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Top 25 Traditional liquor distilleries based in the United States

Name: Traditional liquor distilleries based in the United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026 496 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 496 traditional liquor distilleries headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 5,602 professional contacts across them, including 2,501 with verified work emails. Portland is the largest hub.

This list covers traditional liquor 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.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest traditional liquor distilleries based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 496 traditional liquor distilleries based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to traditional liquor distilleries: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Sazerac Company	Indirect evidence	Louisville, KY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,251 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1850, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2	Luxco, INC	Indirect evidence	St. Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	161 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Luxco® is a leading producer, bottler, importer and marketer of beverage alcohol products with an outstanding portfolio of brands and a spirited legacy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3	Cutwater	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	102 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Cutwater, we are explorers, charting the course with adventure in mind.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4	Journeyman Distillery	Indirect evidence	Three Oaks, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Journeyman Distillery is a family-owned and operated distillery with a focus on small-batch premium spirits.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5	Middle West Spirits, LLC	Indirect evidence	Columbus, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	64 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Middle West Spirits launched in Columbus, OH in 2008 using ingredients grown in Ohio to build an expansive line of craft spirits highlighting the unique flavors of the midwest.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6	CIE	Indirect evidence	Marion, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	61 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Conceived over 20-years ago, CIE has grown into a globally recognized, world-class distiller producing a variety of Alcohols whose quality is unmatched.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7	Hood River Distillers, INC	Indirect evidence	Hood River, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	61 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “About Hood River Distillers Founded in 1934 and headquartered in Hood River, Ore, Hood River Distillers is the Northwest’s largest and oldest importer, distiller, producer, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8	Heritage Distilling CO	Indirect evidence	Gig Harbor, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	58 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Heritage Distilling Co.(HDC) is a craft distillery based in Gig Harbor, Washington.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9	Sugarlands Distilling Company	Partial evidence	Gatlinburg, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	57 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sugarlands Distilling Company is a craft distillery producing award-winning moonshine, rum, cream liqueurs, and rye whiskey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10	Next Century Spirits	Indirect evidence	Raleigh, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	55 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Next Century Spirits (NCS), headquartered in Zebulon, North Carolina, is a full-service distilled spirits company, building a strategically developed portfolio of owned brands and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11	LOG Still Distillery	Indirect evidence	New Haven, KY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	49 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Family-owned Log Still Distillery in Gethsemane, KY.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12	Rabbit Hole Distillery	Indirect evidence	Louisville, KY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	47 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Distilling is baked in Louisville's culture.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13	ST Julian Winery & Distillery	Indirect evidence	Paw Paw, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	46 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1921, St.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14	Charles Jacquin ET Cie, INC	Partial evidence	Philadelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	44 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Charles Jacquin et Cie, Inc.(Jacquins) is a producer, distiller, manufacturer, and importer of liqueurs, cordials, spirits, and wines.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15	J. Rieger & CO	Indirect evidence	Kansas City, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Jacob Rieger & Company was originally founded in 1887 in Kansas City’s West Bottoms Livestock Exchange district.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16	Whiskey House Of Kentucky	Indirect evidence	Elizabethtown, KY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	40 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Whiskey House of Kentucky is the most advanced distillery in the world, designed from the ground up, to provide the highest-quality, customized American Whiskey for the most…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17	Koval Distillery	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “KOVAL Distillery creates an extraordinary line of whiskey, gin, and specialty spirits using unique grains, signature techniques, and only the absolute best quality distillate.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18	Watershed Distillery	Indirect evidence	Columbus, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	32 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Watershed Distillery produces the #1 selling Ohio-made Bourbon and Gin portfolios, along with other award-winning craft vodka and a variety of specialty spirits.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19	Southern Distilling Company	Indirect evidence	Statesville, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Southern Distilling Company ~ Home of Statesville Contract Distilling & Makers of Southern Star Whiskeys.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20	Balcones Distilling	Indirect evidence	Waco, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	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, 2026
21	Tennessee Distilling Group	Partial evidence	Columbia, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	27 contacts →
	Partial 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, 2026
22	Detroit City Distillery	Indirect evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	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, 2026
23	Kings County Distillery	Indirect evidence	Brooklyn, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Kings County Distillery is New York City’s oldest operating whiskey distillery, the first since prohibition.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24	CH Distillery	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CH is Chicago's leading artisan spirits producer with an extensive portfolio including the only organic vodka made from Illinois grain and a variety of core and specialty spirits.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25	Traverse City Whiskey CO	Indirect evidence	Traverse City, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Traverse City Whiskey Co, The Whiskey of the North ™, is an artisan distillery located in Northern Michigan.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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: traditional liquor 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 traditional liquor distilleries.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of traditional liquor distilleries, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name traditional liquor 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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Traditional liquor distilleries based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026

44.6%Verified-email coverage

11.3Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

2.2%Largest-city concentration · Portland

Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

285

11-50

172

51-200

501-1,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

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 496 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 traditional liquor 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 “traditional liquor 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 traditional liquor 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 traditional liquor 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, 2,501 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 traditional liquor 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 traditional liquor distilleries are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 496 traditional liquor 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?

Sazerac Company, headquartered in Louisville, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most traditional liquor distilleries?

Portland leads with 11 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (7) and Nashville (7).

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 2,501 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 496 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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About this data

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.