private industry microdistillery founded new york city new york 2009 founder david haskell colin spoelman headquarters new york city new york united states area served new york city number of employees 20 website http www.kingscountydistillery.com kings county distillery is a distillery located in the brooklyn navy yard . it is the first distillery to operate within the borders of new york city since the prohibition era 1 producing corn whiskey and bourbon whiskey . history edit kings county distillery was founded by colin spoelman and david haskell in 2009 spurred by changes in new york state law regarding the licensing of microdistilleries . 1 it officially began production out of its 330 square feet 31 m2 warehouse 1 in april 2010 . 2 references edit a b c reddy sumathi 25 june 2010 . brooklyn whiskey run . the wall street journal . david haskell and colin spoelman 25 april 2010 . new york city s first distillery since prohibition . new york magazine . coordinates 40 41 59 n 73 58 48 w 40.69972 n 73.98000 w 40.69972 ; 73.98000 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kings county distillery & oldid 742508552 categories companies based in brooklynamerican companies established in 2009food and drink companies established in 2009distilleries in the united statesfood production companies based in new york cityhidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 03 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view