Hot Tip for those of you who live in MSP or find yourself there with wheels and some extra time on your hands:

Toured the 45th Parallel Distillery just across the river in New Richmond, WI yesterday. $5 for a tour and a tasting. Neat little operation. They produce their own Straight Bourbon, Straight Rye Whiskey, and high-end vodka from locally sourced grain under their own brand, as well as mid-priced gin and vodkas under the Midwest brand, and contract work for several Aquavits, flavored vodkas, and limoncellos/orangecellos. Tasting includes liberal portions of all of the above...bring a DD for maximum enjoyment!