1 00:00:00,399 --> 00:00:02,179 It's the Brew podcast. 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:05,859 Brew with her Linda Heras, 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,460 international food and beer judge. 4 00:00:09,759 --> 00:00:12,240 We have 2 cool guests today, but only, 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:13,919 2 mics to work. So you guys are 6 00:00:13,919 --> 00:00:15,884 gonna switch and just hand off mics and 7 00:00:15,884 --> 00:00:17,405 share them because one of them is dead. 8 00:00:17,405 --> 00:00:19,824 Okay. Herlinda, introduce our guest. This is cool. 9 00:00:19,964 --> 00:00:21,885 So this is really fun now. We're leaving. 10 00:00:21,885 --> 00:00:24,285 We did have, Lorraine Barber on recently from 11 00:00:24,285 --> 00:00:26,605 Barbaralee Spirits, but she also does all the 12 00:00:26,605 --> 00:00:27,105 cool 13 00:00:27,484 --> 00:00:29,025 events in Petaluma, 14 00:00:29,484 --> 00:00:31,650 which is always has something fun going on. 15 00:00:31,710 --> 00:00:34,590 They are doing a Petaluma Craft Cocktail Week, 16 00:00:34,590 --> 00:00:35,969 and she's, like, the curator, 17 00:00:36,670 --> 00:00:40,510 team leader, cheerleader for that, this year. But, 18 00:00:40,510 --> 00:00:42,590 like she said, it's a team effort, so 19 00:00:42,590 --> 00:00:44,289 she brought one of the 20 00:00:45,515 --> 00:00:48,094 bars or team that is going to be 21 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:51,835 participating in Petaluma Craft cocktail week. And, so 22 00:00:51,835 --> 00:00:53,114 I was gonna let you tell a little 23 00:00:53,114 --> 00:00:55,034 bit about it, and then we'll let Cody 24 00:00:55,034 --> 00:00:55,534 Hildreth 25 00:00:56,795 --> 00:00:59,134 Cody Hildreth from the block in Petaluma, 26 00:00:59,700 --> 00:01:02,840 which is an awesome, beer garden, cocktail garden, 27 00:01:02,979 --> 00:01:04,420 and music venue. A lot of my friends' 28 00:01:04,420 --> 00:01:06,659 bands play there, and you even had Norman 29 00:01:06,659 --> 00:01:08,519 Greenbaum. We'll we'll talk about that later, 30 00:01:08,979 --> 00:01:11,319 on as well. So tell us about Petaluma 31 00:01:11,379 --> 00:01:13,534 Craft Cocktail Week. I'm so excited. You know 32 00:01:13,534 --> 00:01:15,395 you know this is like my second favorite 33 00:01:15,534 --> 00:01:17,234 week besides fleet week. 34 00:01:17,615 --> 00:01:19,694 Well, I I, you know, we're we're vying 35 00:01:19,694 --> 00:01:21,454 for 1st place, so we'll see how it 36 00:01:21,454 --> 00:01:22,174 goes. But, 37 00:01:22,575 --> 00:01:24,335 Yeah. Nice to be back. Thanks for having 38 00:01:24,335 --> 00:01:24,995 me again. 39 00:01:25,700 --> 00:01:26,599 Yeah. So, 40 00:01:27,939 --> 00:01:30,200 it's been an idea that I've been 41 00:01:30,659 --> 00:01:33,959 hoping to execute on for years, but, 42 00:01:34,420 --> 00:01:36,280 you know, everything in its time. 43 00:01:36,979 --> 00:01:39,319 The craft cocktail scene in Petaluma 44 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:40,019 is 45 00:01:40,604 --> 00:01:41,665 has really exploded. 46 00:01:42,765 --> 00:01:45,484 We've we there's so many great places. Including 47 00:01:45,484 --> 00:01:48,224 yours? Including our Barbaralee. Barbaralee spirits. Absolutely. 48 00:01:49,564 --> 00:01:50,545 To to have, 49 00:01:51,004 --> 00:01:51,744 some really 50 00:01:52,284 --> 00:01:52,784 delightful 51 00:01:53,989 --> 00:01:56,310 drinks. And I thought this would be a 52 00:01:56,310 --> 00:01:59,670 really great opportunity to bring everybody together and 53 00:01:59,670 --> 00:02:00,170 have, 54 00:02:00,950 --> 00:02:03,369 you know, have everybody come and and experience 55 00:02:03,430 --> 00:02:05,590 whatever what we all have going on. So 56 00:02:05,590 --> 00:02:07,509 it's all downtown. It sounds it reminds me 57 00:02:07,509 --> 00:02:09,349 of, like, a progressive party. Yeah. So it's 58 00:02:09,349 --> 00:02:11,344 it's pretty walkable. It's from, 59 00:02:11,724 --> 00:02:14,365 November 8th through 17th. So it's a weekend 60 00:02:14,365 --> 00:02:16,205 to weekend. So you have 2 weekends to 61 00:02:16,205 --> 00:02:17,665 to take advantage of it. 62 00:02:18,844 --> 00:02:21,105 And it is you know, they are cocktails. 63 00:02:21,245 --> 00:02:23,405 So I Sweet. If you wanna it is 64 00:02:23,405 --> 00:02:25,310 very able. If you wanna get an Uber 65 00:02:25,310 --> 00:02:27,629 and drive super safe or Lyft or whatever 66 00:02:27,629 --> 00:02:29,870 the the ride share thing is or have 67 00:02:29,870 --> 00:02:31,250 your kids drop you off. 68 00:02:32,590 --> 00:02:34,030 You know, some of us are there. Pick 69 00:02:34,030 --> 00:02:35,949 you up, actually, but more importantly, pick you 70 00:02:35,949 --> 00:02:38,269 up. But, yeah, if you wanna do that, 71 00:02:38,269 --> 00:02:40,665 then, then you can you can probably knock 72 00:02:40,665 --> 00:02:42,185 it out in a day, but I really 73 00:02:42,185 --> 00:02:45,165 wanted to create a space for everybody to 74 00:02:45,625 --> 00:02:47,784 not just enjoy the the cocktails, which are 75 00:02:47,784 --> 00:02:49,245 gonna be amazing, but also, 76 00:02:50,185 --> 00:02:52,925 experience all the the different locations 77 00:02:53,224 --> 00:02:55,085 and and how we all do it differently. 78 00:02:55,900 --> 00:02:57,419 So okay. So some of the people on 79 00:02:57,419 --> 00:02:58,860 the list, some of the places I should 80 00:02:58,860 --> 00:03:01,919 say, Barberly Spirits, of course, downtown Petaluma, bricks, 81 00:03:02,060 --> 00:03:04,139 which we love, that has, like, pizza and 82 00:03:04,139 --> 00:03:06,539 stuff. Easy Rider, who we actually had him 83 00:03:06,539 --> 00:03:08,534 when they first opened. I love that place. 84 00:03:08,534 --> 00:03:09,514 And Monday, industry 85 00:03:09,895 --> 00:03:11,974 night is always not industry night, but locals 86 00:03:11,974 --> 00:03:12,474 night. 87 00:03:12,775 --> 00:03:15,254 Kapu, which is the awesome tiki bar, and 88 00:03:15,254 --> 00:03:18,155 we've had them on. Luma Bar and Eatery, 89 00:03:18,694 --> 00:03:20,775 Seared, which used to be grasianas if people 90 00:03:20,775 --> 00:03:22,860 remember that back in the day. The CHUCKERY, 91 00:03:22,860 --> 00:03:24,699 which is lots of seafood and oysters, the 92 00:03:24,699 --> 00:03:27,020 Big Easy, which, of course, also has lots 93 00:03:27,020 --> 00:03:27,919 of bands too, 94 00:03:28,219 --> 00:03:30,879 the Block, who is here right now, and 95 00:03:31,180 --> 00:03:31,680 Torches, 96 00:03:32,379 --> 00:03:32,939 which is, 97 00:03:34,300 --> 00:03:36,139 Jen Rosen's old place. Right? That used to 98 00:03:36,139 --> 00:03:38,275 be used to be Cody Jack Jacks. Yeah. 99 00:03:38,415 --> 00:03:41,775 Yeah. Okay. So and then Cody brought some 100 00:03:41,775 --> 00:03:44,335 cocktails. He apologized for being a big dog. 101 00:03:44,495 --> 00:03:45,555 Cody. Yeah. 102 00:03:46,015 --> 00:03:48,415 We like big cocktails. So tell us about 103 00:03:48,415 --> 00:03:50,335 what you brought. Well, I brought a 104 00:03:51,169 --> 00:03:52,150 2 different cocktails. 105 00:03:52,769 --> 00:03:55,169 One that we're gonna be showcasing during the, 106 00:03:55,569 --> 00:03:56,629 cocktail week, 107 00:03:57,409 --> 00:04:00,310 and that's a barrel aged blood orange Negroni. 108 00:04:01,169 --> 00:04:02,949 Yeah. And it's it's incredible. 109 00:04:03,969 --> 00:04:04,784 We've been 110 00:04:05,105 --> 00:04:07,125 trying out new things to barrel age, 111 00:04:07,745 --> 00:04:09,425 and and I've got it here for for 112 00:04:09,425 --> 00:04:10,865 everyone to try. And you're gonna shake that. 113 00:04:10,865 --> 00:04:11,985 So tell us a little bit about the 114 00:04:11,985 --> 00:04:14,064 block too. The block, you know, we've been 115 00:04:14,064 --> 00:04:14,885 around for 116 00:04:15,425 --> 00:04:17,745 7 years now, I think. 