New Brooklyn Distillery Coming 2010?

Crains NY is reporting that Brooklyn brewery co-founder Tom Potter is raising money to open the New York Distilling Co. somewhere in Brooklyn next year. The distillery plans to make both gin and whiskey, mainly from local and organic ingredients. It also plans to be open for tours that showcase the distilling and tasting process. Whether he can raise the $2 million is up for debate but it would be rather cool to have the city's first distillery since Prohibition.