1 00:00:00,399 --> 00:00:02,179 It's the Brew podcast. 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,719 It is the, Thursday Drive, Brew with her 3 00:00:06,719 --> 00:00:10,099 Linda Horace, international food and beer judge 4 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,240 and expert, and I'm so glad these folks 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:13,914 came in. Thank you for being one of 6 00:00:13,914 --> 00:00:16,475 our sponsors on Tuesday's election coverage. Let me 7 00:00:16,475 --> 00:00:19,695 read this from, the Grifo Distillery website, grifodistillery.com. 8 00:00:21,434 --> 00:00:24,015 We are driven to lift and defy expectations 9 00:00:24,554 --> 00:00:26,974 of flavor through ingenuity and precision 10 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:28,420 and to enliven 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,199 moments of togetherness. Well, that's that's all you 12 00:00:31,199 --> 00:00:33,299 need to know. I mean, that's brilliant, kids. 13 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,520 Jenny, unfortunately, is not here, so I'm subbing 14 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:37,200 in. I'm a meeting by our manager over 15 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:38,740 at Grifco. That's right. Absolutely 16 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:40,885 do a shout out. You're you're Kat. Kat 17 00:00:40,885 --> 00:00:43,204 Prescott. That's it. Yeah. We'll pretend that Jenny 18 00:00:43,204 --> 00:00:45,605 is here, but she is amazing. We wish 19 00:00:45,605 --> 00:00:47,365 that she was here. Jenny has been on 20 00:00:47,365 --> 00:00:49,524 the show before. Yes. So the great thing 21 00:00:49,524 --> 00:00:51,925 that you get tonight is I'm Mike Griffo 22 00:00:51,925 --> 00:00:53,429 and I make the spirits. So that's where 23 00:00:53,429 --> 00:00:55,270 that comes from. And then Kat creates all 24 00:00:55,270 --> 00:00:57,770 the magic that happens at our distillery with 25 00:00:58,070 --> 00:01:00,950 the cocktails, the mixology, the events, the live 26 00:01:00,950 --> 00:01:02,950 bands, the music, the The vineyard. All the 27 00:01:02,950 --> 00:01:04,870 fun. Yeah. Kat, talk about 28 00:01:05,314 --> 00:01:07,555 you're you're the tasting room manager. That's true. 29 00:01:07,555 --> 00:01:09,734 I'm also the events coordinator. Okay. 30 00:01:10,114 --> 00:01:10,614 And 31 00:01:10,915 --> 00:01:13,395 in addition to our private events, our barrel 32 00:01:13,395 --> 00:01:14,694 room is super stunning. 33 00:01:15,795 --> 00:01:16,454 It actually 34 00:01:16,834 --> 00:01:18,215 it has its very epic 35 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,799 sound to it. So I've had musicians play 36 00:01:21,799 --> 00:01:23,640 there. We do a live music concert series 37 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,380 every weekend. It's open to the public, free, 38 00:01:26,599 --> 00:01:29,079 kid friendly, dog friendly. We actually prefer dogs, 39 00:01:29,079 --> 00:01:30,620 but I'm not supposed to say that. 40 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:32,540 But, 41 00:01:33,045 --> 00:01:34,564 yeah. It's just a really great space. And 42 00:01:34,564 --> 00:01:35,924 when I started working there, I was like, 43 00:01:35,924 --> 00:01:38,165 man, my background is in music venues. And 44 00:01:38,165 --> 00:01:38,665 so 45 00:01:39,125 --> 00:01:41,045 I wanted to bring music into that space. 46 00:01:41,045 --> 00:01:43,444 And honestly, I've I work at the Mystic 47 00:01:43,444 --> 00:01:46,325 as well, and I have seen bands play 48 00:01:46,325 --> 00:01:47,064 at the Mystic. 49 00:01:47,650 --> 00:01:49,329 It don't really sound that great, but once 50 00:01:49,329 --> 00:01:50,930 they get in that barrel room, oh, man. 51 00:01:50,930 --> 00:01:52,849 It's because all the barrels are live, all 52 00:01:52,849 --> 00:01:55,189 of Mike's magic combined with all that sound. 53 00:01:55,569 --> 00:01:57,569 And a good cocktail. And a good cocktail. 54 00:01:57,569 --> 00:01:59,409 That's very As we designed that space, we 55 00:01:59,409 --> 00:02:00,825 had a friend that was a sound engineer 56 00:02:00,825 --> 00:02:03,202 that came in and helped us out with 57 00:02:03,202 --> 00:02:05,579 the drapes and sound absorption. But then something 58 00:02:05,579 --> 00:02:08,253 magic happened. Right? Like, it's just you get 59 00:02:08,253 --> 00:02:10,630 abandoned there, and it just feels like an 60 00:02:10,630 --> 00:02:13,304 intimate living room concert that's not you know, 61 00:02:13,304 --> 00:02:15,750 it's bigger than that. But you just get 62 00:02:15,750 --> 00:02:18,949 this really close-up, clear sound experience. It's like 63 00:02:18,949 --> 00:02:20,629 I had one person describe it one time 64 00:02:20,629 --> 00:02:22,409 as it's like being back in the womb, 65 00:02:23,030 --> 00:02:25,430 which is kind of interesting. Really cool. And 66 00:02:25,430 --> 00:02:26,569 the bands, honestly, 67 00:02:27,235 --> 00:02:29,715 they oftentimes are scheduled 2 to 4 usually, 68 00:02:29,715 --> 00:02:31,474 but they usually play till we close at 69 00:02:31,474 --> 00:02:32,294 5 or 6. 70 00:02:32,834 --> 00:02:34,754 You got Spike Sykes this weekend? We do. 71 00:02:34,754 --> 00:02:36,995 We have Spike Sykes. Spike does, 72 00:02:37,634 --> 00:02:38,134 17 73 00:02:38,514 --> 00:02:41,370 gigs every day. Oh, I Including on the 74 00:02:41,370 --> 00:02:43,770 show, and the guy is just amazing and 75 00:02:43,770 --> 00:02:46,010 his band. Unbelievable. Oh, yeah. Mingo plays with 76 00:02:46,010 --> 00:02:48,250 him. That guy is probably doing 17 shows 77 00:02:48,250 --> 00:02:50,330 also, I think. He does, like, in 7 78 00:02:50,330 --> 00:02:51,949 bands. Oh my gosh. It's crazy. 79 00:02:52,585 --> 00:02:53,564 Powerhouse humans. 80 00:02:53,865 --> 00:02:54,504 Right on. 81 00:02:54,985 --> 00:02:56,044 I've seen photos 82 00:02:56,585 --> 00:02:57,865 and I can't wait to see it all 83 00:02:57,865 --> 00:02:58,525 in person. 84 00:02:59,224 --> 00:03:02,824 It's it's brilliant and it's lovely. And as 85 00:03:02,824 --> 00:03:05,085 you say, you know, it's it's geared towards 86 00:03:05,465 --> 00:03:06,284 live music, 87 00:03:06,585 --> 00:03:07,564 great sound. 88 00:03:08,060 --> 00:03:09,520 And talk about the cocktails, 89 00:03:10,379 --> 00:03:12,219 because you guys do some amazing cocktails. That 90 00:03:12,219 --> 00:03:14,400 would be Kat. Well, actually, I think 91 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:16,939 when you're making cocktails, it starts with the 92 00:03:16,939 --> 00:03:17,439 spirit. 93 00:03:17,900 --> 00:03:20,379 And Mike won distiller of the year this 94 00:03:20,379 --> 00:03:22,540 year Yeah. Which is pretty epic. We're very, 95 00:03:22,540 --> 00:03:23,360 very proud. 96 00:03:26,275 --> 00:03:26,775 So, 97 00:03:27,394 --> 00:03:29,875 yeah, in addition to starting off with this 98 00:03:29,875 --> 00:03:31,094 really epic spirit, 99 00:03:32,034 --> 00:03:34,754 we just try and rotate things seasonally based 100 00:03:34,754 --> 00:03:37,555 on, you know, what's what what's available, but 101 00:03:37,555 --> 00:03:39,560 also kind of keep things different. 102 00:03:39,939 --> 00:03:41,780 A lot of my background in bartending has 103 00:03:41,780 --> 00:03:43,960 been, you know, we work and we infuse 104 00:03:44,099 --> 00:03:46,900 stuff or you, like, make this special syrup 105 00:03:46,900 --> 00:03:48,979 or whatever. But the idea at Grifo is 106 00:03:48,979 --> 00:03:50,180 that when you come in and you have 107 00:03:50,180 --> 00:03:51,319 an epic cocktail, 108 00:03:51,944 --> 00:03:53,705 you can buy all those ingredients, take it 109 00:03:53,705 --> 00:03:55,305 home, and make it yourself and make these 110 00:03:55,305 --> 00:03:57,784 very cute little recipe for us. Brilliant in 111 00:03:57,784 --> 00:03:58,284 its 112 00:03:58,824 --> 00:04:00,585 own way. I mean, you know, I don't 113 00:04:00,585 --> 00:04:01,085 know, 114 00:04:02,104 --> 00:04:04,185 places, distilleries, and we have a lot of 115 00:04:04,185 --> 00:04:05,805 them, great ones around here. But 116 00:04:06,370 --> 00:04:08,150 you guys are really unique in my opinion. 