Norseman Distillery

Specialties

We are the first legal distillery in Minneapolis, making premium Vodka, Gin, Rum, and Whiskey with a small batch focus to deliver only the best quality.

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Norseman Distillery was founded with principles of using the very best local ingredients to produce small batches of exceptionally fine spirits. From our micro-​distillery in northeast Minneapolis, we hand craft each batch with the hopes of inspiring legendary cheer in those who drink it.

As legend has it, when Northwoods lumberjacks had felled their lot of trees, they would come charging south into the quiet hamlets of a young Minnesota. Surly by nature and wielding heavy axes, these vulgar beasts of men ransacked house after house in search of food to replenish their stores. The gentle townsfolk endured this tyranny for generations, until one day they decided they’d had enough. Using the finest grains from their own fields, they began distilling specially formulated alcohols capable of inspiring great merriment in those who drank them. The spirits were distributed to each home, where they were prominently displayed in bottles that bore the name of content’s owner — «NORSEMAN.» When the woodsmen returned, angry and violent as ever, they immediately snatched the bottles and drank greedily from them. Just as the villagers intended, within minutes the marauders became jovial and full of cheer, and the threat to peace and property was ended.

History

Established in 2013.

Norseman of course was Minneapolis’ first new legal distillery since Prohibition, opened by former architect Scott Ervin. He started things off at the end of 2013 in a tiny basement room where he hand-​ground corn pound by pound with the sort of grinder you use for coffee in a supermarket, and then made teeny-​tiny batches of gin and vodka, which friends would help him get into bottles during night-​time bottling parties. That was then! The world soon got to calling Norseman’s gin and vodka extremely delicious, and the little distillery grew and grew. It grew so much, it grew right out of the basement! So last December, Ervin moved into a much larger spot in Northeast off East Hennepin

Meet the Business Owner

Scott E.

Business Owner

Head Distiller

With the help of his two trusty boozehounds, Scott has designed, fabricated, re-​designed, and re-​fabricated almost every piece of equipment Norseman uses. Through countless trials and tests he’s perfected the recipes and process, and he still personally oversees the production of each and every batch from beginning to end. We believe the results speak for themselves.