Black Button Distilling: StillDragon Customer Spotlight

Black Button Distilling is the first grain-to-glass craft distillery in Rochester, NY since prohibition. Founded in 2012 near Rochester’s historic Public Market, Black Button Distilling specializes in farm-to-still products, using unique and all-natural ingredients from local farms. Distributed in 12 states and Japan, Black Button Distilling has crafted over 2 million bottles of award-winning spirits in the last ten years.

INC. 5000 LIST (2018, 2019 & 2021) – Black Button Distilling is one of the fastest-growing private companies in America, and the fastest-growing distillery in the Northeast.

NEW YORK GROWN & CERTIFIED (2019) – The first distillery in New York to obtain the New York State Grown and Certified status for commitment to locally sourced ingredients and high standards of quality. 

Every batch of bourbon, gin and vodka is distilled, aged, bottled and labeled in the Rochester, NY distillery.

THE BLACK BUTTON BACK STORY

As a child, Jason Barrett worked alongside his grandfather in his family’s Rochester, NY button factory, where suit buttons worn by Presidents, Popes, Kings, and businessmen the world over have been produced for four generations. Black Button Distilling pays homage to Barrett’s grandfather and the world he knew –where real men worked hard and drank real pot distilled whiskey. 

BLACK BUTTON TIMELINE:

• 2012: Founded by Rochester, NY native Jason Barrett at only 24 years old

• 2014: Black Button distillery, tasting room and retail store opens in Rochester, NY 
• 2018: Black Button Farm & Forestry, a farm in South Bristol, NY is born 
• 2018: Black Button Distilling earns a spot on the Inc. 5000 list 
• 2019: Black Button Distilling earns the New York Grown & Certified designation 
• 2022: Black Button Distilling celebrates its 10th Anniversary

   

AWARDS & ACCOLADES:

* USA TODAY’S 10 BEST CRAFT SPECIALTY SPIRITS DISTILLERY (2015, 2016 and 2017)

* NEW YORK DISTILLERY OF THE YEAR (2016 & 2021) – THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL SPIRITS COMPETITION

* THE GIN GUILD (2017): Jeff Fairbrother and Jason Barrett were welcomed into the Gin Guild as Warden Nominated Rectifier and Warden Rectifier respectively, only the 2nd and 4th Americans installed in this prestigious organization. 

• American Craft Spirits Association Awards: Bronze Medal – Citrus Forward Gin (2015)
• Wine Enthusiast magazine scored Apple Pie Moonshine at 92 points, making it the magazine’s highest rated moonshine 
• Food & Beverage Magazine Named Citrus Forward Gin “The Official Gin of Summer” 
• NY State Governors Cup – Citrus Forward Gin: Best Craft Spirit in NY state 
• Spirits of the Americas: Citrus Forward Gin – Bronze Medal in Contemporary Gin Category
• Spirits of the Americas: Bespoke Bourbon Cream – Silver Medal in Cream Liqueur
• American Craft Spirit Association Awards: Silver Medal – Four Grain Bourbon (2016)
• Bourbon Cream 2017 won Silver at American Craft Spirits Association (2017)
• Best Whiskey in New York State at the Heartland Whiskey Competition (2021)
  

BRANDS: 

Whiskey

• Black Button Distilling Four Grain Bourbon
• Four Grain Straight Bourbon Whiskey
• Cask Strength Straight Bourbon Whiskey
• Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey
• Port Cask Finished Single Barrel
• Straight Bourbon Whiskey
• Apple Brandy Barrel Finished Single Barrel
  Straight Bourbon Whiskey
• Pre-Prohibition Style Straight Bourbon Whiskey
• Empire Straight Rye Whiskey

Liqueur

• Bespoke Bourbon Cream
• Bespoke Coffee Liqueur
• Bespoke Empire Apple Liqueur

Gin & Vodka

• Citrus Forward Gin
• Lilac Gin
• Loganberry Gin
• All American Corn Vodka

BLACK BUTTON DISTILLING
85 Railroad Street, Rochester NY 14609 cheers@blackbuttondistilling.com • 585-730-4512 • www.BlackButtonDistilling.com
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