Catoctin Creek Distilling Company Catoctin Creek Distilling Company The Catoctin Creek Distilling Company ( ), which operates under the trade name of Catoctin Creek, is the first legal distillery in Loudoun County, Virginia since prohibition. The distillery is a certified organic and kosher microdistillery in Purcellville, Virginia that produces brandy, rye whiskey, and gin from local fruit, organic grain and Virginia wine. The distillery was founded in 2009 by Scott and Rebecca Harris using an SBA 7(a) loan for start-up capital. The company operates using custom-made 400 and 1200 liter Kothe hybrid pot-column stills. In the 2011 session of the Virginia General Assembly, the
Philadelphia Distilling Philadelphia Distilling Philadelphia Distilling is a microdistillery founded in March 2005 in the Byberry neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the first craft distillery to open in Pennsylvania since before Prohibition. Robert Cassell got the idea to begin distilling in 2003, while working as director of quality assurance at Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. During his time there, he took courses on distilling from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2005, he partnered with his uncle, Andrew Auwerda, and a former Bloomberg LP sales manager, Timothy Yarnall, to launch Philadelphia Distilling in a facility located in an industrial office