Pinckney Bend Distillery

This place is absolutely amazing! Friendly staff, great tastings, and best of all, the best spirits you’ll find!

The gin and whiskey will change your life. The staff was super knowledgeable and personable. Tour included with tasting. The port barrel whiskey was the best of the batch, smooth and warming. What a cool establishment.

Wow! What a great surprise and experience in New Haven! The Vodka, Gin and Bourbon are as good as any that I have ever had. Be sure to do the tastings that include all of these and I bet you’ll be hooked as well. Their tonic syrup makes an outstanding mixed drink as well. I’m really proud to see the outstanding product they are putting out and would not be surprised to see Pinckney Bend put New Haven on the map across the US as a destination for spirits.

Living in St. Louis, you’ve probably been on at least 3 brewery tours. Here in the heart if beer country, it’s hard to find locally made liquor. Pinckney Bend, which is less than an hour away from most St. Louis neighborhoods, not only makes liquor – it makes award winning liquor. The experience and the product are well worth the drive. $ 5 gets you a flight sample (either traditional, including 2 kinds of gin, 2 kinds of whiskey, and vodka, or the whiskey flight, including 5 kinds of small batch whiskeys), a gin and tonic made with their in-​house concocted tonic syrup, a tour of the still and production line, and a brief history of the stretch of the Missouri River that the distillery is named after. As other reviewers have noted, the staff loves what they do. You may ask all the questions you like, and you’ll receive informed, thorough answers. Simply put, the tour is a delight.

We had a great time this past Saturday. We had been to Augusta doing the wine tours and stopped by one and they told us to be sure to check out this place. We are so happy we went there. It was so much fun tasting all of their whiskey, vodka and gin. I’m still not a fan of gin, but everyone else in our party thought it was pretty good. The drink at the end was awesome as they let you replace the gin with vodka or whiskey. The tour is pretty awesome. It’s a small operation but they have a great love for the gift of distilling. I never knew there was so much work that goes into creating a great tasting product. We bought a bottle of resting whiskey and a bottle of tonic water. Just a great experience that is only $ 5, you keep the glass and you get to learn a bit of history along the way. Make sure you stop and check this out.

When talking about loving what you do, these guys truly live that out. You can feel the passion behind every word. The tour and tasting is a steal. You’ll fall in love with this place at first sip!

Great tour, tasting experience, informative and fun. One of the best things we did while in the area. The tasting was $ 5 and well worth it, you also get to keep the glass.
We had four individuals on the tour and had lots of time for questions and answers.

Very knowledgeable staff. Don’t go on a empty stomach. Lol. They do everything right there on site. I purchased a bottle of the vodka. It’s so cool to actually know how your alcohol is made. The location is right by the river, so it’s nice to stroll along the river after the tasting. I saw a B&B close by too.

Fun experience, great people and even better drinks! You won’t leave without tasting their signature gin and tonic. In fact you probably won’t leave without purchasing a few bottles to make the delicious concoction at home. This place is in New Haven between Washington and Hermann. Definitely worth the stop and then swing by Astral glass for a thumbler glass to drink your gin and tonics in at home.

Best tonic in the whole wide world. Thank you Natasha’s on Grand (St. Louis) for the introduction. Their gin is purdy darn good too. =)

This place is exactly what I’d have wanted with a visit to a small distillery. Me and some friends were the only ones there at the time, we were all given tastes of everything they had to offer, and the apprentice distiller was enthusiastic and informative. You keep the glass (an attractive one), and between when they give it to you and when they leave, all sorts of wonderful stuff goes in there. I respect how personable this was and that it felt like the guy was actually interested in chatting with us.
About the booze: They do very interesting things. I’ve never been a white whiskey fan, I’m still not, but this one is a notch above others (still didn’t buy a bottle). The gin was truly tasty, a gin that can be consumed on its own. Their best though, is their wood-​aged whiskey. The barrel their aging it in tastes a little more like french toasted oak than american virgin oak that’s in your typical bourbon. Makes the wood taste unique and delicious on each sip. If their spirits were a little more money than I expected, I believed it worth it to give money to a new distiller that deserves to stick around. I’d happily buy this whiskey in a store, should it make it to Chicago.

Stopped while on Wine Tour in Herman, Mo. Glad we stopped! Great staff and for $ 5 we got a nice glass and tried all their products.
Will be making this part of our yearly trip to Herman!

Definitely worth the stop if you are driving down 100. In our visit a vodka (nice and clean) a gin (juniper on the nose but not overpowering) a corn whiskey (45 proof and great for mixing) a «settled» 100 proof traditional whiskey and a in house made tonic.
As I said a great place to stop in and taste ($ 5) and tour. Takes about 20 – 30 mins depending how much you like to chat. Everyone on staff (4 people) were very friendly.