Avery Keatley

1 week ago | ijpr.org | Avery Keatley |Scott Detrow |Patrick Jarenwattananon

PURCELLVILLE, Va. — Becky Harris was not a big whiskey drinker before she co-founded the Catoctin Creek Distilling Company. She was a chemical engineer specializing in industrial production. And she has learned to trust her palate. "You know, people have been making whiskey with almost nothing for hundreds of years," Harris said. "We kind of came in, came at it with that aspect."Becky Harris and her husband, Scott Harris, started their distillery 16 years ago.

1 week ago | kpbs.org | Avery Keatley |Scott Detrow |Patrick Jarenwattananon

PURCELLVILLE, Va. — Becky Harris was not a big whiskey drinker before she co-founded the Catoctin Creek Distilling Company. She was a chemical engineer specializing in industrial production. And she has learned to trust her palate. "You know, people have been making whiskey with almost nothing for hundreds of years," Harris said. "We kind of came in, came at it with that aspect."Becky Harris and her husband, Scott Harris, started their distillery 16 years ago.

1 week ago | ijpr.org | Avery Keatley |Scott Detrow |Patrick Jarenwattananon

PURCELLVILLE, Va. — Becky Harris was not a big whiskey drinker before she co-founded the Catoctin Creek Distilling Company. She was a chemical engineer specializing in industrial production. And she has learned to trust her palate. "You know, people have been making whiskey with almost nothing for hundreds of years," Harris said. "We kind of came in, came at it with that aspect."Becky Harris and her husband, Scott Harris, started their distillery 16 years ago.

1 week ago | kpbs.org | Avery Keatley |Scott Detrow |Patrick Jarenwattananon

PURCELLVILLE, Va. — Becky Harris was not a big whiskey drinker before she co-founded the Catoctin Creek Distilling Company. She was a chemical engineer specializing in industrial production. And she has learned to trust her palate. "You know, people have been making whiskey with almost nothing for hundreds of years," Harris said. "We kind of came in, came at it with that aspect."Becky Harris and her husband, Scott Harris, started their distillery 16 years ago.

2 weeks ago | kunc.org | Avery Keatley |Scott Detrow |Patrick Jarenwattananon

SCOTT DETROW, HOST:This past week, we visited an American company which uses American ingredients to make a quintessentially American product. SCOTT HARRIS: Thanks for coming, you guys. (SOUNDBITE OF FORKLIFT BEEPING)BECKY HARRIS: Happy to have you here (ph). S HARRIS: That's our forklift noise here. B HARRIS: (Laughter). DETROW: Listen, it's always a hardship to report on whiskey. S HARRIS: Yeah, right? B HARRIS: Yes, lots. DETROW: I'm happy to be here. S HARRIS: Yeah. B HARRIS: Hardship to make, too.