Ragged Branch Bourbon and Beef Dinner

First Course

Dirty Boulette Salad

Dirty rice boulette with arugula, lemon and Creole ravigote

Pairing with the Ragged Branch Signature cocktail, Ragged Rita

Second Course

VA/LA Surf & Turf

BBQ Ragged Branch brisket with crawfish, pimento cheese and cornmeal crepes

Paired with Ragged Branch Rye

Third Course

Ragged Branch Strip Steak

Chili coffee-rubbed NY strip, bourbon corn cream, crispy fingerling potatoes, confit tomatoes, roasted spring onion pesto

Paired with Ragged Branch Louisiana Reserve Signature Bourbon

Fourth Course

Strawberry Rhubarb Galette

Rustic French-style tarte with a beef tallow pie crust served with lavender honey ice cream à la mode

Paired with Ragged Branch Louisiana Reserve Wheated Bourbon

Your safety is our top priority! All tables will be spaced at least 6 feet apart, and parties will be seated at individual tables with no more than 6 guests per table. Our staff will be wearing their masks and we ask that you wear yours when not seated at your table.

Where It All Began

Legendary Master Distiller and our friend, Dave Pickerell, developed the foundation of our bourbon process – our mash. Every drop of our bourbon comes from our own grain – milled and mashed-in daily – and distilled under the direction Dave bestowed upon us.

We Do Everything Right and Right Now

We begin by growing 100% of our raw grain on owned or leased land. Our crops have absorbed minerals unique to local soils, which contributes to a taste distinctive to our area. We mill all of our grain fresh every day to create our mash.

From Mash to Spirit

The resulting mash waits in our fermentation tanks for approximately four days as the yeast converts fermentable sugars into alcohol. We then distill the fermented mash in our 500 gallon, custom built still by Vendome Copper and Brass works. Under our watchful eye, this copper pot-column combination still produces a barrel per day. Ragged Branch’s mission of creating excellent, independently handcrafted bourbon while adhering to the time honored traditions and distilling processes is reflected in every sip. 

Barrels and Bottles

The spirit is aged in new charred American white oak barrels in our Barrel Barn. When our Virginia Straight Bourbon Whiskey has been aged to full maturity, we cut it to bottle proof and bottle it on-site.

Our Cattle…Our Bourbon Beef

We also offer Ragged Branch Bourbon Beef—prime cuts and hamburger from our cattle, fed with the residual mash from our distillation process. At any one time, we maintain 50-100 head of cattle at Ragged Branch and our nearby leased site at Pounding Branch Farm. Two members of our team, each with an Agricultural Technology degree from Virginia Tech, oversee our cattle process to ensure delivery of only the finest quality beef. We calve many of our cattle on-site.