The origins of Whitmeyer's Distilling read almost like a modern fairytale. While stationed in Germany with the US Army, Travis Whitmeyer met a girl. This girl's family lived on a small farm in the countryside, where they made beers, ciders, and schnapps out of whatever produce they had lying around. They taught Travis their trade, and when he left the Army, he brought his newfound knowledge with him, experimenting and expanding until he could make everything from peach-flavored whiskey to vodka.