Reservoir Distillery sits in a converted 1940s warehouse in Richmond’s industrial Scott’s Addition neighborhood, where husband-and-wife team Dave Cuttino and Jay Carpenter have been making whiskey since 2008. Dave, a former investment banker, and Jay, who worked in marketing, started the distillery after Dave became obsessed with whiskey-making during a trip to Scotland. They’re Virginia’s first legal whiskey distillery since Prohibition, which meant convincing state officials to change laws that hadn’t been updated in decades. The 8,000-square-foot facility houses custom-built copper pot stills and produces bourbon, rye whiskey, and wheat whiskey using 100% Virginia-grown grains. What began as a two-person operation has grown into one of the state’s most respected craft distilleries, with their bottles now distributed across multiple states. The tasting room occupies the front of the warehouse, where exposed brick walls and industrial fixtures create an atmosphere that’s more working distillery than polished showroom. You can watch the production process through large windows while sampling their lineup of whiskeys, all aged on-site in full-size barrels rather than the smaller barrels some craft distilleries use.