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Hatfield & McCoy Moonshine available in stores & online

This little distillery hidden deep in the Appalachian Mountains makes only one product: Hatfield & McCoy Moonshine. It’s made from the original Hatfield family moonshine recipe passed down to Nancy Hatfield, who is a great-great-granddaughter the of notorious Devil Anse Hatfield. Hence the distillery’s catchy slogan,… Continue Reading…

Heston Farm main building.

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Late winter business updates for breweries, cideries, distilleries

The winter of 2018 has been a busy one for stops along the West Virginia Barrel Trail. Here are some business updates. 

WV distillery directory

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West Virginia Distillery Directory published

Our newly published West Virginia Distillery Directory shows the state has 16 licensed distilleries at the beginning of the new license year. The license year for distilleries begins January 1, instead of the July 1 fiscal year license that applies… Continue Reading…

Mickey Heston

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Heston’s conundrum

Sometimes a crazy state liquor law forces you to do strange things as a workaround. That’s why Heston Farm’s Foxfire Restaurant owner Mickey Heston is getting out of the restaurant business, so to speak. It’s Heston’s conundrum. 

Flying Buck TM

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Flying Buck Distillery opens; two others licensed

Flying Buck Distillery is now officially open in Augusta, West Virgnia, becoming the second legal distillery in Hampshire County. 

Wicked spirits distillery

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Wicked Spirits Distillery brings big dreams to small WV farm

Wicked Spirits Distillery sits on a little Ritchie County horse farm outside Harrisville, WV. It’s had a distillery license for well over a year but founder Dustin Huffman has been taking things slowly, testing his product with liquor people and getting everything just… Continue Reading…

Black Draft gains

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Black Draft gains momentum in regional whiskey market

The last time I wrote about Black Draft Distillery, a little farm-based operation near Martinsburg, WV, they were just announcing their expansion plans. Well, the expansion is complete, and things are looking great.

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