The first bottles of locally made spirits have won some favorable reviews, following a debut last weekend in liquor stores and drinking establishments.
Former Haines Borough Mayor Fred Shields, who has made three trips to Russia – “I had every kind of vodka they had over there, including the brown vodka, which they said not to drink” – said the Port Chilkoot Distillery’s “Icy Strait Vodka” was “in a class by itself.”
“I think…
