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Spokane’s Dry Fly to add bourbon to lineup

A volunteer places a clean bottle under a spout that fills it with gin Saturday, May 18, 2009, at Dry Fly Distillery in Spokane. The small-batch distiller uses groups of volunteers on Saturdays to bottle their products. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
A volunteer places a clean bottle under a spout that fills it with gin Saturday, May 18, 2009, at Dry Fly Distillery in Spokane. The small-batch distiller uses groups of volunteers on Saturdays to bottle their products. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)

Spokane's successful Dry Fly Distilling is ready to move on to bourbon.

After first launching a lineup of gin and vodka, the private distillery released an all-wheat whiskey last year. It was snapped up within weeks.

Now owners Kent Fleischmann and Don Poffenroth say they'll release about 75 cases of bourbon in the fall. They'll call it Dry Fly Washington State Bourbon.

No price has been set. Each barrel will age for three years, said Poffenroth.

Their site is www.dryflydistilling.com


 

Tom Sowa
Tom Sowa covers technology, retail and economic development and writes the Office Hours blog.