Laird has a rectifier and blender license from the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

[1] The history of the company can be traced to the immigration of William Laird from Fife in Scotland to Monmouth County in 1698.

His descendant, Robert Laird, served in the Continental Army under George Washington.

Washington asked Laird for his recipe for "cyder spirits" before the Revolution.

[6] Distilling at its New Jersey facilities ceased in 1972 and Laird's only blends, ages and bottles its products in Scobeyville.