Edible Alaska

Alaskan Spirits

• Photo by Jeremy Pataky

  Brandon Howard, co-owner of Amalga Distillery, uses a “whiskey thief” to sample a barrel of Amalga’s single malt. Photo by Jeremy Pataky

• Barley fields showing promise at Arctic Harvest Distillery.

• Harvesting grain at Arctic Harvest Distillery.

• Melina Shields, a gardener in Haines, delivers fresh wormwood for Port Chilkoot Distillery’s Green Siren Absinthe.

• Rebecca Kameika, Business Operations & Supply chain manager at Port Chilkoot Distillery, harvests spruce tips.

• Sitka rose petals ready for picking in Haines.

• In the corn maze at Arctic Harvest Distillery.

• Examining the “legs” on a glass of single malt. Photo by Jeremy Pataky

• Herbs hang to dry at Port Chilkoot Distillery.