Colin Spoelman

Colin Spoelman is co-founder and distiller at Kings County Distillery, New York City’s premier craft whiskey producer, and has written The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining and Dead Distillers about American whiskey. He grew up in the moonshine (not the bourbon) part of Kentucky and graduated from Yale University.

Colin Spoelman's Titles

Bourbon Drinker's Companion A Guide to American Distilleries, with Travel Advice, Folklore, and Tasting Notes

The Bourbon Drinker's Companion

This insider's guide to American distilleries, from the author of The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining, offers colorful lore,...


Dead Distillers A History of the Upstarts and Outlaws Who Made American Spirits

Dead Distillers

Founders and award-winning distillers of Kings County Distillery Colin Spoelman and David Haskell follow up their successful Guide to Urban Moonshining...


Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining How to Make and Drink Whiskey

The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining

Written by Colin Spoelman and David Haskellthe founders of Kings County Distillery, New York City's first distillery since Prohibitionthis spirited...