About
Cardinal Spirits is Bloomington's first Indiana craft distillery, specializing in extraordinary spirits made from local ingredients including whiskeys, rums, gins, brandies, and canned cocktails. They operate a distillery restaurant and cocktail bar offering tours, tastings, food, and carry-out. Spirits are available in stores across 13 states and ship to 32 states.
Spirits from local Indiana ingredients
Canned cocktails
Whiskeys including Butcher's Bourbon and single malt
Distillery restaurant and tours
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What They Make
Butcher's Bourbon
distilled with local heirloom red corn, 120 proof
Four Grain Bourbon
4 Heartland grains in perfect balance, 92 proof
Single Malt Straight Whiskey
distillery only / 100% Indiana malted barley, 93 proof
Perry's Secret Stock - Crimson Corn Bourbon
rare limited bottling / 75% crimson red corn, 21% rye, 4% barley, 103 proof
Cardinal Gold
small-batch blended Indiana whiskey Release No. 2, 106 proof
Blackstrap Rum
100% blackstrap molasses aged in brandy barrel
Terra Botanical Gin
award-winning
Creekbend Brandy
distilled with local Catawba grapes
Songbird Spiked Cold Brew
newest canned cocktail with Songbird Coffee Liqueur and dark roast coffee
Awards
Silver Medal, American Craft Spirits Awards 2021 for Terra Botanical Gin
2021
Gold Medal, San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2020 for Standard Vodka
2020
Latest News
Newest canned cocktail: Songbird Spiked Cold Brew. Terra Botanical Gin featured in Wall Street Journal, New York Times and wins gold medals. Holiday hours for 2025 Christmas and NY Week posted.