Still Talking

A somber episode where the fellas interview Stephen Gould of Golden Moon Distillery. We hear the story of a distilleries slow death while learning valuable lessons from a seasoned distiller who is more than willing to help an industry learn from his struggles. We also make fun of Matt Strickland’s large head.

We discuss hot-sweaty distilling, argue about the best value brands on the market, laugh at Zeno’s dirty drinking water, and try not to incur the wraith of Heaven Hill and the Smashing Pumpkins.

Learn about the fine art of beard grooming, big wood in CA, disruptive distilling, and many many jokes at the expense of our lovely sponsor.

Amazing distiller, and incredible human, Caitlin Bartlemay joins us to talk about how to move an entire distillery from Portland to Hood River without missing a single day of production, the magic of PNW fruit, and Zeno’s futile attempt to polish turds.

The Still Talking crew is joined by Jeff Rasmussen of Still Dragon to debate three-chamber stills, discuss the collapse of alcoholic seltzers, celebrate the return of “final-thoughts,” and Zeno attempts to properly read the O-I sponsorship plug an uncomfortable number of times.

Yah you missed us. Join Colton, Brian, and Zeno as they catch up in 2024 and chat about distilling business, Liberty Pole, secret projects, selling out, and introducing an honest to god Still Talking sponsor.

The fellas talk with Mark Vierthaler of Wiskey Del Bac about the joys of distilling under the Arizona heat dome, American Single Malt, the state of distilling, the beer battles, and so much more.

We talk about upcoming distilling conferences (which of course have now come and gone), recap Tales of the Cocktail, Zeno giggles, and we discuss two movies that none of us actually saw and were topical 2 months ago..

The Still talking crew celebrates their single handed destruction of brewing. We also cover distribution headaches, Bud Light’s marketing nightmare, further debate the efficacy of Zeno as an AI, and continue to throw shade at bad science and politics.

Colton finally has barrels, Zeno boasts that he knows how to ride a bike, Brian bums everyone out with the news, and we all agree on the delectability of animal faces. Also, the brewing battle between beer and spirits, economies of scale, and a short recap of the DISCUS conference in Chicagoland.