I was very fortunate to visit the beautiful island nation of Curacao recently. Curacao is part of the “ABC Islands” of the Dutch Lesser Antilles, very close to Venezuela. Some of you may have come across the famed Blue Curacao liqueur. I was able to visit the only distillery that produces this, and wanted to share some findings with you all! There is a “genuine” liqueur and competing “original” and “classic” ones. Look for the word “genuine” on the label, and embossing marks on the base of the glass bottle. Only the genuine one is made at the Senior & Co. Distillery, and the others appear in… Read more ›
I believe this is an original from Eric Stroud at Mohawk Spirits (Dec. 2021). Enjoy! Q: What is a Moonshiner’s favorite Christmas hymn? A: Still, Still Still.
Here in the Mohawk Valley, we grow an interesting perennial called Wild Quinine (Parthenium integrifolium). In the late summer to early fall, beautiful small white inflorescenes form, and we harvest these to create an extremely bitter tincture. It is as… Read more ›
Our distillery, Mohawk Spirits Distillery, was both an attendee and a presenter at the 2021 ADI Annual Convention in Louisville, KY. We were very grateful to the ADI for allowing us to present our research six of the ancient stills… Read more ›
At our distillery, we decided to forgo using municipal water for cooling because of the cost. Instead, like a true laboratory, we opted for circulating chillers. Our electricity in upstate New York is affordable, so we only pay for instead… Read more ›
We are a producer of fruit liqueurs and fruit spirits, and ethyl acetate is a principal ester and flavor component. This ester is produced by the slow esterification reaction of acetic acid and ethanol produced during fermentations at low pHs.… Read more ›
We are a real licensed farm distillery in upstate New York, and we operate our distillery much like a research laboratory! All of our distillation units are GLASS, and we have one-of-a-kind fabricated and rare apparatuses we would like to… Read more ›
