The earliest distilleries in Brooklyn date back to the 1700’s. During Prohibition there were over 50,000 illicit stills in New York City. Since Prohibition however, the ethereal perfumes of distillation have been largely absent…until now. The New York Distilling Company builds on this dream by establishing one of the nation’s premiere craft distilleries. New York Distilling Company was created by Tom Potter--co-founder of Brooklyn Brewery--and Allen Katz, a former chairman of Slow Food U.S.A. and current director of spirits education and mixology for Southern Wine and Spirits of New York