Darrin Critchet, left, registered agent and investor, with permit owner Ernest Scarano at Ernest Scarano Distillery in Fremont.
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Darrin Critchet lowers the top on a 60 gallon Georgia Ridge still as they make unaged rye whiskey at Ernest Scarano Distillery in Fremont.
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Casks of 160 proof Old Homicide single distillation cask strength whiskey ages at Ernest Scarano Distillery in Fremont.
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Whiskey Dick unaged rye whiskey at Ernest Scarano Distillery in Fremont.
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Leonard Wells of Helena samples Whiskey Dick before purchasing a bottle from Darrin Critchet at Ernest Scarano Distillery in Fremont.
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Ernest Scarano tests the alcohol content in a batch of Whiskey Dick at his Ernest Scarano Distillery in Fremont.
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Rye whiskey is distilled into a large bottle at Ernest Scarano Distillery in Fremont.
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Steam rises from a 10 gallon still as the top is taken off during the making of Whiskey Dick at Ernest Scarano Distillery.
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A sign states the tax paid on a cask of Whiskey Dick at Ernest Scarano Distillery in Fremont.
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Darrin Critchet, right, rings up a sale of Whiskey Dick for a customer at Ernest Scarano Distillery.
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Rye whiskey soaks in sugar maple charcoal chunks at Ernest Scarano Distillery in Fremont.
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