David Haskell

Colin Spoelman, a former rooftop moonshiner from Kentucky, and David Haskell, the great-grandson of a prohibition-era bootlegger from New York, founded Brooklyn’s Kings County Distillery in 2010 to make small-scale batches of moonshine, bourbon, and other whiskeys. Spoelman is a full-time distiller and writer; Haskell is deputy editor at New York magazine.

David Haskell's Titles

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...