An intoxicatingopportunity toown a343acreswatheof spectacular farmland,proudly eligiblefor theNational Register of HistoricPlaces,that encompassesseveral impressivebarn structures,plusafully functioning distillery and tastingroom.Dutch'sSpirits,on Harvest Homestead Farm,isadistillery with alegacy!
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Built in1932towardtheendoftheProhibitionEra,it wasDutchessCounty's largest bootleggingoperation,ownedandoperatedby thenotoriousgangster Dutch Schultz(onceplayedonscreenby DustinHoffman).Hidden beneath acow barninamassivenetwork ofundergroundbunkersandtunnels,thedistillery producedSugar Wash Moonshine,consideredthebest ofthebest.By 2020,the newly constructedbuildingintegratingthat undergroundcomplex with a state-of-the-art-distillery,commercial kitchen andtastingroom wereopenedto thepublic,andthefirst batch ofSugar Wash Moonshineblendedandbottledin PinePlains,wasre-introducedtothemasses(legally thistime)Other products includebourbonandavariety ofbitters.Harvest HomesteadFarm hasendless potential.Through theyearsit hasbeenaproductivefarm raisingturkeys, chickens,pigsandcows,potatoesandcorn.It'swaitingfor someonewith vision toperhapskeepthedistillery andtastingroom going,reviveit asafull-timefarm, or openasprawlingindoor-outdoor event space.Thelocationissuperb:the property neighborstheincreasingly popular Mashomack Fish & GamePreserve Club,a1,900-acreprivatesportingpreserveandsocial clubthat offersshooting, poloplayingandfinedining.Thepicturesquehamlet ofPinePlainsiswithina thirty minutedrivetotheincreasingly hipcultural anddininghubsofHudson andRhinebeck andonly twoshort hourstoManhattan.
