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our guide to the best the city has to offer,<br />
whether that’s gin at Greenpoint, cacao<br />
rum in Red Hook or bourbon in Bushwick.<br />
These modern-day bootleggers even made<br />
it all the way to the Bronx, where you can<br />
enjoy an aged corn whiskey in Woodstock.<br />
THE NOBLE EXPERIMENT<br />
BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN<br />
Started pouring: October 2012.<br />
The hooch: Owney’s NYC, a light rum<br />
named after the notorious bootlegger<br />
Owney Madden, who ran Harlem’s Cotton<br />
Club. “The Noble Experiment” is another<br />
name for Prohibition. Bourbon, rye<br />
whiskey and a dark rum are in the works.<br />
Tours + tastings: Saturdays, reservations<br />
required. tnenyc.com<br />
KINGS COUNTY DISTILLERY<br />
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD<br />
Started pouring: August 2010.<br />
The hooch: Corn whiskey they call<br />
moonshine, and bourbon.<br />
Tours + tastings: Saturdays, reservations<br />
required. kingscountydistillery.com<br />
VAN BRUNT STILLHOUSE<br />
RED HOOK, BROOKLYN<br />
Started pouring: April 2012.<br />
The hooch: A light golden rum called Due<br />
North; a grappa; a whiskey made with<br />
malted barley, wheat, corn and rye.<br />
Tours + tastings: Second Sunday of every<br />
month but tastings on the premises not<br />
currently available, reservations required.<br />
vanbruntstillhouse.com<br />
CACAO PRIETO<br />
RED HOOK, BROOKLYN<br />
Started pouring: April 2012.<br />
The hooch: The world’s only distilled<br />
cacao rum and liqueur (made with<br />
Dominican Republic beans from which<br />
they also produce chocolate); Widow<br />
Jane, an aged bourbon.<br />
Tours + tastings: Seven days a week,<br />
reservations preferred but not required.<br />
cacaoprieto.com<br />
GREENHOOK GINSMITHS<br />
GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN<br />
Started pouring: February 2012.<br />
The hooch: American Dry gin; a beachplum<br />
gin liqueur. A sweeter 19th-centuryinspired<br />
gin on the way.<br />
Tours + tastings: Currently no tours.<br />
greenhookgin.com<br />
we’re talking<br />
artisan spirits,<br />
hipster hooch,<br />
with experimental<br />
recipes being<br />
produced by<br />
hobbyists in small<br />
batches<br />
42 MARCH <strong>2013</strong><br />
FLY TO new york daily. brusselsairlines.com