7 years. And, 117 00:04:18,649 --> 00:04:20,589 we we've been ever evolving. 118 00:04:21,449 --> 00:04:22,830 We do live music, 119 00:04:23,370 --> 00:04:25,850 and we have pizza and tacos and all 120 00:04:25,850 --> 00:04:27,529 kinds of food trucks that always show up. 121 00:04:27,529 --> 00:04:29,129 It's it's really a great place. And you 122 00:04:29,129 --> 00:04:30,029 have a special 123 00:04:30,490 --> 00:04:31,710 residency coming, 124 00:04:32,305 --> 00:04:34,384 soon or actually, I think they started today. 125 00:04:34,384 --> 00:04:35,524 Right? They started yesterday, 126 00:04:36,225 --> 00:04:39,024 and they are kicking out some great great 127 00:04:39,024 --> 00:04:40,644 pies. It's Mambo's Pizza. 128 00:04:41,185 --> 00:04:43,665 They they're from Santa Rosa original. Yeah. Mambo's 129 00:04:43,665 --> 00:04:45,824 is happening. Yeah. They've been they've been blowing 130 00:04:45,824 --> 00:04:47,790 up. And I'm telling you some of the 131 00:04:47,790 --> 00:04:50,290 best pies I think in California for sure. 132 00:04:50,430 --> 00:04:52,029 Reminds me of New York. By the way, 133 00:04:52,029 --> 00:04:53,329 we love Lorraine too. 134 00:04:54,029 --> 00:04:55,810 I said that we love Cody, but I'm 135 00:04:56,669 --> 00:04:59,089 I looked at you and I'm said Cody. 136 00:04:59,470 --> 00:05:00,704 We we can we can we can split 137 00:05:00,704 --> 00:05:01,904 the credit. It's okay. Credit. It's 138 00:05:02,645 --> 00:05:03,145 okay. 139 00:05:03,884 --> 00:05:05,745 Yeah. Alright. So 140 00:05:06,285 --> 00:05:06,785 explain 141 00:05:07,165 --> 00:05:08,925 more about the cocktail and what you're gonna 142 00:05:08,925 --> 00:05:10,444 do. So we'll start with the barrel aged 143 00:05:10,444 --> 00:05:12,125 Negroni. I brought 2. So we'll start with 144 00:05:12,125 --> 00:05:14,604 the barrel aged Negroni. We typically put this 145 00:05:14,604 --> 00:05:16,889 over a big cube at the block, 146 00:05:17,689 --> 00:05:19,449 But right now, we have some small cubes 147 00:05:19,449 --> 00:05:21,129 for us. So I'm gonna just go ahead 148 00:05:21,129 --> 00:05:24,330 and make does everyone want one? Yes. Mike? 149 00:05:24,330 --> 00:05:25,930 Just a taste. Just a taste. Alright. I'm 150 00:05:25,930 --> 00:05:28,170 going to Van Morrison tonight at Bimbo, so 151 00:05:28,170 --> 00:05:29,625 I think I might as well pre lube 152 00:05:29,625 --> 00:05:31,305 because I'm not driving tonight. I went and 153 00:05:31,305 --> 00:05:33,144 saw ELL last night, and I did drive. 154 00:05:33,144 --> 00:05:35,545 But this time, I don't have to worry. 155 00:05:35,545 --> 00:05:36,524 And I can indulge. 156 00:05:37,225 --> 00:05:39,625 Very excited about that. And then the block 157 00:05:39,625 --> 00:05:41,970 is really cool also. So it's it is 158 00:05:41,970 --> 00:05:43,910 like I call this indoor outdoor. 159 00:05:45,250 --> 00:05:47,810 There's big outdoor space with they always have 160 00:05:47,810 --> 00:05:48,629 great bands, 161 00:05:49,649 --> 00:05:50,930 and a lot of my, you know, friends' 162 00:05:50,930 --> 00:05:53,250 different bands are always playing. It's dog friendly 163 00:05:53,250 --> 00:05:55,134 for the outdoor part. Then they've got you 164 00:05:55,134 --> 00:05:56,654 know, you can get beer. You can get 165 00:05:56,654 --> 00:05:58,735 cocktails. They'll they'll have the different, you know, 166 00:05:58,735 --> 00:06:00,995 food trucks and things going. There's, 167 00:06:01,694 --> 00:06:04,415 little spaces you can sit outside with, like, 168 00:06:04,415 --> 00:06:04,915 fireplaces, 169 00:06:05,375 --> 00:06:06,115 and it's 170 00:06:06,495 --> 00:06:08,334 really homey and cool, and it's a lot 171 00:06:08,334 --> 00:06:09,555 of my friends' favorite 172 00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:12,819 spot. There's, you know, everything from picnic tables 173 00:06:12,819 --> 00:06:15,459 to little private intimate things. It's a good 174 00:06:15,540 --> 00:06:17,220 everything from a family place to a date 175 00:06:17,220 --> 00:06:19,959 place. Yeah. Yeah. Would you say? Absolutely. 176 00:06:20,339 --> 00:06:22,019 Hit it right on the head there. And 177 00:06:22,019 --> 00:06:23,379 then and you were telling me what you 178 00:06:23,379 --> 00:06:25,774 did before you started this? I I used 179 00:06:25,774 --> 00:06:27,394 to be, an EMT. 180 00:06:27,774 --> 00:06:29,474 I I worked for a 181 00:06:30,254 --> 00:06:32,914 handful of outfits here in the county from, 182 00:06:33,294 --> 00:06:33,794 VeriHealth 183 00:06:34,175 --> 00:06:36,675 to Reach, and then I also worked at, 184 00:06:38,959 --> 00:06:41,040 Children's Hospital in Oakland in the ICU for 185 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,439 a while. Wow. Yeah. That was that was 186 00:06:43,439 --> 00:06:45,139 a very tough and interesting 187 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:48,500 job to say the least. 188 00:06:50,879 --> 00:06:51,939 Cody Hildreth 189 00:06:52,345 --> 00:06:53,644 from the block in Petaluma. 190 00:06:54,185 --> 00:06:55,384 Now this is a, 191 00:06:55,865 --> 00:06:57,084 an amazing idea. 192 00:06:57,625 --> 00:06:59,485 It's food trucks, beer gardens, 193 00:07:00,504 --> 00:07:02,524 and you've been doing it about 7 years? 194 00:07:02,985 --> 00:07:05,464 Yeah. 7 years and just getting better and 195 00:07:05,464 --> 00:07:06,444 better every year. 196 00:07:07,310 --> 00:07:09,329 Very cool. This is the barrel aged Negroni, 197 00:07:10,029 --> 00:07:10,849 finished with 198 00:07:11,789 --> 00:07:14,189 a dried blood orange. And, 199 00:07:15,550 --> 00:07:17,310 it still needs some time in the barrel. 200 00:07:17,310 --> 00:07:18,430 I just put it in the barrel. So 201 00:07:18,430 --> 00:07:20,454 this is what's coming. It it's gonna get 202 00:07:20,454 --> 00:07:22,454 a little bit more subtle and Yeah. It's 203 00:07:22,454 --> 00:07:24,401 got a slight bite, but it's really good. 204 00:07:24,508 --> 00:07:26,454 Right now. Yeah. And as it as it 205 00:07:26,454 --> 00:07:27,435 sits in the, 206 00:07:28,375 --> 00:07:30,214 in the barrel, it should mellow out. So 207 00:07:30,774 --> 00:07:32,375 Do you put the whole thing in there? 208 00:07:32,375 --> 00:07:34,055 Do you want a little more? Yeah. Okay. 209 00:07:34,055 --> 00:07:35,370 Oh, he what's a little This is just 210 00:07:35,370 --> 00:07:38,250 a teeny taste. Oh, yeah. My Love the 211 00:07:38,250 --> 00:07:39,470 blood orange, man. 212 00:07:40,170 --> 00:07:41,629 There we go. Anything. 213 00:07:42,089 --> 00:07:43,870 I haven't tasted it yet. Let's see. 214 00:07:46,009 --> 00:07:48,410 It's very it is very I brought 2 215 00:07:48,410 --> 00:07:49,230 very robust 216 00:07:50,024 --> 00:07:51,084 cocktails today. 217 00:07:51,705 --> 00:07:53,838 So I you know, this one's definitely gonna 218 00:07:53,838 --> 00:07:56,285 get get a pack of punch for sure. 219 00:07:56,745 --> 00:07:57,725 Spirit forward. 220 00:07:59,225 --> 00:08:02,185 Explain what a Negroni is. Negroni is gin 221 00:08:02,185 --> 00:08:02,685 based. 222 00:08:03,259 --> 00:08:04,000 It has, 223 00:08:05,259 --> 00:08:08,959 typically, it has Campari, gin, and sweet vermouth. 224 00:08:09,579 --> 00:08:11,419 We did a little different on this one 225 00:08:11,419 --> 00:08:13,360 where we used some blood orange, 226 00:08:14,939 --> 00:08:15,439 essence 227 00:08:16,254 --> 00:08:18,595 as well as instead of Campari, we used 228 00:08:18,735 --> 00:08:19,875 a lo fi gencinnamaro. 229 00:08:20,334 --> 00:08:22,735 Oh, from Napa. Yeah. So we're just kinda 230 00:08:22,735 --> 00:08:25,235 trying something a little bit different. Very local. 