New Distillery Open In Grand Rapids Wise Men Distillery has opened a new 24 seat tasting room in downtown Grand Rapids. The Kentwood-based distillery is offering spirts, craft cocktails as well as its line of hard seltzers inside the 700 square foot space. The tasting room is located inside McKay Tower. Scott Winters/ TSM Wise Men Distillery opened its main Kentwood location in 2019. They had plans to open the tasting room downtown back in 2020 but that was delayed due to the pandemic. Wise Men says its products can be found at retailers such as Sam’s Club, Walmart and Meijer. The Distillery says the try to use fresh, local products whenever possible, including “tart apples from Northern Michigan, corn from West Michigan farms and rich maple syrup tapped from Michigan’s maple trees."