518-818-0115
The New Scotland Spirits
TASTING ROOM
209 Lark Street, Albany, NY 12210
tastingroom@newscotlandspirits.com
UPCOMING EVENTS:
February 9th:
Superbowl / 6-11pmFebruary 14th:
Honoring the Mayor of Lark Street / 5:30-8:30pmFebruary 15th:
Private Event / 2-5pm
WINTER HOURS:
Sunday thru Wednesday
2:00pm-9:00pmThursday thru Saturday
2:00pm -11:00pm
We’re open 11am to 11pm, 7 days per week!
Our HOme in the Big (Little) City…
Tucked away at the corner of State & Lark Streets in Albany’s Center Square neighborhood is our elegant, intimate, namesake whiskey lounge — a Prohibition Era-style speakeasy built to serve as our capital outpost, just 10 miles east of our New Scotland homebase.
We specialize in innovative cocktails conceived and hand-crafted in-house. Scope our menu!
Celebrating New York Agriculture!
The Tasting Room offers flights of the rye, wheat, and bourbon “Helderberg Whiskies” — as well as our award-winning gin and vodka — that have made New Scotland Spirits a statewide name.
We also serve beer, wine, mead, and cider made by producers from across the Empire State, thereby introducing patrons to a multifaceted “New York terroir.”
Literature and Limited Editions
In addition to our extensive array of signature cocktails, you can buy bottles of New Scotland Spirits that you can’t find anywhere else. Pick up the last of our Heldeberg Single Malt Whiskies, the very first spirit we ever distilled, or our award-winning Helderberg Bourbon, Bottled-in-Bond.
You’ll also find an extensive collection of books for purchase, to include cocktail encyclopedias and titles about the culture of whiskey, regional Prohibition Era gangsters, and histories of both the Town of New Scotland and City of Albany.
Private Parties and Functions
With a maximum occupancy of 25, the New Scotland Spirits Tasting Room is perfect for private gatherings on the smaller side.
Email us at tastingroom@newscotlandspirits.com if you’d like to rent out the Tasting Room—complete with our unparalleled bartenders!—for a business meeting, birthday dinner, or to watch the Super Bowl on the hidden big screen TV we’ve installed for such occasions!
From the County lot, you’re only 0.1 miles and a 30-second stroll away from the New Scotland Spirits Tasting Room!
Parking Instructions
Navigating Albany’s historic Lark Street by automobile can—concededly—be a chore; there’s limited curbside parking, and only the Creator could possibly understand whatever the parking restriction signs me.
Fortunately, there’s FREE PARKING available all day Saturday/Sunday and after 6pm Monday through Friday in the Albany County parking lot bordered by Washington Avenue and Spring Street.
Click HERE for an interactive map.
But first, there was a vision…
Then, there were blueprints…
See what local media is saying about the Tasting Room!
December 30, 2024
Albany County distiller's Lark Street tasting room plans growth in 2025
The Albany Business Reivew sat down with Rosamaria Luppino to discuss the New Scotland Spirits Tasting Room’s future and the company’s plans for growth in 2025. Download the PDF version.
December 24, 2024
Cocktail roundup: Chai MANHATTAN
The Capital District’s most trusted food critic, Susie Davidson Powell, just gave the New Scotland Spirits Tasting Room tremndous kudos in the Times Union for Queen Rosamaria’s seasonal “Chai Manhattan,” a Helderberg Rye Whiskey based cocktail incorporating chai spiced tea for this yuletide season special!
November 3, 2024
New Scotland Spirits reinvigorates Albany’s cocktail culture
New Scotland Spirits returns to the pages of True Brew Magazine with a look at the Tasting Room’s new cocktail menu and imminent plans to begin food service. Download the magazine HERE!
October 28, 2024
A Must-Visit Lark Street Tasting Room
Albany.com has just published local author Erin Nudi’s fantastic deep dive exploration into New Scotland Spirits, its new Tasting Room, and the hometown jurisdiction that inspires both ventures.
October 1, 2024
Of Spirits and Secrets
Xperience Monthly published a deep drive inquiry into the New Scotland Spirits Tasting Room’s more shadowy clientele, highlighting the way in which the venue’s “private room reservations” are fitting in to Albany’s political climate. Download the magazine HERE!
July 14, 2024
THE SECOND ACT OF AN OLD OAK-AND-MAHOGANY BAR
True Brew Magazine takes an intensive look at the New Scotland Spirits Tasting Room’s signature feature: the oak-and-mahogany bar rescued from the old Larkin Restaurant right before its demolition. Download the magazine HERE!
July 10, 2024
It’s the 1920s again at Lark Street Lounge
The New Scotland Spirits Tasting Room has officially arrived, as its proprietors stare out from the Business section of the Times Union. The article highlights the Tasting Room’s origins, early clientele demographic, and a brief history of the company.
June 27, 2024
‘This Tasting Room is a love note to Albany’
The Altamont Enterprise & Albany County Post was on scene to cover the New Scotland Spirits Tasting Room’s “grand opening” on Friday, 21 June 2024. We’re so grateful to our hometown paper for its publicity and support!
June 25, 2024
From the fields of New Scotland to the drink menus of New York: An Albany-based business comes of age with the launch of its Tasting Room
Enjoy this company retrospective, published in the Capital District’s official paper of record!