Buffalo Distilling Co.

We are Buffalo, NY’s First and Finest Bourbon & Brandy Distillery featuring local grains for our Whiskey and Vodka and local apples for our Brandy.
Buffalo Distilling Co. originated in Buffalo’s city limits in 1895 led by the ambitious Gustav Fleischmann. Buffalo was going electric and was a top 10 city in the nation and a well known city world wide.
Spirits were high and Buffalo Distilling Co. made some of the best.
By 1918 the temperance movement and impending prohibition made the legal production of liquor unprofitable and eventually unsustainable for the Buffalo Distilling Co.
During that time many makers headed out to the hills to do what they do.
Buffalo Distilling Co. formally started again in the hills outside the city limits on our “whiskey farm” where we stoked the coals nearly 100 years later to proudly bring you the finest hand crafted Bourbon and Brandy and the re-birth of the original Buffalo Distilling Company. We are licensed makers and we ferment and distill every drop we produce.

Author: Caroline Porsiel

Caroline Porsiel is a master distiller and liqueurist based in East Ellijay, Georgia. She founded House of Applejay, a fine spirits and liqueur distillery, in 2022 with her mother, Sabine, crafting award-winning products like Applejay from Ellijay, Mt. Frozen Knob Vodka, and Winter Cherry Mountain Liqueur. The distillery won a 2024 Best of Georgia Award and a 2025 Double Gold Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition for its Winter Cherry Mountain Liqueur. As a founding member of the AMBRU Campaign, launched in 2020, Porsiel advocates for the global recognition of American Brandy and Rum. She continues to drive innovation in the craft spirits industry from her active distillery in the heart of Georgia’s apple country.