The Distillery: 

Cedar Ridge brings you the first licensed distillery in the state of Iowa since the age of prohibition. We use Cedar Ridge wines in our Bavarian pot still to craft highly refined spirits, including Clearheart™ Triple Distilled Fruit & Grain Vodka and Italian style grappa.  Cedar Ridge Spirits can be found in stores carrying fine liquors.  We are currently in the process of expanding to additional states, if you are interested in acting as a distributor for your state, please contact info@crwine.com.

Clearheart™ Vodka Wins International Gold and “Best of Category”

Cedar Ridge Dark Rum Also Earns International Gold Designation 

Clearheart Triple Distilled Vodka and our Cedar Ridge Dark Rum each won a Gold Medal by the Los Angeles International Wine and Spirits Competition. Clearheart Vodka beat out many of the world's best-known vodka producers. Within the unflavored vodka sector, Clearheart Vodka was further designated "Best of Category". 

Stop by Cedar Ridge today to try our award-winning spirits and wines or check stores near you. If you're looking for a relaxing way to spend a summer afternoon or evening, stop by and have a drink with us at our beautiful facility set in the rolling hills between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.

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Clearheart™ Vodka
Our Clearheart Triple Distilled Fruit & Grain Vodka is handcrafted ten gallons at a time. By starting with a light fruit wine made specifically for our Clearheart, we capture a faint hint of fruit in the final product. With each step in the distillation process, we retain only the heart of the batch, resulting in a crisp, clear vodka that finishes very clean. Recently recognized by the Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition with a "Gold Medal" award and "Best in Category" designation.  $23.99
(40% alc./vol.)

Clearheart™ Gin

Clearheart™ Premium Dry Single Batch Gin is produced from fresh botanicals in ten gallon sets.  Made in the traditional "Genever" style, we lay juniper berries, coriander, orris root, fresh orange zest and cucumber in the column, allowing only the alcohol vapors to come in contact with our botanicals.  This time-consuming process results in a crisp, super-premium product with an identifiable orange and cucumber nose.  $23.99
(45% alc./vol.)

Clearheart™ Rum
Another Iowa first, this is a light rum in its purest form. We buy only the very best first-run, unsulphured molasses from mature canes. Once made into a wine, it is slowly fermented and then distilled twice, removing both the heads and tails of every run. We then chill the rum to 25 degrees for a cold carbon filtration on the way to the bottle. Clearheart Rum is to most rums as a good 100% blue agave plata is to most tequilas. We believe it is best served as a sipping rum. We have been putting away many barrels of this same rum for a future release of dark rum.  $22.99 
(40% alc./vol.)

Cedar Ridge Grappa
Grappa is an Italian drink made from a hearty distilled wine. Best consumed after a meal, as a digestif, our Grappa is made one small batch at a time from our own wines. Each 375ml bottle contains all the character and fruitiness of an entire gallon of wine.  $21.99
(32% alc./vol.)


Apple Brandy
Crafting in small batches, our artisans guide Cedar Ridge Apple Brandy from start to long, velvety finish. Locally grown apples fermented, twice distilled, filtered and aged in our own barrels bring Iowa autumn from our home to yours.  $36.99
(40% alc./vol.)

Grape Brandy
Taste the fruits of the richest soil on earth. Our Grape Brandy includes estate-grown grapes fermented and twice distilled, then aged in the same barrels that produce our fine wines.  $36.99
(40% alc./vol.)

Dark Rum
True Dark Rum is barrel aged, not spiced. At Cedar Ridge, we honor tradition by mellowing our twice-distilled spirits in charred oak whiskey barrels. When it comes to Dark Rum, age is beauty! Recently awarded a "Gold Medal" from the Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition.  $36.99
(40% alc./vol.)

Iowa Bourbon Whiskey
For the best in bourbon, go straight to the heart of corn country. Cedar Ridge Bourbon is built on a base of corn whiskey, barley and rye. Artisans guide the nation's favorite blend through distillation, charcoal filtering and aging. This is the best of the Midwest in a bottle and recently given a Five Star rating by the New York Times.  $35.99

Single Malt Whiskey
Centuries of enthusiasts can't be wrong. If it has to be whiskey, make it a cask-aged single malt. At Cedar Ridge, we deliver the delicate flavor that can only be created by mellowing the finest ingredients in the finest barrels. Toast tradition with our Single Malt Whiskey.
Release to be determined....possible in 2013!

Lemoncella Liqueur
Super-sweet and super lemony, it's dessert in a bottle.  Compare Cedar Ridge Lemoncella to the Italian version and decide for yourself.  No artificial colors or flavors.   $16.99
(32% alc./vol.)

Lemon Drop Martini
2 oz Clearheart Vodka
1 oz Cedar Ridge Lemoncella
Superfine sugar (for rim)
Twisted peel of lemon

Pour vodka and Lemoncella over ice. Shake. Pout into sugar-rimmed martini glass.
Garnish with lemon.

You could also use our Lamponcella.....for a Chocolate Raspberry Martini just add a swirl of chocolate syrup on the sides of your glass & fresh raspberry for garnish!

Lamponcella Liqueur
“Lampone” is Italian for raspberry. Cedar Ridge Lamponcella is the raspberry companion to our very popular Lemoncella. To create this sweet, intense raspberry liqueur, we start by soaking tanks of fresh raspberries in triple-distilled 192 proof spirits. This “geist” is then distilled again to create an awesome raspberry eau de vie. This eau de vie is then added to tanks of sweet raspberry puree, resulting in a 64-proof liqueur. Cedar Ridge Lamponcella can be enjoyed on its own straight out of the freezer, although some may find it too intense straight up. It can be mixed 50/50 with Clearheart Vodka to make a beautiful, tasty raspberry martini, or drizzled over cheesecake or ice cream for a delicious dessert.  $16.99
(32%alc./vol.)

Raspberry Champagne Cocktail
3 fresh raspberries
1 tsp Cedar Ridge Lamponcella
1.5 oz Clearheart Vodka
2 ice cubes
Champagne to fill

Place 2 raspberries, Lamponcella and Clearheart Vodka in cocktail shaker. Shake until well blended. Carefully strain into chilled champagne flute. Top with champagne and remaining raspberry.

 

 

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