Built on a Maryland farm, Trippy Goat Vodka distills small-batch, handcrafted vodka in a converted barn. Its signature spirit is seven-times distilled, charcoal-filtered, and made with gluten-free ingredients, while the farm-to-bottle story draws on onsite-grown grains and natural spring water. The Beallsville distillery earned a Gold Medal at the 2025 SIP Awards for its vodka.
SIP Awards Gold Medal 2025
San Francisco World Spirits Competition Gold Medal 2025
Scotty's VodkaScotty R. Nash turned a garage-built commercial still and a decade of experimentation into Scotty’s Vodka, a Maryland-made corn vodka known for its smooth taste. Nash later joined Ryan and Sarah Hill to bring the handcrafted spirit to drinkers across the Mid-Atlantic, using a distinctive filtration process intended to reduce the burn associated with traditional vodka. Made from corn, Scotty’s is gluten-free and has received three gold spirit awards.FREDERICK, MD
Pathfinder Farm DistilleryPathfinder Farm Distillery is a family-owned, veteran-owned farm distillery in Pleasant Valley that turns its heritage Bloody Butcher red corn and Appalachian spring water into small-batch moonshine and whiskey. Founded by veterans Nate and Natalie Kraft in 2019, the operation pairs a working farm in Keedysville with a year-round tasting room in a historic log home in Boonsboro. Its Bloody Butcher Bourbon earned Best Farmer-Distiller Bourbon and Best of State honors at the 2025 Heartland Whiskey Competition.KEEDYSVILLE, MD
Tobacco Barn DistilleryFounded in 2014 by veterans Scott Sanders, Dan Dawson and Sean Cogan, Tobacco Barn Distillery is a ground-to-glass farm distillery in Hollywood, Maryland, making small-batch bourbon and whiskey from corn grown on its own family farm. Producing about two bourbon barrels a week, it revives Southern Maryland’s early distilling tradition while using solar, geothermal and heat-recovery systems to reduce its environmental footprint. The distillery was named the American Craft Spirits Association’s number one farmer distillery in America in 2023.HOLLYWOOD, MD
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