I had to change Nebraska law to make this whisky. All you have to do is pick a bottle.
I make it in Omaha's Old Market, and I'm the one who made Nebraska whisky legal again. Award-winning single malt, bourbon, and rye. FREE shipping with the order of 3 bottles.
Ships to 43 states. Must be 21 or older to order.
For a hundred years, what I do was illegal in Nebraska. I wrote the bill that changed it.
Zac Triemert, Founder and Head Distiller
I had to change the law before I could make the whisky
Prohibition shut down distilling in Nebraska in 1920, and the ban outlived Prohibition by more than 80 years. I came home from Scotland with master's degrees in brewing and distilling from Heriot-Watt University and could not legally use them in my own state. So I wrote the craft distilling legislation myself and walked it through the Nebraska Legislature. Lawmakers kept asking me why nobody had done it before.
The bill passed. In 2013, after a round of red tape and a federal government shutdown, I opened Brickway in Omaha's Old Market, the city's first distillery since Prohibition. The name comes from the brick alley out back. Every bottle still leaves through that garage door onto the brickway.
Every distillery in the US points the lyne arm down. I built mine pointing up.
Zac Triemert, Founder and Head Distiller
I designed the stills myself
I believe proper whisky takes two pot stills, so I drew my own. One was built in Canada and one in Scotland. The piece that matters is the lyne arm, the pipe that runs off the top of the still. Every distillery in the US points it down. Mine points up. That sends the vapor back through itself on the way to the condenser, and the spirit comes out lighter and cleaner.
My whisky starts in the same brewhouse as my beer. Whisky is distilled beer, and I control it from the first bag of malted barley to the bottle. My single malts are made from 100% malted barley and matured like a bourbon in new charred American oak. The result sits between a Scotch and a bourbon: malt up front, caramel and oak behind it.
For more than 10 years, 100% of everything that's in our bottle, we made grain to glass.
Zac Triemert, Founder and Head Distiller
I make every drop in the bottle
When I opened in 2013, I sourced whisky from other distillers while my own aged. A lot of new distilleries start that way. For more than 10 years now, 100% of the bourbon, single malt, and rye in my bottles is whisky I made. I mash, ferment, and double pot distill it in the Old Market. Beyond the barrels in my cellar, another 400 sit in my rick house about 14 miles away. I make whisky faster than I sell it, on purpose, so the age on every bottle keeps climbing.
Thirteen medals across five whiskies. Here is who awarded them.
Brickway is Nebraska's most awarded distillery. Here is what my whiskies have won, by bottle.
American Single Malt
- GoldLos Angeles International Spirits Competition, 2018 and 2019
- SilverDenver International Spirits Competition, 2018
- SilverFifty Best American Single Malt Whisky, 2020
- BronzeAmerican Distilling Institute, 2020
Sherry Cask-Aged Single Malt
- Double GoldFifty Best American Whisky
- GoldFifty Best American Whisky, 2023
- SilverAmerican Distilling Institute, 2020 and 2021
Double Barrel Bourbon
- GoldFifty Best American Bourbon Whisky, 2020
- GoldAmerican Distilling Institute, 2021
Rye Whisky
- SilverAmerican Distilling Institute, 2021
Bottled-in-Bond Single Malt
- GoldU.S. Open Whiskey Championship, 2022
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The 2026 holiday gift guide picked my Triple Wood
"A beautifully balanced dram that's perfect for quiet evenings, special occasions or as an impressive gift for the whisky lover on your list."
Drink The Bottles, The 2026 Holiday Gift Guide
They put it on the page with bottles from all over the world. I made 100 of them. When they're gone, there is no second batch.
Pick the bottle for the person on your list
Six ways to give Brickway. Each one links straight to my store.
10-Year Triple Wood American Single Malt
I took two ten-year single malts, one double-barreled in new oak and one matured in a rum cask, and blended them once. 100 bottles made. Once it's gone, it's gone.
Bottled-in-Bond American Single Malt
I distilled it in one season, held it at least four years in bond, and bottled it at exactly 100 proof. One of the few Bottled-in-Bond whiskies made in Nebraska. Gold at the U.S. Open Whiskey Championship.
Sherry Cask-Aged American Single Malt
I age it six years in new charred American oak, then finish it in Oloroso sherry casks from Spain. Dried fruit, honey, toffee. Double Gold at Fifty Best.
Double Barrel Bourbon
Double pot distilled, aged in new charred oak, then finished in my used single malt casks. Vanilla, toffee, honeyed malt. Gold at Fifty Best and ADI. Limited availability.
Rye Whisky
52% rye malt, 40% barley, 8% white wheat. Rye spice with a smooth malt backbone. Built for a Manhattan or an Old Fashioned. It's the one I drink.
Trophy Case Collection
Four 100mL bottles: Single Malt, Sherry Cask, Rye, and Double Barrel Bourbon. My whole lineup in one box, and the easiest corporate gift on the page.
FREE shipping with the order of 3 bottles. Here are three ways to use that.
Add any three bottles to your cart and shipping is on me. These are the combinations I would send.
The Sampler Three
Rye, Double Barrel Bourbon, and the Trophy Case. One bottle for the cocktail maker, one for the bourbon drinker, and a tasting flight for whoever is still deciding.
The Single Malt Three
Sherry Cask, Bottled-in-Bond, and the 10-Year Triple Wood. The full single malt story, from sherry finish to ten years in three casks. For the person who takes whisky seriously.
The Office Three
Three Trophy Case Collections. Twelve pours, three boxes, one order. The easiest way to cover three people on the list.
Whisky for the whole client list
A case of Brickway says more than a fruit basket. Every bottle comes with a story your client has not heard: how I changed the law, the stills I drew myself, the barrels in my Old Market cellar. Orders of twelve bottles or more are handled by a person at my distillery. Tell me how many, where they are going, and when they need to land.
Scotch character, bourbon warmth. That's what I make in Omaha.
Zac Triemert, Founder and Head Distiller
What to know before you order
- Where it ships43 states. I cannot ship to PO boxes or to Alaska, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon, South Dakota, or Utah.
- How fastOrders typically arrive in one to two weeks. Order early for the holidays.
- Shipping costFREE shipping with the order of 3 bottles.
- AgeYou must be 21 or older to order, and an adult must sign for delivery.
- Who made itI did. Brickway Brewery & Distillery, 1116 Jackson St., Omaha, Nebraska. Mashed, fermented, and distilled on site, then aged in my Old Market cellar and my rick house about 14 miles away.
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Zac Triemert, Founder and Head Distiller, Brickway Brewery & Distillery
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