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Franco-Swiss Inspired Absinthe Distillery

Bryce Distillery is a startup absinthe distillery in Missoula MT

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Franco-Swiss Inspired Absinthe Distillery

Franco-Swiss Inspired Absinthe Distillery

Franco-Swiss Inspired Absinthe Distillery

Franco-Swiss Inspired Absinthe Distillery

Franco-Swiss Inspired Absinthe Distillery

Bryce Distillery is a startup absinthe distillery in Missoula MT

Bryce Distillery is a startup absinthe distillery in Missoula MT

Bryce Distillery is a startup absinthe distillery in Missoula MT

Bryce Distillery is a startup absinthe distillery in Missoula MT

Bryce Young
Bryce Young
Bryce Young
Bryce Young
1 Campaign |
Missoula, United States
$3,685 USD 12 backers
2% of $131,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Overview
Imagine a distillery that could reduce the distilling industry's water consumption by 80%, the amount of wasted heat energy by 50%, and the amount of wasted organic matter by 100%! This is our model. Bryce Distillery forges Swiss and French style absinthe with intent focus on quality and sustainability. This campaign will increase our capacity for sustainable production and distribution, and build an unforgettable tasting room that promotes creativity and conversation.

Short Summary

Bryce Distillery is a startup absinthe distillery, born of fun and passion three years ago at a community apple-pressing in Missoula, Montana. Since then, we've put all of our efforts toward creating the finest spirits using our creativity and our training in tradition.

This campaign will scale our absinthe production while reducing, recycling, and re-using the byproducts of distillation.

Contributions will also build our tasting room which will host murder mystery parties and live jazz, and provide a relaxing and vivacious community space for the absinthe-curious and the absinthe-serious. Meeting our target, we'll put Bryce Distillery on the blockchain.

Good karma. You got this and we got you.

Products

We're starting off with two top shelf products: an absinthe blanche called Frosted Fairy and an absinthe verte called Anonymous. We just have one question: white or green?

Note: our recipes do not use any coloring, flavoring, oils, or extracts. The blanche does not contain any star anise, and the verte contains a small amount for flavor. Both recipes are primarily wormwood and green anise.

FROSTED FAIRY: 66% ABV/132 PROOF
Absinthe was banned in Switzerland on October 7th 1910, following a gruesome murder. But the people of Val de Travers – a Swiss valley community – never stopped drinking it. During the 97 year ban, residents took to the underground, producing clear absinthe that would not be identified as the green fairy by inquisitive authorities. We traveled here to humbly learn these exquisite recipes and traditions that capture the spirit of Val de Travers: the place where absinthe was born and where it will never die.

ANONYMOUS: 55% ABV/110 PROOF
A tale, an era of wealth, despair, and art, this is the spirit behind the drink that hails from the hands of Van Gogh, Picasso, Hemingway – the skygazers who sketched an era and hardly remembered any of it. We followed the footsteps of these iconic artists through the great absinthe cafés of Paris and came up with a recipe that captures the freeform spirit of the times. 

Bryce Distillery is excited to announce our collaboration with Dry Hills Distillery in Bozeman, who will be supplying our neutral spirits from 100% Montana-grown grain! This will be the base of our absinthe. We infuse botanicals like grand wormwood (Artemesia absinthium) and hyssop, and herbs and spices like anise seed and coriander, with the neutral spirits, then distill. The result is a primarily anise-flavored drink that is both rich and refreshing. We color our absinthe verte with botanicals including chlorophyll-rich petit wormwood, mint and lemon balm to give it a distinct and pleasing emerald glow. Many of our herbs are grown in home gardens and community gardens in Missoula, Montana: The Garden City. 

For tastings, we only serve our absinthe one way: with water. The nuanced flavors and aromas of a fine absinthe remain bound to the alcohol molecule until the beverage is diluted slowly, and they are released. There are other ways to enjoy absinthe, including some famous absinthe cocktails which we will also offer at distillery events, but there is no better way than the traditional serving method to immerse yourself in the creamy botanical tide of great absinthe.

If you're unfamiliar with the absinthe ritual, we have included some educational material. We also highly recommend heading over to the Wormwood Society Facebook Page. If it's not on there, you don't need to know it! 

 

Sustainability

Bryce Distillery is using almost entirely repurposed materials for the buildout of our space. Our backers enable us to take the heat generated through distillation and put it to use. Modeling our methods and technologies largely after Stillwagon Distillery, we build a copper pipe system to run the hot water through the tasting room, creating heat in the winter. The cooled water will deposit into holding totes where it will be re-used to cool our still again. The spent water will then be finally repurposed to water our indoor plants. We can still do better. Imagine a self-sustaining distillery. Want to know more? We got you. Our backers are the first to hear the latest updates.