231 00:08:25,935 --> 00:08:28,014 A different twist on a on a old 232 00:08:28,014 --> 00:08:30,574 favorite. Well, it's really cool. Oh, thank you. 233 00:08:30,574 --> 00:08:32,929 Yeah. And I again, I just love blood 234 00:08:32,929 --> 00:08:35,169 oranges and And maybe I should've started with 235 00:08:35,169 --> 00:08:37,009 the other the shaken cocktail that I'm gonna 236 00:08:37,009 --> 00:08:38,610 do for you guys. But, hey, we can 237 00:08:38,610 --> 00:08:41,490 do things backwards. We we do things backwards 238 00:08:41,490 --> 00:08:41,990 often. 239 00:08:43,250 --> 00:08:45,855 But I will, jump into the second one 240 00:08:45,855 --> 00:08:47,215 if you guys don't And I like your 241 00:08:47,215 --> 00:08:48,894 jars. I like how you have your, like, 242 00:08:48,894 --> 00:08:51,294 little portable bar set up. Yeah. I just, 243 00:08:51,294 --> 00:08:52,174 you know, brought, 244 00:08:52,975 --> 00:08:53,475 brought 245 00:08:54,014 --> 00:08:56,519 the whole setup. Okay. Shake away. People So 246 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:57,960 this one, I'll I'll just build it for 247 00:08:57,960 --> 00:08:59,480 you guys as I'm doing it. K. So 248 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,740 we'll start with mezcal. We use a crystalino 249 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,379 mezcal, so it's a little bit more subtle 250 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:04,759 and, 251 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:07,480 you know Is that like a like a 252 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,220 blanco? Like a white? It's actually an anejo 253 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:11,565 mezcal that they, 254 00:09:12,125 --> 00:09:15,164 filter to to remove color, and it really 255 00:09:15,164 --> 00:09:17,664 makes the mezcal stand out. And then anejo 256 00:09:17,725 --> 00:09:18,705 means aged, 257 00:09:19,085 --> 00:09:21,345 basically, or a little bit older or aged. 258 00:09:21,485 --> 00:09:23,004 So we'll start with an ounce and a 259 00:09:23,004 --> 00:09:23,985 half of the mezcal, 260 00:09:25,490 --> 00:09:27,509 and then we'll also add almatopec, 261 00:09:27,970 --> 00:09:30,610 which is also a local spirit. It's a 262 00:09:30,610 --> 00:09:31,110 paseo 263 00:09:31,490 --> 00:09:34,549 paseo chili liqueur. Really? Where's that from? 264 00:09:37,434 --> 00:09:39,914 I'm I'm not a 100% sure where it's 265 00:09:39,914 --> 00:09:40,414 from. 266 00:09:41,834 --> 00:09:44,574 I wanna say Bodega Bay Oh. If that 267 00:09:44,714 --> 00:09:46,954 if if I'm correct, but, I think You'll 268 00:09:46,954 --> 00:09:48,475 have to let us know. That might be 269 00:09:48,475 --> 00:09:49,995 fun to have on the show someday. So 270 00:09:49,995 --> 00:09:51,534 this is a good, good 271 00:09:54,019 --> 00:09:57,559 kind of change from other, chili liqueurs so 272 00:09:58,019 --> 00:10:00,179 it's more local. Yeah. And then we also 273 00:10:00,179 --> 00:10:02,019 add an ounce and that was a half 274 00:10:02,019 --> 00:10:04,500 ounce of the chili pasilla liqueur. We do 275 00:10:04,500 --> 00:10:06,105 an ounce of passion fruit, 276 00:10:06,824 --> 00:10:08,764 fresh passion fruit, a half ounce 277 00:10:09,464 --> 00:10:12,024 of grapefruit juice, and a half ounce of 278 00:10:12,024 --> 00:10:13,164 agave nectar. 279 00:10:13,625 --> 00:10:15,384 That's a lot of work. Yeah. So this 280 00:10:15,384 --> 00:10:17,225 one yeah. It it's definitely a lot of 281 00:10:17,225 --> 00:10:19,404 work. It's got a great flavor profile. 282 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,159 I'll just I've made extra and I've pre 283 00:10:22,159 --> 00:10:23,679 batched it here. So I'll just Oh, okay. 284 00:10:23,839 --> 00:10:25,839 Add this in here. Love the word extra. 285 00:10:25,839 --> 00:10:26,960 That way we can, 286 00:10:27,919 --> 00:10:30,080 really have enough flavor. We can do a 287 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:31,460 full glass there for 288 00:10:32,144 --> 00:10:34,325 me. So, Cody, the block 289 00:10:34,705 --> 00:10:35,285 in Petaluma, 290 00:10:36,065 --> 00:10:36,884 it's rotating 291 00:10:37,264 --> 00:10:39,665 food trucks. Right? Mhmm. Yeah. And you got 292 00:10:39,665 --> 00:10:42,565 the beer garden. Rotating food trucks, it changes 293 00:10:43,585 --> 00:10:44,085 daily. 294 00:10:44,545 --> 00:10:46,325 And, and then we have 295 00:10:46,910 --> 00:10:49,389 Mambo's Pizza now full time, and we're working 296 00:10:49,389 --> 00:10:51,309 on trying to get Tacos Don Pepe full 297 00:10:51,309 --> 00:10:54,190 time. Oh. Nice. So that should be coming 298 00:10:54,430 --> 00:10:56,509 No. You guys can't sell these drinks, can 299 00:10:56,509 --> 00:10:58,269 you? You have a full Oh, yeah. We 300 00:10:58,269 --> 00:11:00,524 have a full full bar. Full liquor license. 301 00:11:00,524 --> 00:11:02,845 Absolutely. Wow. They have what's called a type 302 00:11:02,845 --> 00:11:03,345 75 303 00:11:04,044 --> 00:11:06,605 license, which if you have food and you 304 00:11:06,605 --> 00:11:07,584 do some brewing, 305 00:11:08,125 --> 00:11:09,824 you can have a full 306 00:11:10,605 --> 00:11:11,105 bar 307 00:11:11,485 --> 00:11:13,564 spirits and not just the beer and wine, 308 00:11:13,564 --> 00:11:15,100 which takes a little bit more work because 309 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:16,799 you also still have to make some beer, 310 00:11:17,899 --> 00:11:20,539 and, you know, the wort and things as 311 00:11:20,539 --> 00:11:22,700 well. I actually have had your beer. It's 312 00:11:22,700 --> 00:11:24,059 been a little while. It was really good, 313 00:11:24,059 --> 00:11:26,220 though. Yeah. We had a little malfunction with 314 00:11:26,220 --> 00:11:28,514 equipment, and we're trying to get back from 315 00:11:28,514 --> 00:11:30,215 that situation. And and, 316 00:11:31,475 --> 00:11:31,975 hopefully, 317 00:11:32,355 --> 00:11:33,794 we'll have that up and running again by 318 00:11:33,794 --> 00:11:34,914 the end of the year. So you're putting 319 00:11:34,914 --> 00:11:37,075 limes in this? Yeah. This one just garnished 320 00:11:37,075 --> 00:11:37,975 with a lime. 321 00:11:38,595 --> 00:11:39,335 Thank you. 322 00:11:39,955 --> 00:11:41,654 That's that's a little bit more. 323 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:45,259 Cheers. Yeah. That's a that's a healthier, 324 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,000 drink there. This is a great 325 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:49,580 a wonderful concept. 326 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:51,800 How did this come about? And it's been 327 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,200 about 7 years. Tell us the history and 328 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,600 the genesis of the block. Well, you know, 329 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:57,884 the genesis of it, 330 00:11:58,365 --> 00:11:58,865 I 331 00:11:59,565 --> 00:12:01,345 had visited a few places, 332 00:12:02,365 --> 00:12:02,865 overseas 333 00:12:03,245 --> 00:12:04,465 that were really, 334 00:12:05,004 --> 00:12:05,504 really 335 00:12:06,125 --> 00:12:08,065 reminiscent on what we do at the block. 336 00:12:08,764 --> 00:12:10,544 And it was so cool 337 00:12:11,009 --> 00:12:12,769 that I had to bring it to Northern 338 00:12:12,769 --> 00:12:13,889 California. And, 339 00:12:14,529 --> 00:12:15,889 and then I noticed that there was some 340 00:12:15,889 --> 00:12:17,990 other stuff that was kinda like it already, 341 00:12:18,690 --> 00:12:19,990 in in San Francisco. 