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CORVALLIS — While studying how to
convert straw into fuel, Chris Beatty got the
chance to learn a lot about the ryegrass plant.
Although the interest in such biofuels
evaporated with the advent of fracking and
the availability of cheap natural gas, Beatty
decided he could still put that knowledge to
use in his next venture — Spiritopia, an arti-
san distilled spirits producer.
When ryegrass is preparing to grow seed
heads, it’s “driving sugars up the plant” that
can be directly fermented into alcohol, he
said. “I thought, wow, this would make a
really interesting component for a whiskey.”
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hands of consumers would prove anything
but simple, however, as Spiritopia fi rst had
to navigate a “regulatory hell or purgatory.”
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labels, was unsure whether ryegrass was
fi t for human consumption and referred
the question to the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration.
“I thought there were going to be issues
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said.
The FDA, in turn, informed Beatty that
he’d have to complete a toxicological study
to prove that distilled ryegrass spirits are
safe.
“It takes a lot of time and money, of
which I had neither,” he said.
Beatty was leaning toward shelving the
idea until a magazine devoted to artisan spir-
its caught wind of his dilemma and pub-
lished an article about it. That compelled a
fellow chemist to notify Spiritopia that FDA
had already approved an anti-allergy medi-
cation made with ryegrass.
“With that information, I was able to get
ryegrass approved as an ingredient,” Beatty
said. “So, it was rather dumb luck.”
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eral government over the label, Spiritopia
fi nally released its ryegrass whiskey in time
for Christmas in 2018 — about three years
after initially applying for permission.
Beatty said he must regularly explain
that ryegrass whiskey is diff erent from rye
whiskey, which is made from fermented rye
grain. Rye tends to add spicy and peppery
fl avors to alcohol, while ryegrass makes it
softer and earthier.
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Chris Beatty, founder of the Spiritopia
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ally want to experiment with making whis-
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grass. That way, the product could be pro-
duced at any time during the year instead
of immediately after the grass is cut in late
April or early May at about 12-18 inches.
Spiritopia generally produces about 500
bottles a year of ryegrass whiskey, which are
sold for $40 each at its distillery tasting room
in Corvallis. Each annual batch requires less
than an acre of ryegrass, for which a local
farmer receives “liquid compensation.”
The bulk of the “mash” that’s fermented
and distilled into ryegrass whiskey is corn
and barley, while ryegrass makes up about
25% of the biomass, Beatty said. The rye-
grass represents only a few percentage
points of the fi nished alcohol, since the other
ingredients have more fermentable sugars.
“It’s more about the fl avor it imparts to
the whiskey than the alcohol contribution,”
he said.
Aside from ryegrass whiskey, Spiritopia
uses locally sourced apples, grapes, pepper-
mint and other crops in its products, and is
planning to release a pear brandy as well.
“We tend to do less sugar and a more
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