Blockchain

BOOZECOIN is the official coin of Bryce Distillery. It is completely useless and has zero value, and we're giving away 100,000 BOOZE to anyone with a BitShares account. Though BOOZECOIN is completely useless now, blockchain tokens have many use cases like reward points and passes to exclusive distillery events. 

Given the chance, we will staff a small team who can further develop this technology into something that can be applied to Bryce Distillery and other businesses.

What We Need & What You Get

Good karma. Here is a list of where our money will go. If we don't get all the funds we anticipate, the first thing on the list will be funded, then the next, and so on.

  • $96,000: This increases production capacity with a water and energy-conscious production system. Here is a picture of our 100 gallon still, manufactured by Still Dragon USA!

Ain't she a beauty? We worked directly with the engineers, with help from Distillerie Pierre GUY, to design something that will maximize the flavor profile of fruit and botanical spirits while saving the most water and energy. Given the right technology, our unique system will reduce water waste by 80%, heat waste by 50%, and organic waste by 100%!

  • $30,000: Buildout of the local tasting room

A cozy, well-lit speakeasy where community and conversation inspire. Given the necessary funds, this is the future of our tasting room. Bryce Distillery hosts private and public events such as murder mystery parties and live jazz. The ideal absinthe-sipping environment. We got you.

 

Here's a recap:

  • Production and distribution with sustainable methods: $96,000
  • Tasting room for our community: $30,000
  • Boozecoin development: $5,000
  • TOTAL: $131,000. 

We encourage you to take a chance on some of the more exciting options of our 30+ perks. For your contributions, you could name our next batch of absinthe, or you could make the founder film himself diving into an ice cold river. You could collect BOOZECOIN, or by being the highest donor, you could have your professionally-composed portrait mounted on the wall and have your plane ticket paid for so you can come to Missoula for the grand opening. Or, if you're the type who prefers to sit back and watch the show, we're offering absinthe accessories and posters, and every contributor will be named an official part of the Bryce Distillery family and have your name immortalized on a gold plaque mounted in the distillery!

First 50 backers to contribute greater than $50 get a Bryce Distillery frequent drinker's glass: a beautiful absinthe glass kept at the distillery, good for one year of special offers and discounts!

See our complete list of perks to the right if you're on a desktop device. 

    The Impact

    Our backers love creativity and community! With the support from this campaign, Bryce Distillery will begin producing our world-class absinthe this spring using local ingredients and sustainable methods, and we will be distributing to a location near you. We will open the doors of an unforgettable tasting room in beautiful downtown Missoula that promotes conversation, creativity, and community.

    Our backers help conserve our most precious resource! With the water saved through your contributions, we will save enough water to fill an Olympic swimming pool in the first two years, and the savings will only increase exponentially as we produce more and increase our efficiency and technology. In the future, we can fund studies to make this the standard in the distilling industry to reduce our impact on our most precious resource: water.

    Our backers help solve world hunger! If our ideas for blockchain implementation became the standard for food distribution, we would see less food wasted and more distributed to the places where people are hungry. Not only that, but healthy food would become more accessible and affordable for everyone worldwide.

    All in all, this campaign will create the change in the distilling industry that will help us realize the future that we all want to live in.

    Risks & Challenges

    We understand that, by contributing to our project, you are placing an immense amount of trust in our ability to succeed. We are 100% transparent with our community concerned with the risks and challenges we face on the road ahead. 

    Market cap: Absinthe is a specialty product with a limited amount of consumers. We're not trying to replace whiskey or vodka with absinthe. Absinthe can gain us a foothold in niche markets across the US and around the globe. From here, we continue product development to put unique products in emerging markets. Bryce Distillery uses market tech and boots-on-the-ground research to listen to direct consumer feedback from discriminating absintheurs, monitor markets with meticulous scrutiny, and work directly with the craft cocktail world to ensure that our products are in high demand by bartenders and consumers. 

    Competitive industry: The distilling industry is shadowed by a few large industry producers with millions of dollars to put into marketing each month: Jack Daniels, Bacardi, Diageo, and more. Bryce Distillery acknowledges the inability to surpass these companies in the forseeable future, some whom have over a century of industry experience. Bryce Distillery sets ourselves apart by seeking a different market; one of consumers with discriminating taste who seek connection, adventure and experience.

    We have worked with business incubator Blackstone Launchpad for over two years to identify and address these market challenges, developing plans to overcome hurdles when they hit. We have cultivated a tight network of advisors to aid our success. 

     

    Other Ways You Can Help

    1. Make some noise about our campaign! We understand that not everyone can back us financially, but somebody they know probably can. Share this on social media by using the Indiegogo share tools on this page.

