East Road Beverages is a Maryland-based, woman-owned small-batch licensed distillery and beverage company producing craft spirits while also offering contract bottling and co-packing. Its products draw on Jamaican heritage, and its social mission includes training and employing autistic adults from underserved communities, mentoring autistic business owners, and donating hand sanitizer to community organizations and medical facilities.
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Meinelschmidt DistilleryBorn-and-raised Washington County residents Cort and Chelsea Meinelschmidt have been making small-batch whiskey, bourbon and vodka in downtown Hagerstown since 2020. Their spirits use locally sourced Washington County grains, including a Maryland rye that became the county’s first straight rye whiskey and earned silver medals at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and Tokyo Whisky and Spirits Competition. The distillery also ties its bottles to community giving, donating portions of whiskey proceeds to combat-veteran programs and charities while supporting animal rescue through its Pretty Girl Vodka brand.HAGERSTOWN, MD
TLC LibationsFounded in 2017 by a mother-and-daughter duo, TLC Libations is a federally regulated Pittsburgh distillery making handcrafted spirits, cocktails, and mocktails onsite. The company became Pennsylvania’s first Black woman-owned distillery and now produces from its Homewood facility, which also houses the TLC Space Lounge tasting-room experience. Its beverages are developed with premium ingredients for events, venues, and home entertaining.PITTSBURGH, PA
Arthur Wheeler Spirits CompanyAt its Maryland distillery, Arthur Wheeler Spirits Company makes an award-winning portfolio of whiskey, rum and agave spirits, with bottles designed to bring people together. The company also operates a cocktail lounge and tasting room at Free State Distillery, where its scratch-made drinks and tours offer a direct introduction to the spirits. In its first year of competition, Arthur Wheeler earned seven international awards, including the 2025 Small Batch Whiskey of the Year.UPPER MARLBORO, MD
Five Saints DistillingFive Saints Distilling makes award-winning, small-batch spirits and ready-to-drink cocktails in Norristown’s restored Humane Fire Company No. 1, a historic 1800s firehouse. Founded by John George, the distillery ties its work to his family’s legacy of public service and donates support to first responders and their families during times of need. Its distinctive Humane No.1 Rum draws on George’s Upstate New York childhood memories, while the building itself earned an American Distilling Institute award for Best Repurposed Building to a Distillery.NORRISTOWN, PA