Stone Barn Brandyworks

Stone Barn Pear Wins Silver Medal!

The American Distilling Institute's Craft Spirit Competition winners have been announced, we were awarded a silver medal for  our Bartlett Pear for "Best in Category for Pear Eau de Vie"....

More and more barrels…..

We've been working on some new small batch whiskies- a chocolate rye, an extra special malt, more rye, more oat and a project underway with Commons Brewery. The current release is Barrel 11, a 100%...

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A winter road to Rome

A short travelogue of a winter trip to EZ Orchards in the Salem area. Traveled 99E through a landscape recently soaked by days of rain.  The Willamette was surging through the falls at Oregon City....

Iced Coffee anyone?

We walked down to open this Friday- sledding part of the way down Henry Street.  There was a fire, a box of handwarmers, and half the neighborhood sliding and inner-tubing down the street as they...

Winter Walk in Woodstock

 Over the holidays, we've visited family in Woodstock, New York.  The snow came and went, and the stream flowing gently over bluestone ledges became a rager.One of the local restaurants (Joshuas) had a tasty set...

2013 Nocino is here!

We've bottled the first 10 cases (there are probably a few more to go) of the Nocino.  It is more green this year, befitting the green walnuts harvested on SE Ogden & Woodstock Streets in...

Remembering the Maine in Baltimore

While on a recent business trip to Baltimore, I had occasion to visit a great cocktail bar called the B & O American Brasserie.  Brendan Dorr is the master mixologist in the house.  One of...