MORE THAN A DRINK.

Make the darn thing.

Go behind the scenes at Copper Bottom and learn the craft of distilling alongside Head Distiller and Moonshiners: Master Distiller winner Jeremy Craig.

From grain or cane to barrel and bottle, our hands-on distilling courses let you take part in the process — and take home the results.

BOURBON COURSE

RUM COURSE

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BOURBON WHISKEY
COURSE

Work alongside Jeremy through the full whiskey-making process, from the first mash to the day you finally crack open your finished bourbon.

Mash it. Ferment it. Distill it. Barrel it. Bottle it.

5+

Hands-On Sessions

5 GAL

Engraved Barrel

~12 MONTH

Expected Aging Journey

20-25

Bottles at Expected Yield

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Your whiskey. Your barrel. Your hands in the process.

This isn't a tasting class where you sit in a chair and listen to somebody talk about bourbon. You're making it.

Over a series of hands-on sessions at Copper Bottom, Jeremy walks you through the process of crafting whiskey from grain to glass — mashing, fermentation, distillation, cuts, proofing, aging and, eventually, bottling your finished bourbon.

And yes, there's a barrel with your name on it. Each participant gets a personal 5-gallon charred American oak barrel with custom engraving.

MASH (CLASS 1 - JANUARY)

Learn how grain, water, temperature and time start building flavor before distillation ever begins.

FERMENT (CLASS 1 - JANUARY)

Follow the transformation from mash to wash and see how fermentation shapes the spirit you're creating.

DISTILL (CLASS 2 - JANUARY)

Get hands-on with the still and learn how whiskey moves through the distillation process.

MAKE THE CUT (CLASS 2 - JANUARY)

Learn the difference between heads, hearts and tails — and why knowing where to make the cut matters.

BARREL (CLASS 2 - JANUARY)

Fill your own charred American oak barrel, choose your proofing preference and let time take over.

TASTE & AGE (CLASS 3 - APRIL | CLASS 4 - AUGUST)

Come back throughout the aging process to see how your whiskey develops in the barrel.

BOTTLE (CLASS 5 - DECEMBER)

When the whiskey is ready, finish the process by bottling and packaging what you made.

RUM COURSE

Copper Bottom was built on rum, so it was only a matter of time before rum joined the syllabus. Beginning in 2027, we're bringing the same hands-on approach to a brand-new Rum Distilling Course with Jeremy Craig.

You'll get behind the scenes, learn what goes into crafting rum from fermentation through distillation and aging, and get a much closer look at the spirit Copper Bottom knows best.

FIRST YEAR. FIRST CLASS. FIRST POUR.

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MASTER DISTILLER JEREMY CRAIG

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Jeremy Craig may be Copper Bottom’s Head Distiller, but these courses aren’t about watching him work. They’re about working alongside him.

We'll walk you through the decisions that shape a spirit: from fermentation and distillation to cuts, proofing, aging, and eventually the bottle. Expect hands-on instruction, plenty of questions and the kind of details that never make it onto a label.