117 00:04:08,290 --> 00:04:10,129 I didn't start the cocktail kit thing. That 118 00:04:10,129 --> 00:04:12,370 was their brilliance. But I'm keeping it going. 119 00:04:12,370 --> 00:04:13,810 What am I what am I tasting? Is 120 00:04:13,810 --> 00:04:16,310 this the tamales This is new. Columns? 121 00:04:16,689 --> 00:04:18,930 So this what you're tasting actually comes out 122 00:04:18,930 --> 00:04:20,985 of the can. It's canned. I got one 123 00:04:20,985 --> 00:04:23,145 here. But I will say that when we 124 00:04:23,145 --> 00:04:23,965 batch that, 125 00:04:24,824 --> 00:04:26,425 you know, you walk into the bar and 126 00:04:26,425 --> 00:04:27,004 the bartender's 127 00:04:28,025 --> 00:04:30,504 sweating it after having batched, like, you know, 128 00:04:30,504 --> 00:04:32,425 80 cocktails in the last hour or whatever, 129 00:04:32,425 --> 00:04:34,139 and we'll have batched, like, 130 00:04:35,180 --> 00:04:35,680 25,000 131 00:04:36,139 --> 00:04:36,639 cocktails 132 00:04:37,420 --> 00:04:38,780 in a big tank. And that's how we're 133 00:04:38,780 --> 00:04:40,060 doing it, you know, in the same way 134 00:04:40,060 --> 00:04:41,420 that a bartender is sitting by in the 135 00:04:41,420 --> 00:04:43,040 bar and saying, did I add, 136 00:04:43,340 --> 00:04:45,100 you know, enough cardamom and clove syrup? Does 137 00:04:45,100 --> 00:04:47,685 it need another squirt of blood orange juice 138 00:04:47,985 --> 00:04:49,185 or a little bit more gin to it? 139 00:04:49,185 --> 00:04:50,545 That's how we batch it in the tank. 140 00:04:50,545 --> 00:04:51,205 And so, 141 00:04:51,745 --> 00:04:53,585 you know, that's what's in the can there. 142 00:04:53,585 --> 00:04:54,965 That's our Tamales Collins, 143 00:04:55,904 --> 00:04:57,824 namesake off the bay. And, 144 00:04:58,465 --> 00:05:00,944 you know, it's our our twist on a, 145 00:05:01,264 --> 00:05:02,165 a Tom Collins, 146 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:03,879 but we add a little bit of cardamom 147 00:05:03,879 --> 00:05:05,160 clove syrup and a little bit of blood 148 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,079 orange juice with Meyer lemon, and, 149 00:05:07,879 --> 00:05:08,699 it's just 150 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,180 it's just joy. This is this is fantastic. 151 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,240 So the cardamom clove syrup, is that the 152 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,004 Floraluna? It is Floraluna. Yeah. We've we've had 153 00:05:17,444 --> 00:05:19,444 since you're sharing it, like, thank you. On 154 00:05:19,444 --> 00:05:21,685 the show from Floraluna before Right. With her 155 00:05:21,685 --> 00:05:24,004 cardamom and cloves syrup. I know she's a 156 00:05:24,004 --> 00:05:26,004 big part of Petaluma and, like, the whole 157 00:05:26,004 --> 00:05:28,725 Petaluma cocktail week that's coming up as well. 158 00:05:28,725 --> 00:05:31,120 Mhmm. But this is fantastic. So what's the 159 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:32,420 ABV on 160 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:34,000 the one can 161 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:36,080 let's see. How many ounces is this? I 162 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:37,600 can't. I don't have my glasses on. So 163 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,300 it's 2 50 ml, 164 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:41,220 and it's 10.5 165 00:05:41,759 --> 00:05:42,259 abv. 166 00:05:42,974 --> 00:05:44,754 So if you think about it, 250ml, 167 00:05:45,055 --> 00:05:46,574 that's like a third of a wine bottle, 168 00:05:46,574 --> 00:05:48,894 and it's close to, you know, the ABV 169 00:05:48,894 --> 00:05:49,634 of a wine. 170 00:05:50,014 --> 00:05:51,235 So be careful. 171 00:05:51,935 --> 00:05:54,894 But, you know, drink responsibly. When you open 172 00:05:54,894 --> 00:05:56,729 up a can, it is kinda 2 cocktails 173 00:05:56,729 --> 00:05:58,569 in one can, and you're getting 4 cans 174 00:05:58,569 --> 00:06:01,050 in that box. And so, you know, that's 175 00:06:01,050 --> 00:06:02,410 a third of a wine bottle right there. 176 00:06:02,410 --> 00:06:05,389 So It's a beautiful idea. You guys do 177 00:06:06,889 --> 00:06:08,269 tours and tastings 178 00:06:08,970 --> 00:06:10,029 of the distillery. 179 00:06:10,644 --> 00:06:12,024 How does that run down? 180 00:06:13,204 --> 00:06:15,764 You can schedule it online. We also donate 181 00:06:15,764 --> 00:06:18,564 to a ton of different community organizations. Right. 182 00:06:18,564 --> 00:06:20,644 Yeah. We talked about that last time. Yeah. 183 00:06:20,644 --> 00:06:22,164 It's one it's one of the things that 184 00:06:22,164 --> 00:06:23,944 they kind of developed, and it was 185 00:06:24,245 --> 00:06:24,745 probably 186 00:06:25,100 --> 00:06:27,019 very early in the beginning when they first 187 00:06:27,019 --> 00:06:29,120 started and opened the business in 2013. 188 00:06:30,860 --> 00:06:32,699 Because well, first of all, Mike and Jenny 189 00:06:32,699 --> 00:06:34,240 are very community minded folks. 190 00:06:34,939 --> 00:06:35,680 But also, 191 00:06:36,139 --> 00:06:37,904 it's a great way to to support your 192 00:06:37,904 --> 00:06:39,745 community, but also get people in there and 193 00:06:39,745 --> 00:06:42,384 just teach them about this super interesting facet 194 00:06:42,384 --> 00:06:44,785 of distilling because Mike does things very differently 195 00:06:44,785 --> 00:06:45,685 than other people. 196 00:06:46,305 --> 00:06:47,985 That's actually what I wanna talk about. So 197 00:06:47,985 --> 00:06:49,904 I've been to the oldest distillery in the 198 00:06:49,904 --> 00:06:52,144 world that was in Lille, France. They still 199 00:06:52,144 --> 00:06:55,370 had all this, like, huge, like, original, beautiful 200 00:06:55,590 --> 00:06:57,990 copper stills that look like, you know, like 201 00:06:57,990 --> 00:07:00,150 aliens, you know, they could end crops. And 202 00:07:00,150 --> 00:07:02,310 it was the only reason it wasn't wasn't 203 00:07:02,310 --> 00:07:04,490 melted down during World War 2 was because 204 00:07:04,870 --> 00:07:07,910 the Nazis wanted their schnapps, so they saved 205 00:07:07,910 --> 00:07:10,004 the distillery. But where did where did you 206 00:07:10,004 --> 00:07:11,785 learn how to to distill? 207 00:07:12,245 --> 00:07:14,964 So, I mean, this is probably the worst 208 00:07:14,964 --> 00:07:16,725 origin story, but but I learned how to 209 00:07:16,725 --> 00:07:18,964 distort distill in a laboratory. So I have 210 00:07:18,964 --> 00:07:21,604 a doctorate in physics. Woah. And as you 211 00:07:21,604 --> 00:07:23,704 do, you know, distilling for 212 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:24,740 creating 213 00:07:25,199 --> 00:07:26,500 experiments in quantum mechanics, 214 00:07:26,959 --> 00:07:29,519 it's just not as tasty as distilling a 215 00:07:29,519 --> 00:07:32,000 nice gin or a whiskey. And so at 216 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,759 some point in time, we decided to fix 217 00:07:33,759 --> 00:07:35,699 that problem, Jenny and I. And 218 00:07:36,394 --> 00:07:38,394 and we opened up Grifo. And so quit 219 00:07:38,394 --> 00:07:40,314 our day jobs and just launched right into 220 00:07:40,314 --> 00:07:41,995 it and haven't looked back since. So was 221 00:07:41,995 --> 00:07:43,055 she like an astrophysicist 222 00:07:43,514 --> 00:07:45,675 or something as well? No. I mean, Jenny 223 00:07:45,675 --> 00:07:47,055 is like she's been, 224 00:07:48,475 --> 00:07:48,975 she's 225 00:07:49,649 --> 00:07:52,230 born and bred with, like, sort of philanthropic, 226 00:07:53,009 --> 00:07:55,189 nonprofit work, working in education. 