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Connecticut Distilleries & Spirits Producers
I am not a big booze drinker. I go months on end without touching hard alcohol. But… here we are, on my page listing all of Connecticut’s distilleries and spirits producers. Granted, there aren’t that many and of those, very few actually have a distillery on premises.
In 2013, Connecticut passed a bill to allow for tours and tastings at distilleries, but to get a fully operational one off the ground often takes years and a lot of money. As a result, a lot of those listed below have 95% corn ethanol shipped in at which point they water it down (vodka) or add botanicals (gin) or throw it in a used bourbon barrel (whiskey). Due to the deliberately obfuscating verbiage required on bottles, it’s sometimes tough to know which places are doing what. But we’ll figure it out together.
Distilleries & Spirits Producers
Westford Hill Distillers, Ashford
Waypoint Spirits, Bloomfield
AppStraw Brandies/Branford Distillery, Branford
Fifth State Distillery, Bridgeport
Hickory Ledges Farm and Distillery, Canton
Hartford Flavor Company, Hartford
Litchfield Distillery, Litchfield
SoNo 1420 Craft Distillers, Norwalk
Watercure Farm Distillery, Pomfret
Mine Hill Distillery, Roxbury
White Hills Distillery, Shelton
Powdermen Spirits Company, Simsbury
Rum Tropic Distillery, Stonington
Vertiable Distillery, Stonington
Two Roads Distilling, Stratford
Connecticut Distilling, Waterbury
Future Distilleries & Spirits Producers
Moxi on the Rocks/The Rookery/Quiver Spirits Blending House, East Hartford
Eighth District Distilling Company, Manchester
Closed Distilleries & Spirits Makers
Onyx Spirits, East Hartford
Connecticut Valley Distillery, Ellington
Maple Lane/Foggy Harbor Spirits, Preston
John Fitch Distilling Company, South Windsor (Tasting room closed)
Polly & Joan’s Cordial Company, Wallingford
Meaderies