Master Blender Gary, wife Zina, and partner Mark all immigrated to the borough more than three decades ago from Eastern Europe, bringing with them traditions and experience. BKR selects the finest grains from the American midwest and Hudson Valley to undergo an initial 6-column spirit distillation right near where they’re harvested. Each still is designed to remove a specific impurity, and BKR chooses this process over traditional stills for its highly refined ability to make exceptional raw spirit.