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We gave a bunch of smart Texans $50,000. (Okay, we didn’t really, we just said we did.) The money comes with these strings attached: it has to be invested in Texas now, and the investments have to pay off by 1996.

Shady Knoll Distills Farm-to-Bottle Spirits in the Hudson Valley Share Photos by Shady Knoll Orchards & Distillery The Millbrook-based distillery and orchard taps into family talents to craft its signature apple brandy, pommeau, and whiskey in Dutchess County. Is there anything Hudson Valley apples can’t do? As glorious as they are scattered across local orchards that are ripe for picking, they’re maybe even better infused into cinnamony cider donuts or brewed into hard cider. Yet that’s...