Batch 001 · Kwahu, Ghana

Three expressions. One ridge.

A Ghanaian heritage spirit, infused by hand in numbered batches of fifty, from botanicals you can name.

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50numbered bottles
9weeks in the making
750ml in every bottle
GH₵249.99each expression
The Classic, bottle 1 of 30

Expression 01 · 30 bottles

The Classic

Warm, spiced, dry. The house style.

A long, patient steep of star anise, cinnamon bark, ginger and dried mesewa. It spends seven weeks in the dark and two more with the aromatics, then it's filtered clear and bottled by hand.

  • Star anise
  • Cinnamon bark
  • Ginger
  • Dried mesewa
  • Mena's Special Blend
Strength
40% ABV
Bottle
750 ml
Batch 001
30 bottles

To serve Neat over one large cube, or topped with ginger ale and a twist of orange.

GH₵249.99
The Cinna, bottle 1 of 10

Expression 02 · 10 bottles

The Cinna

Softer, sweeter, cinnamon forward.

Cinnamon leads, rounded with raw honey stirred in by hand at the very end. It's softer and sweeter than The Classic but keeps the backbone of the base spirit.

  • Cinnamon
  • Star anise
  • Raw honey
  • Dried mesewa
Strength
38% ABV
Bottle
750 ml
Batch 001
10 bottles

To serve Chilled after dinner, over ice with a squeeze of lime, or warm with hot water and lemon.

GH₵249.99
The Kakao, bottle 1 of 10

Expression 03 · 10 bottles

The Kakao

Dark, dry, bitter like good chocolate.

Ghanaian cocoa nibs and roasted coffee steeped slow and deep, with cinnamon and Mena's Special Blend behind them. It's dark, dry and bitter the way good chocolate is.

  • Ghanaian cocoa nibs
  • Coffee
  • Cinnamon
  • Mena's Special Blend
Strength
42% ABV
Bottle
750 ml
Batch 001
10 bottles

To serve Neat after dinner, over ice with orange peel, or poured over vanilla ice cream.

GH₵249.99

Side by side

Which one is yours?

The Classic The Cinna The Kakao
If you likeSpiced and drySoft and sweetDark and bitter
Leading noteStar anise & gingerCinnamon & honeyCocoa & coffee
Strength40%38%42%
BestNeat or with ginger aleChilled, after dinnerNeat, with dessert
In Batch 00130 bottles10 bottles10 bottles

Our story

Ghana's own spirit, in good glass.

Ghana has always had its own spirit. It is drunk widely, but it is rarely served. It gets poured from unmarked bottles, with no name on the glass and no telling where it came from or who made it.

Mezcal was a village liquor once. Then somebody put it in good glass, named the village and said who made it. The spirit itself didn't change. What people would pay for it did.

The Old Ridge exists for one reason: to make Ghanaians proud to pour their own spirit for the people they want to impress.

We name everything

Every botanical is on the bottle, and so is the place. Each batch and bottle number is printed on the front.

Honest scarcity

There are fifty bottles because we made fifty bottles. When a batch is gone, it is gone.

The hand shows

Every bottle is filled, corked and labelled by hand, and the gift tags are written by hand too.

Ghana without the costume

The ridge, the mesewa, the cocoa. You'll find the Ghanaian part inside the bottle, not printed on the wrapping.

The sandstone cliffs of the Kwahu escarpment above the forest

The name

Why ‘The Old Ridge’

The name comes from the Kwahu Plateau, the raised southern edge of the Volta basin. It runs about 260 km from Wenchi to Koforidua and forms the backbone of southern Ghana. It is the country's main watershed, and on it sits Abetifi, the highest town in Ghana.

The mountain on every label stands for that ridge. It is where the spirit comes from.

How it's made

Nine weeks, start to finish.

There's no shortcut. Each batch steeps for nine weeks whether anyone is watching or not.

  1. Weeks 1–7

    The long steep

    The heritage spirit goes into glass vessels with the slow botanicals: mesewa, cinnamon bark, cocoa nibs and Mena's Special Blend. Then it's sealed and left in the dark.

  2. Weeks 8–9

    The delicate finish

    Ginger, star anise and coffee go in late so they stay bright, not bitter. We taste every day from here on.

  3. Week 9

    Blend and measure

    Honey is stirred into The Cinna. Every expression is measured and brought to strength, so the ABV on the label is the ABV we measured.

  4. Bottling day

    By hand

    We filter in three stages until it runs clear. Then each bottle is filled, corked and given its numbered label.

  5. One more week

    Rest, then delivery

    The bottles rest upright for a week. Then they go to the people who reserved them.

Gifting

Made to be given.

Brown kraft, jute twine and a hang tag with FOR and FROM lines you fill in by hand. The money went into the bottle, not the box.

Wrapped

Included

Every bottle comes wrapped in kraft paper, tied with twine and given a numbered hang tag.

Boxed

Wrapped, then packed in a kraft gift box with wood-wool. Good for corporate gifts, couriers and flights.

The Trio

One of each expression in a three-bottle kraft box. There are only ten Cinna and ten Kakao, so there can only be ten Trios.

Reserve

Claim your bottle.

Batch 001 is a private founding batch, offered by reservation only. Choose your bottles below and send the list to us on WhatsApp. We'll confirm your bottle numbers, delivery and payment in person. A 50% deposit holds your bottles.

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Nothing is charged online. A reservation is confirmed only after we reply. Delivery is quoted separately.

Contact

Talk to us.

For reservations, corporate and December gifting, or a place on the Batch 002 waitlist, message or call us directly.

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Questions

Good to know.

What is a Ghanaian heritage spirit?

Our base is Ghana's own traditional pot-distilled spirit, selected and filtered. We steep it for nine weeks with whole botanicals, then measure and adjust it to the strength printed on the label.

What does the bottle number mean?

Each batch is fifty bottles: thirty Classic, ten Cinna and ten Kakao. The number on your label says which one you have, for example 7 of 30, and it's printed rather than hand-written so it can't be wrong.

How do I pay?

Once we confirm your reservation on WhatsApp, a 50% deposit reserves your bottle numbers and the balance is paid before delivery. We'll send payment details directly.

Do you deliver?

Yes. We hand-deliver where we can and arrange delivery elsewhere in Ghana. Ask us about your area when you reserve.

Can I take it abroad?

Yes. We recommend the Boxed presentation for travel. Check your airline's and destination's rules on carrying spirits.

How should I store it?

Upright, out of direct sun and somewhere cool.