Kings County Distillery

Distillery in Brooklyn, New York City

Kings County Distillery

Company type| Private
Industry| Microdistillery
Founded| New York City, New York, 2009; 16 years ago (2009)
Founder| David Haskell
Colin Spoelman
Headquarters|

New York City, New York

United States

Area served

| New York City

Number of employees

| 20
Website| http://www.kingscountydistillery.com

Kings County Distillery is a distillery located at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York City. It produces corn whiskey, bourbon whiskey, and rye whiskey, as well as other American craft whiskeys.

## History

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Kings County Distillery was founded by Colin Spoelman and David Haskell in 2009, spurred by changes in New York State law regarding the licensing of microdistilleries.[1] It officially began production out of its 330 square feet (31 m2) warehouse[1] in April 2010.[2]

In 2012, the distillery moved into the Brooklyn Navy Yard and installed copper whiskey stills imported from Scotland.[3] The distillery focuses on American whiskeys, being named part of America's New Whiskey Rebellion by Whiskey Advocate,[4] with unusual whiskeys like a Peated Bourbon, American Single Malt, and a craft Bottled in bond bourbon. The distillery also makes Empire Rye, a project to establish a new standard of identity for New York made rye with other craft distillers.

The Sands Street gate, where Kings County Distillery's tasting room is located

In 2016, Kings County Distillery opened The Gatehouses, a tasting room in the historic Sands Street gate of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.[5]

## Products

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Kings County began by releasing an unaged corn whiskey, and later had a wider portfolio of whiskeys aged 2–7 years.

* Kings County Moonshine
* Kings County Straight Bourbon Whiskey
* Kings County Peated Bourbon
* Kings County Single Malt Whiskey
* Kings County Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon
* Kings County Empire Rye
* Kings County Chocolate Whiskey

## Awards

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In 2016, Kings County Distillery was named "Distillery of the Year" by the American Distilling Institute.[6]

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kings County Distillery.

1. ^ a b Reddy, Sumathi (25 June 2010). "Brooklyn Whiskey Run". The Wall Street Journal.
2. ^ Haskell, David; Spoelman, Colin (25 April 2010). "New York City's First Distillery Since Prohibition". New York Magazine.
3. ^ McGeehan, Patrick (4 February 2013). "Distillery's Small Batches May Soon Be Less Small". The New York Times.
4. ^ Beaumont, Stephen (2 December 2016). "The New Whiskey Rebellion". Whisky Advocate.
5. ^ Crowley, Chris (6 May 2016). "Kings County Distillery's Tasting Room Opens Tonight With Whiskey Pops, Manhattans, and More". Grub Street.
6. ^ Tishgart, Sierra (6 April 2016). "Kings County Distillery Is Winning Major Awards". Grub Street.

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* VIAF

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* United States

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