Litchfield Distillery
Litchfield, Connecticut 
Craft spirits distilled with Connecticut pride and tradition
Litchfield Distillery in Connecticut is a low-profile village operation that refuses to coddle itself with slick marketing. Their motto is “corn to liquid gold” and it holds up to the claim – every pound of locally sourced corn is transformed with the kind of stubborn pride a farmer would recognise. The mash isn’t a vanilla-bean operation; it’s a pot of corn, orchard by-products, a dash of peat, maple syrup lines, and a bourbon barrel re-used as a syrup vat.
Guides are ex-farmhands, and their sarcasm is sharper than the whisk that turns mash into spirit. Tasting sessions are a brutal, no-frills Sunday roast for the senses. The true show-stopper is a bourbon-barrel-aged maple-syrup hybrid that blurs the line between whisky and confectionery – a rare, tasteful insult to pretentious craft cocktails.
Free tours strip away the faux-authenticity; local sourcing guarantees real quality and a broad line-up of drinks that will make even the most discerning critic sigh in relief.
