We were honored to have the world famous Ephrata bottling crew in on Saturday for Vodkafest 2008, the bottling of our 11th batch of Dry Fly Vodka! They did a great job and were a bunch of fun to be around. And they acheived their goal of a world record bottling time. We are fairly confident that that was based solely on their need to get into the bar ASAP.

Thanks Bobb, Steve and his other brother Steve, Annette, Cobie, and Christina! 

Don and Kent

We worked extra long hours (more than our regular 12+ hours  day) last week so we could take a day off to do a little fly fishing. We fished Crab Creek in Eastern Washington, right below Harrington. The water was clear in the morning and we had some good success. As the day progressed, the water darkened up and the fish quit feeding.

As you can tell it was orange fly fishing shirt day, a holiday that is unknown to all but the most hardcore fishermen. 

Don 

Will alcohol make you fearless?

Alcohol seems to repress the biological mechanisms underlying fear, a new study found. “You’re less likely to feel afraid, and you’re also less likely to run away or to avoid conflict,” an industry expert said.  HealthDay News (4/30)

Duh!!

Don 

We had the Motorcycle Tim group in to help us bottle on Saturday April 26th. They completed a run of 70 cases in less than 3 hours - a new Dry Fly record. Plus they were fun to hang out with on the Northern Lights Brewing Company patio as temps finally hung around the low 70’s!

Thanks Tim for bringing your group in. It was a blast!

Don 

On April 14th the crew from Spokane Geeks - Shauna, Russell, and Scott helped us bottle our 1000th case of distilled spirits. That case was sent into the Washington State system for distribution to a WSLCB sore somewhere in Washington!

We had a great time with the Geeks (it’s what they call themselves we swear) and look forward to helping them as sponsors of their world class softball team.

Don 

We bottled Vodka on Saturday and were joined by new friends from Montana (and King County) Jess, Tom, and Omi. They helped us out for a few hours in exchange for some good stories and some Dry Fly logo shirts and hats. In our opinion, there is no better way for a family to vacation, than bottling at Dry Fly!

Thanks you guys! It was a pleasure having you visit us.

Don 

On Wednesday, Kent and I took a day to go fish Rocky Ford Creek, located in Central Washington. Rocky Ford is an outstanding spring creek with PHD level trout that feed on tiny size 24 flies. On this particular day we experienced a prolific BWO hatch on the creek. We sight cast to pods of rising and feeding fish. Trout we caught ranged from 14 to 20 plus inches. And both of us hooked larger trout, but were unable to land them. We blame this on 7X tippet, but in reality, we were just outsmarted by trout that didn’t want to be caught!

Remember - Dry Fly Distilled Spirits - Caught . . . . but never released! 

Don 

 Bottling Crew from BDO

We were fortunate to have the crew from BDO Seidman Accounting come into Dry Fly this weekend and help us bottle batch 9 of Dry Fly Gin.  Joe,  seen  above either signing labels or doing our taxes, had no problem finding volunteers to come help the bottling process. Thanks again to Kathleen, Katie, and Angeline! After a quick 3 hours, we went next door to Northern Lights to grab a quick bite, and discuss current tax law!

Small groups (4-6) are always welcome to come bottle at Dry Fly. We’ll throw in a t-shirt and assorted other swag, and buck up for some snacks when we are done! Let us know if you have a group that would like to bottle!

 Don 

UPDATE

Today, at about 11:15 am, Governor Gregoire signed SHB 2959 into law. All of the provisions of this bill become effective July 1, 2007. We again thank Arlen Harris, our lobbyist, Representative Alex Wood, and Senator Chris Marr for all of their hard work.

Don 

Today we bottled our 10,000th bottle since October 13, 2007. This occured on bottle number 508 of Vodka Batch 8. The bottle was noted as the 10,000th bottle, and signed by the whole bottling crew. It was then added to a case that will ship to the Washington State warehouse on Monday. The bottle will then go out to a Washington Liquor store, and hopefully, into a Dry Fly fan’s hands!I”ll post a picture when I get them from the photographer early next week.We should be doing case 1,000 in the next week or so. We’ll also number and sign each of those bottles.Don  UPDATE: Bottle 10,000 was shipped to the Manito Liquor Store in Spokane. It was purchased and taken home by one of the stores lucky employees!