Unlike all other distilleries in the country, the folks at Hillrock Estate Distillery are growing their own barley and rye for the line of whiskeys they released last year. It’s a nod to the past when New York State was responsible for growing about half the country’s barley and rye, as well as a pledge of faith that sometimes the old ways of doing things just work best. Read more about Hillrock’s estate-grown whiskey here in our current issue.