Whisk(e)y Your Way

House Spirits distillery in Portland will let you make your own brand of whisky. You can’t sell it, of course, but you get to pick the grain and style of distillation and even the spelling (only philistines add an ‘e’). You end up with a 15 or 30 gallon barrel for about $50/bottle and they’ll even let you share a barrel with up to four friends.