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Kings County Distillery
New York City’s Oldest Whiskey Distillery

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Kings County Distillery is New York City’s oldest operating whiskey distillery, the first since prohibition. Founded in 2010, soon after the creation of a New York State Farm Distillery License, Kings County makes hand-crafted moonshine and bourbon out of the 110-year-old Paymaster Building in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.  The distillery uses New York grain, traditional processes, and unorthodox distilling equipment to make distinctive whiskey.  Our moonshine won “Best in Category” for corn whiskey at the 2011 American Distilling Institute’s Craft Spirits Conference and Kings County’s bourbon won a bronze medal at the 2012 Conference.

 

Tours of the distillery will recommence this summer, when renovations at the Paymaster Building are complete.

 

Where to Purchase

 

Flasks of our bourbon and moonshine are currently on sale at the following locations. Please call ahead, as stores may be sold out at some locations.

 

Map of Stores

 

Brooklyn

Williamsburg:  UVA Wines and Spirits

Williamsburg:  Pier Wines

Williamsburg:  BQE Wine & Liquors

Williamsburg:  The Natural Wine Company

Williamsburg:  Red, White, and Green

Williamsburg:  The Whiskey Shop

South Williamsburg:  DOC Wine Shop

Bushwick:  Big Tree Bottles

Bushwick:  Vinos en Wyckoff

Fort Greene:  Thirst Wine Merchants

Fort Greene:  The Greene Grape

Red Hook:  Dry Dock Wine + Spirits 

Carroll Gardens:  Smith & Vine

Brooklyn Heights:  Heights Chateau

Brooklyn Heights:  Michael Towne Wine & Spirits

Brooklyn Heights:  Zap Liquors

Boerum Hill:  Sterling Wine & Liquor

Cobble Hill:  Scotto’s Wine Cellar 

Cobble Hill:  Brooklyn Wine Exchange  

Dumbo:  Blanc & Rouge

Windsor Terrace:  Juice Box Wine & Spirits

Park Slope:  Borisal Liquor & Wine / DrinkUpNY

Park Slope:  Red, White, and Bubbly

Park Slope:  Prospect Wine Shop

Park Slope: 7th Avenue Wine and Liquor

Prospect Heights:  Fermented Grapes

Atlantic Avenue:  Atlantic Cellars

 

Manhattan

Downtown:  Astor Wines & Spirits

Midtown:  Park Avenue Liquor Shop

Midtown:  Beekman Liquors

Financial District:  Pasanella & Son Vintners

Financial District:  Downtown Cellars

Gramercy:  Vino Fine Wine & Spirits

Murray Hill:  Winfield Flynn

Bowery: Bowery & Vine

Union Square:  Union Square Wines & Spirits

Soho:  Soho Wines

Soho:  The Wine Hut

East Village: East Village Wine and Liquors
Chelsea: 
Appellation Wine and Spirits

Chelsea:  Chelsea Wine Vault

West Village: Le Du’s Wines

West Village: Casa Oliveira

 

Queens

Long Island City:  Court Square Wine and Spirits

Fresh Meadows:  Our Liquor and Wine

 

New York State

Rockland County:  A Wine for All

Huntington:  Bottles and Cases

Glen Head:  BottleBuys

Northport:  BottleBargains

Cedarhurst:  Chateau de Vin

Syosset: Post Wine & Spirits

 

Outside New York State, we suggest ordering through Astor Wines & Spirits or Park Avenue Liquor Shop, who can ship most places. 

 

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The following bars and restaurants carry Kings County:

Char No. 4

Fort Defiance

The Richardson

Henry Public

Ward III
Brooklyn Oenology
Il Buco

Moomba
Rye House

The Brandy Library
Cookshop

Apartment 138

Maloney& Porcelli

Pacific Standard

Duck Duck

Matt Torrey’s

Marlow & Sons

Commonwealth

Pine Box Rock Shop

Van Horn Sandwich Shop

Fresco by Scotto

Mable’s Smokehouse

The Rum House at Edison Hotel
On the Rocks

Momofuku Ssam Bar

La Mar Cebicheria Peruana

Churrascaria Plataforma

 

 

Fette Sau

Hotel Delmano
Roberta’s

The Modern
Kings County Bar

Buttermilk Channel

Tuffet

Watty & Meg

The Green Table
Noorman’s Kil
Aspen Social Club

Lilium

Soho House

If your favorite bar or restaurant is not listed, please have them get in touch with us. 

 

Distillery Tours

 

The distillery is open for tours and tastings from 2:30pm to 5:30pm on selected days each month (indicated below).  We don’t have a phone and tours are very informal.  Tours, which include a tasting, are $10.

 

We will be open the following days:

 

We have relocated to the Navy Yard, but we aren’t quite ready for visitors.  We will
reopen for tours and tastings sometime in June. Thanks for your patience.

 

We are prohibited from delivering or shipping our products, and we aren’t able to open the distillery for sales, tours, or tastings except for the dates listed on this website. 

Recent Press:

 

Thrillist – chocolate whiskey

The Brooklyn Paper – chocolate whiskey

Country Living

The Wall Street Journal

The Village Voice

The Makers

Maxim

Guitar Aficionado

Ode to a Macaron

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Daily Finance (Video)

The L Magazine

Le Télégramme

New York Times
AM New York

Newsweek

The Brooklyn Paper

NY1 News

GQ

Nylon guys

NY Observer

AOL Small Business

Fine Cooking

NYTimes.com

Time.com (Video)

Associated Press

Time Out New York

Garden and Gun

FOX News

Wired Magazine
KCRW Good Food

NY Daily News

Thrillist
GQ.com
The Wall Street Journal

NY Magazine

NPR - Marketplace
Edible Brooklyn
The Atlantic

Grub Street

Bon Appetit
Tasting Table

Greenpoint Gazette

NY Daily News

La Repubblica

Edible Manhattan

Sundance Channel

 

Contact:

 

info@kingscountydistillery.com

 

Kings County Distillery

Brooklyn Navy Yard, Bldg 121

63 Flushing Avenue, Box 379

Brooklyn, NY 11205

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