WASHOUGAL — A chemical engineer by trade, Gary Phillips figured he could succeed in distilling by employing a strict science-based approach. He quickly learned it takes much more than following a recipe to create an exceptional liqueur.
“It’s quite a marriage between the science and the art of it,” Phillips said.
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