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    Master Distiller

    Hans Stafsholt

    Master Distiller, Breckenridge Distillery

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    Portrait of Hans Stafsholt

    Portrait of Hans Stafsholt

    i. Biography

    Hans Stafsholt is the Master Distiller at Breckenridge Distillery in Breckenridge, Colorado, where he has worked since 2014 and has been part of the brand’s high-altitude spirits program for more than a decade. He is a hands-on distiller whose fermentation background began with home-brewing and later commercial brewing before he moved into distilling at age 21. He is also publicly associated with Breckenridge’s limited-release bourbon collaborations and its non-alcoholic spirit development.

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