2019, December 23! Christmas has not been the same since we started this distillery.. the sacrifice is real on having your own business.. Work continues.. no breaks in sight!

2019, December

We got the walls started, its cold, unpleasant and this needs to get done.. so we are hammering on it to finish it up. lots of work left to do.

3 Walls done.. more to go..

Little did we know, a major disaster was coming.. you all may know it as COVID.. if only we had known..

2019, Christmas week Inside work This is the inside of our barrel house, well, it will be anyway.. still got to cut out the windows and door.. and put the garage door on, and the wiring, and… you get the idea..

Got a window in, and the door is ready for install, waiting for the installers to get this done..

door and windows in, now to get the big door done.. and fix that really big first step out of the garage door.. 10 foot steps just will not fly..

Nice inside view.. looking out our transparent non security door.. lol..

2020

February, we have no place to store our new barrels.. they are stacked everywhere.. almost done at the barrel house.. just a little more time..

2020-COVID

Then it happened.. national lockdown.. customers stayed home, national panic.. apparently everyone will die if they walk outside into the world.. or will they..?

2020, March

I am sure some or all of you remember this scene if you ventured out.. mass panic.. the world was ending if you listened to the news.. reminds me of that ghost busters line.. dogs and cats falling from the sky… lol

Changing gears..

We really did not want to get into this with the FDA.. but our customers did not really give us a choice.. we had the capability, they had the need.. so we shut everything else down and went to work..

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