One of our most favorite makers (and we certainly don't like to play favorites) is Brooklyn-based Industry City Distillery.
Five friends founded City Foundry as “a research and design group focused on improving small-scale manufacturing processes through the blending of science and art”. Then, they put all that technical know-how to work making vodka.
Industry City was their first long-term project. They designed, engineered and built all of their equipment in-house with an eye to innovation. They proudly proclaim that “a distillery is equal parts biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering; Industry Standard is the tasty application of our collective curiosities and interests.”
At Mouth, we carry two of their fantastic products, Industry City Vodka and Technical Reserve. Check them out, you can't go wrong.