227 00:07:55,649 --> 00:07:57,589 She was at Stanford and 228 00:07:57,889 --> 00:07:59,970 I was at Berkeley in Santa Cruz and 229 00:07:59,970 --> 00:08:03,110 she was working on international literacy, helping governments 230 00:08:03,814 --> 00:08:06,375 like Cambodia and Lao and whatnot, that lost 231 00:08:06,375 --> 00:08:08,774 their literacy, like core literacy and helping them 232 00:08:08,774 --> 00:08:09,514 build libraries 233 00:08:09,894 --> 00:08:12,454 and getting literacy back into the those communities. 234 00:08:12,454 --> 00:08:15,014 And so that's where, like, the community aspect 235 00:08:15,014 --> 00:08:16,854 of Grifo really comes in. Like, I'm sort 236 00:08:16,854 --> 00:08:18,474 of hard dive into 237 00:08:19,449 --> 00:08:21,949 creating beautiful spirits that I hope evokes 238 00:08:22,649 --> 00:08:25,449 sort of memorable evenings and whatnot. You guys, 239 00:08:25,449 --> 00:08:27,389 you're doing a lot of cocktail recipes. 240 00:08:28,410 --> 00:08:31,850 These are original recipes from Griffo Distillery. Yep. 241 00:08:31,850 --> 00:08:34,029 And let's see, I mean there's so many 242 00:08:34,169 --> 00:08:35,205 choices here. 243 00:08:36,085 --> 00:08:38,485 There's vodka and these are bottles that you 244 00:08:38,485 --> 00:08:39,465 can purchase 245 00:08:39,924 --> 00:08:42,004 and take home. Yes. Right? Plus and then 246 00:08:42,004 --> 00:08:43,524 we'll get into more of the Yeah. The 247 00:08:43,524 --> 00:08:44,904 cocktails and the bar. But, 248 00:08:45,605 --> 00:08:47,605 It all starts with the spirits. Yeah. The 249 00:08:47,605 --> 00:08:50,325 spirits of vodka, gin, whiskey cocktails 250 00:08:50,809 --> 00:08:52,110 Yep. Cold 251 00:08:52,769 --> 00:08:53,269 brew 252 00:08:53,929 --> 00:08:57,209 coffee, liquor cocktails. Speaking of. Yeah. Oh, cool. 253 00:08:57,209 --> 00:08:59,370 I gotta taste that. Yeah. So Right on. 254 00:08:59,529 --> 00:09:02,269 I told them we shake cocktails in studio. 255 00:09:02,649 --> 00:09:04,589 So and Kat makes the best 256 00:09:05,134 --> 00:09:07,615 espresso martini I've ever had. And if you're 257 00:09:07,615 --> 00:09:09,715 ever down at McNear's or Griffo, 258 00:09:10,174 --> 00:09:10,735 you can, 259 00:09:11,695 --> 00:09:14,095 prove me right. Yeah. You gotta just you 260 00:09:14,095 --> 00:09:16,254 gotta make sure you're using Griffo Vodka and 261 00:09:16,254 --> 00:09:17,955 Griffo Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur. 262 00:09:18,309 --> 00:09:20,309 That's the that's the secret ingredient. It's not 263 00:09:20,309 --> 00:09:22,870 my arm. And and while Kat shakes something 264 00:09:22,870 --> 00:09:24,970 here, I gotta plug that we do have 265 00:09:25,029 --> 00:09:27,750 a new spirit coming out that is an 266 00:09:27,750 --> 00:09:30,230 espresso martini in a bottle, and it's based 267 00:09:30,230 --> 00:09:33,085 off of Kat's recipes here. And so I'm 268 00:09:33,085 --> 00:09:35,004 hoping that That was collaborative. That was an 269 00:09:35,004 --> 00:09:37,085 r and d day. He's the he's the 270 00:09:37,085 --> 00:09:38,764 baker, and I'm a cook. It was 271 00:09:39,404 --> 00:09:41,404 but we made it work. Yeah. And and 272 00:09:41,404 --> 00:09:43,884 so, you know, soon to follow is gonna 273 00:09:43,884 --> 00:09:46,759 be, I think, some released, hopefully, right before 274 00:09:46,759 --> 00:09:48,840 Thanksgiving. We're gonna have our espresso martini in 275 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:50,139 model Right on. Available. 276 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,480 I love espresso martinis. This espresso martini is 277 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:55,740 actually named after Jenny. It's called the matriarch. 278 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,235 Alright. Love it. So some of these, 279 00:09:59,875 --> 00:10:00,375 cocktails, 280 00:10:01,235 --> 00:10:03,394 these original recipes that people can get when 281 00:10:03,394 --> 00:10:04,294 they go to Griffo, 282 00:10:04,834 --> 00:10:07,315 explain what what how it works and what 283 00:10:07,315 --> 00:10:07,975 you got. 284 00:10:08,434 --> 00:10:11,075 Well, she's gonna shake real quick so we 285 00:10:11,075 --> 00:10:13,394 can actually taste taste it while she tells 286 00:10:13,394 --> 00:10:16,099 us how that works. But, I would I 287 00:10:16,099 --> 00:10:18,629 love the shaking sound on the show. Yes. 288 00:10:18,629 --> 00:10:21,160 Totally. Me too. And this is a great 289 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:23,691 place to go also down that we're going 290 00:10:23,691 --> 00:10:26,538 on the holidays, of course. You know, I 291 00:10:26,538 --> 00:10:29,068 think espresso martinis go really well with relatives. 292 00:10:29,068 --> 00:10:31,465 And New Year's Eve relatives, you can stay 293 00:10:31,465 --> 00:10:33,404 awake a little bit with espresso. 294 00:10:33,865 --> 00:10:35,705 Whiskey's good too. Yeah. And when you go 295 00:10:35,705 --> 00:10:37,304 in there, what they're when she's talking about 296 00:10:37,304 --> 00:10:38,764 that they have cocktail fixings, 297 00:10:39,384 --> 00:10:40,985 I remember the first time I went in 298 00:10:40,985 --> 00:10:41,580 in there 299 00:10:42,059 --> 00:10:44,779 and, like, there's a wall with the Flora 300 00:10:44,779 --> 00:10:46,240 Luna Cardamom Club, 301 00:10:46,700 --> 00:10:49,820 Elixir that Kathy loves. There's there's different you 302 00:10:49,820 --> 00:10:51,580 know, so there's all the things to put 303 00:10:51,580 --> 00:10:52,080 together, 304 00:10:52,460 --> 00:10:54,799 like a basket for a gift 305 00:10:55,285 --> 00:10:57,605 or, say, you're putting a basket together for, 306 00:10:57,605 --> 00:10:58,585 like, you know, 307 00:10:58,965 --> 00:10:59,625 your kid's 308 00:11:00,004 --> 00:11:02,565 school, you know, fundraiser. Why not? Teachers need 309 00:11:02,565 --> 00:11:03,845 that too. And, 310 00:11:04,325 --> 00:11:06,404 so speaking of, I wanna do we wanna 311 00:11:06,404 --> 00:11:08,264 do a shout out to our day drinkers. 312 00:11:08,404 --> 00:11:09,544 Right, Kat? Absolutely. 313 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:11,059 Love those ladies. 314 00:11:12,399 --> 00:11:14,879 So Kat's making us espresso martinis right now. 315 00:11:14,879 --> 00:11:16,019 She's putting some 316 00:11:16,799 --> 00:11:19,840 coffee beans on top. Three espresso beans, 1 317 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:21,600 for health, 1 for wealth, and one for 318 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:22,095 happiness. 319 00:11:22,735 --> 00:11:24,735 Right. Right on. But they also do that 320 00:11:24,735 --> 00:11:27,855 with the Sambuca in, Italy as well too. 321 00:11:27,855 --> 00:11:31,294 So okay. Speaking of Sambuca, actually, Mike's got 322 00:11:31,294 --> 00:11:33,615 this sneaky project that he's been messing around 323 00:11:33,615 --> 00:11:35,855 with, and it's our we also make a 324 00:11:35,855 --> 00:11:36,355 grappa, 325 00:11:37,049 --> 00:11:39,529 and it's our cold brew coffee liqueur, and 326 00:11:39,529 --> 00:11:41,230 we've been aging it in grappa 327 00:11:41,610 --> 00:11:42,110 barrels, 328 00:11:42,410 --> 00:11:44,490 which is a really, really rad kind of 329 00:11:44,490 --> 00:11:48,889 incantation of a very traditional Italian beverage called 330 00:11:48,970 --> 00:11:50,830 Mike, what is it? Espresso crackdo. 