American Whiskey Magazine

BORN IN A BOOMTOWN

Nestled in the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains of Southwest Montana, between Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, Butte, Montana is a unique city with one of the most incredible distilleries in the US: Headframe Spirits.

As you drive into Butte, aside from the awe-inspiring big open sky and the mountains glistening in the distance, the headframes stand atop the hills beckoning travelers with curiosity.

Headframes are the iconic symbol of Butte and represent the contribution of the minerals and metals mined here to the industrial growth of this country. The headframes supported the massive cables to lower miners to their work, transport mules, equipment, and supplies down the shafts, and bring up load after load of ore.

Once referred to as the ‘richest hill on Earth’, Butte produced more mineral wealth than any other mining district in the world up to

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