Laird & Company

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A "Jack Rose" cocktail is made from Applejack and Grenadine. Laird's is the only remaining producer of Applejack in the United States.

Laird & Company is a distillery located in the Scobeyville section of Colts Neck Township, New Jersey. Founded by Robert Laird, it is the oldest licensed distillery in the United States and received License No. 1 from the U.S. Department of the Treasury in 1780. It is the nation's only remaining producer of applejack.[1] Laird has a rectifier and blender license from the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.[2]

Robert Laird, descended from one of Monmouth County's oldest families, served in the Continental Army under George Washington.[1] Washington asked Laird for his recipe for "cyder spirits" before the Revolution.[1] Today, none of the company's production is located in New Jersey. It obtains all its apples from Virginia's Shenandoah Valley and distills its products there.[1] Distilling at its New Jersey facilities ceased in 1972 and Laird's only blends, ages and bottles its products in Scobeyville".[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Harrison, Karen Tina. "Jersey Lightning" New Jersey Monthly 13 July 2009. (accessed 19 July 2012).
  2. ↑ New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. "New Jersey ABC license update" (16 April 2013). Retrieved 16 April 2013.

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