342 00:12:20,370 --> 00:12:22,050 So I based a little bit of of 343 00:12:22,050 --> 00:12:24,610 of everything on just a full flavor of 344 00:12:24,610 --> 00:12:25,110 different 345 00:12:25,784 --> 00:12:28,345 food parks and and venues like this. And 346 00:12:28,345 --> 00:12:28,845 so, 347 00:12:29,304 --> 00:12:31,144 7 year or more like 10 years ago, 348 00:12:31,144 --> 00:12:32,904 I started the process to to get it 349 00:12:32,904 --> 00:12:35,384 going. And then we after 2 or 3 350 00:12:35,384 --> 00:12:38,024 years of trotting through all the paperwork and 351 00:12:38,024 --> 00:12:40,264 construction, we we got it open and Very 352 00:12:40,264 --> 00:12:42,639 cool. Now you guys are open 4 PM 353 00:12:42,639 --> 00:12:43,540 to 9 PM? 354 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,120 Yes. So that's Tuesday through Friday. Well, Friday 355 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:49,440 Saturday, we're gonna stay open till midnight. Wow. 356 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,200 And then we also have Sunday. We open 357 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,460 a little earlier for Sunday morning football. 358 00:12:53,855 --> 00:12:55,615 Very cool. That's cool. And then tell them, 359 00:12:55,615 --> 00:12:57,375 everybody, where you're at because it's actually kinda 360 00:12:57,375 --> 00:12:58,975 neat because they're in the shadow of the 361 00:12:58,975 --> 00:13:01,534 famous mill. Yeah. The 10 story grain mill 362 00:13:01,534 --> 00:13:03,294 down in town. Yeah. We're right at the 363 00:13:03,294 --> 00:13:05,054 foot of it. And, you know, I I 364 00:13:05,054 --> 00:13:06,975 really love having that in our backyard because 365 00:13:06,975 --> 00:13:09,315 it really just pulls Petaluma together, you know. 366 00:13:09,839 --> 00:13:11,919 I I will say, be careful where you 367 00:13:11,919 --> 00:13:14,079 park. Yeah. Make sure there's no signs that 368 00:13:14,079 --> 00:13:15,220 say about towing, 369 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:18,480 and Yeah. But you can you can find 370 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:20,320 plenty of parking. There's plenty of parking on 371 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:20,980 the streets. 372 00:13:21,735 --> 00:13:23,335 Just right right there at the base of 373 00:13:23,335 --> 00:13:25,174 the Grain Mill, they have a lot of 374 00:13:25,174 --> 00:13:27,654 sensitive operations. So we we we ask people 375 00:13:27,654 --> 00:13:30,294 typically try not to park there. They they 376 00:13:30,294 --> 00:13:31,894 they try to monitor it as best as 377 00:13:31,894 --> 00:13:33,914 they can, but sometimes they have to, 378 00:13:35,340 --> 00:13:37,920 tow tow a few cars, which is unfortunate. 379 00:13:38,059 --> 00:13:39,580 You know, it's not on us. We're we're 380 00:13:39,580 --> 00:13:40,779 not doing the towing. 381 00:13:41,179 --> 00:13:42,960 It's definitely the dairy, but, 382 00:13:43,899 --> 00:13:45,899 yeah. I think Lorraine wanted to tell us 383 00:13:45,899 --> 00:13:48,299 something. Oh, yeah. Sorry. I just wanted to 384 00:13:48,299 --> 00:13:49,259 jump in and, 385 00:13:50,274 --> 00:13:51,554 two things. 1, 386 00:13:52,674 --> 00:13:54,375 what what code Cody 387 00:13:54,754 --> 00:13:55,815 is pretty humble. 388 00:13:56,434 --> 00:13:57,095 One of 389 00:13:57,475 --> 00:13:59,975 he's one of my favorite businesses in town, 390 00:14:01,075 --> 00:14:02,455 and just such a 391 00:14:02,834 --> 00:14:04,434 glowing example of, 392 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:09,259 just evolution and and growing as you go. 393 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,680 Every time you come in to to the 394 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:15,240 block, there's always something new. There's always some 395 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:17,559 some other work that he's done that his 396 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:18,460 dad's done 397 00:14:19,325 --> 00:14:21,425 to to improve your experience there, 398 00:14:22,045 --> 00:14:25,325 and really, it's foundational. Like, it it's very 399 00:14:25,325 --> 00:14:27,904 representative of the community that we're in, 400 00:14:28,285 --> 00:14:30,205 which is also one of the cool things 401 00:14:30,205 --> 00:14:33,009 about cocktail week, which is it's a great 402 00:14:33,009 --> 00:14:35,090 way to if you haven't been there before, 403 00:14:35,090 --> 00:14:37,190 it's a great introduction to it. 404 00:14:38,129 --> 00:14:39,750 And, also, I, 405 00:14:40,129 --> 00:14:42,289 just a couple more details about the week 406 00:14:42,289 --> 00:14:43,090 itself is 407 00:14:45,035 --> 00:14:46,495 so we're we're focusing, 408 00:14:47,195 --> 00:14:48,335 this week on 409 00:14:49,195 --> 00:14:51,215 one specific classic cocktail. 410 00:14:51,674 --> 00:14:54,394 This is the first, hopefully, of many cocktail 411 00:14:54,394 --> 00:14:56,875 weeks that will happen over the years, but 412 00:14:56,875 --> 00:14:58,014 this is gonna be, 413 00:14:58,475 --> 00:15:01,250 focused on a whiskey sour. Oh, okay. So 414 00:15:01,250 --> 00:15:04,389 it's gonna be every every participating locations 415 00:15:04,929 --> 00:15:07,409 for personal version of a whiskey sour. So 416 00:15:07,409 --> 00:15:09,250 like Cody was saying with the Negroni that 417 00:15:09,250 --> 00:15:11,089 he just made, you know, like, a standard 418 00:15:11,089 --> 00:15:14,049 Negroni is these 3 ingredients, but they riffed 419 00:15:14,049 --> 00:15:15,595 on it. And I think that that's a 420 00:15:15,595 --> 00:15:16,654 really cool, 421 00:15:17,355 --> 00:15:20,475 cool way to, like, really understand a cocktail. 422 00:15:20,475 --> 00:15:22,334 How did people find out, like, 423 00:15:23,194 --> 00:15:24,334 I know there's an Instagram, 424 00:15:25,194 --> 00:15:27,355 and, like, you know, where you're they're going 425 00:15:27,355 --> 00:15:29,940 and who's doing what and Right. So you 426 00:15:29,940 --> 00:15:31,560 can go to any of the participating 427 00:15:31,940 --> 00:15:33,860 locations in a few days when everybody will 428 00:15:33,860 --> 00:15:36,920 have their your your your track card essentially, 429 00:15:37,620 --> 00:15:39,139 that you can have marked off as you 430 00:15:39,139 --> 00:15:41,879 go. But Social media. Social media, the, 431 00:15:42,735 --> 00:15:43,554 the Instagram 432 00:15:43,934 --> 00:15:45,934 handle, it's gonna be carrying all of it 433 00:15:45,934 --> 00:15:48,894 and also future cocktails that every place is, 434 00:15:49,455 --> 00:15:51,774 promoted or designed is gonna be, 435 00:15:52,174 --> 00:15:52,674 petaluma_cocktail_society. 436 00:15:56,290 --> 00:15:57,889 That is a great It's not it's not 437 00:15:57,889 --> 00:15:58,389 just, 438 00:15:58,929 --> 00:16:01,009 about that one week. It's that you keep 439 00:16:01,009 --> 00:16:03,649 exploring the world of cocktails Right. Sure. Within 440 00:16:03,649 --> 00:16:07,910 our A wonderful idea. Petaluma craft cocktail week. 441 00:16:08,365 --> 00:16:10,445 I love that. And the block is gonna 442 00:16:10,445 --> 00:16:11,665 be part of it. Yep. 443 00:16:12,205 --> 00:16:13,904 Which is why you're both here. Absolutely. 444 00:16:14,445 --> 00:16:15,965 I think it's cool that you guys are 445 00:16:15,965 --> 00:16:17,804 doing it also, like, you know, kind of 446 00:16:17,804 --> 00:16:19,965 during, you know, fall, going into winter. I 447 00:16:19,965 --> 00:16:21,485 mean, because there's plenty of stuff happening in 448 00:16:21,485 --> 00:16:23,210 the summertime all the time. And then what 449 00:16:23,210 --> 00:16:24,809 are you doing like a like, I know 450 00:16:24,809 --> 00:16:26,350 there's some Christmas stuff happening 451 00:16:26,889 --> 00:16:29,450 in Petaluma. And then, Block, are you doing 452 00:16:29,450 --> 00:16:31,529 anything specific or are you jumping in with 453 00:16:31,529 --> 00:16:33,370 what they're doing? We're gonna try to do 454 00:16:33,370 --> 00:16:35,710 a little fun Christmas setup. 