Woodstone Creek

Our illustrious leader (brewer, winemaker, mead master, distiller), Don Outterson, came to Cincinnati in 1987 to help an Australian company build Cincinnati's first brewpub, Wallaby Bob's, at the, then, Forest Fair Mall. Staying in Cincinnati (to get married), he subsequently opened a consulting business to start-up breweries, distilleries and wineries. He sourced equipment, ingredients and expertise. One of those jobs included a trip to Australia to help his former employer open the first microbrewery in the Capitol territories. First, he had to write the legislation to the Australian government. Although he dreamed of starting his own brewery, he licensed a winery in Jan 1999 instead (it was a money thing). Intrigued with microdistilleries popping up out west, he proposed legislation, with the help of Senator Bill Sietz, to originate the craft distilling permit in Ohio. He obtained the first A3a permit issued in the state and started making whiskey and brandy. The addition of his self-designed still prompted an expansion into Cincinnati in 2001 to add a tasting room on Dana Ave. Woodstone used it's potstill to make the first all-Ohio ports and brandy. Another first, a fully aged bourbon debuted in 2005. Many other firsts in Ohio microspirits followed: gin, vodka, moonshine, single malt and bierschnapps. Woodstone moved to it's current location at 4712 Vine Street in late 2013. Woodstone makes grape varietal wines, mead and fruit wines from dry to sweet, small batch distilled spirits: bourbon, blended whiskey, gin, bierschnaaps, vodka, and single malt - peated and unpeated.