The first one was created by Margie Lehrman the CEO of the American Craft Spirits Association – ACSA.
There are now two GoFundMe pages set up on behalf of Du Nord Craft Spirits. ~Chris and Shanelle Montana How Can You Help Du Nord Craft Spirits? Make a GoFundMe Donation We will be a place to heal when you are ready.” I hope to see Du Nord standing tomorrow, but, no matter what happens, we will continue to support peaceful protests our city needs to progress towards a more just and equitable future for all of our kids. “Shanell and I can only turn the distillery’s fate over to South Minneapolis, our community. It’s only stuff, nothing inside is worth a life. If Du Nord should be set on fire, no one should enter to try to put it out there is highly flammable ethanol inside and it is not safe. It is not safe for anyone to defend a business, so neither we nor our staff will do so. The anger, sadness, and frustration have not subsided, so the destruction will continue tonight. “Seemingly every other business within miles was looted, burned or damage but today Du Nord stands. I prefer to be an honest and straight forward person but I, right now I’m not, not with them.” Calming and Comforting Words from Chris and Shanelle Montana The moment that that happens a piece of childhood dies. And in this case because of the color of their dad. “There’s a terrible thing that parents of color have to do at some point when they tell their kids that they are not going to be viewed the same way. As far as they know there have been a number of accidents that caused some fires. “Well, I’ll be honest with you,” says Montana. “Your oldest is six…What are you telling them about this? They have this huge disruption to their lives and now this happening in their city and to you? “I know you’ve got three young boys,” says Burnett. They came back just to do that and I will continue to thank them from the bottom of my heart.” A Conversation Parents of Color Have With Their Kidsīurnett goes on to ask Chris about what’s happening with his business after the hardships brought about by Covid-19, shutdowns and a community under distress. They came back and they came back to a place where tear gas, rubber bullets and flash bang grenades were going off. “I have to point out that it touches me so deeply that my employees did that of their own volition. I certainly heard people saying that they did not want to affect black owned businesses or minority owned businesses. That one section of our business that had those signs up. The only spot that doesn’t have damage is what you are showing your viewers right now. You can’t find a business in any direction that doesn’t have damage.
“To understand where Du Nord is, where our distillery is, we are on the same block as the 3rd Precinct. “I think that’s the only conclusion you can come to,” said Chris. The sprinklers did their job, and kept the fire from destroying the building, but the damage is substantial. The post says, “Fires triggered our fire suppression system which dumped over 26,000 gallons of water inside our facility over 4-4.5 hours.
Rioters Start Fire Causing Major Damage to Distillery Warehouseĭu Nord shared on its Facebook page that on the evening of around 2:00am rioters started a fire in the distilleries warehouse. The distillery is located in downtown Minneapolis on the same block as the Minneapolis police department that is the headquarters to the officers who caused the death of George Floyd. The distillery was founded in 2013 by husband and wife team Chris and Shanelle Montana. Du Nord’s is one of the few black owned distilleries in the country. Out of the more than 2,000 craft spirits distilleries in the U.S. “And just as the phoenix rose from the ashes, she too shall rise.” This oft used phrase fits all too well with Du Nord Craft Spirits distillery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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