Conceived in 2013.
Our distillery was founded in 2017.
We grow barley, rye, and corn for our whiskey
and we take grapes from our family vineyard for our brandys and grappa.
All of the fermentable materials are grown on the land John-Baptiste bought in 1882.

We put in the hard work, from seed to bottle,
so you can sit back after your day of hard work and know what you are drinking is authentic and true.

John Baptiste Neddo (1832-1901)
Well, the short answer is he was the man who bought and farmed our land, which the distillery utilizes today, from 1882 until he died.



The longer answer is more interesting, in our biased opinion. He was born in 1832 in Canada or the USA, depending on what census you are looking at. He grew up in Clinton County, New York and was a trained blacksmith and farmer. He got married, had a few sons, went to fight in the civil war, then came back home and had a few daughters.

One day his sons came home after being away and told him about a farm for sale in Barre, Vermont. He trusted and valued his sons' opinion on the farm and the land and bought the old Clark's Farm on the East Hill in Barre in the fall of 1882. He worked the farm until he died in 1901. Then his sons farmed it until they died and so on, now the sixth generation is still farming the land.

With this Farm Distillery we hope it will allow John's descendants to keep farming the land he left us for another six generations. This distillery is named after him to honor his hard work that led to this farm lasting generations and still providing for his descendants today.

We are a small craft distillery in Barre, Vermont. We use ingredients grown on our family farm to create our spirits. We first started contemplating the idea of adding a distillery to our farm in 2013, and began really thinking it was achievable in 2014. Then we really went right into the deep end. In 2017 we finally got through the red tape and have started to begin distilling. This distillery allows our family farm to be successful into the future, hopefully for another six generations, like it already has.