Redhead Creamery Spirits

07/11/2026

Many opportunities to come see us today - three farmers markets, the on-farm store, distillery tour at 2:30 and Acoustics in the Alfalfa 6-9 p.m. - that’s a free concert with Darren Quam and friends with Redhead Creamery food and drink available!

07/09/2026

Okay okay, Redhead Creamery makes great cheese and now has the best drinkable yogurt in the Americas. But have you had the best yogurt in hemisphere mixed with bourbon in our distillery’s Bourbon Bulgaricus?

We said what we said. Bourbon Bulgaricus.

This isn’t a new menu item thanks to our championship yogurt award. It’s been there for a year! Come, try one.

🥃 +🍦 = 🥇

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Redhead Creamery’s Drinkable Yogurt Wins First Place at the 2026 American Cheese Society Judging & Competition

BROOTEN, Minn. — July 9, 2026 — Redhead Creamery is thrilled to announce that its Original Drinkable Yogurt has been awarded First Place at the prestigious 2026 American Cheese Society (ACS) Judging & Competition.

The product secured the top spot in Category QK: Drinkable Cultured Products, receiving a near-perfect score of 99 out of 100. This year’s competition featured more than 1,600 products from over 200 companies, making this a monumental achievement for the Minnesota-based creamery.

"We are incredibly honored and proud of our production team," said Alise Sjostrom, president of Redhead Creamery. "To receive a 99 score in our first year of yogurt production is a testament to the hard work, passion, and fresh milk that goes into every batch. Winning first place across the Americas is a dream come true."

In addition to this victory, Redhead Creamery’s artisan cheeses also performed exceptionally well, with American originals St. Anthony and Barbarian both receiving scores of 96.5, and the soft spread Bovre scoring 93.5.

Cheeses from Redhead Creamery like those and North Fork Whiskey Washed Munster, Lucky Linda and Margie Cheddars, and Ridiculously Good Cheese Curds have previously been named Champion of the Minnesota State Fair Butter and Cheese Contest (multiple times), Top 20 Best of Show in the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest and category winner and medalists at American Cheese Society.

Redhead Creamery's award-winning products are available at redheadcreamery.com, via their regional delivery van, and at select fine cheese shops and restaurants nationwide.

About Redhead Creamery
Based in Brooten, Minnesota, Redhead Creamery has been crafting farmstead artisan cheeses and cultured dairy products since 2014. Using fresh milk from their sustainably managed family farm, they combine traditional techniques with modern innovation to deliver premium quality products.

06/19/2026

Curd fest tomorrow! Come on out!

06/14/2026

It’s CURD FEST week! We will have distillery tours at 11:00 a.m. and 3 p.m. and… drumroll…. We will be unveiling our AZRO AMBURANA! We will also compare and contrast with American and European Oak finishes, and taste through what we’ve got going on in the distillery. If you’ve been on our distillery tours before this will be 95% new content. Good for beginners and experts. We will taste through:

1. RHC Basic Bourbon
2. Azro Amburana
3. Azro American Oak
4. Azro French Oak
5. Azro aged in a cider x bourbon cask

Amburana is a Brazilian origin wood that’s taken over the finishing of much of the spirits industry, especially whisky/bourbon. We’ve partnered with our cooperate friends at the Barrel Mill in Avon to get this one of a kind spirit for this only of its kind CheeseStillery.

As we told many, Azro is a beginning, not an end. We continue to tinker, experiment and taste as it develops, but good taste takes time.

Cheers! 🥃

https://redheadcreamery.com/products/curd-fest-2026-distillery-tour

05/30/2026

Redhead Creamery LLC Distillery Tours:
Many of you have been asking, thanks for your patience! We have been figuring out our summer help, farmers market, kid and other stuff schedule. But today we can share we have distillery tours available today through Labor Day with just three exceptions: no tours JUNE 6, JUNE 20 (two Curd Fest Tours available), AUGUST 29

Saturdays at 2:30 p.m.

Our special Curd Fest Distillery Tours feature our Amburana Azro.

