The Indie Spirits Expo is my favorite series of boozy events in the U.S. Where else are you going to encounter a gathering of small, independent, family owned, handcrafted spirits and the distillers, importers, bottlers, distributors and representative under one roof? The New York edition is next Monday, June 11 at the Penn Club, 30 W. 44th St. in Manhattan. Doors open at 5 p.m. for VIP ticket holders and 6:30 for regular ticket holders. Purchase tickets here.

It’s the chance to sample some of the best of the boutique vodkas, gins, rums, tequilas, mezcals, whiskies and liqueurs from all around the world. (And I’ll be signing copies of my book, The Drinkable Globe there.)

If you still need convincing, check out this list of brands pouring at the event:

1892 Apple Brandy
Amrut Fusion
Amrut Single Malt
Angostura Lemon Lime Bitters.
Antico Amaro Noveis
Arcane Distilling
Arette Tequila
Aria Portland Dry Gin
Ballyhoo! Irish Whiskey
BALSAM – NY state Vermouths and Aperitif Wines
Barking Irons Applejack
Berkshire Bourbon
Black Dirt Distillery
Black fly American whiskey
Black fly bourbon
Black fly maple flavored whiskey
Blackadder Peat Reek Single Malt
Borroso Mezcal
Brenne
Brothership 10 Year Old Blended Whiskey
By The Dutch Batavia Arack
By The Dutch Dry Gin
By The DutchOld Genever
Casa D Aristi Huana
Casa D Aristi Kalani
Casa D Aristi Xtabentun
Casa Magdalena Rum
Cask & Crew Whiskies:
Catoctin Creek Cask Proof Roundstone Rye
Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye
Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye Distiller’s Edition
Catoctin Creek Watershed Gin
Chase Vodka and GB Gin from Chase Distillery
Connacht Whiskey Co:
Conncullin Irish Gin
Deadwood Bourbon
Deadwood Rye
Deadwood Tumblin’ Dice 11 YO Bourbon
Death’s Door Spirits
Deborgen Malt Genever
DeBorgen New Style Genever
Deborgen Old Style Genever
Empress 1908 gin
Eric Artiguelongue Armagnac
Espiritu Lauro Buen Bicho
Espiritu Lauro Joven
Espiritu Lauro Santa Pedrera
Ethereal Gin 14
Far North Spirits
FEW Spirits
Ginger Spice
Greylock Gin
High Wire Distilling Co.
J.J. Corry ‘The Gael’.
Kinsey American Whiskey Aged 10 Years
Kinsey Bourbon Whiskey
Kinsey Merlot Cask Finished American Whiskey
Kinsey Rye Whiskey
Krogstad Aquavit
Lagrimas de Dolores Mezcal
Los Nahuales Mezcal
Mahon Gin
Michelberger Booze
New Liberty Bloody Butcher Bourbon
New Liberty Distillery:
New Liberty Dutch Malt Whiskey
NY Honey Rye Whiskey
Partner Sweet Vermouth
Real McCoy Rum 3year, 5year, and 12year.
Rhine Hall ‘Fernet Lola’
Rhine Hall Apple Brandy
Rhine Hall Cherry Brandy
Rhine Hall Cherry Brandy
Rhine Hall Mango Brandy
Rhine Hall Oak Aged Apple Brandy
Rhumb Runner Diamond Guyana 13 year old Single Cask Rum
Rhumb Runner Fernandes Trinidad 8 year old Single Cask Rum
Rusty Piton Corn Whiskey
Rye Whiskey Blend
Slaughter House American Whiskey
Smoke & Peat Bourbon
Sonoma County Distilling
Spirit of Hven Navy Strength Gin
Spirit of Hven Organic Gin
Spirit of Hven Organic Vodka
Spirit of Hven Tycho’s Star Whisky
Straight Edge Bourbon
Straw Boys Irish Vodka
The English Whisky Co. Original Single Malt
The Funk Jamaican Rum
Union Horse Distilling Co.
Vergnano Cioco
Vergnano Fragola
Vergnano Maraschino
Vergnano Mirtillo
Walnut Toffee
Westward American Single Malt Whiskey
Whip Saw rye
Widow Jane
Wigle Whiskey