331 00:11:51,384 --> 00:11:52,825 Exactly. So we're gonna have our own little 332 00:11:52,825 --> 00:11:55,144 version. The Italians don't drink milk in their 333 00:11:55,144 --> 00:11:57,464 coffee in the afternoons, so they have to 334 00:11:57,464 --> 00:12:00,345 correct their espresso with grappa. Yes. And that's 335 00:12:00,345 --> 00:12:01,485 why they only drink 336 00:12:02,904 --> 00:12:05,939 cappuccinos in the morning. Yep. That's right. You 337 00:12:05,939 --> 00:12:08,199 don't drink a cappuccino in the afternoon unless 338 00:12:08,659 --> 00:12:10,199 you're Al Pacino. He 339 00:12:10,659 --> 00:12:12,259 he does. I haven't heard that one, but 340 00:12:12,259 --> 00:12:14,500 I've yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. We gotta taste 341 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:15,799 this. Yeah. What? 342 00:12:17,220 --> 00:12:18,120 Oh my god. 343 00:12:18,534 --> 00:12:19,575 You know one of the things I like 344 00:12:19,575 --> 00:12:21,735 about cold brew also is that it's less 345 00:12:21,735 --> 00:12:22,235 acidic 346 00:12:22,774 --> 00:12:23,274 than, 347 00:12:23,815 --> 00:12:25,894 like like boiled coffee, not that you really 348 00:12:25,894 --> 00:12:28,215 boil the coffee, but, like, hot coffee. Cold 349 00:12:28,215 --> 00:12:29,835 brew coffee is nice and smooth. 350 00:12:30,455 --> 00:12:31,735 This is got how do you how do 351 00:12:31,735 --> 00:12:33,174 you how do you do this? I mean, 352 00:12:33,174 --> 00:12:35,290 like So the reason why we went with 353 00:12:35,290 --> 00:12:37,690 the cold brew process is because it's less 354 00:12:37,690 --> 00:12:39,710 acidic. You hit that nail on the head. 355 00:12:39,929 --> 00:12:41,929 And it's, it means that we have to 356 00:12:41,929 --> 00:12:43,610 put in less sugar because it is liqueur, 357 00:12:43,610 --> 00:12:44,990 so it takes a little bit of sugar. 358 00:12:45,129 --> 00:12:48,169 But we're using beans from Equator Coffees Oh, 359 00:12:48,169 --> 00:12:49,605 yeah. Which is amazing. 360 00:12:50,225 --> 00:12:52,945 So it's this woman owned b corp out 361 00:12:52,945 --> 00:12:53,764 of Marin. 362 00:12:55,424 --> 00:12:56,565 Turn the mic around. 363 00:12:57,985 --> 00:13:00,705 I would trust her Linda to her Linda 364 00:13:00,705 --> 00:13:02,053 to do it, but she's not doing it. 365 00:13:02,053 --> 00:13:03,779 So I'm drinking my cocktail. 366 00:13:04,159 --> 00:13:06,399 Kat, go ahead and move the mic to 367 00:13:06,399 --> 00:13:08,100 your face there. Thank you. 368 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:13,039 Okay. Keep going. Yep. So it's, it's this 369 00:13:13,039 --> 00:13:14,959 amazing like, you go to the French Laundry, 370 00:13:14,959 --> 00:13:16,799 and that's the beam that they carry. And 371 00:13:16,799 --> 00:13:17,299 so 372 00:13:18,184 --> 00:13:19,644 we found them, you know, 373 00:13:20,264 --> 00:13:22,504 by searching Hi Lo, and they've just been 374 00:13:22,504 --> 00:13:24,424 an amazing partner. I think we've been working 375 00:13:24,424 --> 00:13:26,184 with them for 8 years or something like 376 00:13:26,184 --> 00:13:26,904 that. And, 377 00:13:28,024 --> 00:13:30,424 it's just a beautiful bean that represents well 378 00:13:30,424 --> 00:13:31,785 inside of the spirit. And then so you 379 00:13:31,785 --> 00:13:33,004 make this, and you 380 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:35,519 blend it with a little bit of simple 381 00:13:35,519 --> 00:13:37,379 syrup and our vodka and, 382 00:13:38,639 --> 00:13:41,039 the beans. This specific one has demerara syrup 383 00:13:41,039 --> 00:13:43,919 in it. There you go. Mhmm. Special type 384 00:13:43,919 --> 00:13:45,824 of candy. Wow. That's good. Yeah. Do you 385 00:13:45,824 --> 00:13:46,704 have to age, 386 00:13:47,424 --> 00:13:49,264 age this, or does it it's ready to 387 00:13:49,264 --> 00:13:51,264 roll? Nope. It's ready to roll. Right. And 388 00:13:51,264 --> 00:13:53,444 our glasses. Yeah. This is fantastic. 389 00:13:54,384 --> 00:13:57,024 This is probably I think espresso martinis are 390 00:13:57,024 --> 00:13:59,149 probably the most popular cocktail 391 00:13:59,610 --> 00:14:00,429 in America 392 00:14:00,730 --> 00:14:02,970 right now, I would pretty much say. How 393 00:14:02,970 --> 00:14:04,169 many of those do you think you you're 394 00:14:04,169 --> 00:14:04,669 doing 395 00:14:05,850 --> 00:14:06,910 today? It's it's definitely 396 00:14:07,290 --> 00:14:09,529 the old fashioned, the espresso martini, and our 397 00:14:09,529 --> 00:14:11,054 gen gimlets are our most popular cocktails. And 398 00:14:11,134 --> 00:14:13,001 when is they when are they gonna be 399 00:14:13,001 --> 00:14:13,840 available for sale at in in in the 400 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:14,984 bottle or whatever you're doing? Every well, we 401 00:14:14,984 --> 00:14:16,335 don't do the pre batched cocktails in the 402 00:14:16,335 --> 00:14:18,254 bottle except for the espresso martini, and that 403 00:14:18,254 --> 00:14:21,634 should be available. Yeah. Thanksgiving. Yep. Cool. Mhmm. 404 00:14:25,970 --> 00:14:27,330 Very cool. So you'll be able to purchase. 405 00:14:27,330 --> 00:14:29,970 And honestly, guys, it's so easy. You literally 406 00:14:29,970 --> 00:14:31,410 take it. You pour it in a in 407 00:14:31,410 --> 00:14:33,330 a shaker. You shake it over ice and 408 00:14:33,330 --> 00:14:35,110 strain it out. Bada bing. 409 00:14:35,490 --> 00:14:37,670 It's just lovely. I'm gonna do it again. 410 00:14:37,809 --> 00:14:40,309 Please do. I'm I'm ready to get wired. 411 00:14:41,565 --> 00:14:44,524 Doctor Mike, tell everyone how to find Griffo 412 00:14:44,524 --> 00:14:45,664 Distillery in Petaluma. 413 00:14:46,524 --> 00:14:48,625 Well, you aim your car at La Gonitas, 414 00:14:50,845 --> 00:14:52,304 which we all know and love, 415 00:14:52,924 --> 00:14:54,365 and then you aim a little to the 416 00:14:54,365 --> 00:14:56,090 right. So if you get off the freeway 417 00:14:56,090 --> 00:14:57,850 and you're heading towards Slaginius, you take a 418 00:14:57,850 --> 00:14:59,769 right right where Slaginius is and 5 doors 419 00:14:59,769 --> 00:15:02,169 down on the spot street. That's it. Very 420 00:15:02,169 --> 00:15:04,250 cool. When I was talking to Kat about 421 00:15:04,250 --> 00:15:06,009 coming on the show, and I I said, 422 00:15:06,009 --> 00:15:07,929 oh, you know, just reminder, we we shake 423 00:15:07,929 --> 00:15:09,565 up cocktails in studio. She's like, oh, yeah. 424 00:15:09,565 --> 00:15:11,565 I've got some goodies. I'm like, we could 425 00:15:11,565 --> 00:15:13,565 all definitely do it have you know, use 426 00:15:13,565 --> 00:15:15,565 a drink and some cheering up. Look. I 427 00:15:15,565 --> 00:15:17,965 have a face in my, espresso. Let me 428 00:15:17,965 --> 00:15:19,245 fill it up, and you can find her 429 00:15:19,245 --> 00:15:20,845 again in a minute. That's beautiful. It's like 430 00:15:20,845 --> 00:15:21,904 reading the tea leaves. 431 00:15:22,685 --> 00:15:24,625 If we could only read the coffee beans. 432 00:15:24,870 --> 00:15:27,590 Just before Thanksgiving, we're also doing another release 433 00:15:27,590 --> 00:15:30,070 of our brandies. So we're releasing 2 single 434 00:15:30,070 --> 00:15:30,970 barrel releases 435 00:15:31,429 --> 00:15:34,629 of brandy. Are they flavored brandies? Or No. 436 00:15:34,629 --> 00:15:35,129 So, 437 00:15:35,990 --> 00:15:38,070 it's oh god. You're putting me on the 438 00:15:38,070 --> 00:15:39,884 spot now. So the last time we did 439 00:15:39,884 --> 00:15:41,725 a release, we did a Chardonnay and we 440 00:15:41,725 --> 00:15:42,544 did a Tempranillo 441 00:15:42,924 --> 00:15:43,424 brandy. 