455 00:16:36,925 --> 00:16:39,245 We we kinda wanna make a really family 456 00:16:39,245 --> 00:16:40,785 friendly atmosphere, and 457 00:16:41,644 --> 00:16:44,205 and, it's it's gonna be a surprise to 458 00:16:44,205 --> 00:16:47,345 everyone. Okay. So check-in. It'll be fun. 459 00:16:48,045 --> 00:16:50,669 You were just saying that Norman Greenbaum actually 460 00:16:50,669 --> 00:16:52,110 showed up the other day and was playing. 461 00:16:52,110 --> 00:16:54,690 Yeah. It was a a private party, and, 462 00:16:55,149 --> 00:16:57,789 and, you know, we had a handful of 463 00:16:57,789 --> 00:17:00,049 really great musicians on stage that day. 464 00:17:00,429 --> 00:17:01,870 And one of them just happened to be 465 00:17:01,870 --> 00:17:04,154 Norman Greenbaum. He he came up to, play 466 00:17:04,154 --> 00:17:05,674 Spirit in the Sky for everyone. It was 467 00:17:05,674 --> 00:17:06,494 it was wonderful. 468 00:17:07,115 --> 00:17:09,134 Carol, Lorraine Barber's with us. 469 00:17:09,994 --> 00:17:11,835 We might have talked about this last time 470 00:17:11,835 --> 00:17:13,214 you were in, but how did 471 00:17:14,875 --> 00:17:16,875 the the the whole craft cocktail thing come 472 00:17:16,875 --> 00:17:18,789 about, and how did you get involved? Oh, 473 00:17:18,950 --> 00:17:19,450 well, 474 00:17:20,230 --> 00:17:22,009 like I said, I didn't really explore, 475 00:17:23,109 --> 00:17:25,430 all the different locations and vibes that they 476 00:17:25,430 --> 00:17:26,570 have going on there. 477 00:17:26,950 --> 00:17:28,809 It's gonna be focusing on 478 00:17:29,190 --> 00:17:31,910 a single classic cocktail, which is the whiskey 479 00:17:31,910 --> 00:17:34,355 sour. And, we chose that because, 480 00:17:35,375 --> 00:17:38,115 whiskey sour is a great, like, fall winter 481 00:17:38,494 --> 00:17:40,974 cocktail. It's got it it's got all those 482 00:17:40,974 --> 00:17:42,355 kind of, warming, 483 00:17:43,454 --> 00:17:45,535 luxurious sort of notes to it, and you 484 00:17:45,535 --> 00:17:46,275 can really 485 00:17:46,809 --> 00:17:48,650 riff on it and make it your own. 486 00:17:48,650 --> 00:17:50,750 So I'm I'm looking forward to trying 487 00:17:51,049 --> 00:17:52,730 everybody's as well. Well, one of the cool 488 00:17:52,730 --> 00:17:54,970 things too about Petaluma is not only the 489 00:17:54,970 --> 00:17:56,650 bars and the restaurants and everything that are 490 00:17:56,650 --> 00:17:58,269 making these things, but there's actually 491 00:18:00,115 --> 00:18:02,515 purveyors making the things that go into the 492 00:18:02,515 --> 00:18:04,595 cocktails, like, you know, the Barbalee spirits, and 493 00:18:04,595 --> 00:18:06,294 there's also Floraluna, 494 00:18:07,075 --> 00:18:09,075 Floraluna. We've had them on before that does 495 00:18:09,075 --> 00:18:11,474 the bitters and Bitter Girl Bitters also. So 496 00:18:11,554 --> 00:18:13,794 Yes. Absolutely. So I love love those in 497 00:18:13,794 --> 00:18:16,250 the cocktail, especially, like and I'll I'll take, 498 00:18:16,250 --> 00:18:16,990 like, her, 499 00:18:17,769 --> 00:18:19,450 you know, her rose one and put that 500 00:18:19,450 --> 00:18:21,049 into a gin and tonnage. It's gotta be 501 00:18:21,049 --> 00:18:23,130 one of the my favorite rose bitters that 502 00:18:23,130 --> 00:18:25,630 she made. Like, she's very we we exclusively 503 00:18:25,769 --> 00:18:28,125 use her bitters at at the distillery Yeah. 504 00:18:28,204 --> 00:18:30,545 At Marley Spirits because they it really, 505 00:18:31,005 --> 00:18:32,785 works with the the delicate, 506 00:18:33,404 --> 00:18:34,625 spirits that we make. 507 00:18:35,484 --> 00:18:37,265 What do you think, honey? The black 508 00:18:39,164 --> 00:18:40,065 also has 509 00:18:40,380 --> 00:18:43,420 trivia night and bingo night. Mhmm. Yeah. Are 510 00:18:43,420 --> 00:18:45,420 you working with, my friend Jake Ward on 511 00:18:45,420 --> 00:18:48,720 that? No. We have Mark for bingo. He's 512 00:18:48,779 --> 00:18:51,019 a local panel Yeah. I know that, Nate. 513 00:18:51,019 --> 00:18:53,019 I know that, Nate. And he's a character. 514 00:18:53,019 --> 00:18:55,384 He's so much fun. Yeah. It gets rowdy 515 00:18:55,384 --> 00:18:56,765 on Wednesday night. So 516 00:18:57,464 --> 00:18:59,144 come come to have fun for sure. And 517 00:18:59,144 --> 00:19:00,825 then, Sarah, tonight, she'll be, 518 00:19:01,464 --> 00:19:04,505 calling out some trivia questions, and she's also 519 00:19:04,505 --> 00:19:05,404 a local petalumen. 520 00:19:05,865 --> 00:19:08,585 And and she does a lot of, lot 521 00:19:08,585 --> 00:19:11,250 of great great questions. It's challenging. I have 522 00:19:11,250 --> 00:19:13,009 a question. So is there any cost for 523 00:19:13,009 --> 00:19:15,650 the cocktail week besides just going to the 524 00:19:15,650 --> 00:19:16,789 places and then, 525 00:19:17,650 --> 00:19:19,570 paying for your cocktail? And then also, are 526 00:19:19,570 --> 00:19:21,410 they marketing a card? I heard you say 527 00:19:21,410 --> 00:19:22,850 something. Is that like a passport kind of 528 00:19:22,850 --> 00:19:24,884 thing? A little bit. Yeah. So, we wanted 529 00:19:24,965 --> 00:19:26,045 you know, it's the first time we wanted 530 00:19:26,045 --> 00:19:27,625 to make it just easy and fun. 531 00:19:28,164 --> 00:19:30,805 There is no additional cost as outside of 532 00:19:30,805 --> 00:19:33,365 the the cocktail, so you just it's very 533 00:19:33,365 --> 00:19:35,545 easy. You arrive at the at your destination, 534 00:19:36,245 --> 00:19:38,400 one of the participating bars, and 535 00:19:38,700 --> 00:19:40,720 you you order your whiskey sour, 536 00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:44,299 and then they'll the whoever's there is gonna 537 00:19:44,299 --> 00:19:46,640 stamp your card. And then when you're done, 538 00:19:47,580 --> 00:19:49,740 you'll be able to turn that in at 539 00:19:49,740 --> 00:19:51,680 Barbara Lee Spirits for a 540 00:19:52,195 --> 00:19:55,875 glorious I I finished my my craft cocktail 541 00:19:55,875 --> 00:19:56,615 wheat crawl, 542 00:19:57,394 --> 00:20:00,994 sticker. My my liver thanks to, passport. Right? 543 00:20:00,994 --> 00:20:01,734 That's right. 544 00:20:03,475 --> 00:20:04,755 But that's really cool. Well, I love the 545 00:20:04,755 --> 00:20:06,200 block, and I'm so excited you're able to 546 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:07,559 come because I've been wanting to have the 547 00:20:07,559 --> 00:20:11,000 block forever. So what a great, excuse, and 548 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,740 thank you, Brian, for getting you in. So 549 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:15,400 what other kind of I mean, like, you 550 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,295 guys are actually I mean yeah. It's been 551 00:20:18,295 --> 00:20:20,294 it's been tough, obviously, since the pandemic. So 552 00:20:20,375 --> 00:20:22,394 Mhmm. You guys must have opened 553 00:20:23,174 --> 00:20:25,734 right during or after the fires, the Tubbs 554 00:20:25,734 --> 00:20:26,234 fire? 555 00:20:26,615 --> 00:20:29,015 Right before. So, yeah, we we opened and 556 00:20:29,015 --> 00:20:31,860 then we basically were shut down for a 557 00:20:31,860 --> 00:20:33,460 month and a half with all the smoke 558 00:20:33,460 --> 00:20:36,660 because we're mostly outdoor. Yeah. Right. And it 559 00:20:36,660 --> 00:20:38,900 was tough. And then we had Paradise Fire 560 00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:39,640 and, like, 561 00:20:39,940 --> 00:20:41,380 every year, I feel like there's been a 562 00:20:41,380 --> 00:20:44,180 different challenge that we overcome and and just 563 00:20:44,180 --> 00:20:45,525 keep going. Cody 564 00:20:46,065 --> 00:20:48,625 Hildreth Yeah. From the block and Lorraine Barber 565 00:20:48,625 --> 00:20:49,285 is here. 566 00:20:51,025 --> 00:20:52,865 So the bottom line is, yeah, you guys 567 00:20:52,865 --> 00:20:56,644 are mostly outside. You got great cocktail menu 568 00:20:56,785 --> 00:20:58,785 and, of course, great beer and and any 569 00:20:58,785 --> 00:20:59,924 other adult beverage 570 00:21:00,529 --> 00:21:02,549 And a spacious seating area, 571 00:21:02,849 --> 00:21:04,869 which includes the large outdoors, 572 00:21:05,809 --> 00:21:08,609 space with a nice stage. Mhmm. Yep. That's 573 00:21:08,609 --> 00:21:10,609 very cool, man. Yeah. It's really, really fun. 574 00:21:10,609 --> 00:21:12,069 How often are you doing music? 