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Sign Of Success At Cooperstown Distillery

At this hour, proprietor Gene Marra and his crew at Cooperstown Distillery are unloading 10,000 bottles at the Railroad Avenue plant.  Marra, whose distillery is celebrating its first anniversary this weekend, said the truckload may last for nine months.  Here, Rory Gallagher, atop ladder, tosses a box down to his boss.  (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
At this hour, proprietor Gene Marra and his crew at Cooperstown Distillery are unloading 10,000 bottles at the Railroad Avenue plant. Marra, whose distillery is celebrating its first anniversary this weekend, said the truckload may last for nine months. Here, Rory Gallagher, atop ladder, tosses a box down to his boss. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)

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