Overview
Co-founded with Prof. Aubrey Wigner (Mines) and four Mines alumni, Method & Muse Spirits is an award-winning craft distillery operating on Mines’ 45th Drive campus in Golden, Colorado, with a tasting room in downtown Arvada. The venture applies engineering discipline, process optimization, quality control, and data-driven decision making, to artisan spirits production.
Innovation
- Patent-pending non-alcoholic spirit concentrate (filed 2024)
- Submitted institutional partnership proposal to Mines (March 2026) scoped across professional education programming
- Credit-bearing distilling science course targeting Fall 2026 pilot enrollment
- Activity conducted in accordance with Mines outside employment and conflict-of-interest policies
Philosophy
Method & Muse bridges technical rigor with creative craft. The name reflects the dual nature of the enterprise: systematic methodology paired with artistic inspiration. Every product is developed through iterative testing and refinement, the same approach that drives effective engineering education.
