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A whiskey that tastes like the San Luis Valley and benefits the Rio Grande

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Brothers Josh and Jason Cody pose with glasses of Laws Whiskey House’s San Luis Valley Straight Rye, which their grain helped produce, in the distiller’s Denver barroom. May 28, 2025.

We take you to church... whiskey church at Law's Whiskey House. The Denver distillery, co-founded by Al Laws, has released a special edition made with San Luis Valley rye and Rio Grande river water. Meet brothers Jason and Joshua Cody who grow and malt the grain. Proceeds from Rio Grande Rye benefit river conservation.

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Laws Whiskey House founder Al Laws holds a bottle of this year's San Luis Valley Straight Rye in his Denver distillery. May 28, 2025.