Would you have guessed the oldest continuous producing U.S. Distilleries by state?

Founded before 1900

  • 1780 New Jersey Scobeyville Laird & Company
  • 1805 Kentucky Loretto Burks Distillery /Maker’s Mark
  • 1856 Missouri Weston Holladay Distillery
  • 1857 Indiana Lawrenceburg MGP /Midwest Grain Products
  • 1866 Tennessee Lynchburg Jack Daniel’s

Founded between 1900 – 2000

  • 1935 Virginia Fredericksburg A. Smith Bowman
  • 1981 California Ukiah Alambic, Inc. /E&J Gallo
  • 1988 Idaho Ketchum DRinc
  • 1995 Louisiana New Orleans Celebration Distillation /Old New Orleans Rum
  • 1995 Texas Austin Mockingbird Distillery /Tito’s
  • 1997 Connecticut Ashford Westford Hills Distillery
  • 1998 Michigan Temperance Temperance Distilling
  • 1998 Ohio Cincinnati Woodstone Creek Distillery
  • 1998 Oregon Troutdale Edgefield Distillery
  • 1999 Georgia Richland Richland Rum
  • 1999 Vermont Burlington Vermont Spirits Distilling Co.
  • 1999 West Virginia Morgantown West Virginia Distilling Co. /Mountain Moonshine

Founded between 2000 – 2014

  • 2001 New York Brooklyn Kings Action Group Corp
  • 2004 Illinois Green Oaks North Shore Distillery
  • 2004 New Hampshire Lee Flag Hill Distillery
  • 2004 Wisconsin Milwaukee Great Lakes Distillery
  • 2005 Colorado Denver Stranahan’s
  • 2005 Iowa Swisher Cedar Ridge Distillery
  • 2005 Kansas Atchison High Plains Distillery
  • 2005 Maine Freeport Maine Distilleries /Cold River Vodka
  • 2005 New Mexico Santa Fe Don Quixote
  • 2005 North Carolina Madison Piedmont Distillers
  • 2005 Pennsylvania   Philadelphia Philadelphia Distilling
  • 2006 Rhode Island Newport Newport Distilling Company
  • 2006 South Dakota Pierre Dakota Spirits Distilling
  • 2006 Utah Park City High West Distillery
  • 2007 Florida Sarasota Drum Circle Distilling
  • 2007 Massachusetts Sheffield Berkshire Mountain Distillers
  • 2007 South Carolina North Charleston Terressentia
  • 2007 Washington Spokane Dry Fly Distillery
  • 2008 Alaska Wasilla Alaska Distillery
  • 2008 Maryland Stevensville Blackwater Distilling
  • 2009 Arizona Kingman Desert Diamond Distillery
  • 2009 Hawaii Kalaheo, Kauai Koloa Rum Company
  • 2009 Montana Billings Spirit of Montana
  • 2009 Nebraska West Point Cooper’s Chase
  • 2009 North Dakota Casselton Maple River Distillery
  • 2009 Wyoming Kirby Wyoming Whiskey
  • 2010 Arkansas Little Rock Rock Town Distillery
  • 2010 Nevada Henderson Las Vegas Distillery
  • 2011 Minnesota Osakis Panther Distillery
  • 2011 Mississippi Jackson Cathead Distillery
  • 2012 Delaware Smyrna Painted Stave
  • 2013 Oklahoma Guthrie Prairie Wolf Spirits
  • 2014 Alabama Opelika   John Emerald Distillery