575 00:21:12,529 --> 00:21:15,195 All weekend long. We do Friday, Saturday, and 576 00:21:15,195 --> 00:21:17,674 Sunday. Nice. We've been doing a a little 577 00:21:17,674 --> 00:21:19,835 country kickback on Sundays, which is a lot 578 00:21:19,835 --> 00:21:20,494 of fun. 579 00:21:20,954 --> 00:21:23,434 And then usually rock and roll and and, 580 00:21:23,434 --> 00:21:24,815 you know, a lot of the hits, 581 00:21:25,275 --> 00:21:27,934 Fridays Saturdays. Name name some of the bands. 582 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,399 I mean, everything from the incubators to even 583 00:21:31,399 --> 00:21:32,380 traveling bands. 584 00:21:32,839 --> 00:21:34,759 We get, a lot of great bands. We 585 00:21:34,759 --> 00:21:36,619 have a bluegrass band we're trying 586 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:37,980 to nail down, 587 00:21:39,079 --> 00:21:41,319 we want we're trying to name nail down, 588 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:42,380 a traveling, 589 00:21:43,294 --> 00:21:46,414 show, the James Garner experience. It's a it's 590 00:21:46,414 --> 00:21:49,054 a Johnny Cash and one of the most 591 00:21:49,054 --> 00:21:51,694 revered Johnny Cash experiences. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I've 592 00:21:51,694 --> 00:21:53,534 read about it. Yeah. He's gonna be playing 593 00:21:53,534 --> 00:21:54,194 in Napa, 594 00:21:54,734 --> 00:21:56,575 next month. I'm gonna be going to the 595 00:21:56,575 --> 00:21:57,214 show. So 596 00:21:57,880 --> 00:21:59,559 Yeah. You guys have gotten the hots who 597 00:21:59,559 --> 00:22:01,400 are, like, rock and roll and the and 598 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,140 Rusty Reds. I saw a really awesome, 599 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,080 Simon and Garfunkel 600 00:22:06,519 --> 00:22:06,880 Yeah. 601 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,875 Tribute band, not long ago also. But there's, 602 00:22:11,035 --> 00:22:13,195 there's everything. I mean, there's always everything from 603 00:22:13,195 --> 00:22:14,015 either like 604 00:22:14,315 --> 00:22:16,315 a 2 person easy to a full on 605 00:22:16,315 --> 00:22:18,075 big band like the incubators were doing the 606 00:22:18,075 --> 00:22:20,815 other night. Absolutely. Yeah. Really, really good. 607 00:22:22,315 --> 00:22:24,734 Lorraine, what is the website for the Petaluma 608 00:22:24,955 --> 00:22:27,799 Craft cocktail week? There is no website yet. 609 00:22:27,799 --> 00:22:29,259 We are we are, 610 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,019 boutique. You have to right. But so far, 611 00:22:33,559 --> 00:22:36,519 I I have the the Instagram account of, 612 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:37,340 petaluma_, 613 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:39,660 underscore 614 00:22:39,994 --> 00:22:40,494 cocktail_society. 615 00:22:41,434 --> 00:22:43,595 If you just look up Petaluma Cocktail Society, 616 00:22:43,595 --> 00:22:45,695 you'll you'll be You'll find it. Yeah. Exactly. 617 00:22:45,835 --> 00:22:47,755 No. You're gonna run the block websites and 618 00:22:47,755 --> 00:22:49,355 pages as well? Yeah. We'll we'll put it 619 00:22:49,355 --> 00:22:51,055 up there as well as our socials. 620 00:22:51,595 --> 00:22:52,894 And that's the block petaluma.com? 621 00:22:53,355 --> 00:22:55,359 That's correct. We're doing the drive brouhaha 622 00:22:55,740 --> 00:22:58,079 brought to you by Russian River Brewing. 623 00:22:58,539 --> 00:23:01,099 Our guests today are Lorraine Barber and Cody 624 00:23:01,099 --> 00:23:03,819 Hildreth. Cody has the block in Petaluma. I 625 00:23:03,819 --> 00:23:06,380 wanna talk about the 8th annual holiday food 626 00:23:06,380 --> 00:23:08,880 fair coming up Tuesday, November 26th 627 00:23:09,274 --> 00:23:10,494 at the Hotel Petaluma 628 00:23:11,194 --> 00:23:13,034 in the ballroom there, and the tickets will 629 00:23:13,034 --> 00:23:15,134 benefit Petaluma People's Services 630 00:23:15,434 --> 00:23:18,154 and the Firefighters Foundation, which is great. Somebody 631 00:23:18,154 --> 00:23:20,075 talk about that Hotel Petaluma because I've been 632 00:23:20,075 --> 00:23:21,514 hearing a lot about it. I have not 633 00:23:21,514 --> 00:23:21,990 been there. 634 00:23:36,505 --> 00:23:38,825 So it's been it it's been really a 635 00:23:38,825 --> 00:23:41,384 privilege to to be part of that space. 636 00:23:41,384 --> 00:23:42,904 Yeah. And I've heard people talking about it 637 00:23:42,904 --> 00:23:45,944 and saying the same thing. It's very cool. 638 00:23:45,944 --> 00:23:48,105 And it's it's perfectly like, I mean, honestly, 639 00:23:48,105 --> 00:23:49,799 for cocktail week, you you can just get 640 00:23:49,799 --> 00:23:51,099 a room there and, 641 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,359 and it's so centrally located to where all 642 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,359 the locations are for for the cocktails. And 643 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:58,460 where exactly is it? So it's right downtown. 644 00:23:58,519 --> 00:24:01,339 It's, it's on the corner of, 645 00:24:02,234 --> 00:24:04,795 Washington and Kentucky Street. Yeah. That is right 646 00:24:04,795 --> 00:24:05,855 downtown. Yeah. 647 00:24:06,154 --> 00:24:07,994 Very cool. Yeah. There's that one of one 648 00:24:07,994 --> 00:24:09,914 of the places is actually in the and 649 00:24:09,914 --> 00:24:11,355 the one of them is next door to 650 00:24:11,355 --> 00:24:14,654 it. So Alright. Again, it's the 8th annual 651 00:24:14,714 --> 00:24:15,214 holiday 652 00:24:15,595 --> 00:24:16,494 food fair 653 00:24:17,019 --> 00:24:19,200 at the Hotel Petaluma in the ballroom. 654 00:24:20,659 --> 00:24:22,779 The Yeah. It's Talk more about it. So, 655 00:24:22,779 --> 00:24:24,559 yeah, this is its 8th year. 656 00:24:24,859 --> 00:24:27,179 We started it many years ago as a, 657 00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:28,875 in response to the 658 00:24:29,434 --> 00:24:30,075 to the, 659 00:24:30,555 --> 00:24:32,174 17 fires, touch fires, 660 00:24:32,795 --> 00:24:35,134 because we just weren't ordering from anybody, 661 00:24:35,595 --> 00:24:38,315 food wise to supply our tasting room, and 662 00:24:38,315 --> 00:24:39,855 we thought that that was happening 663 00:24:40,315 --> 00:24:41,055 all over. 664 00:24:41,759 --> 00:24:43,279 We know a lot of people in the 665 00:24:43,279 --> 00:24:46,160 food service industry and the makers, and so 666 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,480 we wanted to create an event for them 667 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:49,460 so that they could, 668 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,559 have some kind of support, financial support, and 669 00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:53,840 then it just sort of grew out of 670 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:57,204 that. So it's always local food food makers, 671 00:24:57,345 --> 00:24:59,424 so your your your money staying in your 672 00:24:59,424 --> 00:24:59,924 community. 