Please check in with the purchaser's name at the cheese counter when you arrive at the Creamery. Join Redhead Creamery’s licensed whey winemaker and distiller, Lucas Sjostrom, as you will learn and taste your way through our facilities. Join us for an introduction to moonshine and spirits history,...

03/16/2026

Part Four: Dayton Bourbon
The Dairy Solution — Why More Cows Mean Better Water
There is a common misconception that more agriculture means more pollution. In reality, for Minnesota’s water quality, we actually need more cows.
Dairy cows are the economic engine that makes water-protecting crops like alfalfa and clover viable. Because cows eat these perennial forages, dairy farmers keep more "living cover" on the land. If we had more cows in Minnesota, we would have more acres of alfalfa acting as a permanent filter for our lakes, rivers, and streams.
By utilizing manure as a natural, slow-release fertilizer and keeping the soil covered, dairy farms actually improve the health of the North Fork Crow, the Crow Wing, and the Mississippi. Dayton Bourbon is a product of this cycle. It is the result of a landscape where cows and deep-rooted plants work together to keep the water clear. When you drink Dayton, you’re supporting a system that values the river as much as the harvest.

03/14/2026

We’ve got distillery tours at 11 and 2 today, come see where and how your spirits are created -

03/09/2026

Part Three: Dayton Bourbon
The Alfalfa Filter — Nature’s Purifier
If the rivers are the veins of this story, the crops we grow are the kidneys. To keep the water in the Crow and Mississippi rivers clean for our whiskey (and our neighbors), we rely on a humble but powerful plant: Alfalfa.
Alfalfa is a perennial with roots that can reach 15 feet deep. Unlike annual crops that leave the soil bare for months, alfalfa keeps living roots in the ground year-round. These deep roots act as a massive filter, "scavenging" nutrients before they can reach the groundwater or the North Fork of the Crow. When we plant alfalfa to feed our cows, we aren't just growing forage; we are protecting the watershed. It prevents erosion and ensures the water flowing toward Dayton is as clean as the day it fell.

If you're interested in learning more about Dayton and our other bourbons and whey spirits, take a distillery tour with us! Next distillery tour dates are March 21st at 11, 2 & 3.

03/02/2026

Part Two: Dayton Bourbon
The Grand Loop — From Lake Ida to the Crow
Whiskey is, at its core, a conversation between grain and water. For Dayton Bourbon, that water follows a massive "Grand Loop" through the Minnesota landscape.
It starts with us in Padua, where our water enters the North Fork of the Crow River. It winds through the rich soils of central Minnesota, gathering minerals before reaching the confluence at Dayton.
But look at the map on our bottle and trace the Mississippi North. You’ll reach the Crow Wing River, and eventually, the Long Prairie River which carries the overflow from Lake Ida. This is where our friends at Ida Graves Distillery operate. They use that clear, northern water to proof the bourbon that eventually returns to us. Whether it's the working water of the Crow or the deep-lake purity of Ida, it all meets at Dayton.

If you're interested in learning more, follow along with our four-part series on Dayton, or take a distillery tour in March! Multiple dates and times available.

02/24/2026

Part One: Dayton Bourbon
The Meeting of the Waters
We’ve talked a lot about Bernadotte lately, and we will certainly get back to that story... but we also have our more everyday and original bourbon that deserves its time in the sun: Dayton.
There is a common mistake made in Minnesota history, but it’s an important one to correct: our Dayton Bourbon is not named for the department store family. It’s named for Lyman Dayton, a railroad executive and St. Paul investor who arrived in Minnesota in the 1850s. Platted in 1855, the city of Dayton honors the man who was instrumental in building the state's early infrastructure.
While Lyman Dayton was focused on the iron rails, the town was built on the water. Located at the northernmost point of Hennepin County, Dayton sits exactly where the Crow River meets the Mississippi River. On our bottle, you’ll find a literal map of these paths meeting—a tribute to the geography that defines the spirit. This bourbon is a celebration of that meeting of the waters, a journey that begins with us and flows through the heart of the state.

If you're interested to hear more, follow along, or take one of our distillery tours! Next tours are March 21st at 11, 2 & 3.