PORTLAND, ME – SEPTEMBER 23: Ned Wight, owner of New England Distilling, holds a nip of Gunpowder Rye Whiskey next to racks of 30 gallon oak barrels filled with the same. The whiskey matures in the charred barrels for about a year and a half, according to Wight. (Photo by Gordon Chibroski/Staff Photographer)

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