Just after the New Year in January 2016, I reconnected with my childhood compatriot after nearly a decade on opposite coasts. Without skipping a beat, we fell right back into plotting new projects with the same creative zeal that had united us in countless ventures throughout adolescence. Dusting off an ambition we’d discussed twenty years earlier, Patrick and I began exploring the viability of producing craft spirits distilled from grains grown right in our upstate New York hometown. It was a childhood dream we were now old enough to legally contemplate.
Fast forward three years and YOU have become a part of that legacy! Your support of our Kickstarter campaign has already been hugely helpful as we work to grow our production and sustain the high quality of our single malt, rye whiskey, bourbon, corn whiskey, vodka, and gin.
We don’t take your enthusiasm for granted; it sincerely means a lot to us.
Granted, we don’t view your financial support as charity, or even as a mere donation. In exchange for your contribution, you’ll receive a signed “Certificate of Authenticity” entitling you to redeem a free bottle of our inaugural flagship single malt whiskey! Though we’d intended to distribute these in 2020, we’ve decided against cutting even the slightest corner. As such, this premium whiskey will complete four full years in our oak charred barrels before it makes its way to the bottle. So expect your claimed bottle to be personally delivered to you (by either Patrick or me) in the latter half of 2021. (Or, if you’re just a bit too far away, we’ll ship them to you through one of our retailers. All we’ll ask is that you pay for shipping.)
Rather than mess around with merchandise, we’ve decided to grant you what you really want: our spirits! For those who contributed $50, you’ll redeem one bottle. Those who paid $100 will be entitled to two. And those who sent us $175 will be treated not just to three bottles of whiskey from our scarce first production run, but also to samples of our gin and signature vodka (handcrafted with real lemon peels!)
When Patrick and I set out to join New York’s blossoming craft distilling community, our intention was merely to create a product that celebrated our native New Scotland, the little farming town that still tears at our heartstrings. Yet the deeper we delved into this effort, the clearer it became that we had stumbled into a business—and a critical mission. It’s an honor to have you on board, and we’re so excited to treat you to the sacred taste of the special little place we still call home.
We are “the American spirit with a ‘New Scottish’ soul”—and we invite you to embrace that experience.
As always, New Scotch Spirits is:
“Nostalgia in a bottle, a good time in a glass.”
A toast to auld friendships,
Jesse