N.J. grants its first distillery license
An Essex County business gets it.
N.J. grants its first distillery license
Michael Klein, Philly.com
Folks have been getting brewery licenses for some time, but now a distillery license has been issued by New Jersey - the first such move since Prohibition.
The recipient is Jersey Artisan Distilling in Essex County, which hopes to debut handcrafted rum as its first product by Memorial Day, according to an article in the Star-Ledger.
A license is costly. Breweries and wineries pay $938 a year for a license, while distilleries must pay $12,500, the article quotes an official with the ABC.
Other distilleries will surely follow. For at least two years, Cooper River Distillers has been trying to start a distillery in Camden.
On the Pennsylvania side, there's Philadelphia Distilling (which was the first legal distillery in Pennsy since Prohibition when it opened in 2006) and more recently, Pollyodd (the charming maker of limoncello and other 'cellos).
It is amazing how much the local news covers nothing but alcohol. Every single day in the paper AND on all 4 local news networks, they cover state store offers, bar crawls, this story... Does anyone really think that alcohol needs TO BE ADVERTISED AT THIS POINT??? It is interesting that we fight a "war on drugs" and then promote the worst drug in human history - alcohol. Nice picture though, it shows that in philly, when you become a fat alcoholic (and they will DEMAND it) you can always hug your still or someone that you would have to be drunk to be attracted to. If it is such good business and we are in economic DEPRESSION, why not open this market up and let EVERYone that can compete, compete? That would be so anti union, anti GHETTO, and anti fat people so that won't happen. Forward!— 1980phillies- you sound like you could use a drink. — ekw555
- What's your agenda? Jeez...— Anti-Stepford Fan
- Won't be half as good as the hooch I make in the basement.— Wilhelm Von Humboldt
- NJ needs dispensaries, not distilleries.— Rock1
