According to the dcist,  Catoctin Creek Distillery in Purcellville, Va, is known for its award-winning rye whisky, and for being the first legal distillery in Loudoun County since prohibition. Now, in the era of the pandemic, the family-owned distillery is doing something even more experimental than usual.

Founded in 2009 by two engineers, Becky and Scott Harris, Catoctin has for years sold custom-made bottles to restaurants through its barrel select program—essentially, Catoctin bottles and labels some of its more experimental barrels for restaurants with their logo on it. The restaurants can then offer their own specific label of whiskey on their liquor or cocktail menus.

Coronavirus completely sidelined the program, Scott Harris says. In April, their depletion report—which shows how many restaurants, bars, and liquor stores bought their products —showed zero restaurants for the first time in 11 years. Harris declined to share which restaurants pulled out of the barrel select program.

Read more at source: dcist