442 00:15:44,044 --> 00:15:44,524 And, 443 00:15:45,004 --> 00:15:47,084 and this time around, we're doing I believe 444 00:15:47,084 --> 00:15:49,024 it's a it's a Napa Cabernet, 445 00:15:49,725 --> 00:15:50,464 and then, 446 00:15:52,365 --> 00:15:54,590 I think it's a a pinot is the 447 00:15:54,590 --> 00:15:56,590 other one. The very interesting thing about the 448 00:15:56,590 --> 00:15:58,670 way that Mike makes his brandy, though, is 449 00:15:58,670 --> 00:16:01,710 oftentimes when distilleries, you know, they get the 450 00:16:01,710 --> 00:16:03,090 juice, I e the wine, 451 00:16:03,629 --> 00:16:05,149 and a lot of times, it's already blended 452 00:16:05,149 --> 00:16:06,769 together. So it's multivarietal 453 00:16:07,230 --> 00:16:08,929 or varietal wine, essentially, 454 00:16:09,294 --> 00:16:11,215 and then they turn into brandy. But Mike 455 00:16:11,215 --> 00:16:12,115 is very particular 456 00:16:12,575 --> 00:16:15,215 about his flavor profiles and making sure you 457 00:16:15,215 --> 00:16:17,715 guys really, really, really enjoy what's going in, 458 00:16:18,495 --> 00:16:20,115 so and the whole experience. 459 00:16:20,735 --> 00:16:23,475 So, so he does single varietal brandies. 460 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,320 So when he's talking about a Chardonnay brandy 461 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,879 or a Tempranillo brandy, those are actually the 462 00:16:28,879 --> 00:16:31,279 only varietal of grape that you get in 463 00:16:31,279 --> 00:16:33,440 the brandy, which is a super unique thing. 464 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:34,879 Yeah. So when you drink a Cab and 465 00:16:34,879 --> 00:16:36,879 you're thinking, oh, dark cherries, or if you're 466 00:16:36,879 --> 00:16:37,379 drinking, 467 00:16:37,915 --> 00:16:39,595 like a Zinn and it's real inky or 468 00:16:39,595 --> 00:16:42,014 a Pinot that's got really floral and rose, 469 00:16:42,475 --> 00:16:44,795 that pulls through in the brandy. And so 470 00:16:44,795 --> 00:16:47,115 rather than doing blends, we're actually capturing the 471 00:16:47,115 --> 00:16:49,434 characteristic of that wine in the brandy, and 472 00:16:49,434 --> 00:16:52,110 then we age it. These are like 6 473 00:16:52,110 --> 00:16:54,269 year old barrels in French oak, and it's 474 00:16:54,269 --> 00:16:56,429 all really well done. So I have not 475 00:16:56,429 --> 00:16:57,330 heard of the Tempranillo 476 00:16:57,789 --> 00:17:00,190 brandy. And that's a Spanish varietal grape. That's 477 00:17:00,190 --> 00:17:03,169 really cool. Yeah. And so with most brandies, 478 00:17:03,230 --> 00:17:05,150 you really as you're distilling the wine, you 479 00:17:05,150 --> 00:17:07,335 wanna be careful of the pH. And you 480 00:17:07,335 --> 00:17:09,335 know, there's some sort of wines that end 481 00:17:09,335 --> 00:17:11,654 up being a bit softer and flabbier, and 482 00:17:11,654 --> 00:17:13,815 then some wines that turn into really nice 483 00:17:13,815 --> 00:17:16,214 brandies where it's like crisp and articulated. And 484 00:17:16,214 --> 00:17:18,794 so Did you ever make wine as well? 485 00:17:18,934 --> 00:17:20,794 I've made wine. I've made beer. 486 00:17:21,650 --> 00:17:23,909 I like to tease the beer guys that 487 00:17:24,130 --> 00:17:25,890 it's cute that they make beer, but they 488 00:17:25,890 --> 00:17:28,130 only they stopped halfway, then they started drinking. 489 00:17:28,130 --> 00:17:29,490 Because you really you need to finish your 490 00:17:29,490 --> 00:17:31,009 beer and distill it, and then you've got 491 00:17:31,009 --> 00:17:32,470 whiskey. Mhmm. So 492 00:17:34,049 --> 00:17:35,509 Mike makes beer better. 493 00:17:36,404 --> 00:17:36,904 I 494 00:17:37,285 --> 00:17:38,105 I Amen. 495 00:17:38,965 --> 00:17:40,884 I've tried telling somebody that before. They were 496 00:17:40,884 --> 00:17:42,565 like, well, that's a beer show. I'm like, 497 00:17:42,565 --> 00:17:43,845 well, you know, when I've had, like, you 498 00:17:43,845 --> 00:17:45,605 know, whiskey or something, I'm like, well, it 499 00:17:45,605 --> 00:17:47,945 starts as beer. Mhmm. And then it just, 500 00:17:48,005 --> 00:17:49,640 you know, moves on 501 00:17:50,019 --> 00:17:51,859 and shoots up a bit. Matures. If you 502 00:17:51,859 --> 00:17:53,140 wanna hear a little bit more about that 503 00:17:53,140 --> 00:17:54,900 process, you come on down to Griffo, and 504 00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:56,340 then we'll give you a tour and tasting 505 00:17:56,340 --> 00:17:57,700 and tell you all about it. Now you're 506 00:17:57,700 --> 00:17:59,700 doing special things as well too, some, like, 507 00:17:59,700 --> 00:18:01,460 some dinners and stuff as well I've seen 508 00:18:01,460 --> 00:18:02,519 you guys do before? 509 00:18:03,815 --> 00:18:06,134 We've they've we've done a bunch of dinners 510 00:18:06,134 --> 00:18:08,214 in the past and hosted different events. We 511 00:18:08,214 --> 00:18:10,075 actually have an upcoming event. 512 00:18:10,454 --> 00:18:11,994 It's a fundraiser for, 513 00:18:12,694 --> 00:18:13,515 Mothers Care, 514 00:18:13,894 --> 00:18:16,375 which is a local organization that helps women 515 00:18:16,375 --> 00:18:19,089 with postpartum depression and mental health. Yeah. We've 516 00:18:19,089 --> 00:18:20,369 had them on the show a long time 517 00:18:20,369 --> 00:18:22,950 ago. Phenomenal phenomenal folks. Yeah. Very cool. Also, 518 00:18:23,169 --> 00:18:23,669 Unavita. 519 00:18:24,529 --> 00:18:26,710 They're a phenomenal organization that helps 520 00:18:27,649 --> 00:18:29,269 women, children, families, 521 00:18:30,609 --> 00:18:31,669 with food insecurity. 522 00:18:32,049 --> 00:18:32,789 And then 523 00:18:33,234 --> 00:18:35,875 lastly, we have Gilead House, actually. And so 524 00:18:35,875 --> 00:18:38,355 all 3 of these org yeah. Yeah. Gilead 525 00:18:38,355 --> 00:18:39,174 House is, 526 00:18:39,875 --> 00:18:40,934 women who are 527 00:18:41,234 --> 00:18:41,734 houseless 528 00:18:42,355 --> 00:18:44,934 due to domestic violence Right. And their children. 529 00:18:45,234 --> 00:18:46,694 So the idea was 530 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,480 women or Grifo supports women in music and 531 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:52,320 women in general. So we're throwing a big 532 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:54,340 party on November 22nd. 533 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:56,099 Yep. And, 534 00:18:56,559 --> 00:18:58,480 and all the proceeds are gonna go toward 535 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,119 those 3 organizations. So there's some women bands 536 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:02,865 like Foxes in the Hen House? Or I 537 00:19:02,865 --> 00:19:04,384 don't have Foxes in the Hen House. I 538 00:19:04,384 --> 00:19:07,184 have Bluegrass Holiday and, a couple of very 539 00:19:07,184 --> 00:19:08,005 special guests, 540 00:19:08,945 --> 00:19:11,105 but really the showcase here is these 3 541 00:19:11,105 --> 00:19:11,605 organizations. 542 00:19:12,065 --> 00:19:12,805 Very cool. 543 00:19:13,184 --> 00:19:14,164 You know, the YWCA 544 00:19:14,785 --> 00:19:17,039 here in Sonoma County is notorious for 545 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,160 doing similar things, and they do it great. 546 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:21,920 And I'm glad you guys are involved with 547 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:24,660 that too. Talk more about your environmental 548 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:25,619 stewardship. 549 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,240 So in building the distillery, we definitely wanted 550 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:31,859 to take an approach of being 551 00:19:32,585 --> 00:19:35,545 conscious to our impact. And so we've put 552 00:19:35,545 --> 00:19:37,545 into place a lot of things like what 553 00:19:37,704 --> 00:19:39,464 how we use our water and water usage 554 00:19:39,464 --> 00:19:40,984 and how much we send down the drain 555 00:19:40,984 --> 00:19:41,484 versus, 556 00:19:42,664 --> 00:19:44,730 how much we're able to reuse. Right. 