Round Turn Distilling
Round Turn is a small distillery located in a 150 year-old textile mill on the coast of Maine. Distilling is simple, just condensing vapor back to liquid.
A Round Turn is the most simple knot, one complete turn of a rope around an object. Despite its simplicity, it is immensely strong and effective, used to hold even great ships against a dock. But its strength relies on a person holding one end of the rope and applying tension, allowing the forces of friction and torque to work. But with a person applying their senses of smell and taste, this simple process can be harnessed to produce something complex and sublime. Located in a 150 year-old textile mill on the Saco River 5 miles from the Maine coast, Round Turn Distilling embodies the pragmatism and industriousness of its New England forebears. While the mill once used the waters of the river to power its massive looms, Round Turn uses steam to power its modern, steel and copper still. The still is itself an embodiment of tradition informed by innovation. Built in Etna, Maine, by Trident Stills, it blends the basic principles of the centuries-old pot-still with modern innovations and efficiencies. After all, tradition was once innovation in its time.
10/06/2026
✨The Final Harvest✨
We’ve come together with our friends at Biddo Banh and Biddeford Community Gardens for one final harvest of the year! 🥳🌱
Biddo Banh and the Round Turn team are working to utilize vegetables and herbs in food and beverage for the evening from our local community gardens. While the temperatures are dropping, the people of BCG are still working hard to keep the greenhouse going and prepare for next season. This event will have a portion of proceeds going directly to Biddeford Community Gardens to help support the costs on anything they may need.
If you are unable to attend the event, you can donate to BCG directly through the link in our bio 🤍
10/04/2026
SUNDAY FUNDAY with Kristina Hansen! 🤠
Seen here blissfully asphyxiating on 175 proof fumes, our co-captain and Bartender Emeritus will be behind the stick all day. She’ll be slinging Bimini Specials & (now that the console has all of its wires actually soldered to something!) probably spinning Mingus & Coltrane vinyl; it’s like 2017 all over again! Open 3-8 with Happy Hour specials ALL DAY! Come hang! ✌️
10/02/2026
⛱️ SINGAPORE SLING ⛱️
We got that thang on the board this weekend!! Happy Freaky Friday to all who celebrate 😮💨😤
Jules has been rotated out (byyyyye, smell ya later) !!! We have T opening (coocoo bananas🤪) and Emma jumping in to hang with Rose and Lani this evening 🥳🥳
Doors open at 2:00, you know what to do 👀👀
10/01/2026
Spritz, anyone? 💃❤️🔥
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Bimini Gin, Aperol, Passion Fruit, Sweet Vermouth & Prosecco
Our riff on a ✨pornstar martini✨
09/29/2026
Aubrey’s Last Day 🥺
Come wish her well and congratulate her on her PhD acceptance — doors open at 4:00
We 💙 you, Aubrey
09/28/2026
Happy distilling day!!! 🥳🥳🥳
We’re making the OG today!! Darren’s hands look like this so yours can … well … hold martinis or whatever you kids are drinking these days with our gin 🤪
Our distilling process starts early in the morning and runs for almost 14 hrs. Before we had two stills to run in tandem, Darren would have to distill one day, clean and refill the still the day after, then distill the second batch of botanicals the following day. That’s why we pay him the big bucks 🤑🤩
Each bucket of distillate is blended together into a tank, where it will later rest for 6 weeks before being proofed and bottled 🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️
09/26/2026
✨Aubrey Appreciation Post✨
Aubrey has been with us, here at Round Turn, for a little over 2 years now. You’ve come to know her as our Tuesday night bartender. You may also know her for her community tide pooling, Turning Tides Ocean Education LLC in Biddeford!
Aubrey was recently accepted into a PhD program. She has been working so hard to achieve this for quite some time and we are so incredibly proud of her. That being said, Aubrey will be stepping away from our bar to take the time to focus on furthering her education.
Tuesday, September 29th will be her last shift with us. You may still see her pop by, jump in to give us hands last minute or out and about in the community. In the meantime, come out this Tuesday to wish her well and congratulate her on her major accomplishment of being accepted as a PhD student.
We love you so much, Aubrey! We can’t wait to see what you do and where this next level of education takes you 🤍
09/25/2026
Can we get a heck yeaaa for 🥥Coconut Negronis🥥
09/24/2026
As we approach the end of September, this little interim Bramble will be parting ways with us as we make way for something a bit more nostalgic and comforting😌🥰
Long live the Purgatory Bramble!!!™️ Made for those times as we transition through the seasons and I don’t know what the heck I’m doing 🤠🤠🤠
❤️Blackberry, Raspberry, Cardamom Amaro❤️
09/19/2026
⚡️POW⚡️ Important PSA comin’ atcha!!
As of last night, we have sold our last in-house retail bottle of Barrel Reserve Gin! 🤯🤯 For those that don’t know, T & Darren make the BR1 *once* a year. Our gin needs to time to rest 😴 at over 170 proof in our bourbon, brandy and rum barrels that we acquire every summer. As we not-so-patiently wait for the gin to be pulled sometime in October, we still have a handful of bottles set aside behind the bar 😮💨😩
Whether you’re itching for that Bee’s Knees or, my personal favorite, a BR1 and Fever Tree Mediterranean G&T, now is the time to get it! For those in need of any retail bottles, we encourage you to seek it out at Market Basket, RSVP or Bow St. Beverage 🤩
In the meantime, stay tuned on an announcement for the BR1 release in October!🍁🧡
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32 Main Street
Biddeford, ME
04005
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| Tuesday | 4pm - 9pm |
| Wednesday | 4pm - 9pm |
| Friday | 2pm - 10pm |
| Saturday | 2pm - 10pm |
| Sunday | 3pm - 8pm |
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