We started in Connecticut. We’re taking root in Pennsylvania. So did John Fitch. Born in CT, he ended up in Philadelphia running guns and spirits for George Washington.
John Fitch was a Connecticut man who, in the lean years of the Revolution, slipped down to Philadelphia and made himself useful. He moved muskets, powder, and spirits through the back channels that kept the Continental Army on its feet, quietly supplying General Washington when the official lines could not.
History remembered him for the steamboat. We remember him for the spirits. Two and a half centuries later, his name is still on the bottle, distilled across Connecticut and Pennsylvania, the Liberty Ridge Region. Same instinct, slower pour.
The Fitch ledger: from a Revolutionary supply line to a modern still.
1785
Powder, spirits, and the cause
Born in Connecticut, John Fitch is in Philadelphia moving muskets and spirits through the back channels that keep the Continental Army on its feet, quietly supplying General Washington when the official lines run dry.
1787
The Steamboat
On the Delaware in Philadelphia, Fitch demonstrates the first working American steamboat. History remembers him for the boat. We remember him for the spirits.
1920
Prohibition
The stills go quiet. No recipe is written down, and none is handed across.
2015
The Return
The Fitch name comes back to Connecticut. A small distillery in South Windsor begins laying down barrels.
2023
Morgan Horse
Morgan Horse Bourbon (the flagship) is released. The first bottle is stolen within the week.
2026
Back to Pennsylvania
John Fitch returns to PA, helping American armies again. A partnership with the 28th Infantry Division Association and the road to America 250.