“We climbed a creaky metal ladder, my mother and I following Gable Erenzo into an attic splotched with October sunlight. “These are all experiments,” he said, gesturing to a jumble of 3-gallon oak casks, 53-gallon whiskey barrels and seemingly every size in between.
The attic — in Gardiner, N.Y., above the tasting room where Erenzo and other employees of Tuthilltown Spirits pour sips of their New York Corn Whiskey and Hudson Manhattan Rye — exhaled a museum like aroma of wood and dust.”
” Tuthilltown’s 2003 release of it’s debut vodka officially marked the rebirth; Tuthilltown became the first small-batch whiskey distillery in New York legally since Prohibition.”
A great blog written on a negroni cocktail that was aged in our whiskey cured barrels.
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Our Barrel Aged Cocktail kits are a big hit. Take a look at this great blog about what has been put together in our cocktail aging kits. Here is a quick preview:
“And now, making it easier to DIY, Tuthilltown Spirits, who I visited a few weeks ago and who also supplied Morgenthaler with his first batch of barrels, have come out with the cocktail aging bottle. That’s right, a glass bottle (the same one they use for their bourbons, in fact) with a piece of used oak barrel inside. When I saw these, I racked my brain for who would think they were as cool as I did and actually use them, so I could buy as many as possible as gifts. Unfortunately, the list was short. And so for my less cocktail-savvy (and extremely lucky) friends, I made individual bottles of aged Vieux Carrés as this year’s homemade holiday present.”
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A great weekend trip to Tuthilltown Spirits. Here is a quick preview.
“Next up was the bottling room. It looked like something out of the I Love Lucy episode when Lucy works in a chocolate factory. Old school conveyor belt contraption and everything, including a hand dipping station for the wax that coats the tops of the bottles. And if I worked there for a day I’d probably end up just like Lucy, but drunk and covered in booze instead of chocolates.”
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What Brand Ambassador Gable Erenzo suggests for gifts.
“Gable Erenzo – Tuthilltown
To be honest, the relationship a brand builds with the bartending community, the Gatekeepers, is key to the success or failure of any new brand. For Hudson, the relationships we have forged, and the brand acceptance we have gained within the national bartending community is likely the largest factor in the rapid growth and success of the brand. Even though many of our friends in the cocktailing industry do not use Hudson as a de facto spirit in cocktails, they still have embraced the brand and hand sell it whenever possible, similar to how they do with super premium scotches, cognacs and brandies.”
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“In addition to the literally hundreds of imported brands, there also are numerous other such spirits available in both the Albany and Connecticut markets that could have been used: Bee Vodka from Hidden Marsh Distillery at Montezuma Winery in Seneca Falls, NY; LiV Vodka from Long Island Spirits in Baiting Hollow, NY; Stoutridge Vineyard Vodka made from grapes at the Marlboro, NY, facility; Heart of the Hudson Vodka from Tuthilltown Spirits in Gardiner, NY.”
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Check out this blog written on our new ” Barrel Aging Kits” sold only at Tuthilltown Spirits. This makes a great gift. Here is a quick preview.
“I love my pop. He has a knack for giving surprising gifts, sometimes spot-on, sometimes hilariously odd. He once got me a popcorn maker, one of those old-timey miniature red ones you’d see in a vintage cinema. This Christmas, he hit the nail on the head with a Barrel Aged Cocktail Kit, including bottle with oak stave and custom made 1 liter barrel from Tuthilltown Spirits.
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“More than 80 years later, Tuthilltown Spirits in the small upstate town of Gardiner became the first company to (legally) make rye in New York since the 21st amendment. I bought a bottle of their Hudson Manhattan Rye Whiskey earlier this year, and it really surprised me — this isn’t some “artisanal” brand that you feel all special buying but that actually tastes, well, hand-made. It’s good. Really good. It’s very smooth, and the rye flavor is distinctive. It’s not a blend, and it makes a killer Manhattan. I later bought their Hudson Baby Bourbon, which is also a fine liquor: it’s well-balanced, not too sweet (I find, for example, Maker’s Mark to be a little on the cloying side) and has just a hint of a caramel note. Tuthilltown distills all their spirits from raw whole grains and fruits, and they use no artificial flavors or colors.”
Tuthilltown Spirits featured again for top cocktail gifts.
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