Jake Hendon and Stephen Watts, both originally from Florence, Ala., set out to get into the beer business at first, but realized the opportunity they had to own the first distillery in Birmingham since Prohibition. Hendon, vice president of Redmont Distilling Co. on Tuesday told the Birmingham Business Journal that the company had received approval from the Alcohol, Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, making it the first federally licensed distillery in the city. "When we first discussed it, we talked…