Matchbook Distilling Co. – Leslie Merinoff Kwasnieski (Co-Founder, Distiller, Head of Product Development)

Matchbook Distilling Co. in Greenport, NY, is an R+D facility dedicated to the production of spirits that champion agriculture, anthropology, tradition, and science. Leslie dreamt up Matchbook so that she could work with a passionate, driven, and inspired team that would coax spirits from the ground up, working with farms to grow agriculture for a more flavorful and diverse natural world, always championing the expression of that natural world and the creativity of the team, over repetition. Matchbook is going into its 5th year of production and its 3rd year of releasing 2+ unique spirits each month. Leslie grew up spending summers volunteering at a community-sustained agriculture farm on the East End of Long Island, which culminated in a full-time internship. After finishing school, she went on to work at global spirits house William Grant & Sons, focusing on Sailor Jerry Rum before leaving to work at The Noble Experiment distillery.

“At Matchbook, we believe some of tomorrow’s favorite drinks have yet to be created. Working for a diverse + delicious natural world. Champions of science, tradition, agriculture, and anthropology.”

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