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New Scotland Spirits Tasting Room

New Scotland Spirits Tasting Room

Bars & Breweries in Albany

4.8 131 Google reviews$20–70

+1 518 818 01 15209 Lark St, Albany, New York 12210 · Center Square & Hudson/Park

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Where to find them

209 Lark St, Albany, New York 12210

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About

New Scotland Spirits distills wheat, rye, bourbon, and single malt "Helderberg Whiskies" — as well as a vodka and gin — from grains grown on family farms throughout Upstate NY. We're a woman- and veteran-owned business, and the most widely distributed independent liquor company in NYS. The New Scotland Spirits Tasting Room is our company flagship, located at the corner of State & Lark Streets in Albany's historic Center Square neighborhood. Our Prohibition Era speakeasy is an elegant, intimate, cozy affair serving beer, mead, wine, and cider produced exclusively in New York State. We offer coffee and mocktails, but the cause célèbre is our cocktails handcrafted with our aged 5-to-7 year whiskies and 6 times distilled vodka and gin.

Amenities

From the business

  • Identifies as veteran-owned
  • Identifies as women-owned

Service options

  • Dine-in

Highlights

  • Fast service
  • Great cocktails
  • Trivia night

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair accessible restroom
  • Wheelchair accessible seating

Offerings

  • Alcohol
  • Beer
  • Cocktails
  • Food
  • Hard liquor
  • Wine

Dining options

  • Outside food allowed
  • Seating

Hours

Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
5 to 9 PM
Thursday
5 to 11 PM
Friday
5 to 11 PM
Saturday
2 to 11 PM
Sunday
2 to 9 PM

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