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"Planned to open later this summer as part of a riverside development in Brainerd, this 12,000 sq ft distillery — which will include a 1,000 sq ft cocktail tasting room after Lisa Desrocher won a contest sponsored by the Brainerd Chamber of Commerce — will be led by Desrocher, a food scientist who plans to use local grain, sugar beets, potatoes, and wild rice to make gin, rum, and vodka, joining the statewide surge in local spirit brewing." - Joy Summers