Of Laird's and Lard Bread Stuffing

Spending Time With the Country's Oldest Distillery and Oldest Holiday.

A historical marker outside Laird’s headquarters in Scobeyville, NJ.

The oldest continually operating liquor producer in the United States is Laird’s, which has been making apple brandy since 1780 (though the Laird family was making spirits long before that). Given its significance, and its location just outside New York City, in northern New Jersey, you…