Catskill Provisions INC.

Catskill Provisions Distillery is the Long Eddy, New York craft operation founded in 2009 by Claire Marin — and one of the most editorially distinctive Catskill Region craft spirits producers because of its founding identity as a sustainable food-and-honey operation that evolved into a meaningful craft whiskey producer over the past decade. Located on the West Branch of the Delaware River in Sullivan County (the Western Catskills region, roughly two hours northwest of Manhattan in deep upstate New York), Catskill Provisions occupies a working farm property that integrates honey production, food product manufacturing, and small-batch distilling into a single agricultural operation.

The founding identity is unusual for a craft American whiskey distillery. Claire Marin started Catskill Provisions in 2009 as a sustainable food company built around honey production — the Sullivan County and broader Catskill region is one of the most active honey-producing regions in the Northeast, with the surrounding wildflower meadows and farm-property apiaries supporting commercial-scale beekeeping. The distillery side of the operation evolved from the honey side: Marin began producing honey-based spirits (the flagship Honey Whiskey, which uses local raw honey as a finishing ingredient) and gradually expanded the spirits program into a broader range of whiskey, gin, and seasonal craft spirits as the distillery side grew.

The flagship Catskill Provisions Pollinator Honey Whiskey is the brand's anchor product — a small-batch American whiskey finished with local Catskill raw wildflower honey, bottled at 80 proof, with a distinctive honey-forward sweetness that distinguishes it from the broader American flavored-whiskey category. The expanded range covers Catskill Provisions Pollinator Rye Whiskey (an Empire Rye category member), Catskill Provisions Pollinator Bourbon, Catskill Provisions Pollinator Gin (a juniper-and-Catskill-foraged-botanical-forward gin), and a rotating range of seasonal limited bottlings tied to the broader Catskill Provisions food and honey product line.

The Long Eddy visitor experience is one of the most remote and editorially distinct craft distillery stops in the Catskill region. The working farm property combines the apiary, the food production facility, and the small distillery floor into a single integrated agricultural visit, with tours that explain both the honey production side and the spirits production side. The location's deep-Catskills setting — Long Eddy is closer to the Pennsylvania state line than to anywhere else — makes Catskill Provisions a destination visit rather than a casual stop, and the surrounding Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River corridor anchors a meaningful regional fly-fishing and outdoor-recreation tourism economy that brings visitors to the area year-round.