Lavender! Great As A Moth Repellant, Even Better In Gin. When Ellensburg Distillery Set Up Shop In 2008 It Was — Believe It Or Not — Only The Second Licensed Washington State's Distillery. At The Time, Co-owner Rusty Figgins Couldn't Quite Figure Out What Sort Of Still He Wanted, So He Went About Frankensteining His Own Using 2 Grundy Tanks Normally Used In Beer Brewing.