Alaska Distillery (formerly Glacier Creek Distillery) was founded by native Alaskans Scotti MacDonald, Shawn Ansley, and Winston Chelf in 2005. Toby Foster first had the idea as the natural next step from his own home-brewing hobby. Glacier Creek takes pride in that their distillery tries to operate responsibly by limiting the carbon footprint and recycling.The name of the distillery comes from the astounding natural beauty in the glaciers of Alaska and the purity of its water they use for their spirits.

Permafrost Alaskan vodka is made from locally grown potatoes and Alaskan glacier water.Glacier Creek Distillery prides itself on extremely careful distillation and filtration (executed traditionally through charcoal); they claim that over 508 hours of work has gone into each bottle of vodka. They regard themselves as the first Alaskan vodka.