Cris Steller is the founder of the first distillery in the Sacramento region. In 2012, he and his family started Dry Diggings Distillery in El Dorado Hills and later Amador Distillery. 

In this episode Cris sheds light on what initially inspired him to get into distilling (1:45), the challenges with running a distillery (3:00), running a family business (10:00), the process of distilling (14:00), and where it can go wrong (31:00).