Whenever longtime NBC Sports Washington color commentator Craig “Locker” Laughlin sees the number 18, it brings back fond memories of his playing days at the Capital Centre in Landover, where teamed up with other Caps greats such as Rod Langway, Mike Gartner and Doug Jarvis while wearing that number on his jersey. So when he sought a partner to make the latest in a line of Locker 18-branded alcoholic beverages to raise money to help fight rare cancers, teaming up with One Eight Distillery in D.C. was a no-brainer.
“He named his distillery after me, obviously,” Laughlin joked about Alex Laufer, head distiller and one of the co-founders of One Eight Distillery.