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Best Friends Distillery is a spirits producer proudly distilled in Argenta, Illinois. Founded by two best friends, Jill and Annie, the company's first batch was called the Legacy batch, and bottles were hand numbered. Products are available at select Illinois locations, including bars, restaurants, and liquor stores.

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Boyden Valley Winery & Spirits is a family farm-based winery and distillery in Cambridge, Vermont, on land the Boyden family has worked since the early 1900s. It produces small-batch wines, whiskeys, liqueurs, and Vermont maple syrup, and is Vermont's first and only Estate Whiskey Alliance member, with plans to grow, mill, distill, and age whiskey on its own farm.

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Brengman Family Wines is a winery, distillery, and café located on the Leelanau Peninsula near Traverse City, Michigan. It specializes in hand-crafted estate-grown wine using naturally harvested yeast and pure-winemaking practices. Its Café Exalt serves handmade dishes and local foods, and the company hosts events such as an Oyster Social. Its 'Wild Yeast' wines have won awards at the American Fine Wine Competition.

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Brix Cider specializes in hard cider and farm-to-table food, partnering with local farms and orchards in Wisconsin's Driftless Region. Its ciders are made with 100% Wisconsin-grown apples plus other Wisconsin-grown ingredients such as raspberries, black currants, cherries, and honey. The company also produces spirits including a high rye bourbon whiskey and an apple brandy. Over 50% of ingredient purchases are direct from local farms, with another 25% locally grown or made in Wisconsin.

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Butterfly Spirits is a premium craft liquor brand based in Bethesda, Maryland, founded by Alyssa and Josh Ammerman, both Montgomery County natives. Launched in 2020, the brand produces botanically-forward spirits and has rapidly expanded in the DC metropolitan area. Its portfolio includes the color-changing Butterfly Botanical Liqueur, award-winning Elderberry Vodka, Kent Cob Hazelnut Whiskey, and ready-to-drink Butterfly Vodka Soda canned cocktails.

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Cedar Springs Brewing Company is a brewery, restaurant, Brauhaus and Biergarten in Cedar Springs, Michigan, offering German-influenced and American pub fare from a sustainably sourced kitchen along with freshly crafted beers. The company was founded in March 2013 and is also a licensed Small Winemaker and Small Distiller producing craft sodas.

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Tenth Ward Distilling Company is a woman-owned distillery and cocktail bar located in what used to be the Tenth Ward of downtown Frederick, Maryland. Founded in 2016, it specializes in non-traditional spirits and canned cocktails, with whiskey distilled and aged in Frederick County, MD using grain sourced from local farms. It also offers a cocktail bar and tasting room, event venue, and contract distilling and canning.

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Dark Island Distillery is a family-owned distillery in Alexandria Bay, New York, in the heart of the Thousand Islands. It handcrafts premium spirits from grain to glass, with 75% of ingredients sourced from New York State farms. Its distinctive music maturation process exposes spirits to carefully selected music during aging to enhance flavor profiles.

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DESTIHL is an independent craft brewery and hospitality company in Normal, Illinois, crafting distinctive beverages and hospitality experiences since 2007. It operates a restaurant, beer hall and barrel room, and production brewery, and is a Certified Independent Craft Brewer by the Brewers Association and an American Distilling Institute member.

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Devil's Due Distillery is a West Virginia distillery following a grain-to-glass approach, sourcing corn and other grains from farms across WV, VA, MD and PA. The team mills, mashes, ferments, distills and bottles each spirit by hand at its Stillhouse. The distillery offers free tours and tastings, bottle sales, signature cocktails and mocktails, hosts private events, and runs a Custom Bottle Program with custom labels.

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Dunamis Premium Spirits is a Florida-based, Black-owned craft distillery in Zephyrhills, Florida, founded by Victor Young. It produces premium small-batch spirits distributed across multiple states and exported into Europe, and offers a tasting room and guided distillery tours.

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Founding Farmers Co. Catering & Events is the off-site catering arm of Founding Farmers, a farmer-owned restaurant company majority owned by American family farmers including more than 70,000 members of the North Dakota Farmers Union. The catering team plans events from start to finish with customized menus, event design, service teams, and bartenders, and also offers drop-off catering for office events and parties. Founding Farmers opened its first restaurant in 2008 on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House.

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Four Branches Bourbon is a veteran-founded spirits company that produces small-batch Kentucky bourbon. It was founded by veterans of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines with over 100 years of combined service, and a portion of sales supports veteran, military and first responder organizations. Its bourbons are distilled and blended in Bardstown, Kentucky.

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Arthur Wheeler Spirits Company is a Maryland-based distillery producing an award-winning portfolio of whiskeys, rum, vodka, and agave spirits. Its spirits are made at the Free State Distillery in Upper Marlboro, MD, and in its first year of competition it won seven international awards, including Small Batch Whiskey of the Year 2025 from the Bartenders Spirits Awards. The company also operates a cocktail lounge and tasting room and offers tours, memberships, and nationwide delivery.

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