Lisa Laird runs Laird and company, a Colts Neck business that has been selling distilled spirits since at least 1780.

COLTS NECK - Growing up in Freehold and Brielle, Lisa Laird (Dunn) was born into a family whose Monmouth County-based, pre-Revolutionary War roots as producers of apple jack brandy and other ...

Like most applejack brands, the amber-hued apple brandy produced by Laird & Company has lurked on the dusty lower shelves of bottle shops for decades. But ups and downs are bound to befall a company ...