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Top 25 Rye whiskey distilleries based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 86 rye whiskey distilleries headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 810 professional contacts across them, including 257 with verified work emails. Louisville is the largest hub.
This list covers rye whiskey distilleries headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.
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The 25 largest rye whiskey distilleries based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Sugarlands Distilling Company is a craft distillery producing award-winning moonshine, rum, cream liqueurs, and rye whiskey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The northernmost stop on the Craft Bourbon Trail, we are a new riff on an old Kentucky tradition.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Based in Louisville, Kentucky, Michter’s celebrates an extraordinarily rich heritage that traces back to 1753, years before America’s Declaration of Independence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Sagamore Spirit is driven to craft the world’s best rye whiskey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Heaven’s Door Spirits was founded by legendary musician and cultural icon, Bob Dylan in collaboration with Spirits Investment Partnership (“SIP”).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Balcones Distilling LLC is an award-winning American Single Malt distillery based out of 225 S 11th St, Waco, Texas, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Tennessee Distilling Group is a distiller of traditional Tennessee Whiskey, American Bourbon, Rye, Corn, and Single Malt Whiskeys.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In the roaring twenties, Detroit fueled prohibition and an entrepreneurial spirit that didn't follow the rules.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Kings County Distillery is New York City’s oldest operating whiskey distillery, the first since prohibition.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Louisville Distilling Company, LLC is a wine and spirits company based out of 7204Highway 329, Crestwood, Kentucky, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ASW Distillery is an Atlanta-based craft distillery producing award-winning American spirits, with a focus on bourbon, rye, malt whiskey, and clear spirits.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The first of its kind in Michigan, Iron Fish Distillery is a field-to-glass craft distillery located just outside Thompsonville.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1996 in Bend, Oregon, Bendistillery has long been a pioneer in American craft distilling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Grand Traverse Distillery uses Michigan grown rye, wheat and corn to distill our vodka, whiskey, gin and rum.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kentucky Peerless Distilling Company's roots extend back to 1889, when Henry Kraver began crafting spirits of exceptional quality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “FEW Spirits is a micro/craft distillery in Evanston, Illinois and produces small batch spirits from Midwestern grains.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2010 by two best friends, Brett Carlile and Orlin Sorensen, who were raised in a valley filled with wineries where wild yeast fills the air.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Albany Distilling Company was founded in early 2011 and commenced operations in July of the following year.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Spanning 108 acres in Shelbyville, Kentucky, The Blending House is home to seven cutting edge K-RAX® rickhouses and a state-of-the art spirits blending and bottling facility.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “WOODY CREEK DISTILLERS is a wine and spirits company based out of 60 Sunset Dr, Basalt, Colorado, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “KO Distilling is a craft distillery located in historic Manassas, VA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ranger Creek is a combined brewery/distillery proudly located in San Antonio, TX.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Known for our Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey and Applejack, Eight Oaks is both a farm and a distillery.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Widow Jane scours the country for the finest barrels of Straight Bourbon & Rye Whiskeys.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Please drink responsibly.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: rye whiskey distilleries. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names rye whiskey distilleries.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of rye whiskey distilleries, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name rye whiskey distilleries. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Rye whiskey distilleries based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 86 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among rye whiskey distilleries, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “rye whiskey distilleries”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names rye whiskey distilleries), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among rye whiskey distilleries, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 257 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names rye whiskey distilleries, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many rye whiskey distilleries are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 86 rye whiskey distilleries headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Sugarlands Distilling Company, headquartered in Gatlinburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most rye whiskey distilleries?
Louisville leads with 3 headquartered companies, followed by Albany (2) and Brooklyn (2).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 257 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 86 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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