Maggie’s Farm Rum Distillery Expands Distribution to New York and New Jersey

Maggie’s Farm Rum Distillery, a pioneer in the American craft rum renaissance and likely North America’s most-awarded brand of rum, is proud to announce the expanded distribution of two of its most acclaimed products—Maggie’s Farm Falernum Liqueur and Maggie’s Farm Spiced Rum—to New York and New Jersey through a new partnership with Bowler Wine. This exciting development brings two of Maggie’s Farm’s most decorated and unique spirits to a broader audience of discerning bartenders, retailers, and cocktail enthusiasts in two of the country’s largest beverage markets.

Both of these spirits will be featured at the New York Rum Festival on June 7^th and Bar Convent Brooklyn on June 10^th and 11^th at the Maggie’s Farm booth, and also at the New York International Spirits Competition awards ceremony on June 10^th at BCB.

Awarded Spirits

Maggie’s Farm Falernum Liqueur and Maggie’s Farm Spiced Rum were awarded 95 points and 93 points, respectively, by the NYISC at this year’s competition. Founder and President, the Master Distiller Tim Russell, will be on hand to accept these awards.

Maggie’s Farm Falernum Liqueur

Maggie’s Farm Falernum Liqueur is a Caribbean-inspired spiced liqueur, made in the Barbados tradition with lime, ginger, and clove. It’s popularly used in classic tiki cocktails like the Corn ‘n’ Oil, Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, and Saturn.

Maggie’s Farm has redefined commercial falernum by using hand-grated lime zest, fresh-pressed ginger root, and toasted cloves on a base of its pot-distilled rum, all while employing a special formulation for shelf stability of these whole, natural ingredients. This off-the-shelf option saves bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts alike time and energy.

“Falernum is one of those esoteric cocktail ingredients that many consumers overlook—until they taste ours. Of our rum and rum liqueur lineup, it’s now standing out as our largest volume driver,” said Tim Russell, Founder and Master Distiller at Maggie’s Farm Rum.

“We’ve built a falernum that stands on its own—spicy, complex, balanced, and at a higher proof than the few other commercially available brands—and the industry has responded in a big way. We’re thrilled to bring it, alongside our equally celebrated spiced rum, to New York and New Jersey through Bowler Wine.”

Other recent awards include:

– New Orleans Spirits Competition/Tales of the Cocktail – Liqueur-of-the-Year (2023)
– American Distilling Inst. – Best-of-Category Spiced Liqueur/Gold Medal (2021)
– International Sugarcane Spirit Awards – Best of Region (Highest-Rated North American “Rum”) (2020)
– SIP Awards – Best-in-Class/Platinum Medal (2018)
– San Francisco World Wine and Spirits – Gold Medal (2018)
– American Distilling Inst. – Best-of-Category (2017), and many more.

Maggie’s Farm Spiced Rum

Maggie’s Farm Spiced Rum is a dry and complex spiced rum 100% pot-distilled from turbinado sugar cane fermentations by Maggie’s Farm at its new state-of-the-art distillery located in Pittsburgh’s South Hills.

Infused with eight different hand-processed ingredients, including Tahitian vanilla bean, fresh-grated orange zest, cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove, Maggie’s Farm spiced rum contains no added sweetener for a dry and complex spiced rum. Maggie’s Farm spiced rum has won awards for Best-in-Class three times.

The Greenfield Swizzle, a cocktail that features the best of both worlds

The cocktail below, formulated by Maggie’s Farm lead bartenders, best features the essence of these two unique spirits based on a classic recipe.

Greenfield Swizzle:

Fill a Collins glass with crushed ice. Add the following:

1.5oz Maggie’s Farm spiced rum

0.5oz Maggie’s Farm falernum liqueur

0.5oz fresh-squeezed lime juice

0.5oz simple syrup

Swizzle in a glass. Top with Fernet Branca.

ABOUT MAGGIE’S FARM RUM AND ALLEGHENY DISTILLING:
Allegheny Distilling LLC began distilling Maggie’s Farm Rum on a 75-gallon pot still in Pittsburgh’s historic Strip District in October 2013 before opening its cocktail bar in the distillery in January 2014. A new 22,000sf production distillery with restaurant and cocktail bar was opened in Pittsburgh’s Upper St. Clair suburb in late 2023. In the time since its opening, Maggie’s Farm has become one of, if not the most-awarded rum brand in the US, with over 100 medals and commendations, including:

– AMERICAN CRAFT SPIRITS ASSOCIATION BEST-IN-SHOW SPIRIT
– SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SPIRITS COMP. BEST-IN-SHOW RUM
– SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SPIRITS COMP. BEST-IN-CLASS WHITE RUM
– AMERICAN DISTILLING INSTITUTE BEST-OF-CLASS CANE SPIRIT
– 3X SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SPIRITS COMP. DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL WINNER
– 4X SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SPIRITS COMP. GOLD MEDAL WINNER
– 2X AMERICAN CRAFT SPIRITS ASSOCIATION BEST-IN-CLASS RUM
– 3X SPIRITS JOURNAL CHAIRMAN’S TROPHY FINALIST
– 2X NEW YORK INTL. SPIRITS COMP. DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL WINNER
– 8X RUM RENAISSANCE GOLD MEDAL WINNER
– 7X BEST-IN-CLASS/CATEGORY LIQUEUR
– 3X BEST-IN-CLASS SPICED RUM

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Maggie’s Farm Rum Distillery provided the images for the article.