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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

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