Black Button Distilling

Black Button Distilling is the Rochester, New York craft whiskey operation founded in 2012 by Jason Barrett — the fourth-generation grain farmer whose family agricultural background gave the distillery one of the most genuine grain-to-glass production stories in modern Upstate New York craft spirits. Located at 85 Railroad Street in Rochester, Black Button occupies a converted commercial building in the city's emerging craft-beverage district, with the working distillery, an on-site cocktail bar, and a substantial event-space program all integrated into a single multi-use facility. The "Black Button" name comes from a family business heritage — Jason Barrett's family has been in the button-and-clothing-trim business for four generations in the Rochester area, and the brand name honors that broader family commercial history. The agricultural side of the family — grain farming — is what feeds the distillery: Black Button sources its corn, wheat, and rye directly from New York State farms, with the explicit grain-to-glass production claim referring to the genuinely short supply chain between Upstate New York grain fields and the Rochester distillery floor. The flagship Black Button Four Grain Bourbon is one of the most distinctive craft American bourbons by mash bill — combining corn, wheat, rye, and malted barley in roughly equal proportions, a four-grain recipe that produces a softer, more complex flavor profile than the standard three-grain Kentucky bourbon recipe. The expa…