On a ski trip in the Alaskan backcountry, three close friends capped off each day drinking whiskey and cocktails at a local craft distillery while meeting new friends and sharing stories about their wild adventure.
Getting off a helicopter surrounded by sheer drop-offs with one steep & deep line down makes for a thrilling story. Sharing stories of those runs and drinking whiskey went hand-in-hand each night, and the duality of enjoying whiskey with friends while sharing experiences created the inspiration to start Mythology Distillery.
On a ski trip in the Alaskan backcountry, three close friends capped off each day drinking whiskey and cocktails at a local craft distillery while meeting new friends and sharing stories about their wild adventure.
Getting off a helicopter surrounded by sheer drop-offs with one steep & deep line down makes for a thrilling story. Sharing stories of those runs and drinking whiskey went hand-in-hand each night, and the duality of enjoying whiskey with friends while sharing experiences created the inspiration to start Mythology Distillery.
Founded by three Colorado natives that seek out experiences through travel and adventure, we love to share and hear stories from others. Our philosophy is that we each form our own Mythology through travel, connecting with others and our experiences. It’s based on this that we named the distillery Mythology.
Inspired by the Alaska trip, Scott Yeates returned with a passion to start Mythology Distillery as a brand that invokes conversation and brings community together. Leveraging years of experience that our production team gained from other successful distilleries, our team has developed a portfolio of products that have won more than 50 awards in 2 years, including best in class, double golds and gold medals.
Started as a passion and brought to reality by hard work we have built Mythology, named Colorado’s Top Distillery consecutively and our spirits have won more than 50 domestic and international awards.
We welcome you to the Mythology community and hope our spirits will compliment some of your best experiences!
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ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY
We care about our planet.
We source ingredients locally and as Coloradans that value our backyard playground, we have implemented sustainable manufacturing processes to do our part in preserving our planet.
Those processes include a closed loop gas boiler system that pumps condensate back to the heat source for reuse, a closed loop chiller that recirculates chilled water, water conservation measures that save up to 500 gallons per batch, repurposing our spent grain for cattle feed, utilizing recycled glass and paper products for packaging, composting or recycling 90% of all waste at the production and bar facility as well as many additional measures.
MYTHOLOGY
TEAM
Founder & President
Scott Yeates
Head Distiller
Chris Ritenour
Colorado Sales Manager
Jeff Johnson
Montana Brand Ambassador
Emily Clark
Steamboat Springs Sales Representative
Jameson “Jamo” Midgett
Founder & President
Scott Yeates
Scott Yeates founded Mythology Distillery based on a combined passion of spirits, manufacturing and bringing people together. Inspired while on a backcountry ski trip in Haines, AK, Scott identified an opportunity to create a high quality spirits brand synonymous with creating and sharing experiences. Scott is President of Mythology Distillery and oversees the vision, growth and branding for the company while contributing to the spirits production.
Scott founded and is President of SW Development Group, an affordable housing development firm that has developed more than 600 units of workforce housing units in Colorado. Prior to SW Development, Scott developed multiple ground up market-rate multifamily and commercial developments.
Scott, his wife Lauren and dogs Telle & Whiskey live in Steamboat Springs, CO where he is an active mountain biker and skier.
Spirit of Choice: “Aside from Mythology, I find a new Colorado spirit to enjoy each month”
Cocktail of Choice: “A Gin and Tonic”
Head Distiller
Chris Ritenour
As Head Distiller of Mythology, Chris Ritenour leads Mythology’s production team in the distillation and blending of our craft spirits. Chris brings a deep love for both the history and the art of distillation and blending to Mythology Distillery. That love was sparked by a curiosity about absinthe initially but soon spilled over into gins, brandies, and of course, whiskeys.
Chris was born in Indiana but spent most of his life in Southern California. Distillation brought him back to the Midwest where he started his career with Blaum Bros. Distilling Company. As Head Distiller at Blaum Bros., Chris contributed to being recognized as a nationally renowned award-winning brand. In early 2019 Doc Porter’s Distillery brought him to North Carolina where he spent two years before joining the Mythology team to lead production.
