The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining: A new Abrams Books guide for making and drinking whiskey

The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining


In 2010, a former Kentucky rooftop moonshiner joined forces with the great-grandson of a Prohibition-era bootlegger. Kings County Distillery was born; the first of its kind in New York City since the national alcohol ban of…

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Kings County Distillery

Touring and tasting at the NYC distillery’s new Brooklyn Navy Yard locale

Kings County Distillery

“People are often expecting something more intense from the moonshine,” said Kings County Distillery co-owner Colin Spoelman as he passed out samples of the signature clear, unaged white corn whiskey made at his Brooklyn-based micro-distillery. The tasting took place at the end of a recent tour of the distillery’s…

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