    2. Follow us on social media @brycedistillery everywhere (except Steem @logitrade)

    3. If you don't have social media, just send us an email with some words of encouragement, or some funny pictures. Tell your friends and family about us, and we will be forever grateful!

    4. Visit our website. We love seeing that people came and checked us out. Vain, I know.

    5. Come in when the distillery opens!

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    Choose your Perk

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    2 First-Batch Bottles

    $200 USD
    This is a sweet deal in which your contributions will help us get production off the ground. 40 lucky people who donate $200 will get a first batch bottle, signed by the distillers Bryce and Matt. NOT ONLY THAT, but you will also get a 2nd first-batch bottle exactly one year later. We will keep it for you in our cellar in the mean time!
    Included Items
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Signed bottle
    Estimated Shipping
    April 2018
    2 out of 40 of claimed

    Personal Tour

    $10 USD
    Come on in and we'll show you how we operate and let you taste our latest concoctions!
    Included Items
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    Estimated Shipping
    March 2018
    0 claimed

    Glass of Absinthe

    $10 USD
    Come into the distillery for a glass on us!
    Included Items
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Glass of absinthe
    Estimated Shipping
    March 2018
    0 claimed

    Absinthe Spoon

    $15 USD
    An absinthe collectible. Wormwood leaf absinthe spoon with BD monogram etching. These are the spoons we will have at the distillery. FREE SHIPPING! Yeah, buddy.
    Included Items
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Absinthe Spoon
    Estimated Shipping
    May 2018
    0 claimed
    Ships worldwide.

    One Million BOOZECOIN

    $20 USD
    If you picked this perk, you're one of our crypto backers who would probably be interested in checking out our plans for the completely useless BOOZECOIN token at brycedistillery.com/coin. To claim, you MUST have a BITSHARES account and you MUST send us your information with proof that you donated.
    Included Items
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • BOOZECOIN
    Estimated Shipping
    March 2018
    2 out of 50 of claimed

    Behind the Scenes Pass

    $25 USD
    Come into the distillery on a day of your choice and help us out with operations.
    Included Items
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Invaluable Knowledge
    Estimated Shipping
    March 2018
    1 claimed

    Commemorative Bottle Opener

    $30 USD
    Beautiful wodden-handled sommelier knife with custom Bryce Distillery etching.
    Included Items
    • Commemorative bottle opener
    Estimated Shipping
    May 2018
    1 claimed
    Ships worldwide.

    Absinthe Cocktail Recipes

    $40 USD
    We have curated an incredible list of absinthe cocktails and recipes. Donate and we'll give you all of them!
    Included Items
    • Absinthe Cocktail Recipe Book
    Estimated Shipping
    April 2018
    0 out of 5 of claimed

    50% off a bottle

    $40 USD
    Come in and grab a bottle, and we'll give you 50% OFF plus THIS hidden perk: a free glass of absinthe :)
    Included Items
    • Discount
    Estimated Shipping
    April 2018
    0 claimed

    Absintheur of the Month

    $50 USD
    The Absintheur of the Month is an absinthe drinker from our community who will be featured on our website and social media outlets for a full month, and will have access to perks such as picking the absinthe cocktail of the month to be served at the distillery. Each Absintheur of the Month will receive a signed bottle from our crowdfunding batch.
    Included Items
    • Pride
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Likes
    • Signed bottle
    Estimated Shipping
    March 2018
    1 claimed

    Vintage Absinthe Poster

    $50 USD
    Your choice of three of the most iconic historical absinthe posters, signed buy the distillers.
    Included Items
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Vintage Absinthe Poster
    Estimated Shipping
    April 2018
    0 out of 6 of claimed
    Ships worldwide.

    Handmade Knitted Hat

    $65 USD
    Hand made wool winter hat from local firefighter and aerial artist Molly Scherer, who runs Knit Wit https://www.instagram.com/p/BNxoZk-lKL3/?taken-by=knitwitmontana Only 10 available!
    Included Items
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Knit Wit Hat
    Estimated Shipping
    March 2018
    0 out of 10 of claimed
    Ships worldwide.

    Glass of Absinthe with Founder

    $100 USD
    I'll take you out for a glass of absinthe and we'll talk about life, the universe, and everything.
    Included Items
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Glass of absinthe
    • Entertainment
    Estimated Shipping
    March 2018
    0 claimed

    Ice Plunge

    $100 USD
    Bryce will find the coldest, iciest body of water in the area and go for a swim in it. Recorded for your cruel, cruel pleasure. Please don't choose this item.
    Included Items
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Entertainment
    Estimated Shipping
    March 2018
    0 out of 1 of claimed

    Personalized Wine Accesory Set

    $100 USD
    Everything a wine lover could want - a classically designed corkscrew, pourer, stopper, neck collar, and thermometer. All beautifully chrome plated and presented in an elegant wooden box with a chrome personalization plate on the inner lid. Very useful for absinthe, too!
    Included Items
    • Commemorative wine kit
    Estimated Shipping
    April 2018
    1 claimed
    Ships worldwide.

