Talnua Distillery

Talnua Distillery is the Arvada, Colorado craft operation that holds a globally unique distinction: the first fully dedicated Single Pot Still whiskey distillery operating outside Ireland. Founded in 2017 by husband-and-wife team Patrick and Meagan Miller, Talnua exists to revive a category of whiskey production — Irish Single Pot Still — that had been almost entirely the exclusive domain of a handful of Irish producers (Midleton, Powers, Redbreast, Green Spot) for over a century. The Millers built Talnua specifically to bring this style to American shelves using Colorado-grown barley, traditional triple distillation, and the mixed-mash bill of malted and unmalted barley that defines the Irish style. The origin story is direct and specific. Patrick and Meagan Miller fell in love with Single Pot Still whiskey on their 2011 honeymoon in a Galway pub, then spent the next several years researching and building toward the eventual Talnua launch. Patrick worked as a distiller at Stranahan's in Denver while developing the technical and commercial foundation for Talnua, with home distilling experiments starting in 2015 before the formal Talnua opening in 2017. The Arvada distillery at 5405 West 56th Avenue runs traditional triple distillation through hand-built pot stills, sourcing 100% Colorado-grown malted and unmalted barley for the mash bill — the technical signature that differentiates Irish Single Pot Still from other malt whiskey categories. The 2024 World Whiskies Awards re…