Born from White Sulphur Springs’ recovery after the 2016 flood, WV Great Barrel Company makes whiskey barrels in West Virginia from sustainably harvested, tight-grained Appalachian white oak. Its cooperage combines traditional barrel-making with CNC precision, automated equipment, and infrared toast and controlled char to give distillers more consistent flavor development and leak performance. The company was established not only to improve cooperage, but also to create safe, lasting jobs in its Appalachian community.
Adirondack Barrel Cooperage, LLCAdirondack Barrel Cooperage makes American white oak barrels for spirits and wine at its Glenville, New York cooperage. Described as New York’s first cooperage since the 1940s, the company is led by Joe and Kelly Blazosky and combines air-dried, aged wood and hand toasting with precision milling and temperature-controlled charring. ADK keeps production deliberately low, tests every barrel before shipment, and offers custom guidance from its master cooper along with on-site rickhouse storage.GLENVILLE, NY
Speyside Bourbon Cooperage, IncSince 2015, Speyside Bourbon Cooperage has been part of a cooperage tradition dating to 1947, operating from Jackson, Ohio, as a U.S. subsidiary of Scotland’s Speyside Cooperage and France’s Tonnellerie François Frères Group. The company is known for bringing modern manufacturing into the age-old craft of coopering, producing new charred white oak barrels for bourbon makers while manufacturing its own staves.JACKSON, OH
Wigle WhiskeyIn Pittsburgh’s Strip District, Wigle Whiskey revives Western Pennsylvania’s whiskey tradition as a true grain-to-glass distillery, milling 100% local grains on site and hand-producing small-batch spirits in copper pot stills. Named for Philip Wigle, whose 1790s dispute with a tax collector helped spark the Whiskey Rebellion, it was the first distillery in Pittsburgh since Prohibition. The family-owned distillery has earned national recognition, including being named the American Craft Spirits Association’s Most Awarded Craft Distillery.PITTSBURGH, PA
Hewn Spirits LLCHewn Spirits is a Bucks County craft distillery making small-batch spirits from locally grown grains, with a tasting room in Peddler’s Village in New Hope. Founded by Sean Tracy after decades restoring historic wooden barns and an Alaskan fishing boat, the distillery brings that fascination with old wood to its aging work, including Reclamation American Single Malt finished with reclaimed timbers up to 300 years old. Its grains come from within 10 miles of the distillery, and spent grain is donated to nearby farms.PIPERSVILLE, PA