Blue Beard Durum Wheat

Oatman Flats Ranch

Developed by The Bread Lab in Skagit Valley, Washington, for whole grain use and as a pillar for the local grain economy. The grain was developed for flavor and high yields for organic farmers. The whiskey has a distinctive rich wheat taste with subtle caramel, cacao, coffee and nutty notes. Skagit 1109 consists of hundreds of different varieties, allowing the wheat to adapt to its environment.  Some refer to it as a “modern non-GMO landrace wheat.”
		
Barrel Type / Char: American White Oak, Standard Char Level 3
Packaging: 53 gallon barrels
Inventory (as of 11/09/2021): 
- 5 53 gallon barrels
Age (as of 10/22/21): ~9 months

While our whiskey is distilled and barreled in a non-organic certified distillery, 100% of the Skagit 1109 utilized in our Whiskey is CCOF Organic Certified.

Skagit 1109 Wheat Whiskey

Organic

Conventional (Non-GMO)

Red Fife was the baking and milling industries' standard of wheat in Canada that disappeared  during the great depression.  The grain was reintroduced to North America 10 to 15 years ago. The wheat whiskey has a deeper and more complex flavor than common hard red winter wheats.
		
Barrel Type / Char: American White Oak, Standard Char Level 3
Packaging: 53 gallon barrels
Inventory (as of 11/09/2021):
- 4 53 gallon barrels
Age (as of 10/22/21): ~8 months

While our whiskey is distilled and barreled in a non-organic certified distillery, 100% of the Red Fife utilized in our Whiskey is CCOF Organic Certified.

Red Fife Wheat Whiskey

Introduced by Spanish missionaries to Mexico and southern Arizona, White Sonora was grown extensively by the native Akimel O’odham people in Arizona. It is believed to be the first wheat introduced to the New World over 300 years ago.
		
Barrel Type / Char: American White Oak, Standard Char Level 3
Packaging: 53 / 15 gallon barrels
Inventory (as of 11/09/2021): 
- 11 53 Gallon Barrels
- 1 15 Gallon Barrel
Age (as of 10/22/21): 8 to 12 months

While our whiskey is distilled and barreled in a non-organic certified distillery, 100% of the Heritage White Sonora utilized in our Whiskey is CCOF Organic Certified.

White Sonora Wheat Whiskey

Introduced by Spanish missionaries to Mexico and southern Arizona, White Sonora was grown extensively by the native Akimel O’odham people in Arizona. It is believed to be the first wheat introduced to the New World over 300 years ago. This lower gluten-producing protein wheat flour is used mostly for cakes and pastries.

White Sonora Wheat Flour

Developed by The Bread Lab in Skagit Valley, Washington, for whole grain use and as a pillar for the local grain economy. 

It was developed for flavor and high yields for organic farmers.  The wheat flour has a cream color with brown speckles.  A distinctive rich wheat taste with subtle caramel, cacao, coffee and nutty notes.  Skagit 1109 consists of hundreds of different varieties, allowing the wheat to adapt to its environment.  Some refer to it as a “modern non-GMO landrace wheat.”

Skagit 1109 Wheat Flour

Admired for its flavor and spectacular dark blue black “bearded” head, this grain originated in the Fertile Crescent and was revived in the U.S. by The Whole Grain Connection. The wheat flour has a light-yellow color with brown speckles and a light sweet and nutty taste with hearty toasted wheat notes that linger on the palate.

Blue Beard Durum Wheat Flour

Red Fife was the baking and milling industries' standard of wheat in Canada that disappeared  during the great depression. It was reintroduced to North America 10 to 15 years ago. The wheat flour has a light-cream color with brown speckles and has a deeper and more complex flavor than common hard red winter wheats.

Red Fife Wheat Flour

Oatman Flats Ranch and Oatman Farms, our branded product company, are committed to revitalizing and sustaining family farms in hotter and drier environments by serving as a model that others can replicate.

In an effort to adapt to our changing world, the farm is transitioning from practices that deplete and despoil the land to those that heal and restore it, and from approaches that ignore the cultural historical contexts of farms to those that embrace and celebrate them.  In so doing, Dax honors his ancestors and the indigenous inhabitants who preceded them, and aims to bequeath to future generations, a resilient and thriving oasis in the desert.   

It’s hard to imagine a more challenging place to grow a large-scale farm.   And yet, Oatman Flats Ranch’s team has endeavored to combine ancient traditional knowledge and cutting edge agro-ecological principles to restore fertility to the farm’s soils, while also replenishing water resources and boosting soil carbon sequestration.  The farm is a case study of agricultural methods for arid lands that may sustain healthy ecosystems, including people, crops and domesticated animals, as well as native flora and fauna.

The first Regenerative Organic Certified™ farm in the American Southwest

Admired for its flavor and spectacular dark blue black “bearded” head, this grain originated in the Fertile Crescent and was revived in the U.S. by The Whole Grain Connection. The wheat whiskey has a light sweet and nutty taste with hearty toasted wheat notes that linger on the palate.
		
Barrel Type / Char: American White Oak, Standard Char Level 3
Packaging: 53 gallon barrels
Inventory (as of 11/09/2021): 7 53 gallon barrels
Age (as of 10/22/21): ~8 months

While our whiskey is distilled and barreled in a non-organic certified distillery, 100% of the Blue Beard Durum utilized in our Whiskey is CCOF Organic Certified.

Oatman Flats Ranch

Blue Beard Durum Wheat Whiskey

Oatman Flats Ranch