Ledgerock Distillery turns homegrown grains into spirits


Ledgerock Distillery turns homegrown grains into spirits


Jay and Heidi Retzer put a lot of spirit into their farm’s production. “From Seed to Spirit” is a slogan at Ledgerock Distillery, the value-added idea the Retzers have put into place with a line of vodka, gin, bourbon and corn whiskey.

They use all homegrown grains from their 470-acre farm south of Fond du Lac, Wis., and that’s a source of pride for Jay.

Farm-based distillery

“We are one of just a few distilleries in the state that does every aspect of the process here on the farm, from growing the grains to distilling the alcohol into a salable product and then marketing it,” Jay says.

Jay, a University of Wisconsin-River Falls agronomy graduate, came home to Fond du Lac County to manage a large farm and later to work for a co-op before adding the distillery to his own farm operation. He and Heidi farm on part of the land he once managed. They consider the limestone-filtered water there “perfect for the distillation process, high in calcium and low in iron.”...

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