Coppersea Distilling is first “100% New York” bourbon and rye using New York State barrels

Coppersea Distilling, the Heritage-Methods craft distillery in West Park, New York, has filled the first whisky barrels made from New York State-grown white oak since prohibition; built by a New York cooperage, U.S. Barrel Company. These two inaugural barrels were filled with bourbon and rye whisky.
The bourbon is the first to be matured in New York State oak since the U.S. recognized that spirit as a “distinctive product of the United States” in 1964.

Founded in 2011, Coppersea Distilling is one of the few distilleries in the world capable of bringing nearly the entire whisky-making process in-house. This New York farm distillery produces ultra-premium whiskies and eaux de vies from Hudson Valley-sourced corn, rye, barley and fruits using Heritage-Methods distilling traditions: open wooden fermenters, direct-fired copper-pot stills, sour-mashing and floor-malting. Read more.