When he is not at the distillery Chris can usually be found with his wife Victoria and daughter Imogene. He enjoys history, cocktails, beer, and reading.
Favorite Drink: “Last Word (or most anything with Chartreuse for that matter…)”
Favorite spirit to make/why: “Absinthe. It was the first spirit I fell in love with, it’s the one that opened the world of distillation to me, and it will always have a special place in my heart.”
Colorado Sales Manager
Jeff Johnson
With a passion for all things beverage related, Jeff Johnson brings over seven years of beverage sales, brand building, and account management experience in the Denver Metro market. What started out a passion for wine and wine making quickly turned into a passion for craft beer and then again into craft spirits. What drives Jeff to brands is their unique stories and processes and the passion put behind them to make them great.
Prior to Mythology, Jeff was the Market Manager for Great Divide Brewing Company, an industry leader in the CO craft beer community.
A St Louis native, Jeff enjoys St Louis Cardinals baseball, and is an avid snowboarder, hiker, climber, and music lover. While not working to provide Colorado with some of the best spirits the state has to offer, Jeff can be found getting into the backcountry with his wife Allison and dogs Lady and Georgie, putting up a hammock, drink in hand, and staying there for as long as possible.
Spirit of Choice: “Rye Whiskey”
Cocktail of Choice: “Multiple Sazeracs”
Montana Brand Ambassador
Emily Clark
Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Emily’s heart always called her to the mountains of Montana. A lifelong lover of music, Emily started an all-women’s production company specializing in kids-geared music festivals upon her arrival in Whitefish, Montana.
In a stroke of great luck, Emily opened for members of the String Cheese Incident and was pulled to Denver, CO and performed at Red Rocks, The Gorge, Fillmore as well as Mythology Distillery.
Emily’s performance at Mythology led her to become a bartender and brand ambassador for the company. Emily hit the road in 2020 while the Mythology bar was closed to test the market and see if she could expand Mythology’s footprint to her “forever home” in Montana. She was wildly successful in promoting Mythology, returned back to Denver to convince the team and is now our Montana brand ambassador based in Whitefish, MT.
Emily blends her passion for music, the outdoors, people, and mixology while representing Mythology and selling our spirits in MT.
Spirit of Choice: “Tequila”
Cocktail of Choice: “Violet Beauregarde”
Steamboat Springs Sales Representative
Jameson “Jamo” Midgett
Originally from North Carolina, Jameson made his way to Steamboat Springs in the Fall of 2017 while on the search for authentic mountain town culture with live music, abundant outdoor recreation, & potential jobs for his degree in photography and experience in outdoor education. After Jameson’s first year in town, he drew the lucky ticket and was hired by Steamboat Powdercats as their backcountry ski photographer.
During the warmer months, when he wasn’t photographing Mythology’s sprit bottles, live music, or teaching mountain biking, he continued developing his knowledge of good food, wine, cocktails, and craft beer while working in the local service industry.
Jameson has been involved with Mythology for years, taking many of our product and outdoor lifestyle photographs. Jameson is a natutal fit as our Steamboat Sales Rep with his knowledge of Mythology, love of the Best Friend Bourbon and his past experience in the food & craft scene in Steamboat.
Founder & President
Scott Yeates
Head Distiller
Chris Ritenour
Colorado Sales Manager
Jeff Johnson
Montana Brand Ambassador
Emily Clark
Steamboat Springs Sales Representative
Jameson “Jamo” Midgett
Founder & President
Scott Yeates
Scott Yeates founded Mythology Distillery based on a combined passion of spirits, manufacturing and bringing people together. Inspired while on a backcountry ski trip in Haines, AK, Scott identified an opportunity to create a high quality spirits brand synonymous with creating and sharing experiences. Scott is President of Mythology Distillery and oversees the vision, growth and branding for the company while contributing to the spirits production.
Scott founded and is President of SW Development Group, an affordable housing development firm that has developed more than 600 units of workforce housing units in Colorado. Prior to SW Development, Scott developed multiple ground up market-rate multifamily and commercial developments.
Scott, his wife Lauren and dogs Telle & Whiskey live in Steamboat Springs, CO where he is an active mountain biker and skier.
