Laird & Company

A "Jack Rose" cocktail is made from Applejack and Grenadine.

Laird & Company is a distillery located in the Scobeyville section of Colts Neck Township, New Jersey. Founded by Robert Laird, it is the oldest licensed distillery in the United States and received License No. 1 from the U.S. Department of the Treasury in 1780. Laird has a rectifier and blender license from the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.[1]

Robert Laird, descended from one of Monmouth County's oldest families, served in the Continental Army under George Washington.[2] Washington asked Laird for his recipe for "cyder spirits" before the Revolution.[2] Today, none of the company's production is located in New Jersey. It obtains all its apples from Virginia's Shenandoah Valley and distills its products there.[2] Distilling at its New Jersey facilities ceased in 1972 and Laird's only blends, ages and bottles its products in Scobeyville".[2]

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  1. ↑ New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. "New Jersey ABC license update" (April 16, 2013). Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Harrison, Karen Tina. "Jersey Lightning" New Jersey Monthly July 13, 2009. (accessed July 19, 2012).

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