Laird & Company in Colts Neck, America's oldest distillery (2025)

Laird's Barrel-Aged Series include Triple Distilled Irish Whiskey, Straight Kentucky Corn Whiskey and Straight Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey. Colts Neck-based Laird & Company has been distilling alcohol over three centuries.

Lisa Laird, the Laird & Company president, in upstairs meeting room in historic home that holds the company's offices in Colts Neck.

Laird & Company on Laird Road in Colts Neck has been making apple-related spirits for three centuries.

Lisa Laird, who is the president of Laird & Company, with her father Larrie Laird and her son Gerard Dunn in the barrel room at Laird’s in Colts Neck.

Various Laird brands can be seen on display in the offices in front of of the bottling plant and barrel houses of Colts Neck-based Laird & Company.

The original Laird’s building now empty and tucked back behind the barrel house and bottling plant in Colts Neck.

Laird & Company produces applejack, America’s oldest native distilled spirit beverage. William Laird, a Scotsman, settled in the Scobeyville section of present day Colts Neck and produced applejack as early as 1698. The company continues to produce it today with the help of the family's 10th generation. Scobeyville, NJ Tuesday, November 29, 2022

An old barn dating back to the 1700’s will be restored and serve as a visiting center. Laird & Company produces AppleJack, America’s oldest native distilled spirit beverage. Willam Laird, a County Fyfe Scotsman, settled in the Scobeyville section of present day Colts Neck and produced AppleJack as early as 1698. The company continues to produce today with the help of the families 10th generation. Scobeyville, NJ Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Various product produced by the company. Laird & Company produces AppleJack, America’s oldest native distilled spirit beverage. Willam Laird, a County Fyfe Scotsman, settled in the Scobeyville section of present day Colts Neck and produced AppleJack as early as 1698. The company continues to produce today with the help of the families 10th generation. Scobeyville, NJ Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Various product produced by the company. Laird & Company produces AppleJack, America’s oldest native distilled spirit beverage. Willam Laird, a County Fyfe Scotsman, settled in the Scobeyville section of present day Colts Neck and produced AppleJack as early as 1698. The company continues to produce today with the help of the families 10th generation. Scobeyville, NJ Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Laird & Company produces AppleJack, America’s oldest native distilled spirit beverage. Willam Laird, a County Fyfe Scotsman, settled in the Scobeyville section of present day Colts Neck and produced AppleJack as early as 1698. The company continues to produce today with the help of the families 10th generation. Scobeyville, NJ Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Laird & Company produces AppleJack, America’s oldest native distilled spirit beverage. Willam Laird, a County Fyfe Scotsman, settled in the Scobeyville section of present day Colts Neck and produced AppleJack as early as 1698. The company continues to produce today with the help of the families 10th generation. Scobeyville, NJ Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Laird & Company produces AppleJack, America’s oldest native distilled spirit beverage. Willam Laird, a County Fyfe Scotsman, settled in the Scobeyville section of present day Colts Neck and produced AppleJack as early as 1698. The company continues to produce today with the help of the families 10th generation. Scobeyville, NJ Tuesday, November 29, 2022

A sign marks the location of the Laird & Company Distillers and Importers location in North Garden, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (Photo by Mike Tripp/Special to Asbury Park Press)

Fermentation tanks at the Laird & Company Distillers and Importers location in North Garden, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (Photo by Mike Tripp/Special to Asbury Park Press)

A tractor-trailor from Crown Orchard Company out of Batesville, Va., arrives with a shipment of apples at the Laird & Company Distillers and Importers location in North Garden, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (Photo by Mike Tripp/Special to Asbury Park Press)

Newly arrived apples are part of a shipment from Crown Orchard Company of Batesville, Va., to the Laird & Company Distillers and Importers location in North Garden, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (Photo by Mike Tripp/Special to Asbury Park Press)

A conveyor retrieves apples from a troth outside and carries them into the building for processing at the Laird & Company Distillers and Importers location in North Garden, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (Photo by Mike Tripp/Special to Asbury Park Press)

Assistant distiller Jason Abel scrapes excess apple pomace off a backsplash behind the accordion press and onto a conveyor at the Laird & Company Distillers and Importers location in North Garden, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. The pomace is saved for use by local farmers. (Photo by Mike Tripp/Special to Asbury Park Press)

Apple juice diverted away from the accordion press pours from a pipe and passes through a rotating filter as it is collected for use at the Laird & Company Distillers and Importers location in North Garden, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (Photo by Mike Tripp/Special to Asbury Park Press)

The pot still located on a lower level inside the still house at the Laird & Company Distillers and Importers location in North Garden, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (Photo by Mike Tripp/Special to Asbury Park Press)

Barrels of apple brandy stored in the barrel warehouse at the Laird & Company Distillers and Importers location in North Garden, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (Photo by Mike Tripp/Special to Asbury Park Press)

A truck collects discarded apple pomace as it is saved for use by local farmers at the Laird & Company Distillers and Importers location in North Garden, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (Photo by Mike Tripp/Special to Asbury Park Press)