All Points West Distillery sits in Newark’s Ironbound district, where founders Mike Rigano and Paul Anzalone transformed a former industrial space into New Jersey’s first grain-to-glass distillery when they opened in 2014. The operation spans 10,000 square feet on Tichenor Street, where they’ve installed a 500-gallon copper still from Vendome Copper & Brass Works alongside fermentation tanks and a bottling line. What started as two guys with day jobs in finance and real estate has grown into a full production facility making whiskey, gin, vodka, and rum using locally sourced grains whenever possible. The distillery takes its name from the Old West saying about heading in every direction—fitting for a operation that’s tackled multiple spirit categories from the start. Rigano handles the business side while Anzalone focuses on production, though both stay hands-on with everything from mashing grain to bottling. You’ll find them on the distillery floor most days, tweaking recipes and talking shop with visitors. The space feels more like a working warehouse than a polished tasting room, which is exactly what they were going for. They wanted people to see the actual work behind making spirits, not just the pretty parts.