So here’s the trouble with being a brand-new distillery: You have to make money, but you don’t have any aged product yet because you’re brand new.

What to do?

You can sell vodka—people love the vodka. You can sell gin. Some people love that, though those people tend to be pretty particular, so good luck tearing them away from their Hendrick’s and their Plymouth. You can also make white dog—unaged—whiskey and sell that, which is what, in addition to selling vodka, the men at Woodinville Whiskey did.

And now—clever fellows that they are—they’ve created an age-your-own whiskey kit. For $149.95 you receive a two-liter, new charred oak whiskey barrel, two bottles (or 1.5 liters) of cask-strength (110 proof) un-aged whiskey and two nosing glasses. Don’t look at me like that, that’s what the glasses are called.

Because the barrel is small, aging is accelerated. So within a few months, says Woodinville Whiskey’s Cameron Rogers, you’ll have something worth tasting. Rogers says the distillery is also planning to release an unaged rye down the line, so whomever you give this to can age that next in the same barrel.

Call the distillery right away if you want one of these kits before Christmas.

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