Widow Jane

Founded in 2012 and originally part of a small-batch bean-to-bar chocolate operation, Widow Jane is now a standalone distillery with the mission of producing bourbons and whiskeys that are as unmistakably New York as pastrami on rye.  Named after the widow of a limestone mine owner in Rosendale, Widow Jane Distillery uses the same limestone-filtered waters to distill its artisan whiskeys and bourbons in the heart of Red Hook, Brooklyn, as it contains an unusually high mineral content. The warehousing, ageing, barreling, blending and bottling is all done in-house.  Widow Jane uses non-GMO ingredients and corn varietals such as ‘Baby Jane’ that are  unique to the distillery. While distilling its own whiskies, the team has also released bourbons sourced from Kentucky, brought down to bottling strength with water from the Widow Jane mine.