From the Hudson Valley to the Niagara River, Upstate New York has a long and grand History of Spirits and cocktails.
The area is home to its share of spirited times and liquid legends, and the recent surge in modern distilleries and cocktail.
In the 1800s, a fanciful story of a tavern keeper and a "cock\'s tail" took root along the Niagara River, and the earliest definition of the "cocktail" appeared in a Hudson Valley paper.
Early colonists distilled rum, and pioneering settlers made whiskey.
From the Hudson Valley to the Niagara River, Upstate New York has a long and grand History of Spirits and cocktails