Old Fairbanks city hall could become a distillery

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - The old Fairbanks city hall could become a distillery under a plan that seems to have the support of city council.

The building has previously also housed a fire station and a community museum. Now, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports (https://bit.ly/1lXs4gP ) that Patrick Levy, of Fairbanks Distilling Co., says he hopes to be making whisky, vodka or gin within six months.

He still has to buy the city-owned building first, not to mention persuade the borough to designate it a manufacturing zone.

It would be the sixth distillery in Alaska. The Fairbanks City Council passed a nonbinding resolution in support of the plan last week.

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Information from: Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner, https://www.newsminer.com