silverfish Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 The March/April 2012 issue of imbibe magazine features a piece on NY Distilleries. Distilleries mentioned include Tuthilltown Spirits, Finger Lakes Distilling, Kings CountyDistilling and Coppersea Distilling."There are now around 30 craft distilleries in New York; almost all are less than four years old, most less than two, and new startups appear with such frequency thatany exact count is almost immediately obsolete."A decent enough written piece (even if they do cover some non-whiskey spirits!) and it's always good to see the local boys get some ink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarnv Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 John... do you have any favorites in the bunch? I am still struggling with the product of most craft distilleries... especially at the price point they sell for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfish Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 John... do you have any favorites in the bunch? I am still struggling with the product of most craft distilleries... especially at the price point they sell for...Yeah, the price thing can be off-putting, even for NY residents!I have had the Tuthilltown Baby Bourbon and foundit to be enjoyable but the cost for a 375 ml bottle(cute, but pricey!) keeps me from buying another. I would like to try their Rum and Four Grain Bourbon and may overlook the price of each to do so.I have had our own tmckenzie's Finger Lakes Bourbonand the Rye. Both are easy to drink and are reasonablypriced as low as $42. and $36. respectively. That's fora 750ml, using wine-searcher and should be noted that I'm NY so prices for me might be less than out-of-state sources. Even so, not a bad price for a full size bottle from a smaller Distillery.Greg (BourbonDork) had this to say about the FL Rye.I have also had the FL Glen Thunder Corn Whiskey. At$20. a bottle, this is one tasty little bargain.I have a tentative visit to FLD scheduled in May of this year. I'll be going with a couple wine & Scotch drinkers so we'll have a few differing palates taking on the FL products.I am not familiar with the other Distilleries listed in thepiece but have made a note to look into their products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 How many of these micro distillers have their own rack houses? I am sure their internal storage areas are small, so do they ship stock out for storage elsewhere? Are any expanding such facilities? NY weather, being cooler overall than KY, means a bit longer aging time will be required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bourbonv Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 The McKenzie bourbons (both the traditional style and the wheated bourbons) are excellent at an early age. I tried both that were "almost 3 years old" as tom put it, and found them better than most 4 year old bourbons from the big distillers. I love his 100 proof barrel entry proof and i do believe it makes for a better tasting bourbon at a young age. I can't wait to try this bourbon after 5 or 6 years in the barrel.Mike Veach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmckenzie Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 We have a barrel warehouse. it is not a traditional warehouse like the KY distilleries use, but a big open space. We put the barrels up on racks 5 barrels high. The building is ventilated and heated, so we can cycle the temps in the winter, if we did not do that it never would age right as cold as it normally is in NY. As for the other disillers in the state, I cannot speak to what they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkersback Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Tom, when do you plan on releasing your wheated bourbon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmckenzie Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 right now we are watching it close, I would say at least another year or so.We did not put a whole lot of it up to start with as we wanted to see what it would do. We put it up regularly now. It is good right now, but it has more potential. We are using top raw materials and the best wood, so it should only get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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