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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Marble Avenue is already known for craft beer thanks to award-winning resident Marble Brewery.

It could soon be a destination for craft spirits.

A pair of entrepreneurs plan to start their own craft distillery at 120 Marble NW. Peter Arathoon and Zac Hulme are working to open their new enterprise, Still Spirits, this summer.

The 2,000-square-foot space will house production and also a tasting room with seating for approximately 45.

Hulme said he sees potential synergy in setting up near Marble Brewery and its bustling taproom, but he also liked the neighborhood for other reasons including the fact that Marble is meant to be a “pedestrian-friendly” area.

“We’ve got a great location across the street from Marble (and) we’re hoping to sort of play back and forth with them, making the area a little busier and getting some more traffic on the street,” he said.

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Arathoon said they likely would have their own vodka and whiskey to start, but their license allows them to sell other local distillers’ products too — of which there are a growing number.

Though they have not proliferated quite like craft breweries, craft distilleries have become increasingly common. Santa Fe Spirits started in 2010, and since then Albuquerque has seen the arrival of Left Turn Distilling and Broken Trail Spirits + Brew (formerly Distillery 365).

The American Craft Spirits Association estimates the country is now home to 800-plus craft distilleries “up from just a few dozen a decade ago,” according to a recent news release.

Hulme, a designer, said he and Arathoon met when they previously worked together in the office of acclaimed Albuquerque architect Antoine Predock.

“We sort of tossed around the idea (of doing a distillery) for a while, and basically recognized that was something we could do on a small scale and expand in small increments,” he said.