Last week, Great Jones, Manhattan’s only legal whiskey distillery, announced in an Instagram post that it was closing its downtown visitor center five years after it opened. This news arrived amidst a fairly weak market for whiskey overall, as drinks companies have reported lower sales, drops in profit, and weak market forecasts, with some even deciding to pause production at their distilleries both here and abroad.
Great Jones is owned by drinks giant Proximo Spirits, the…

