Head up U.S. Route 219 from Lewisburg and look for the Green Valley Airport in the unincorporated community of Maxwelton. There, you will stumble upon one of the great secrets of West Virginia--Smooth Ambler Distillery.

A Little Crazy Can Go a Long Way

It takes a little crazy to start a business from scratch. According to the Founders of

Melding Mississippi’s blues history with its distilling future since 2010.

Located in Mississippi's capital Jackson, Cathead Distillery was founded by two friends. Austin Evans and Richard Patrick came together with a passion for blues and booze. Cathead is Mississippi’s first legal distillery since a s

Named USA Today’s No.1 Craft Rum Distillery in 2019 and still in the top three, Wicked Dolphin continues to “Be Wicked!”

Wicked Since 2012

Family-owned and operated, Wicked Dolphin crafts small-batch spirits from locally sourced ingredients. Owner JoAnne Elardo realized the rums

Whiskey is, by default, history. But with the steady increase of new whiskey and spirits brands entering the market, that seems to be an important piece that is too often missing. The sourcing of spirits allows many brands to spring up, seemingly overnight. Whiskeys distilled in one state, aged in another, bottled here, cut with water from there have crowded the marketplace. Now, great whiskey can

New Orleans is known for its cocktail scene. Jedd Haas, owner, and distiller, wanted to provide the city with its own locally produced spirits.

Atelier Vie is a play on distillation as art. Atelier is defined as a workshop where fine art or handicrafts are produced. Vie is the French word for life, and as we know, one of the earliest names for distilled spirits is “water of life.”