March 2020 – 105.7 THE HAWK:

Every March we do our BrewMaster Madness competition, but if more distilleries open up in Ocean County, we might have a new tournament to run!

Garden State Distillery is setting up shop in downtown Toms River, sharing a building with Capone’s Italian Restaurant on Washington Street.

In case you’re wondering about the difference between a brewery and a distillery, it’s pretty simple: breweries only brew beer, while distilleries produce hard liquor. Garden State Distillery says they will open up and feature vodka, gin, whiskey, and (my favorite) rum. It’s a somewhat poorly-kept secret that I’m not a big fan of beer, but I do enjoy rum, so I’m stoked to have a place like this open up right in our backyard.

Garden State Distillery doesn’t have an official opening date set just yet, but we’ll let you know as soon as we find out.

Original Article: https://1057thehawk.com/ocean-countys-newest-distillery-is-close-to-opening/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

January 2020 – 92.7 WOBM: If you’re a regular at Capone’s Pizzeria on Washington Street in Toms River, you may have noticed some work happening inside over the last few weeks.

Today, I went around the corner to grab a slice for lunch like I have done plenty of times.

This time, though, it was impossible to miss the new entrance.

When you walk in from Washington Street, there’s now a new foyer with Capone’s to the left and a new doorway to the right that just got lettered:

Garden State Distillery will be the new tenant at 13 Washington Street.

If you make a quick stop over to their Facebook page, you’ll see that work has been going on since as far back as the end of this past summer.

They capped off 2019 and started 2020 with a brand new bar top:

Here’s what Garden State Distillery has to say about themselves:

We are a local distillery using locally grown ingredients. We source locally and produce a high quality spirit and blend with some of the greatest spirits from around the nation to produce a truly one of a kind spirit.

Original Article: https://wobm.com/toms-river-gets-one-step-closer-to-a-downtown-distillery/