Kings County

United States
Founded in: 2010

All about Kings County

Founded in 2010, they were New York’s first distillery since Prohibition. Kings County Distillery was named Distillery of the Year by the American Distilling Institute.

Their ethos is quality and simplicity, each of their products packaged in medicinal-style flasks with typewriter-written labels.

Kings County’s Whiskeys have won numerous awards from the American Distilling Institute, the American Craft Spirits Association, and the prestigious San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and have been praised by the New York Times, Wine & Spirits Magazine, GQ, The New Yorker and other sources.

Kings County’s Whiskeys are mashed, fermented, distilled, and aged onsite in Brooklyn, never sourced from other producers. Known for their revolutionary Peated Bourbon, Kings County definitely shows their range, boasting an impressively diverse line up of award-winning Whiskeys, Bourbon, Moonshine, Spice Whiskey, Single Malt and flavored Whiskeys.

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All about Kings County distillery

Situated along the banks of the East River, Kings County Distillery is New York City's oldest operating Whiskey distillery and the first distillery in New York City since Prohibition, founded in 2010. Colin Spoelman and David Haskell are the master distillers behind Kings County.

Their Whiskeys have won endless awards from the American Distilling Institute, the American Craft Spirits Association, and the prestigious San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and have been praised by the New York Times, Wine & Spirits Magazine, GQ, The New Yorker and other sources.

Kings County’s Whiskeys are mashed, fermented, distilled, and aged onsite in Brooklyn and never sourced from other producers.

Originally based out of a 325 square-foot room in East Williamsburg, Kings County got its humble start as the smallest commercial distillery in the country, possessing only five 24-liter stainless steel stills that produced Whiskey seven days a week, 16 hours a day.

In 2012, the facility was moved into the Paymaster Building in the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard. The distillery boasts traditional copper Whiskey stills created in Scotland, wooden fermenters built locally by Isseks Brothers, and even has a corn and barley patch at a small farm onsite.

The impressive distillery is a beacon of sustainable and traditional whiskey production and one of the pioneers of the craft distillery movement in the US, named Distillery of the Year in 2016 from the American Distilling Institute.

They currently offer tours of their award-winning facility, with tastings that are offered Tuesday through Sunday afternoons, and the Gatehouse tasting room in the historical entrance to the Navy Yard is open every day.

Distillery info

  • Country: United States
  • Established: 2010
  • Address: 299 Sands Street, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn NY 11205
  • Phone: 347-689-4211
  • Website: http://kingscountydistillery.com