Spirit of Choice: “Aside from Mythology, I find a new Colorado spirit to enjoy each month”
Cocktail of Choice: “A Gin and Tonic”
Head Distiller
Chris Ritenour
As Head Distiller of Mythology, Chris Ritenour leads Mythology’s production team in the distillation and blending of our craft spirits. Chris brings a deep love for both the history and the art of distillation and blending to Mythology Distillery. That love was sparked by a curiosity about absinthe initially but soon spilled over into gins, brandies, and of course, whiskeys.
Chris was born in Indiana but spent most of his life in Southern California. Distillation brought him back to the Midwest where he started his career with Blaum Bros. Distilling Company. As Head Distiller at Blaum Bros., Chris contributed to being recognized as a nationally renowned award-winning brand. In early 2019 Doc Porter’s Distillery brought him to North Carolina where he spent two years before joining the Mythology team to lead production.
When he is not at the distillery Chris can usually be found with his wife Victoria and daughter Imogene. He enjoys history, cocktails, beer, and reading.
Favorite Drink: “Last Word (or most anything with Chartreuse for that matter…)”
Favorite spirit to make/why: “Absinthe. It was the first spirit I fell in love with, it’s the one that opened the world of distillation to me, and it will always have a special place in my heart.”
Colorado Sales Manager
Jeff Johnson
With a passion for all things beverage related, Jeff Johnson brings over seven years of beverage sales, brand building, and account management experience in the Denver Metro market. What started out a passion for wine and wine making quickly turned into a passion for craft beer and then again into craft spirits. What drives Jeff to brands is their unique stories and processes and the passion put behind them to make them great.
Prior to Mythology, Jeff was the Market Manager for Great Divide Brewing Company, an industry leader in the CO craft beer community.
A St Louis native, Jeff enjoys St Louis Cardinals baseball, and is an avid snowboarder, hiker, climber, and music lover. While not working to provide Colorado with some of the best spirits the state has to offer, Jeff can be found getting into the backcountry with his wife Allison and dogs Lady and Georgie, putting up a hammock, drink in hand, and staying there for as long as possible.
Spirit of Choice: “Rye Whiskey”
Cocktail of Choice: “Multiple Sazeracs”
Montana Brand Ambassador
Emily Clark
Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Emily’s heart always called her to the mountains of Montana. A lifelong lover of music, Emily started an all-women’s production company specializing in kids-geared music festivals upon her arrival in Whitefish, Montana.
In a stroke of great luck, Emily opened for members of the String Cheese Incident and was pulled to Denver, CO and performed at Red Rocks, The Gorge, Fillmore as well as Mythology Distillery.
Emily’s performance at Mythology led her to become a bartender and brand ambassador for the company. Emily hit the road in 2020 while the Mythology bar was closed to test the market and see if she could expand Mythology’s footprint to her “forever home” in Montana. She was wildly successful in promoting Mythology, returned back to Denver to convince the team and is now our Montana brand ambassador based in Whitefish, MT.
Emily blends her passion for music, the outdoors, people, and mixology while representing Mythology and selling our spirits in MT.
Spirit of Choice: “Tequila”
Cocktail of Choice: “Violet Beauregarde”
Steamboat Springs Sales Representative
Jameson “Jamo” Midgett
Originally from North Carolina, Jameson made his way to Steamboat Springs in the Fall of 2017 while on the search for authentic mountain town culture with live music, abundant outdoor recreation, & potential jobs for his degree in photography and experience in outdoor education. After Jameson’s first year in town, he drew the lucky ticket and was hired by Steamboat Powdercats as their backcountry ski photographer.
During the warmer months, when he wasn’t photographing Mythology’s sprit bottles, live music, or teaching mountain biking, he continued developing his knowledge of good food, wine, cocktails, and craft beer while working in the local service industry.
Jameson has been involved with Mythology for years, taking many of our product and outdoor lifestyle photographs. Jameson is a natutal fit as our Steamboat Sales Rep with his knowledge of Mythology, love of the Best Friend Bourbon and his past experience in the food & craft scene in Steamboat.
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