The Aporia · Manhattan’s only whiskey distiller shutters as US alcohol consumption hits record lows

Lisa Fickenscher

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🔮 Great Jones will continue to sell its whiskey online and at retail stores, even as its $21 million investment in building out the distillery appears to have gone down the drain, according to Engineering News Record.

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Brown Forman Great Jones Great Jones Distilling Co. Manhattan Proximo

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Great Jones ORG · 4× Proximo ORG · 3× Brown Forman ORG · 2× Engineering News Record ORG · 1× Great Jones Distilling Co. ORG · 1× Jersey City GPE · 1× Jose Cuervo PERSON · 1× Manhattan GPE · 1× Proximo Spirits ORG · 1× The Spirits Business ORG · 1×

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“The decision [to close Great Jones] followed a thorough review of the current beverage industry trends, market conditions, and overall company business strategy,” a Proximo spokesperson told The Spirits Business, a trade publication.

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2026-10-14 · New York Post

Manhattan’s only whiskey distiller shutters as US alcohol consumption hits record lows · mixed framing

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Manhattan’s only whiskey distillery closed unexpectedly this month as US alcohol consumption hits record lows. asserted

consumption → close → lows

Great Jones Distilling Co. — which cleared bureaucratic hurdles in 2021 to open the first whisky distillery on the island since prohibition — has operated a 28,000 square-foot space at 686 Broadway that included a restaurant, retail store, speakeasy, tasting rooms and tours, according to its website. Great Jones is owned by Proximo Spirits, the Jersey City, NJ-based maker of Jose Cuervo. uncertain

Jones → clear → Cuervo

Neither Great Jones nor Proximo responded to requests for comment. asserted

Jones → respond → comment

spokesperson → close → Business

Great Jones will continue to sell its whiskey online and at retail stores, even as its $21 million investment in building out the distillery appears to have gone down the drain, according to Engineering News Record. uncertain

investment → continue → Record

The closure follows a slew of negative headlines for the alcohol industry, including a new Gallup poll in August showing that Americans are imbibing at the lowest level since 1939. asserted

Americans → follow → 1939

Also in August, the second largest distributor of wine and spirits, Republic National Distributing Company of Grand Prairie, Texas, filed for Chapter 11 Its largest creditor was Proximo – which is owned by Mexico’s largest spirits producer, Becle, which was owed $94 million, according to court filings. The alcohol “industry is going through a major reset,” said Michael Correra, executive director of the Metro Package Store Association, a trade group representing wine and liquor stores in the New York Metro area. uncertain

Correra → file → area

“The business is imploding and I think you’ll see liquor stores close as well because fewer people are drinking.” asserted

people → implode → ?

Last year, Jack Daniels parent Brown Forman laid off 12% of its workforce, or 650 employees, because of weak demand for its whiskies, which also include Woodford Reserve and Old Forester. asserted

which → lay → Reserve

Brown Forman is among several Kentucky bourbon makers who have been hit hard by declining sales because of trade disputes and the fact that Gen Zers are not drinking. asserted

Zers → hit → disputes

Manhattan’s only whiskey distiller shutters as US alcohol consumption hits record lows

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