Labor Day Weekend Anniversary Party Features Live Music, Barrel Building, Family Fun and FREE Tours for Springdale Township Residents.
(Thompsonville, MI) August, 2024 – Join us this Labor Day weekend as we celebrate 8 years of crafting exceptional spirits and building community on the farm! We invite you and your family to a weekend full of festivities including tastings, live music, refreshing cocktails, wood-fired cuisine, farm and distillery tours, and even a special whiskey barrel-making demonstration.
Labor Day Weekend marks the first ever release of a Cask Strength Mad Angler Whiskey, and we’re excited to honor our local Springdale Township neighbors with free distillery tours (just show your ID!). All other guests can enjoy 25% off tours with code ANNI825.
Tentative Schedule of Events:
THURSDAY | AUGUST 29 | 3:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Barrel Aging & Rickhouse Tour | 4:00 PM
Distillery Overview Tour | 5:30 PM
Live Music by Hannah Laine | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
FRIDAY | AUGUST 30 | 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Farm and Distillery Tour | 2:00 PM
Barrel Aging & Rickhouse Tour | 4:00 PM
Whiskey Club Release Reception | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Distillery Overview Tour | 5:30 PM
Live Music by Niemisto | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Springdale Township Neighbors: Enjoy a FREE Distillery Overview Tour and exclusive discounts! No pre-registration needed—just show your ID. Plus, bring up to 2 guests and receive a coupon for 50% off food and non-alcoholic drinks on your next visit.
3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM
SATURDAY | AUGUST 31 | 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Bagpipe Blessing of the Spirits | 12:30 PM
Annual Anniversary Barrel-Making with Joe from Croze Nest | 1:00 PM
Farm and Distillery Tour | 1:30 PM & 3:30 PM
Distillery Overview Tour | 6:00 PM
Children’s Piñata | 6:00 PM
Live Music by Jakob Abraham | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Barrel Aging & Rickhouse Tour | 7:00 PM
Birthday Cupcakes & Candles | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 1 | 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Distillery Overview Tour | 1:30 PM
Farm and Distillery Tour | 2:30 PM
Wagon Rides by Fantail Farms | 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Farm and Distillery Tour | 4:30 PM
Live Music by The Brothers Ralph | 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 2 | Closed in Observance of Labor Day
About the Mad Angler Whiskey Club Release:
Please, join us on Friday, August 30th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM for the final Whiskey Club release party of the year, kicking off our 8th Anniversary Weekend. The release party is exclusively for Iron Fish Whiskey Club Members. For info on how to join visit IronFishDistillery.com/WhiskeyClub
Bring a guest and join us in the recently renovated Headwaters lounge for a sampling of all 2024 club releases, complimentary appetizers, and a cocktail.
Michael Delp, local writer of The Mad Angler poems, and inspiration for our Mad Angler line of whiskies, will join us to celebrate the release of the very first barrel-strength entry into the series. If we’re lucky we may hear a passage from his new book “The Mad Angler.” Signed copies, illustrated by Glenn Wolff, will also be available to purchase.
About Iron Fish Distillery:
Since 2016, Iron Fish has grown and harvested grain on its farm, as well as purchased grain from Michigan farmers to distill spirits and age whiskey. While waiting for its estate whiskies to age, Iron Fish distilled vodka and gin from Michigan grain and also sourced whiskey for its celebrated line of barrel finished whiskies.
Iron Fish Distillery is Michigan’s first farm distillery, attracting over 150,000 guests annually to its agricultural end destination in Thompsonville. Named for the Steelhead, Iron Fish is situated on the scenic Betsie River where it operates an environmentally verified farm.
Iron Fish spirits are distributed in Michigan, Wisconsin, IL and Colorado and home delivered in 38 states by the digital spirits retailer Big Thirst.
