Kings County Distillery
Kelci Koonce has a diverse work experience spanning over different industries. Kelci is currently working as a Financial Education Specialist at New York University since December 2021. Prior to this, they worked as a Social Media Manager at American Mash & Grain from July 2021. Kelci also served as the Head Tour Guide at Kings County Distillery from May 2021.
Before their current roles, Kelci worked at The New School as an Assistant Director from March 2018 to December 2021. Prior to that, they were a Financial Aid Counselor at The New School from September 2015 to March 2018. Kelci also served as a Financial Aid Counselor at New England College from April 2013 to June 2015.
Their earlier experiences include working as an Admissions Office Assistant at International House from August 2011 to April 2013, as a Resident Assistant at Niagara University from August 2010 to May 2011, and as a Field Specialist at The After-School Corporation (TASC) from June 2010 to August 2010.
Kelci began their career as a Site Monitor/Office Assistant at Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House in July 2005 and worked there until August 2009.
Kelci Koonce completed a Master of Science (MS) in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration from New England College in 2014-2015. Prior to that, they attained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Psychology from Niagara University, where they studied from 2007-2011. Additionally, Kelci Koonce holds a Diploma in Single Malt Whisky from the Edinburgh Whisky Academy and is a Certified Bourbon Steward from the Stave & Thief Society. The duration and specific completion years for the latter two qualifications are unknown.
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Kings County Distillery is New York City’s oldest operating whiskey distillery, the first since prohibition. Founded in 2010, Kings County makes handmade moonshine and bourbon out of the 115-year-old Paymaster Building in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. We use New York grain and traditional distilling equipment to make distinctive whiskey. Our whiskeys have won numerous awards from the American Distilling Institute, the American Craft Spirits Association, and our bourbon was recently named #2 craft bourbon by Eric Asimov of the New York Times. We only distill whiskey for our label and we never buy bulk whiskey from any other source. First located in a 325 square-foot room in East Williamsburg, Kings County began as the smallest commercial distillery in the country, with five 24-liter stainless steel stills making whiskey seven days a week, 16 hours a day. In 2012, we moved into the Paymaster Building in the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard, just steps from legendary site of the Brooklyn Whiskey Wars of the 1860s and the former distillery district of the waterfront. With traditional copper whiskey stills fabricated in Scotland, wooden fermenters were built locally by Isseks Brothers, and a corn and barley patch at a small farm onsite, the distillery is a model of sustainable and traditional whiskey production and one of the preeminent craft distilleries in the United States. We offer tours and tastings every Saturday.