Headframe Spirits, a Butte-based craft distillery and manufacturing company at 21 S. Montana St., recently produced its 10,000th barrel of American single malt whiskey.

Headframe sources 100% of its malted barley from Montana farmers and maltsters and uses an estimated 50,000 pounds every three days. The grain flows through at least four Montana grain elevators.

“Montana agriculture made these 10,000 barrels possible. Every grain of barley was grown and malted in Montana, and every batch is distilled in Montana,” said John McKee, Headframe owner and founder. “That makes this milestone not just ours, but all of Montana’s.”

According to a press release, Headframe’s production growth hasn’t come at the cost of craftsmanship.

“The distillery maintains its small-batch philosophy, sources Mo

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