What the Ale: Tulsa’s first distillery since prohibition

Sitting on Tulsa’s stretch of historic Route 66 at 3310 Southwest Blvd., Red Fork Distillery is Tulsa’s first legal distillery since the end of prohibition in 1933.

Mike Hoey, who owns the business along with his wife, Dana, came up with the idea after seeing a story in “Garden and Gun” magazine in 2010 about someone who had started making rum from sugarcane after buying a plantation.

After extensive research, Red Fork Distillery was established in 2015, bringing their first products to market in 2018. Red Fork Distillery produces vodka, bourbon and whiskey, as well as variations of each, with their biggest seller being Southern Journey Vodka. Local artist Josh Stout creates their unique labels, which feature wildlife and Indigenous artwork…

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