557 00:19:45,369 --> 00:19:47,470 Like our cooling systems are all 558 00:19:47,769 --> 00:19:48,269 internal 559 00:19:48,890 --> 00:19:49,710 closed loop, 560 00:19:50,410 --> 00:19:51,710 you know, where we, 561 00:19:52,569 --> 00:19:53,929 you know, we don't run water down the 562 00:19:53,929 --> 00:19:55,450 drain just to run cooling and things like 563 00:19:55,450 --> 00:19:57,690 that. For all the beer that we make 564 00:19:57,690 --> 00:19:59,309 for the grains that we use, 565 00:20:00,085 --> 00:20:01,525 Those all come out of the still and 566 00:20:01,525 --> 00:20:04,005 go straight into farmers' trucks, and they go 567 00:20:04,005 --> 00:20:05,845 off to feed the cows and money. Right 568 00:20:05,845 --> 00:20:06,345 on. 569 00:20:06,805 --> 00:20:08,244 And so there's a lot of processes that 570 00:20:08,244 --> 00:20:10,085 we put in place. And anytime we do 571 00:20:10,085 --> 00:20:12,085 anything at the distillery, we think about what's 572 00:20:12,085 --> 00:20:14,159 our impact. Can we use less plastic? Can 573 00:20:14,159 --> 00:20:16,240 we use less water? Sure. How are we 574 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,579 doing this? Yeah. Yeah. Use less, 575 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:20,099 reuse more. 576 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:20,980 Yep. 577 00:20:21,279 --> 00:20:23,200 Good words. That's a good ethos when you 578 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,380 build something out of nothing. What about 579 00:20:26,284 --> 00:20:29,884 the food miles, reducing food miles because you 580 00:20:29,884 --> 00:20:31,345 you source local first 581 00:20:32,044 --> 00:20:33,825 from your grains to your barrels, 582 00:20:34,605 --> 00:20:37,424 and the barrels, I guess, comes from, Cooperage 583 00:20:37,484 --> 00:20:39,920 in Napa. Yep. That's right. They're not coming 584 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,480 from Missouri. They're not coming from farther away. 585 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:42,559 They're 586 00:20:43,279 --> 00:20:45,279 it's a it's a Cooperage in Napa, so 587 00:20:45,279 --> 00:20:46,880 they're traditionally, they make a lot of wine 588 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:47,380 barrels, 589 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,080 but we've talked them into making whiskey barrels 590 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:50,820 for us. 591 00:20:52,005 --> 00:20:54,025 And then also, like, for our gin, 592 00:20:54,725 --> 00:20:56,744 which just won a gold medal, 593 00:20:57,365 --> 00:20:58,345 and it won 594 00:20:58,884 --> 00:21:02,105 the an Ascot award for the best white 595 00:21:02,325 --> 00:21:04,345 spirit of the year, which is the Oscars 596 00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:07,980 of spirits. It's pretty, pretty awesome. Fred Minnick, 597 00:21:07,980 --> 00:21:10,059 like, the top reviewers in in the States, 598 00:21:10,059 --> 00:21:12,059 like, gave us that award, and I'm just 599 00:21:12,059 --> 00:21:14,140 beside myself that we won that. But my 600 00:21:14,140 --> 00:21:15,660 point, though, is that, like, when we designed 601 00:21:15,660 --> 00:21:17,039 that that gin, 602 00:21:17,375 --> 00:21:19,615 we sort of went with conventional and organic 603 00:21:19,615 --> 00:21:21,795 and wild harvested and anything we wanted. 604 00:21:22,174 --> 00:21:24,414 And then as we narrowed everything down, everything 605 00:21:24,414 --> 00:21:26,975 landed with organic or wild harvested that goes 606 00:21:26,975 --> 00:21:28,115 into it. And so, 607 00:21:28,414 --> 00:21:31,475 it's definitely responsibly sourced as locally as possible. 608 00:21:32,519 --> 00:21:34,120 And that goes with our grains that go 609 00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:35,320 into the whiskey as well. Most of them 610 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:36,460 are organic as well. 611 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:38,920 So I know you guys are like a 612 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,400 lot of places in the Petaluma, Craft Cocktail 613 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,799 Week coming up are using Griffo. Like, I'm 614 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,315 you're gonna see it all over town. I'm 615 00:21:46,315 --> 00:21:48,634 pretty excited about that getting, like, Kapu. I've 616 00:21:48,634 --> 00:21:51,055 seen, you know, all over the place. And 617 00:21:51,115 --> 00:21:52,894 I'm like That's our sales team. 618 00:21:54,315 --> 00:21:57,035 Good sales team. But, also, Kat, you know, 619 00:21:57,035 --> 00:21:58,975 like, you're such a fixture 620 00:22:00,039 --> 00:22:00,619 in Petaluma, 621 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,480 and, I'm just so I mean, you guys 622 00:22:03,559 --> 00:22:05,900 well We're so lucky to have Kat. Yes. 623 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:07,500 And and you have a great 624 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,200 product, but then you've got a great person 625 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,759 to promote it. And she's, like, really turned 626 00:22:12,759 --> 00:22:14,059 a lot of us on 627 00:22:14,384 --> 00:22:16,065 to, you know, what you're doing over there, 628 00:22:16,065 --> 00:22:17,845 but also for the good works. 629 00:22:18,224 --> 00:22:20,724 So you're telling me telling me it's working. 630 00:22:21,904 --> 00:22:22,884 I'll take it. 631 00:22:23,265 --> 00:22:25,904 Kat, talk more about your, your history. You 632 00:22:25,904 --> 00:22:28,065 mentioned Mystic Theater. You're still involved with them? 633 00:22:28,224 --> 00:22:30,470 Yeah. Yeah. I I I moved out here 634 00:22:30,470 --> 00:22:32,809 to work at this little music venue, 635 00:22:33,349 --> 00:22:37,190 called Zodiacs from Missouri. I'm actually from Tennessee 636 00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:38,490 originally, then Missouri. 637 00:22:39,029 --> 00:22:40,629 And then I came out here, crossed my 638 00:22:40,629 --> 00:22:42,069 fingers, and I was like, well, let's see 639 00:22:42,069 --> 00:22:44,085 if California is gonna spit me out or 640 00:22:44,244 --> 00:22:46,724 or keep me, you know. And, 10 years 641 00:22:46,724 --> 00:22:48,105 later, I'm still here. 642 00:22:49,204 --> 00:22:51,605 The mystic is obviously we know, like, the 643 00:22:51,605 --> 00:22:53,365 red rocks at Sonoma County. It's such an 644 00:22:53,365 --> 00:22:56,005 epic space. So I'm very, very lucky to 645 00:22:56,005 --> 00:22:58,325 have been able to call that my home 646 00:22:58,325 --> 00:23:00,029 for a significant amount of time, 647 00:23:00,509 --> 00:23:02,029 and it's really nice to have a new 648 00:23:02,029 --> 00:23:03,869 home at Griffo. And to be able to 649 00:23:03,869 --> 00:23:05,070 share a lot of the things that I 650 00:23:05,070 --> 00:23:07,190 learned and a lot of the bands and 651 00:23:07,190 --> 00:23:09,309 a lot of the experiences with people who 652 00:23:09,309 --> 00:23:12,029 aren't super familiar with Griffo, but also to 653 00:23:12,029 --> 00:23:13,904 be able to do these community events. It's 654 00:23:14,144 --> 00:23:15,984 so awesome to be able to support all 655 00:23:15,984 --> 00:23:19,025 these, like, local nonprofits and people just making 656 00:23:19,025 --> 00:23:21,265 people aware. It's not even about, you know, 657 00:23:21,265 --> 00:23:23,744 hosting a fundraiser necessarily, but, like, we'll have 658 00:23:23,744 --> 00:23:25,025 COTS come in and they'll set up a 659 00:23:25,025 --> 00:23:26,785 table when we have a live band. We 660 00:23:26,785 --> 00:23:29,339 have food trucks, local partners that we work 661 00:23:29,339 --> 00:23:30,080 with constantly. 