Spokane's Dry Fly Distilling is a few months from adding a swing shift to increase production in its downtown facility.

Co-founder Don Poffenroth said much of the increased production will be for whiskeys. Dry Fly is selling a popular all-wheat whiskey, plans to release a new bourbon whiskey this year, then introduce a "Brand X" whiskey that's still in stealth mode.

The firm produced roughly 20,000 gallons last year of Dry Fly gin, vodka and whiskey. By adding the new swing shift, it will run somewhere between 30,000 and 32,000 gallons this year, he said.

Dry Fly has added one full-time worker for the swing shift. It's also spent roughly $30,000 for new fermenters to handle increased production. It now has four full-time workers plus two part-timers.

And for those who want to enjoy Saturday packaging shifts, the schedule is already booked out a full year, said Poffenroth.

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