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Distilleries

April 1, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

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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.

Westford Hill Distillery, Ashford

Westford Hill Distillery, Ashford

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
Bellis Bourbon, Branford
Fifth State Distillery, Bridgeport
Hickory Ledges Farm and Distillery, Canton
Hartford Flavor Company, Hartford
Litchfield Distillery, Litchfield
Central Connecticut Distillers, New Britain
SoNo 1420 Craft Distillers, Norwalk
Watercure Farm Distillery, Pomfret
Mine Hill Distillery, Roxbury
White Hills Distillery, Shelton
Powderman Spirits Company, Simsbury
John Fitch Distilling Company, South Windsor
Rum Tropic Distillery, Stonington
Two Roads Distilling, Stratford
Continuum Distilling, Waterbury

Future Distilleries & Spirits Producers

Moxi on the Rocks/The Rookery/Quiver Spirits Blending House, East Hartford
Triple Eight Distillery, Stamford

Closed Distilleries & Spirits Makers

Onyx Spirits, East Hartford
Connecticut Valley Distillery, Ellington
Maple Lane/Foggy Harbor Spirits, Preston
Polly & Joan’s Cordial Company, Wallingford

Meaderies

They are here

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Filed Under: Distilleries, Food & Drink Tagged With: CT Spirits Trail

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Comments

  1. AD says

    March 20, 2020 at 11:46 pm

    CT store shelves are EMPTY of hand and other sanitizers.
    Can you contact these distilleries and others to see if the can make some alcohol to distribute as hand sanitizers as Litchfield Distillery has? See:

    https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/litchfield-distillery-now-producing-hand-sanitizer/2241761/

    Thanks- alandicara@gmail.com

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