A NEW YORK STATE OF GIN
At first glance, it may seem that most of the gin distilled in New York State comes out of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. But, just as it is surprising how vast the forests are in this state, there are a surprising number of distilleries are operating in the Hudson Valley, the Finger Lakes Region and the distant cities of Rochester and Buffalo.
Near the one-time Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (now Manhattan), in the one-time Dutch colony named for the village of Breukelen in the Netherlands, it is only fitting that gin is being made in homage to genever.
“I always thought of the character coming from the base spirit as an additional botanical to complement the other ones,” says Brad Estabrooke, founder of Breuckelen Distilling, makers of Glorious Gin.
The base spirit he uses is a wheat whiskey, distilled to a very clean, but not neutral, 90%