662 00:23:30,859 --> 00:23:32,380 And it's just really nice to be able 663 00:23:32,380 --> 00:23:33,820 to share because a lot of people don't 664 00:23:33,820 --> 00:23:36,299 even know COTS exists. But, you know, they 665 00:23:36,299 --> 00:23:38,299 need our help. And the more we get 666 00:23:38,299 --> 00:23:39,119 them out there, 667 00:23:39,980 --> 00:23:42,544 with the Yeah. Venture what COTS, what is. 668 00:23:42,544 --> 00:23:43,924 Oh, COTS help helps 669 00:23:45,345 --> 00:23:46,644 the houseless community 670 00:23:47,105 --> 00:23:49,265 in Petaluma. They've been on many times on 671 00:23:49,265 --> 00:23:51,904 this show. Phenomenal people. Did you work, with 672 00:23:51,904 --> 00:23:53,984 Sheila at the Mystic? I didn't. That was 673 00:23:53,984 --> 00:23:55,609 before my time. Yeah. 674 00:23:56,309 --> 00:23:58,390 Shannon and She's a musician. And Ken? Yeah. 675 00:23:58,390 --> 00:24:00,950 Yeah. Yeah. So Shannon O'Donnell's doing all the 676 00:24:00,950 --> 00:24:03,429 music there, right, now or a lot of 677 00:24:03,429 --> 00:24:05,750 the music now? Or I think I think 678 00:24:05,750 --> 00:24:07,910 there's a there's a lot of people working 679 00:24:07,910 --> 00:24:09,829 together to make sure that Sonoma County is 680 00:24:09,829 --> 00:24:10,890 chock full of music 681 00:24:11,825 --> 00:24:14,325 at Mystic, at Griffo, at Lagunitas. 682 00:24:14,865 --> 00:24:16,945 I mean, we're such lucky, lucky folks to 683 00:24:16,945 --> 00:24:19,105 have so much, like, so many options and 684 00:24:19,105 --> 00:24:21,744 so many amazing local bands to support. Yeah. 685 00:24:21,744 --> 00:24:24,305 Petaluma is a progressive party, like, pretty much 686 00:24:24,305 --> 00:24:26,960 every night. There is music and something to 687 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:28,980 do there between the block and everything. 688 00:24:30,079 --> 00:24:32,320 Mike, talk more about what's coming up in 689 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:33,539 the future at Griffo. 690 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:35,920 Yeah. I mean, so we we sort of 691 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,000 talked about a couple of things. One cool 692 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,320 thing about the the tasting bar that Kat 693 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:41,920 does such a beautiful job with is that 694 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,205 we get to play and experiment and feed 695 00:24:44,205 --> 00:24:45,964 things out to the public through there. I 696 00:24:45,964 --> 00:24:47,164 mean, in the past, we've done, like, a 697 00:24:47,164 --> 00:24:48,144 persimmon liqueur, 698 00:24:49,724 --> 00:24:50,224 and 699 00:24:51,565 --> 00:24:54,205 now we're releasing our 2 brandies in, like, 700 00:24:54,205 --> 00:24:55,265 about 2 weeks. 701 00:24:55,724 --> 00:24:57,505 Then comes the espresso martini. 702 00:24:58,140 --> 00:24:59,039 And then sometime 703 00:24:59,420 --> 00:25:02,000 in February, I think, we've queued up the 704 00:25:02,059 --> 00:25:03,119 espresso correcto, 705 00:25:03,580 --> 00:25:04,960 the Grappa Barrel infused, 706 00:25:05,580 --> 00:25:06,480 coffee liqueur. 707 00:25:06,940 --> 00:25:07,680 And then, 708 00:25:08,940 --> 00:25:10,755 I don't know. Like, we've got we've got 709 00:25:10,755 --> 00:25:12,795 so many things in tank, and it's all 710 00:25:12,795 --> 00:25:14,875 just sort of scattered. Like, we've got a 711 00:25:14,875 --> 00:25:17,295 nocino in tank. We have No. Nocino. 712 00:25:17,674 --> 00:25:20,234 Black walnut or green walnut? Black walnut. I'm 713 00:25:20,234 --> 00:25:22,875 excited, guys. Yeah. I mean, these guys are 714 00:25:22,875 --> 00:25:23,375 Italian. 715 00:25:23,789 --> 00:25:26,110 The black walnut and green walnut liqueurs, you 716 00:25:26,110 --> 00:25:27,630 get it. It's they're hard to find in 717 00:25:27,630 --> 00:25:29,549 the US. The Italian liqueur I don't know 718 00:25:29,549 --> 00:25:31,630 if, like, your grandparents ever did that. The 719 00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:34,590 Nocino? Oh, yeah. Makes a mean espresso martini 720 00:25:34,590 --> 00:25:35,090 too. 721 00:25:35,644 --> 00:25:37,164 So, I mean, it it you know, we 722 00:25:37,164 --> 00:25:39,404 did the Nocino proper. We picked it on 723 00:25:39,404 --> 00:25:41,884 whatever that is, Saints Day in June, and 724 00:25:41,884 --> 00:25:43,804 we picked an odd number. And the last 725 00:25:43,804 --> 00:25:45,565 one was at nightfall, and it was off 726 00:25:45,565 --> 00:25:48,605 our friend's farm. And so it's just, we're 727 00:25:48,605 --> 00:25:51,004 super excited about that. Alright. You just made 728 00:25:51,004 --> 00:25:52,349 my day. That's serendipity. 729 00:25:53,529 --> 00:25:55,470 We're about to say night night, 730 00:25:56,569 --> 00:25:58,250 although I think I said night night about 731 00:25:58,250 --> 00:25:59,149 3 hours ago. 732 00:25:59,849 --> 00:26:01,450 I'm still You're doing great, Steve. You're doing 733 00:26:01,450 --> 00:26:04,250 great. Still recovering from election coverage Tuesday night, 734 00:26:04,250 --> 00:26:05,865 and I'm not doing well. 735 00:26:06,345 --> 00:26:08,525 Good to hear that day. Mike and Kat, 736 00:26:08,585 --> 00:26:09,884 go ahead and just kinda 737 00:26:10,664 --> 00:26:11,164 re 738 00:26:12,345 --> 00:26:15,384 recap everything that that Grifo does because you 739 00:26:15,384 --> 00:26:17,224 guys are amazing, and I can't wait to 740 00:26:17,224 --> 00:26:18,825 get out there. And I'm amazed I haven't 741 00:26:18,825 --> 00:26:20,559 been yet, but I will be. Yeah. So, 742 00:26:20,559 --> 00:26:24,019 I mean, we're Griffo Distillery in Petaluma. We've 743 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,240 won so many awards this year for all 744 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:27,920 the spirits that we do. We do a 745 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,619 a few whiskeys, a few gins, 746 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:31,859 a vodka, cold brew coffee liqueur, 747 00:26:32,455 --> 00:26:33,434 some canned cocktails, 748 00:26:34,215 --> 00:26:36,855 and then we have an amazing events program 749 00:26:36,855 --> 00:26:38,315 and a bar that Kat 750 00:26:38,855 --> 00:26:40,295 is at the helm of, and I'll let 751 00:26:40,295 --> 00:26:42,215 Kat cover that. You know what, guys? Just 752 00:26:42,215 --> 00:26:43,355 come and see for yourself. 753 00:26:44,799 --> 00:26:47,039 Well put. I agree. And that's what I 754 00:26:47,039 --> 00:26:49,119 need to do too. Exactly. Steve, your first 755 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:50,740 one's on me. Right on. 756 00:26:51,279 --> 00:26:52,960 Well, I think it'll be more than 1. 757 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,440 Yeah. Probably. Probably. I don't drive. He's my 758 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,255 driver, so I don't have to worry. I 759 00:26:57,255 --> 00:26:58,234 want I want that. 760 00:26:59,894 --> 00:27:01,734 I wanna thank you guys again too for, 761 00:27:02,055 --> 00:27:04,875 sponsoring the election coverage because I 762 00:27:05,174 --> 00:27:07,255 know that we all probably needed a drink 763 00:27:07,255 --> 00:27:09,515 that day, but that was really I mean, 764 00:27:10,019 --> 00:27:11,460 so many people told me they were listening 765 00:27:11,460 --> 00:27:13,720 to Steve and all the different local politicians 766 00:27:14,259 --> 00:27:16,580 and Christine Pelosi on the air. Year of 767 00:27:16,580 --> 00:27:18,920 election coverage. Yeah. It was fantastic. 768 00:27:19,859 --> 00:27:21,619 And as I mentioned when before we get 769 00:27:21,619 --> 00:27:23,160 on the air, thank you guys for, 770 00:27:23,605 --> 00:27:26,325 sponsoring that. And thank you, Herlinda, for, talking 771 00:27:26,325 --> 00:27:28,484 to them and and getting it happening. She's 772 00:27:28,565 --> 00:27:29,464 she makes magic. 