66 Gilead --- A Distillery in Prince Edward County

We walked the short distance from the Carriage House Cooperage to 66 Gilead. The tasting room was open again so we walked up to the bar and we were met by Sophia and Amanda.

This is the first distillery tasting that we have been to. We're doing this tasting because we have a friend who makes the best mixed drinks and we're thinking of bringing him a bottle of handcrafted vodka. We tasted rye vodka and wheat vodka straight up and then with a mix that included fresh squeezed lime. I liked the rye vodka straight up but when it was mixed, I liked the wheat vodka. We bought the whiskey vodka and gave it to our friend. Recently, he told my husband that he has been drinking the vodka and absolutely loves it! Their website mentions that the tasting room is in the historic Cooper-Norton house. It is a second empire house built in 1874 by the wealthy Hops grower, Bert Cooper, during the County’s Barley Days. Our visit to 66 Gilead capped a week long stay in Ontario which began with a Winery Sanitation Workshop in Portland, New York. As we drove home, we both remarked that we had met so many wonderful people and gone to so many places that it seemed as if we were away from home for a much longer time.