Root Shoot Spirits Begins Nationwide Direct-to-Consumer Shipping for Awarded Colorado Whiskeys

# What changed Root Shoot Spirits, a Loveland, Colorado farm distillery, has opened nationwide online sales and will ship its whiskeys directly to consumers across the U.S. The move makes five of the brand's farm-to-bottle expressions available for home purchase, including their recently awarded single malt.

# Why the award matters The distillery's flagship 4-year single malt, bottled at 50% ABV (100 proof), swept several categories at the 2026 London Spirits Competition: Spirit of the Year USA, Whisky of the Year, and American Single Malt Whiskey of the Year. That recognition brings broader visibility to a producer that mills and malts grain on its own family farm.

# What's in the online lineup Root Shoot's online shop lists five expressions:

• 4-Year Bottled-in-Bond American Single Malt Whiskey — 50% ABV (100 proof). Priced at US$64.99. This is the award-winning flagship.

• 6-Year Single Barrel American Single Malt — 61.5% ABV. Priced at US$89.99.
• 6-Year Small Batch Bottled-in-Bond American Single Malt — 50% ABV. Priced at US$84.99. This marks Root Shoot's first bottled-in-bond release at six years and ties to the Olander farm's centennial.
• Heritage Grain Wheated Bourbon — 47% ABV. Produced in partnership with The Family Jones Distillery and priced at US$79.99.

# How they make these whiskeys All Root Shoot spirits use grain grown and malted on the Olander family's fifth-generation Loveland farm. From field to bottle the product travels about 30 miles. The distillery presents the arrangement as a hyper-local production model where raw material sourcing, malting, maturation, and bottling are rooted in the same regional footprint.

# Limited runs and collaborations to note

# Pricing and proofs The range covers multiple proofs and price points: the award-winning 4-year single malt at US$64.99 (50% ABV), the limited peach-cask at US$79.99 (49% ABV), a cask-strength-ish single barrel at US$89.99 (61.5% ABV), a six-year bottled-in-bond at US$84.99 (50% ABV), and a wheated bourbon at US$79.99 (47% ABV).

# Founder voice Todd Olander, founder and owner of Root Shoot, tied the whiskey to the farm's history: he described the whiskey as carrying "more than 100 years and five generations" of the family farm and framed the release as sharing that farm history with whiskey drinkers.

# Practical takeaway for buyers