Family-run by Brian and Penny Mulder, Union Grove Distillery is a farm-licensed craft distillery in Arkville, New York, where the couple welcomes visitors to taste spirits made on site in the Catskills. Owner and distiller Brian Mulder won Discovery Channel’s *Moonshiners: Master Distiller*, giving this small mountain distillery a distinctive place in the national spotlight.
American Distilling Institute Gold Medal
American Distilling Institute Best of Category
Taconic DistilleryTaconic Distillery makes spirits in New York’s Hudson Valley, with its identity centered on a farm-country setting and a hands-on distilling operation. The distillery welcomes visitors to experience its spirits and the surrounding property.STANFORDVILLE, NY
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
Hillrock Estate DistilleryHillrock Estate Distillery makes artisanal spirits shaped by the local terroir of New York’s Hudson Valley. Owner Jeffrey Baker and Master Distiller David Pickerell lead the estate, whose work draws on the region’s history of craft distilling.ANCRAM, NY
Grazin’ Spirits, LLCGrazin’ Spirits, LLC is a small, local, Veteran-owned farm-to-bottle distillery founded in 2017 in Columbia County, New York. It produces peach-flavored whiskey, corn whiskey, and bourbon using sourced and farmed ingredients, with in-house production, distillation, barreling, hand bottling, and labeling.GHENT, NY