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Helena Distillery Uses Montana-Grown Agriculture to Make Spirits
Gianforte toured Helena distillery using Montana wheat, barley, and fruit, highlighting a $25,000 Growth Through Agriculture grant supporting local product innovation.
- During National Agriculture Week, Gianforte toured Gulch Distillers in Helena and sampled Burrone Fernet, highlighting Montana agriculture.
- The Gianforte administration emphasizes 'value-added' agriculture, and the Growth Through Agriculture program, created in 1987, offers grants up to $50,000 and loans up to $100,000.
- Gulch Distillers produces spirits using Montana-grown barley, wheat and rye, and its tasting room at 4 W. Lawrence Street is open 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
- Last year, Gulch Distillers received a $25,000 grant through the Growth Through Agriculture program from the Montana Department of Agriculture, funding their tasting room move and boosting production and traffic.
- Gianforte praised Montana as 'a tremendously entrepreneurial state' while co-owners Steffen Rasile and Tyrrell Hibbard said Montana agriculture is at the root of their work and rewarding to value-add.
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Gulch Distillers highlighted as part of state ag investment program
HELENA — On a sunny and bright St. Patrick’s Day in downtown Helena, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte stopped at Gulch Distillers for a tasting and to highlight the state’s Growth Through Agriculture grant and loan program. March is National Agriculture…
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Helena distillery uses Montana-grown agriculture to make spirits
This week is National Agriculture Week, and Gov. Greg Gianforte marked the occasion by touring a Helena distillery that uses Montana-grown ingredients to make its products.Gianforte visited Gulch Distillers manufacturing facility and tasting room in downtown Helena Tuesday. He sampled the companys Burrone Fernet, a bitter herbal liqueur.(Watch the video for a closer look at Gulch Distillers' links to Montana agriculture.) Helena distillery uses …
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