Jeffrey Baker grew up working on farms and was an early advocate of the farm-to-table movement. He founded Hillrock Estate Distillery on his family farm in Ancram, New York. Pairing up with Master Distiller David Pickerell, formerly the master distiller at Makers Mark, was a match made in heaven and the two have been producing some of New York's most sought-after spirits. 

Hillrock's mission is: "to produce the finest hand-crafted spirits made with our own grain, floor malted, craft distilled in our copper pot still, aged in fine oak and hand bottled at our estate in the Hudson Valley Highlands. Crowned by a fine 1806 Georgian house built by a successful grain merchant and Revolutionary War Captain and meticulously restored to its original beauty, Hillrock Distillery overlooks our rolling barley fields and the distant Berkshire Mountains. Like our premier spirits, every detail refined, no expense spared, quality steeped in the tradition of 200 years of rich history."