Smooth Ambler Founders Rye Retailer:530 The family grows over 30

The family grows over 30 varieties of Polynesian sugar cane and they draw desalinated deep ocean mineral water from 3

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It came and went and came again during Prohibition and was the victim of mergers and acquisition until Jim Rutledge got ahold of it — and Bourbon lovers everywhere are happy he did

Smooth Ambler Founders Rye Retailer:530 The family grows over 30An homage to true Rye Whiskey with a modern twist. John Little of Smooth Ambler Spirits set out with his father in law to make something his adopted state of West Virginia would be proud of. In 2009, that dream became a reality when they opened up their distillery in the tiny town of Maxwellton which sits in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. They have a single, small batch still. But sales have done well and they are up to approximately 80