773 00:27:29,924 --> 00:27:30,565 And now, 774 00:27:31,044 --> 00:27:32,265 the magic is gone, 775 00:27:33,845 --> 00:27:35,464 which is why I'm drinking a lot. 776 00:27:35,845 --> 00:27:38,410 No. But, you know, the the cock the 777 00:27:38,410 --> 00:27:39,070 the coffee, 778 00:27:40,090 --> 00:27:40,830 the espresso, 779 00:27:43,130 --> 00:27:45,769 what what's it called? Espresso martini. Martini, of 780 00:27:45,769 --> 00:27:46,990 course. The matriarch. 781 00:27:47,609 --> 00:27:49,470 I'm I'm now very buzzed. 782 00:27:50,095 --> 00:27:51,855 I got another I got another little bit 783 00:27:51,855 --> 00:27:54,115 in the shaker. You said you're not driving. 784 00:27:54,174 --> 00:27:56,115 No. I'm not driving, but I've got, 785 00:27:57,134 --> 00:27:57,634 Grifo, 786 00:27:58,414 --> 00:28:00,974 Tamales Collins to to take home tonight. Look 787 00:28:00,974 --> 00:28:03,539 at that beautiful label. Isn't that stunning? Gorgeous. 788 00:28:04,019 --> 00:28:05,940 That is a clever name too. Our friend, 789 00:28:05,940 --> 00:28:08,100 Liesel, did that label. She's an amazing artist 790 00:28:08,100 --> 00:28:08,840 in kangaluma. 791 00:28:09,299 --> 00:28:09,799 And, 792 00:28:10,900 --> 00:28:12,500 yeah, I just love I'm in love with 793 00:28:12,500 --> 00:28:13,160 that label. 794 00:28:13,619 --> 00:28:16,279 No. It is very pretty, very cool. 795 00:28:17,054 --> 00:28:19,134 It's it's really a perfect beverage to drink 796 00:28:19,134 --> 00:28:20,734 anytime. My friend said to me the other 797 00:28:20,734 --> 00:28:22,494 day, oh my gosh. This would be great 798 00:28:22,494 --> 00:28:24,015 if you're going camping. And I was like, 799 00:28:24,015 --> 00:28:26,255 or walking your dog in the afternoon. I 800 00:28:26,255 --> 00:28:26,994 don't know. 801 00:28:28,734 --> 00:28:30,575 So come on down and try one. And 802 00:28:30,575 --> 00:28:32,599 actually, how about this? If you mention, 803 00:28:33,940 --> 00:28:34,680 the brouhaha 804 00:28:35,059 --> 00:28:37,539 and Steve and the great folks here, then 805 00:28:37,539 --> 00:28:39,720 we'll go ahead and give you 15% off 806 00:28:40,019 --> 00:28:42,180 of whatever Thomas Collins There you go. The 807 00:28:42,180 --> 00:28:44,339 single or the 4 pack Alright. Prepare yourself 808 00:28:44,339 --> 00:28:46,339 because, we do this all the time. We 809 00:28:46,339 --> 00:28:47,400 call it the drive, 810 00:28:48,075 --> 00:28:48,654 a bump. 811 00:28:49,434 --> 00:28:51,994 And because, I mean, we'll talk about events 812 00:28:51,994 --> 00:28:52,654 coming up. 813 00:28:53,434 --> 00:28:55,115 Oh, that's a problem. You know, my my 814 00:28:55,115 --> 00:28:57,034 friend doing it would say, well, we're not 815 00:28:57,034 --> 00:28:58,634 selling great and so we had How about 816 00:28:58,634 --> 00:29:00,494 this? Why don't we do it every Saturday 817 00:29:00,869 --> 00:29:03,190 through November December? Why don't you guys just 818 00:29:03,190 --> 00:29:04,250 come in every day? 819 00:29:05,750 --> 00:29:07,109 I'm a I'm a have to stock up 820 00:29:07,109 --> 00:29:08,730 on some of these spirits, Mike. 821 00:29:10,150 --> 00:29:10,650 Griffodistillery.com. 822 00:29:12,549 --> 00:29:15,190 Doctor Mike, tell them again exactly how to 823 00:29:15,190 --> 00:29:15,795 find you. 824 00:29:16,275 --> 00:29:16,775 We, 825 00:29:17,634 --> 00:29:19,575 we're in Petaluma, the north end, 826 00:29:20,035 --> 00:29:22,275 off of, the boulevard. You get off that 827 00:29:22,275 --> 00:29:25,095 exit off 101 and, just one block south. 828 00:29:25,715 --> 00:29:26,855 And it but 829 00:29:27,475 --> 00:29:30,099 it's a street that Lagunitas is on. Yeah. 830 00:29:30,099 --> 00:29:32,179 We're across the street. Like, Lagunitas is on 831 00:29:32,179 --> 00:29:34,980 McDowell. McDowell. Thank you. On Scott Street. Scott 832 00:29:34,980 --> 00:29:37,399 Street hits t bones McDowell right at Lagunitas, 833 00:29:37,460 --> 00:29:39,380 and we're just 4 doors down on Scott 834 00:29:39,380 --> 00:29:41,720 Street. Griffith I'm sorry. Griffodistillery.com. 835 00:29:43,835 --> 00:29:45,515 And I think the, And you know what? 836 00:29:45,515 --> 00:29:47,275 If you had fun listening to us today, 837 00:29:47,275 --> 00:29:48,555 you hit us up and let's throw a 838 00:29:48,555 --> 00:29:49,775 party. How 839 00:29:51,035 --> 00:29:52,894 about every day in the green room? It 840 00:29:53,434 --> 00:29:55,214 is called the green room for a reason. 841 00:29:57,355 --> 00:29:58,255 Kat Prescott, 842 00:29:59,130 --> 00:30:01,470 tasting room manager, and other titles. 843 00:30:02,089 --> 00:30:04,750 I'm actually my technical title is the facilitator 844 00:30:04,970 --> 00:30:05,549 of fun. 845 00:30:08,009 --> 00:30:08,750 You know? 846 00:30:09,049 --> 00:30:11,115 Well, that I wish they'd call me that. 847 00:30:12,075 --> 00:30:14,554 They call they call me the minister of 848 00:30:14,554 --> 00:30:15,054 badass 849 00:30:15,434 --> 00:30:15,934 stupidity. 850 00:30:16,875 --> 00:30:18,634 I can't even say see. I'm so white 851 00:30:18,634 --> 00:30:20,875 on coffee now. Did Kat earn her title? 852 00:30:20,875 --> 00:30:22,734 So I have you earned yours? 853 00:30:23,275 --> 00:30:25,295 You're amazing. You're both amazing. 854 00:30:25,599 --> 00:30:27,200 And it's an honor That means the cocktails 855 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,279 are working. It's an honor to see you. 856 00:30:29,279 --> 00:30:31,679 Yeah. Well, I'm so wired from the espresso, 857 00:30:31,679 --> 00:30:33,839 I think. I'll be calling in next week 858 00:30:33,839 --> 00:30:35,379 from Brazil. I'm judging, 859 00:30:35,759 --> 00:30:38,579 in Bahia, Brazil, the international beer competition 860 00:30:39,274 --> 00:30:42,255 in Brazil and Salvador, which was the first 861 00:30:42,474 --> 00:30:43,994 capital of Brazil, and, 862 00:30:44,954 --> 00:30:45,454 I 863 00:30:45,835 --> 00:30:47,355 like, my first time in South America, so 864 00:30:47,355 --> 00:30:49,375 I can't wait to call in. Really? Yeah. 865 00:30:49,514 --> 00:30:52,075 Yeah. I'm working on having, Brian in again, 866 00:30:52,075 --> 00:30:54,599 so, like, to to co host with you 867 00:30:54,599 --> 00:30:56,519 and for me to call in and Oh, 868 00:30:56,519 --> 00:30:58,440 good. Yeah. Get Brian in. Put me in 869 00:30:58,440 --> 00:30:59,099 your suitcase. 870 00:31:00,759 --> 00:31:03,160 Wow. That's cool. Yeah. I'm I'm I'm excited 871 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,240 and a little nervous, but I'm should be 872 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:06,920 interested. Right. So Brian's coming in and we'll 873 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:09,115 talk to you from, Brazil. Yes. I'll be 874 00:31:09,115 --> 00:31:10,794 on. Oh, cool. Yeah. Alright. 875 00:31:12,234 --> 00:31:12,734 Wow. 876 00:31:13,755 --> 00:31:14,575 Kat Prescott, 877 00:31:15,115 --> 00:31:16,095 Mike Griffo, 878 00:31:16,474 --> 00:31:19,054 cofounder with his wife of Griffo 879 00:31:19,595 --> 00:31:21,454 Distillery. Go to Griffo distillery.com. 880 00:31:22,554 --> 00:31:23,609 Hey, Kat, Mike. 881 00:31:24,170 --> 00:31:24,670 Thanks. 882 00:31:25,049 --> 00:31:27,529 No. Thank you. Alright. Cheers. Again, you guys 883 00:31:27,529 --> 00:31:29,069 need to come in more often. Yeah. 884 00:31:29,369 --> 00:31:30,809 It was really nice. This has been fun. 885 00:31:30,809 --> 00:31:33,289 Our pleasure. Our pleasure. Alright. Very cool. Yes. 886 00:31:33,289 --> 00:31:36,089 And we'll see you, beginning Monday, with your 887 00:31:36,089 --> 00:31:36,569 daily, 888 00:31:37,054 --> 00:31:38,654 thing out. We'll set up a whole bar 889 00:31:38,654 --> 00:31:40,974 out in the, green room for you, man. 890 00:31:40,974 --> 00:31:42,674 So so this is a real thing. 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