Hollow Creek Distillery

The shade of old oak trees hides a red barn overlooking the waters of Lake Murray, the waters our family has called home for nine generations. Now you’ve found it. Welcome to Hollow Creek Distillery.
At HCD we offer small batch, hand crafted southern moonshine. Our pride, passion and promise won’t allow us to take the easy road of buying bulk spirits, bottling them and selling them out of a storefront. Instead, we started with a recipe that has more experience than the law allows and built this business from the ground up with the sole intention of providing high quality spirits to a market thirsty for old-fashioned moonshine. From a planted seed to a sealed bottle, this is ours.
If you’re looking for local moonshine straight out of the good ‘ol days when life was a little slower, come and find the red barn and visit us to take a tour, taste a sample or buy a bottle.

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.