On Saturday August 30th, we had Al and Leslie (Al builds the sweet fly rods we have on display at the distillery), return bottling pros Gordon and Lisa, and David and Susan Smith join us for Vodka batch 18 bottling. We are rapidly approaching 30,000 bottles produced since our first bottling last October 13th.

This was a great crew and a creative one as well. Gordon and Lisa brought along chocolate eclairs to smaple next to the Dry Fly Vodka we were bottling. An excellent choice of garnish for our Vodka!

Thanks to another great world record bottling crew!

Don 

Our second still arrived yesterday and we summoned the erection crew for a quick installation. We should have Carl Junior commissioned by the end of next week. We are still waiting for the delivery of our new fermenters and mash tanks. They should be here in another 4 weeks or so.

Don 

Victoria, Ralph, Dan, Patti, Sue, and Jay joined us for Dry Fly Gin bottling on August 16th. It was a world class group that achieved an Olympic Gold for their hard work. There was significant sensory evaluation taking place to insure that the product was up to established standards.

Thanks for your help Team Nichols! Look forward to having you back!

Don 

Gordon and Lisa were joined by the Donovan duo on Saturday the 2nd for bottling of Dry Fly Vodka batch 17. They were also joined by various family members who no longer wish to have their pictures taken! Lisa and Gordon had so much fun, they are coming back for another bottling later in the month!

Thanks to the August 2nd crew for another great bottling!

Don 

Rusty Figgins called me yeaterday to let me know that The Ellensburg Distillery has received it’s DSP permit. Congrats to Rusty and the rest of the Ellensburg crew! Expect them to start throwing down some whiskey soon. They also have plans for other products.

That makes 3. Who’s next??

Don

Our second still and related equipment should be here in about 10 days. We’ll then assemble the famous SEC (Still Erection Crew) of Jeff, Mike, and Rod, which just granted full sponsorship by our new Viagra Flavored Vodka product. We have the marketing campaign fully prepared around the catch phrase “Pour Me a Stiff One.” Wait until you see the shirts!

On Saturday the 1st we had the trio of Suzanne, Andrea, and Rachel representing the BBA (Beautiful Blonds Association) in to help with bottling. Within minutes they had mastered the complete bottling program and then moved on to take over all tour duties. Within an hour Suzanne had become CEO, Andrea Senior VP of Whatever She Wants, and Rachel CTO (Chief Tasting Officer.) They eventually sent Kent home, but not before “borrowing” his company credit card for some “experimental work.”

Thanks to another great crew!

Don 

On July 31st Kent had the opportunity to wake up at 4 am to do some live remote spots for KXLY regarding our ability to retail and sample product as part of the new Washington Craft Distillery law. Sally Showman was the interviewer, and she did a great job telling the Dry Fly story.

The segment can be seen on KXLY.com.

Don (on behalf of the star Kent Fleischmann)

Today, Washington State’s second distillery was licensed by the TTB. Products (Gin and Absinthe) should be hitting the shelves in coming months. 

Congratulations to Marc and Pacific Distilling.

Don 

On Saturday we had the father and son team of Terry and Tim along with the mother and daughter team of Mary Lee and Rachel join Pat, Kent, and I for Vodka bottling 16. We hammered out 92 cases of Dry Fly Vodka in record time! Our special thanks to the group for both a great bottling and a really fun time. Many fish stories flying around. 

ps - Rachel set a new world record for text messages during a Dry Fly bottling - 14,986 messages in just over 3 hours! Nice work.

Don