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Monday 4pm - 9pm Tuesday 4pm - 9pm Wednesday 4pm - 9pm Thursday 4pm - 9pm Friday 4pm - 11pm Saturday 12pm - 11pm Sunday 11am - 8pm

Eastern Kille Distillery

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Eastern Kille Distillery creates premium craft spirits and cocktails. Distilled in small batches and aged onsite at our Rockford MI distillery and restaurant.
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Eastern Kille spirits are a distillation of the Midwest, Michigan, Grand Rapids and our neighborhood. We are a small batch distillery sitting in Grand Rapids North Monroe industrial district, a place with a long tradition of making things. We chose this area to continue this tradition. We make spirits because we love doing it and we hand bottle everything we make in Grand Rapids because we love being here. Our spirits are crafted from the Great Lakes. There is a motto at Eastern Kille: good h***h made local. Our only goal is that if you try one of our spirits you agree this motto fits.

11/02/2026

Steenstra’s Old Fashioned is back for the holidays. It’s straight bourbon and our aromatic bitters, with nutmeg and almond from the windmill cookie it’s named after. Pour it over ice and it’s done.

Release party this Saturday, Nov 7, at the Rockford distillery: free Steenstra’s cookies, Old Fashioneds and Steenstra’s dessert specials.

Bottles are at the distillery and EK Wealthy starting Saturday.

09/30/2026

Appelflappen is back Saturday, October 3.

It's our own apple brandy, steeped for two weeks with fresh apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, anise and orange peel, then sweetened. We've called it liquid apple pie since 2020. It's sweet enough to sip neat, and it's easy to use at home: spike a mug of apple c***r, or stir two parts bourbon to one part Appelflappen for an Apple Old Fashioned.

This is the last batch for at least a few years. The brandy it's made on turns four next year, and next fall we're releasing that brandy on its own, bottled in bond.

Release party Saturday from noon to 11pm at the Rockford distillery. Live music in The Backyard, free orchard donuts while they last, Flappen cocktails and food specials to match.

$40 · 50 proof · 750ml. Pre-order online for pickup at Rockford or EK Wealthy, or grab a bottle Saturday.

09/18/2026

Friendly reminder we are CLOSED to the public today, Friday 9.18.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but we could not pass on the opportunity to help bring this beautiful couple’s wedding day vision to life at the distillery.

We will be open again Saturday at noon for regular hours. This is the last scheduled closing of the season.

Thank you for your understanding, we will see you all tomorrow and beyond!

09/13/2026

🚨CLOSED TODAY🚨

Friends, the distillery is closed to the public today as we host a private wedding for a wonderful couple. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your understanding.

Please note, we have one more wedding this coming Friday (9.18) as well, where we will again be closing to the public.

09/10/2026

Graham cracker vodka? What am I supposed to do with that? The Dude approved Graham Cracker Russian is a great place to start. Grab a bottle or the cocktail this Saturday 9/12 at the GCV release party

09/08/2026

We steeped real graham crackers in our vodka for two weeks. Then we turned the whole batch into a gel and strained it back out. Sounds ridiculous. Tastes like the graham cracker, not the crumbs.

Graham Cracker Vodka lands Friday 9/12 — 108 bottles, 50 of them online for storefront pickup. $28.

https://www.easternkille.com/shop-all/p/grahamvodka

09/06/2026

Labor Day Weekend Hours at The Distillery

Sunday: Normal Hours 11am-8pm
Monday: Noon-6pm (50% off pizzas!)
Tuesday: CLOSED so our crew can have our annual end of summer beach day.

We hope you all are enjoying your long weekend!

09/04/2026

Tours are back, and the first Saturday of the fall is tomorrow at 3pm. There's still room.

An hour on the floor with us: the still, the rickhouse, and a wh***ey thief in your hand pulling a sample straight from a barrel. Then a guided flight of four spirits in the private tasting room. $15 a person, and 20% off food and cocktails if you stay for dinner.

Book at the link. Every Saturday through October if tomorrow doesn't work.

https://www.easternkille.com/events/distillery-tour-august-22-hgdx4

05/23/2026

Memorial Day Weekend always signals the start of summer, so it’s fitting we update our hours as well. Not much change here, but we are adding an hour to every weekday and starting Sunday Brunch an hour later. See below for details. Have a great weekend!

MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY: Open Noon-7pm

New Weekly Hours beginning tomorrow:

Sundays: 11am-8pm (Brunch menu 11am-3pm)
Monday: 4pm-10pm
Tuesday: 4pm-10pm
Wednesday: 4pm-10pm
Thursday: 4pm-10pm
Friday: 4pm-11pm
Saturday: Noon-11pm

See you soon!

Address

7755 Childsdale Avenue NE
Rockford, MI
49341

Opening Hours

Monday	4pm - 9pm
Tuesday	4pm - 9pm
Wednesday	4pm - 9pm
Thursday	4pm - 9pm
Friday	4pm - 11pm
Saturday	12pm - 11pm
Sunday	11am - 8pm

Website

http://easternkille.com/

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