    Write a Murder Mystery

    $100 USD
    If you picked this, you're as excited about the murder mystery parties as we are, so we want to get you involved! Sit on the writing board and help us write a complex, engaging, and hilarious murder mystery for our tasting room!
    Included Items
    • Pride
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Glass of absinthe
    • Entertainment
    Estimated Shipping
    March 2018
    1 claimed

    Name a drink!

    $200 USD
    You will get to name one of our seasonal drinks that will be featured on our first menu for the whole year!
    Included Items
    • Pride
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Access to latest news
    Estimated Shipping
    March 2018
    0 out of 2 of claimed

    Time Capsule

    $200 USD
    This perk is for the person who loves delayed gratification. With your contribution, we will make a single barrel of absinthe per batch to age in our cellar for exactly one year. After the year is up, we will bottle the single-barrel release and give it to you. Each barrel holds about 21-22 bottles. Limit is one barrel per batch, for exclusivity.
    Included Items
    • Single-batch barrel age bottle
    Estimated Shipping
    March 2019
    1 claimed
    Ships to United States of America

    Submit a Recipe!

    $250 USD
    Are you experienced in making absinthe cocktails? Submit your recipe here, and we will put it on our menu and in our online absinthe cocktail book with full credit to your name. We'll include any social media handles you want to share with people, and you get to name the drink (obviously)!
    Included Items
    • Pride
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    Estimated Shipping
    March 2018
    0 out of 2 of claimed

    Painting Class at Distillery

    $250 USD
    Take a class from experienced artist and local legend Bryan Steward in the style of Picasso, absintheur extraordinaire. Hosted in the tasting room, this class includes all materials, live piano and a free glass of absinthe, plus you get to take your painting home!
    Included Items
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Glass of absinthe
    Estimated Shipping
    June 2018
    0 out of 15 of claimed

    Back Flip

    $250 USD
    Can Bryce do a back flip? Let's find out. He's flipping out for anyone who donates $250, but one lucky person will get to make him go to a gym and learn how to run up a wall and do a backflip, no matter how long it takes. It will be recorded for your entertainment.
    Included Items
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Entertainment
    Estimated Shipping
    March 2018
    0 out of 1 of claimed

    Name on large plaque

    $300 USD
    With this choice, your name will be on its own individual golden plaque that will be mounted on the edge of the bar, just to show your support to us and the world, and for us to show our support to you! There's a limited amount of space, so act soon!
    Included Items
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    Estimated Shipping
    March 2018
    0 out of 40 of claimed

    Singing Your Praise

    $450 USD
    Bryce will write a song about you and sing it to you directly. It will be video recorded and posted all over social media.
    Included Items
    • Pride
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Entertainment
    Estimated Shipping
    May 2018
    0 claimed

    Name a batch of absinthe!

    $1,000 USD
    We're excited to announce that we'll be making a batch of absinthe dedicated completely to our crowdfunding campaign supporters! With a one-thousand dollar donation, one lucky person can name this batch of absinthe, and even take part in developing the recipe and designing the label. Get it hot off the press or let it age for a year in our cellar.
    Included Items
    • Pride
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Signed bottle
    Estimated Shipping
    August 2018
    0 out of 1 of claimed
    Ships to United States of America, Antarctica

    Plane Ticket to Missoula

    $2,500 USD
    We know you care about the success of Bryce Distillery, and we want to make sure you're here for the grand opening. Even if you're in India or New Zealand, we will buy you a one-way ticket to come be with us! Stay as long as you want and have a free bottle on us!
    Included Items
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Signed bottle
    Estimated Shipping
    March 2018
    0 claimed

    Be Immortalized

    $10,000 USD
    Everyone who donates will be immortalized at the distillery by having xis name engraved on a gold plaque. But for one person who supports our business so much as to back us with $10,000, we will fly you out for the grand opening, have a professional portrait of you painted, and hang this portrait in our distillery until the end of time.
    Included Items
    • Pride
    • Name on plaque in distillery
    • Signed bottle
    • Single-batch barrel age bottle
    • One Way Plane Ticket
    • Commemorative bottle opener
    • Beautiful Pen
    0 claimed
    sold out

    Drink named after you!

    $200 USD
    Estimated Shipping
    March 2018
    1 out of 1 of claimed

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