I just watched a video about the Breuckelen Gin Distillery on 19th Street in Sunset Park. Brad Estabrook, the owner, says that he decided a few years ago that he wanted to make something by hand and settled on gin because that’s what he likes to drink.

The name caught my eye because it’s Breuckelen, of course, but also because I wondered if it was Dutch style gin, which I tasted at one of Pastor Meeter’s herring festivals at Two Boots.

I still don’t know if it’s Dutch style, no word about that on the site. The site does, however, have loads of information about how they set up the distillery and how they prepare the gin, which is made from local New York grains.

When Estabrook was laid off from his job in finance back in the dark days of December 2008, he had all the motivation he needed to work full time on his artisan distillery.

“The last year and a half have been a lot of work, sweat, and stress, but we are finally open,” he writes on Breucklen’s website. “We are currently producing and selling our Breuckelen Gin.”

I know it’s available at The Greene Grape in Fort Greene:

As of tomorrow, Friday, October 15, Breuckelen Gin, distilled in Sunset Park, is in!  $35 for a 750ml bottle, call us at (718) 797-9463 to reserve yours.  Because this week’s wine is a spirit, we’ll open a few surprise bottles tomorrow, Friday, October 15 from 5-7pm for our regular wine and cheese tasting.

Cheers. Or should I say proost in Dutch?