673 00:25:01,105 --> 00:25:03,184 Tickets are $5 for adults. Kids are free. 674 00:25:03,184 --> 00:25:04,724 We are gonna have Santa. 675 00:25:05,424 --> 00:25:07,424 It's gonna snow in the courtyard. There's gonna 676 00:25:07,424 --> 00:25:09,730 be a sleigh to take pictures in. $5. 677 00:25:10,109 --> 00:25:12,029 $5. I know. And part of that goes 678 00:25:12,029 --> 00:25:14,590 back to the the charity. So the food 679 00:25:14,590 --> 00:25:15,410 fair is, 680 00:25:15,710 --> 00:25:16,369 the beneficiaries, 681 00:25:16,670 --> 00:25:18,670 Penland People Services. They run our meals on 682 00:25:18,670 --> 00:25:20,830 wheels, and they do a ton of other 683 00:25:20,830 --> 00:25:23,544 work for for our community. And then there's 684 00:25:23,544 --> 00:25:24,044 also, 685 00:25:24,744 --> 00:25:26,044 the following Tuesday, 686 00:25:27,224 --> 00:25:27,964 in December 687 00:25:28,904 --> 00:25:29,404 3rd 688 00:25:30,024 --> 00:25:31,085 is the, 689 00:25:31,544 --> 00:25:34,184 the 3rd annual Makers Fair, which we started 690 00:25:34,184 --> 00:25:35,704 the food fair, and then we're like, well, 691 00:25:35,704 --> 00:25:38,159 wait. I know all these people that do 692 00:25:38,159 --> 00:25:39,759 other things. Yeah. That's cool. We gotta get 693 00:25:39,759 --> 00:25:41,679 them back in. Yeah. Get them back in 694 00:25:41,679 --> 00:25:43,279 because they've been on before. I mean, all 695 00:25:43,279 --> 00:25:46,039 sort of the makers people and Exactly. So 696 00:25:46,279 --> 00:25:47,919 so cool. So, yeah, so we wanted to 697 00:25:47,919 --> 00:25:50,575 do something that that focused on what they 698 00:25:50,575 --> 00:25:52,115 do. So, again, local, 699 00:25:53,294 --> 00:25:55,294 craft makers that you can do all your 700 00:25:55,294 --> 00:25:57,934 holiday shopping there. And then the beneficiary of 701 00:25:57,934 --> 00:26:00,974 that is the Petaluma Firefighters Foundation, which, again 702 00:26:01,214 --> 00:26:03,154 Wonderful. All of that stays in our community. 703 00:26:03,534 --> 00:26:05,075 And, the food fair, 704 00:26:06,140 --> 00:26:07,279 I'm going to assume 705 00:26:08,859 --> 00:26:09,359 there's 706 00:26:09,740 --> 00:26:11,200 beer and wine and cocktails. 707 00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:13,519 Yes. You would be correct in that assumption. 708 00:26:13,579 --> 00:26:15,419 Yeah. So we have and part of part 709 00:26:15,419 --> 00:26:17,099 of the proceeds of all of that is 710 00:26:17,099 --> 00:26:19,900 going back to to to the nonprofits as 711 00:26:19,900 --> 00:26:20,400 well. 712 00:26:20,714 --> 00:26:22,554 So, yeah, there's it's really just a win 713 00:26:22,554 --> 00:26:24,414 win win. There's there is no downside. 714 00:26:25,115 --> 00:26:27,355 I I would get your tickets soon. It's 715 00:26:27,355 --> 00:26:27,855 holidayfoodfair.com. 716 00:26:29,674 --> 00:26:30,154 And, 717 00:26:30,554 --> 00:26:32,255 Corey Cody, I'm sure you're 718 00:26:32,950 --> 00:26:34,570 part of this. The block? 719 00:26:35,590 --> 00:26:37,610 No. We're we're not Not this. Okay. Participating 720 00:26:37,750 --> 00:26:39,750 in that. Yeah. Okay. But you might go 721 00:26:39,750 --> 00:26:41,430 to it. It's Oh, I'll be there. Yeah. 722 00:26:41,430 --> 00:26:44,250 For sure. You'll be enjoying. Enjoying it. Yeah. 723 00:26:44,470 --> 00:26:45,845 It's really cool. So when you go into 724 00:26:45,845 --> 00:26:48,325 the Hotel Petaluma, the courtyard that they have 725 00:26:48,325 --> 00:26:51,284 there that's, like, open and kinda surrounded by 726 00:26:51,284 --> 00:26:53,845 the the old hotel, and they'll have snow 727 00:26:53,845 --> 00:26:56,825 coming down and, like, this, like, little beautiful 728 00:26:57,269 --> 00:26:59,349 sled and a tree in the middle. It 729 00:26:59,349 --> 00:27:01,930 looks like you've been dropped into Victorian Christmastime. 730 00:27:03,109 --> 00:27:05,029 And then you go inside and there's this 731 00:27:05,029 --> 00:27:05,529 massive 732 00:27:06,309 --> 00:27:08,869 fireplace and a cocktail bar and they're settling 733 00:27:08,869 --> 00:27:11,305 champagne and other things as well. But it 734 00:27:11,345 --> 00:27:13,545 the when they decorate for Christmas at Hotel 735 00:27:13,545 --> 00:27:14,045 Petaluma, 736 00:27:14,744 --> 00:27:17,224 it's one of the prettiest places I've actually 737 00:27:17,224 --> 00:27:19,085 ever seen. I I I'd say it rivals, 738 00:27:19,144 --> 00:27:20,744 like, when the, you know, they dress up 739 00:27:20,744 --> 00:27:23,065 the Fairmont in San Francisco. It's so gorgeous. 740 00:27:23,065 --> 00:27:25,279 I wouldn't disagree with you at all. But, 741 00:27:25,279 --> 00:27:26,099 yeah, it's also, 742 00:27:26,559 --> 00:27:28,559 2 blocks away from the block. So you 743 00:27:28,559 --> 00:27:31,619 can walk right there and have your outdoor 744 00:27:31,679 --> 00:27:34,319 holiday experience, your indoor holiday experience. You can 745 00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:36,399 do all of it. Alright. The 8th annual 746 00:27:36,399 --> 00:27:37,700 holiday food fair 747 00:27:38,079 --> 00:27:38,819 in Petaluma, 748 00:27:39,704 --> 00:27:41,164 Tuesday, November 26th, 749 00:27:41,784 --> 00:27:42,684 3 to 7, 750 00:27:43,384 --> 00:27:45,464 and it's all at the Hotel Petaluma in 751 00:27:45,464 --> 00:27:46,044 the ballroom. 752 00:27:46,505 --> 00:27:47,565 The 3rd annual 753 00:27:48,265 --> 00:27:51,065 holiday makers fair is coming up December 3rd, 754 00:27:51,065 --> 00:27:51,960 3 to 7. 755 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:54,919 And, again, get deeper into the what the 756 00:27:54,919 --> 00:27:57,559 makers do, and, it's it's really a trip. 757 00:27:57,559 --> 00:27:59,339 They haven't been on in a while, and 758 00:27:59,399 --> 00:28:02,119 it's a reminder. It's a so it's all 759 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:02,619 local 760 00:28:03,079 --> 00:28:04,299 vent like, craft 761 00:28:04,759 --> 00:28:05,259 makers. 762 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:06,859 So you can get 763 00:28:07,315 --> 00:28:10,115 it there's a lot of craft fairs in 764 00:28:10,115 --> 00:28:10,775 in Petaluma 765 00:28:11,154 --> 00:28:12,455 and Northern California 766 00:28:12,914 --> 00:28:13,575 as well. 767 00:28:14,515 --> 00:28:17,154 But the way that this is structured is 768 00:28:17,154 --> 00:28:17,654 more, 769 00:28:18,755 --> 00:28:19,975 you know, less, 770 00:28:22,109 --> 00:28:24,049 you know, things made out of felt 771 00:28:24,590 --> 00:28:25,090 necessarily 772 00:28:25,470 --> 00:28:27,710 and more more kind of like, you don't 773 00:28:27,710 --> 00:28:28,769 have to know somebody's 774 00:28:29,230 --> 00:28:29,730 exact 775 00:28:30,590 --> 00:28:32,269 taste so that you can buy them a 776 00:28:32,269 --> 00:28:34,684 gift. Like, it's really broad, like, more 777 00:28:34,984 --> 00:28:35,484 broad. 778 00:28:36,105 --> 00:28:38,345 So many things are represented, and it's all 779 00:28:38,345 --> 00:28:39,244 handmade. Yeah. 780 00:28:40,825 --> 00:28:42,365 Very cool. And then cocktails. 781 00:28:44,105 --> 00:28:46,924 Lorraine Barber is here. Cody Hildreth. 782 00:28:47,799 --> 00:28:48,299 And 783 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:49,500 go, Herdland. 