The staff at the distillery loves to innovate and flex their creative muscles almost daily regardless of what is happening in the world. One idea that they have been kicking around is a frozen pizza that you could take home and bake in the comfort of your own home, but also looked and tasted like you baked it in a wood fired pizza oven.

We are happy to report that the roof project was completed ahead of schedule under budget and zero injuries. Anyone who has worked with corrugated roofing knows that these is no small feat. We are optimistic that this will keep the snow off or our customers while they visit us.

It has been several days and maybe weeks since our last update we are unsure. There are many things that have changed while we have been away. The State of Oregon has allowed us to provide outdoor open air dining during the winter months and we launched our very first aged wheat whiskey affectionately named Cabbage Hill.

Wintertime and the living is easy. Members of the clubhouse lobbied for movie night while back and have received good news from the home office that their request was approved. The approval was the easy part as we found out everyone had different ideas for which movie to play.

Historically we are usually closed Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday during Thanksgiving week. Due to circumstances out of our control we decided to ask the staff if they wanted to rock a limited menu on Wednesday to do two things. One, get the staff more hours. Second, they wanted to make sure the hard working people of Pendleton were fed on the eve of Thanksgiving. Mission Accomplished!

The Carpenters said it best “Funny, but it seems I always wind up here with you” from their hit single Rainy Days and Mondays that reached number 1 on the Adult Contemporary singles chart in 1971.

Wire to wire the coldest day yet and spirits are high. Day started with copious amounts of sunshine even though Shelby dressed for an Arctic expedition. We forgot just how much the community loves breakfast burritos and were reminded this AM, wow!