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
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
Hudson Valley DistillersSince 2014, family-run Hudson Valley Distillers has been hand-distilling farm-to-bottle spirits in New York’s Hudson Valley and turning them into ready-to-pour bottled cocktails. Husband-and-wife team Chris and Jennifer Moyer run the operation with Jennifer’s brother, Stephen Theiss: Chris distills, Jennifer develops the cocktails, and Stephen handles packaging. The veteran-, woman-, and LGBT+-owned business sources ingredients from nearby farms and grain growers, keeping its spirits closely tied to the local community.CLERMONT, NY