Clayton Distillery

Mike Aubertine grew up on his family’s dairy farm in nearby Cape Vincent where some of the grain for production is grown and stored. After attending college and becoming a New York State Registered Architect, he founded Aubertine and Currier Architects, Engineers & Land Surveyors, PLLC in Watertown, New York.

In 2012, Mr. Aubertine sold his interest in the firm and started the distillery. The project broke ground in July of 2012 and progressed rapidly until the grand opening in April of 2013. We produced vodka and unaged corn whisky during our first summer, neither of which were very good! Then after many, many, long, long, long days and nights of distilling, reading about distilling and talking to everyone we could about distilling we figured this thing out.

Today, our 190 proof grain alcohol that is the base for most of our products is as clean and smooth as anything you can find on the market. Additionally, we have perfected our New York Straight Bourbon Whisky. Soon, it will be our best selling product and is just plain fun to make. Stay tuned, we are always working on new and exciting products!