Laird & Company

Laird & Company
1 Laird Road
Scobeyville, New Jersey
USA 07724
Phone: (732) 542-0312
http://www.lairdandcompany.com/

Contact: Larrie Laird
Email: [email protected]

In the early 1900s, sixth generation Joseph T. Laird, Jr. faced Prohibition. He was able to keep the company in operation by producing other apple products, such as sweet cyder and applesauce. Seventh generation, John Evans Laird and his brother, Joseph T. Laird, III also kept the company in operation by producing other apple products during Prohibition. In 1933, Laird & Company was granted a federal license under the Prohibition Act to produce Apple Brandy for "medicinal purposes", allowing the company to re-open the distillery. This also allowed the company to have aged inventories of Applejack available immediately after the repeal of Prohibition. New and modern facilities were added, and Applejack production continued until the outbreak of World War II. At this time, the plant was converted to the drying and dehydration of apple pomace for production of pectin and other products to aid in the war effort.

For almost 300 years, the art of producing Applejack has been passed down through succeeding generations of the Laird Family. Eighth generation Larrie W. Laird is now president of Laird & Company and heads America’s oldest family of distillers.

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