Black Button

Return to the time before Prohibition, where bold flavors flowed and Spirits ran free.

When Jason Barrett was a little boy, he spent his days toiling away in his family's button factory alongside his grandpa. While his heart yearned for a factory to call his own, the colorful buttons weren't exactly his forte due to a teeny tiny snag that stood in his way—color blindness. Buttons, it seemed, were not destined to be his true calling. However, driven by the unyielding values of hard work, entrepreneurship, and community instilled by his grandfather, Jason channeled his passion into something extraordinary: Black Button Distilling. The first grain-to-glass distillery in Rochester’s opened its door in 2012, crafting daring Spirits with locally sourced ingredients and celebrating blessings hidden within life's hurdles. 

In those daring days before Bourbon was banned, distillers played a corny game, using corn as their budget-friendly muse in the mash bills. With time running short in the barrels, these Spirits got bottled with an extra kick, a proof that packed a bold wallop for those brave enough to take a sip.

Black Button Pre-Prohibition Style Straight Bourbon is crafted using their Rochester Style process, boasting a mash bill of 80% Corn, 10% Malted Barley, and 10% Rye. Aged for a minimum of 4 years, it possesses the very essence of those Whiskey legends from over a century ago—strong, bold, and unyielding. The delightful blend of earthiness, tinged with a dash of muted caramel and vanilla sweetness, lifts worldly debates to new heights and sparks character-filled conversations. Drink neat or with a cube and bid a gleeful farewell to Prohibition.