784 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:50,700 So 785 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:52,680 I am so excited by the Pebble and 786 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:54,680 Cocktail Week that's coming up November 8th to 787 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,160 17th. Mhmm. And you can come down and, 788 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:58,059 like, you know, 789 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,700 start wherever you want and get your passport, 790 00:29:00,759 --> 00:29:01,740 it sounds like. 791 00:29:02,174 --> 00:29:03,775 Go have one of your now is the 792 00:29:03,934 --> 00:29:06,414 both the Negroni and this mezcal cocktail gonna 793 00:29:06,414 --> 00:29:08,755 be on there? We'll we'll we'll have those, 794 00:29:08,815 --> 00:29:12,015 but it's we're really focusing on the old 795 00:29:12,015 --> 00:29:14,654 fashioned. I mean, the whiskey sour. Sorry. That's 796 00:29:14,654 --> 00:29:17,069 that's our that's the what you're gonna do 797 00:29:17,069 --> 00:29:18,029 yet, or is it gonna be more of 798 00:29:18,029 --> 00:29:19,789 a surprise? It's more of a surprise. I 799 00:29:19,789 --> 00:29:20,849 will tell you that 800 00:29:21,150 --> 00:29:23,789 our whiskey sour will be completely vegan. So 801 00:29:23,789 --> 00:29:26,109 no no egg, egg whites in that. So 802 00:29:26,269 --> 00:29:28,244 I hate to tell I'm sorry, but I 803 00:29:28,644 --> 00:29:30,424 despise egg whites in my cocktails. 804 00:29:30,884 --> 00:29:33,224 Like, I love a Ramos Fizz, but 805 00:29:33,765 --> 00:29:35,605 I know but there's egg whites. So There's 806 00:29:35,605 --> 00:29:37,444 a lot of substitutes for it. Yeah. So 807 00:29:37,444 --> 00:29:39,444 although the chickpea one when they do that, 808 00:29:39,444 --> 00:29:42,150 FOB that's Aquafaba. Yeah. Aquafaba is actually really, 809 00:29:42,150 --> 00:29:44,070 really interesting. Absolutely. And you would never be 810 00:29:44,070 --> 00:29:45,910 able to tell the difference. Mhmm. Yeah. No. 811 00:29:45,910 --> 00:29:48,070 That's really cool. So then, and then so 812 00:29:48,070 --> 00:29:49,590 that's the first weekend. And then what's the 813 00:29:49,590 --> 00:29:50,809 next weekend's theme? 814 00:29:51,190 --> 00:29:52,869 Oh, it's the same it's it's all the 815 00:29:52,869 --> 00:29:54,309 same. It's so that you can really take 816 00:29:54,309 --> 00:29:55,964 your time with it. Okay. But I wanted 817 00:29:55,964 --> 00:29:57,484 to make sure that you had 2 whole 818 00:29:57,484 --> 00:29:59,325 weekends and a and a full week in 819 00:29:59,325 --> 00:30:00,705 between so that you could, 820 00:30:01,404 --> 00:30:03,404 you know, really really go to all the 821 00:30:03,404 --> 00:30:03,904 places. 822 00:30:04,605 --> 00:30:07,105 All everywhere is still gonna have their, 823 00:30:07,805 --> 00:30:09,740 you know, all of their other cocktails available 824 00:30:09,740 --> 00:30:12,400 too. So maybe a whiskey sour isn't your, 825 00:30:13,339 --> 00:30:15,259 thing because, you know, you just mentioned about 826 00:30:15,259 --> 00:30:17,039 the egg whites and stuff. Not my thing. 827 00:30:17,099 --> 00:30:20,140 Well, that's alright. What what Cody brought? That's 828 00:30:20,140 --> 00:30:22,140 my thing. There's other things there too. So 829 00:30:22,140 --> 00:30:23,855 you can still explore. You'll still get your 830 00:30:23,855 --> 00:30:24,355 stamp. 831 00:30:24,734 --> 00:30:25,234 Mhmm. 832 00:30:25,615 --> 00:30:27,554 And and, yeah, you'll you'll be able 833 00:30:27,855 --> 00:30:30,095 to to to engage with the event. So 834 00:30:30,095 --> 00:30:31,794 some of the places are Barberly Spirits, 835 00:30:32,095 --> 00:30:33,554 Bricks, Easy Rider, 836 00:30:33,855 --> 00:30:35,694 Kapoo, which I love they're cheeky bar. I'd 837 00:30:35,694 --> 00:30:37,890 love to see what they're doing for something 838 00:30:37,890 --> 00:30:40,450 creative then as well. Luma Bar and Eatery, 839 00:30:40,450 --> 00:30:41,350 everybody taps, 840 00:30:41,809 --> 00:30:42,309 seared, 841 00:30:43,090 --> 00:30:45,170 the Shuckery, which is, like, right there by 842 00:30:45,170 --> 00:30:46,869 Barbaralee Spritz in the Hotel Petaluma, 843 00:30:47,250 --> 00:30:49,590 the Big Easy, which also has great music, 844 00:30:50,210 --> 00:30:52,724 The Block, of course, you've got Cody here, 845 00:30:52,804 --> 00:30:53,625 and Torches. 846 00:30:54,484 --> 00:30:56,164 Like, I always think of it like, I 847 00:30:56,164 --> 00:30:58,164 remember Kodiak Jox had a lot lot of 848 00:30:58,164 --> 00:30:59,924 fun back then. So what kind of music 849 00:30:59,924 --> 00:31:01,924 are you playing this, this weekend? And do 850 00:31:01,924 --> 00:31:03,924 you know who's gonna be playing that weekend 851 00:31:03,924 --> 00:31:06,164 at The Block? Yeah. That weekend, I'd have 852 00:31:06,164 --> 00:31:07,789 to do some digging. It's all it's all 853 00:31:07,789 --> 00:31:10,109 on our website. Who's this weekend? This weekend, 854 00:31:10,109 --> 00:31:12,349 we have let me look it up. Because 855 00:31:12,349 --> 00:31:13,630 you guys get some great stuff. We actually 856 00:31:13,630 --> 00:31:14,109 have, 857 00:31:14,750 --> 00:31:15,409 on Friday, 858 00:31:16,109 --> 00:31:18,269 a group of great musicians that are coming 859 00:31:18,269 --> 00:31:19,890 together for the first time. 860 00:31:20,424 --> 00:31:21,945 Well, they played together, but they're gonna be 861 00:31:21,945 --> 00:31:23,724 doing a a fun experiment. 862 00:31:24,664 --> 00:31:27,785 And then on Saturday, we have Lunar C 863 00:31:27,785 --> 00:31:28,285 Radio. 864 00:31:28,664 --> 00:31:31,144 What's that? I haven't heard that one. They're 865 00:31:31,144 --> 00:31:33,224 they're fun. What did they do? Just a 866 00:31:33,224 --> 00:31:35,019 lot of great music, a little bit of 867 00:31:35,099 --> 00:31:37,420 I'm hoping they have the horns going. You 868 00:31:37,420 --> 00:31:38,319 know, it's it's 869 00:31:38,619 --> 00:31:40,460 it's just something to come and dance and 870 00:31:40,460 --> 00:31:41,900 have some fun. You like horns? So who 871 00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:43,680 are some of the musicians in this experimental 872 00:31:43,740 --> 00:31:44,240 one? 873 00:31:44,859 --> 00:31:46,220 Chris Chappell is one of them. Oh, yeah. 874 00:31:46,220 --> 00:31:48,205 From the incubators. Yeah. And and so there's 875 00:31:48,205 --> 00:31:50,765 gonna be, I'm not sure who he's drummed 876 00:31:50,765 --> 00:31:51,505 up, but 877 00:31:51,965 --> 00:31:53,884 it's it's it's one of his projects, so 878 00:31:53,884 --> 00:31:56,065 it's gonna be fun. Well, he's very creative 879 00:31:56,125 --> 00:31:57,404 and really good, and, 880 00:31:57,965 --> 00:32:00,125 we'd love to get some of your music 881 00:32:00,125 --> 00:32:02,684 in here. Absolutely. Because on Fridays, Steve always 882 00:32:02,684 --> 00:32:04,900 has great bands in here. Yeah. Yeah. I'd 883 00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:06,660 love to have some up here. Yeah. So 884 00:32:06,820 --> 00:32:07,720 and then cocktails, 885 00:32:08,340 --> 00:32:09,960 music, beer, dogs, 886 00:32:10,660 --> 00:32:11,160 fireplaces 887 00:32:11,539 --> 00:32:14,500 Dancing. Pizza. You name it. Mama's pizza. Doesn't 888 00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:16,275 get a whole lot better than that. Not 889 00:32:16,275 --> 00:32:19,154 at all. Alright. He is Cody Hildreth, co 890 00:32:19,154 --> 00:32:21,095 owner of The Block in Petaluma, 891 00:32:21,715 --> 00:32:23,494 a beer and cocktail garden. 892 00:32:24,035 --> 00:32:25,975 They do rotating food trucks. 893 00:32:26,434 --> 00:32:28,980 Lorraine Barber back with us, curator of the 894 00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:32,259 Petaluma Craft cocktail week. Very cool. It's great 895 00:32:32,259 --> 00:32:34,660 to see you both. Thank you. Alright. And 896 00:32:34,660 --> 00:32:36,920 hit the block. It's the block. Petaluma.com. 897 00:32:38,339 --> 00:32:39,460 Linda, thank you. 898 00:32:39,859 --> 00:32:42,099 Lorraine and Cody, thank you, guys. Thank you. 899 00:32:42,099 --> 00:32:43,400 Thank you. Always a pleasure.