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On March 1, 2012 local history was made.
The very first direct shipment of spirits since Prohibition happened in our fair city of Tacoma. Hot tipper (and booze pusher) Mick Wilcox of Click Wholesale Distributing let it be known through secret channels that the hand-off would occur on that Thursday afternoon at Engine House No. 9 in the Sixth Avenue Business District.
And just what liquor was special enough to earn this honor? Well, a crafted-in-Washington one, of course: Woodinville Whiskey Company's Headlong White Dog Whiskey.
The Weekly Volcano tossed a couple questions at Engine House No. 9 co-owner John Xitco on that historic day.
WEEKLY VOLCANO: How does it feel to be the very first recipient of a non-government controlled delivery of liquor in Tacoma since Prohibition?
JOHN XITCO: Anything non-government controlled feels fantastic.
VOLCANO: Will there be a ticker tape parade or any drink specials to commemorate this event in exciting local history?
XITCO: Dollar off drinks for all state liquor control agents. ... Just kidding since that is probably still against the law. We are going to frame the invoice and, believe it or not, we actually saved a little money.
VOLCANO: Will you name your next child after Mick Wilcox?
XITCO: Another child might be tough, but maybe our next cat.
[Engine House No. 9, 611 N. Pine St., Tacoma, 253.272.3435]