Now that we're sliding into late autumn, heading toward winter, we are almost ready for production to start at the distillery.

More and more equipment arrives each week. Our Durfo Enolmaster bottling machine arrived in the United States, but we are still working to free her out of customs in Atlanta. And our Kothe K-900 still is expected to arrive from Eislingen, Germany, in December along with all of our fermentation, storage and filtering equipment.

In November, we achieved the 500 members milestone in our Facebook fan page. As a result, we awarded a first run bottle to David Gadsby, our 500th member. The Catoctin Creek Facebook Page continues to be a fun place to find out the latest on the business, to interact, and to share information about the love of spirits in Loudoun County and the Washington Metro area.

During November, we've also received word from the Federal Tax and Trade Bureau that our distillery license should be approved in the next few weeks! This is great news, as we are on the verge of becoming the first federally licensed distillery in northern Virginia since before Prohibition! It also means that we did a pretty good job in submitting our gargantuan federal DSP application packet.

Looking to December and January, we expect to install the final shipment of equipment arriving from Germany, and we're hoping to begin our first production run before the year is over.

Until then...

L'Chaim and Cheers!

Scott & Becky