Barren’s Distillery (website, facebook, instagram) has taken over the former Sweetgrass spot on Fore Street in Boothby Square where they’ve opened a tasting room. Their December hours are Thursday through Saturday, noon – 5 pm operating in a pop-up mode selling their spirits.
They plan to hold a grand opening this spring with an expanded set of retail offerings to include glassware, shakers, syrups, bitters, wild blueberry-based products, apple cider vinegar, hot sauce, salts and soaps made with the botanicals sued in their spirits, and Barren’s merchandise.
Jeremy Howard and Andrew Stewart founded the business in 2019. Their restaurant is located at the Lyman-Morse wharf in Camden and their distillery is in the Midcoast town of Hope.
They produce a wide range of gins, vodkas and rums, as well as a whiskey made in collaboration with Cushnoc Brewing, an apple pommeau, a blueberry eau de vie and some other specialty spirits.