Devils Creek distillery is a must stop for bourbon lovers!!!! We were up in Mammoth for ski week (Feb 18-23) with 2 other families. We were looking through the local mammoth newspaper and read about Devils Creek! The distillery wasn't open on Thursdays for tastings, but I emailed John, the owner, and asked if he'd be able to open & do a tasting for the 5 of us while our boys were boarding on the mountain! John replied immediately and said he'd be happy to open for us, just give him a time to be there. Awesome!!!
We took the local purple bus to what we thought was pretty close to the distillery and ended up walking about a mile on the trail through the park and of course it was snowing..... When we arrived John welcomed us in from the cold into his cozy tasting room. What a great tasting room! It felt so warm & welcoming especially after we had just walked in the snow!!!!
Once we had all our snow gear off, John took us into his distilling room (not sure if that's the correct name) and told us all about his distillery. He was so patient with us answering ALL of our questions. After seeing where the liquid gold is made, we went and sat down for the greatly anticipated tasting. We were not disappointed! We started with the Rum, then the Bourbon & then, the fabulous Rye! We spent a couple hours tasting and chatting with John. John even offered to give us a ride back to our condo, so we wouldn't have to walk back up hill in the snow to the bus station!!!
What a highlight of our trip!
We will definitely return when we go back up the mountain!
Thank you John!
