some of the world’s most dangerous places. Ours is a brand that embodies belief. Which, in our humble opinion, makes pretty good business sense.
Our Namesake
Founder and CEO Phil Steger was inspired by the real-life bootlegging Minnesota monk whose copper stills and teaching of the craft of making good whiskey lifted families out of poverty and made Minnesota whiskey world-famous. He believed that while whiskey was illegal, it wasn’t immoral. He also believed that they had a responsibility to make it right. As a result of his help, 1,600 family-operated distilleries were making the only branded whiskey of Prohibition: Minnesota 13.
Made From Minnesota™
Our product is made with reverence for the natural resources of our home state. Minnesota is the only place in the world where three distinctive biomes converge perfectly for making whiskey: The Big Woods, a dense broadleaf forest where white oak thrives on its grassland borders. The Great Plains, with its deep prairie soil, is ideal for cultivating barley. And The Boreal Forest, home to bogs rich with ancient peat.
Minnesota oak is different.
And, that’s great for making whiskey. Cold winters and glorious summers give our oak richer, fuller flavors. And that means a barrel that can mature whiskey with unmatched grace.
At Brother Justus, we craft American Single Malt whiskeys that capture the warmth of the world’s coldest oak.™