Whiskey Distilling in New York City

Many of the earliest distilleries in the United States were in New Amsterdam (New York City). Some turned out gin, others turned out an early form of whiskey from a variety of grains---corn, rye, wheat, oats.

The distilleries of New York City vanished long ago. In the late 1990s, I often visited the moth-balled Fernet Branca liqueur distillery. It was like stepping back in history---the factory just shut down some time in the 1970s (if I recall correctly). Tools remained scattered about, workmen's coveralls hung in the lockers. It was surreal.

Anyhoo, it seems a small whiskey distillery is opening in Brooklyn, the Kings County Distillery. Reportedly, it will be making corn whiskey and Bourbon.

Labels: Bourbon, Corn Whiskey, Kings County Distillery