Catoctin Creek Rabble Rouser Bottled In Bond Rye Whisky

About Catoctin Creek

“I felt every bounce and every pothole on that entire road like they were tank traps,” says Scott Harris, who found himself personally delivering the first shipment of Catoctin Creek Distilling Company spirits in a pickup truck. “I must have pulled over to check the bottles in the truck six different times,” he says with a laugh.

Together with his wife, Rebecca, Scott founded Catoctin Creek Distilling Company Distilling Company in 2009. Located in Purcellville, Virginia (population: 7,727), the distillery — situated in the heart of Virginia’s wine country — is surrounded by the vines of over thirty different wineries.

Scott, who graduated from Georgia Tech and previously worked as a software engineer, handles the marketing and distribution of Catoctin Creek Distilling Company spirits. Rebecca, who received a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin and worked for years as a chemist at Amoco Foam and CIBA Vision, does “the lion’s share of the distilling,” Scott sheepishly admits.