“There are no rick houses at Tuthilltown Spirits, located just outside New Paltz, New York. There are no racehorses bucking in a nearby field. And there’s certainly no bluegrass. Yet this small operation produces the only commercially available bourbon made entirely outside of Kentucky. In fact, all the ingredients come from farms within a few miles of the distillery. Whiskey is one of the last frontiers in the craft distiller world, for obvious reasons. It takes years to make and expensive real estate to store, and it has to meet extensive federal regulations simply to earn the name. No wonder most distillers opt for vodkas and brandies.”
