About Our
History
Since 2020
A new Connecticut
Distillery
During the past four years, Dan reconstructed an old horse barn, worked with state legislators on creating new law, and mastered the art of creating homemade bourbon, whiskey, fruit brandies, vodka, rum and gin as well as the old family staple, moonshine all on his own dime.
172 years later
The Beardsley family farm has been a staple in Shelton since 1849
Timeline
1849
The Beardsley family farm Started
The Beardsley family farm has been a staple in Shelton since 1849. Since then everything from hay to turkeys has been raised on the property…
1920
apple trees first planted
Apple trees planted in the 1920s, some of which are still being harvested today…
1931
making moonshine during prohibition
Deliver the alcohol, hidden in glass bottles painted white to resemble milk, to people downtown thirsting for the hard stuff…
1973
Dairy barn burns to the ground
A school bus lost its brakes and crashed into the barn in 1973, burning it to the ground…
Today
keeping up with demand!
They are open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, with tours of the distillery area and tastings in the separate bar area of the reconstructed barn-turned-distillery…