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Cut Spike, named from a term used for a hand-forged spike, is an artisan distillery specializing in premium spirits, designed with a nod to railroad history and doing work by hand. One of the country’s few American single malt whiskeys, Cut Spike Whiskey is made from premium grains and limestone-filtered water sourced from the Sandhills of Nebraska. The highest-quality cut is aged for two years in charred American oak barrels.
Honors: Print's Design Annual 2014, Best of the Region (Midwest)
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Agency: Archrival
Design Director: Michael Nielsen
Account Executive: Kevin Fuller
Copywriter: Nate Custard
Production Manager: Michael Nielsen
Photography: Michael Nielsen
Letterpress: Spark Letterpress
“Call me a sucker for packaging, the use of gold and black, anything whiskey, and really well done ‘hipster’ design,” -Joseph Duffy