Distillery Opening Ardmore Tasting Room In Fall

ARDMORE, PA — A new place to wet your whistle is slated to open later this year in Ardmore.

Manatawny Still Works is planning to open anew tasting room in Ardmore this fall.

The Pottstown-based distillery will open the tasting room at 49 W. Lancaster Avenue.

Manatawny's original recipe small-batch spirits and their cocktails will be available at the new spot when it opens.

The new tasting room will serve as both a place to purchase Manatawny's line of spirits, including new releases, and sit down for a cocktail made with those house spirits.

In 2022, Manatawny has already released an American Gin finished in Port Barrels and a 3-year Select Four Grain American Whiskey finished in Cherry Brandy and Vermouth Barrels.

In April, to celebrate the distillery’s eighth anniversary, Manatawny bottled a whiskey made with 100 percent Pennsylvania grains, featuring 78 percent malted barley, 2 percent roasted barley, 9 percent wheat, 9 percent oats, and 2 percent rye from Double Eagle Malt in Huntingdon Valley—all grown and malted locally.

"As we approach our 8th Year, we’re dialing in more on what it means to be a 'craft' spirit, and bottling our best yet," distiller Max Pfeffer said.

"We’re grateful for our loyal following who stuck by us and saw us through some tough times over the past few years," partner Derek Menaldino said. "Now, we’re thrilled to be able to grow that community."

Founded in 2013, Manatawny Still Works sits near the banks of the Manatawny Creek, an 18.2-mile-long tributary of the mighty Schuylkill River.

The creek cuts through the Montgomery County countryside and joins the Schuylkill at their home in Pottstown.

The creek was first named by the indigenous Lenape Man'en'tau'wata'wik, "the place we meet to drink," and it means the same to MSW today.