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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's up boys, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
I was I was going, I was just going to
thank you guys real quickly.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
And then mentioned the grand opening.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
But I realized, I don't know that we've talked since
Free Beer Friday ended.
Speaker 4 (00:11):
I don't think so.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Yeah, none, I really.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Wanted to kiss your ass for that because that was
uh no, that was awesome.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
That was good. Yeah, I hope it worked out on
your end.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
It was great us.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Yeah, good because I've tried to put that on, penciling
that in for next year already. All right, Yeah, no,
I like that.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
I liked that.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
That was good. All right. A couple of things.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
The the So it's the Miller's in the in the
in the malaise?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Are the are the are the families?
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Right?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Where to go? I don't even know if I know
the story? Where do we know each other? From? So
small world?
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Yes?
Speaker 5 (00:44):
So Chris and our brothers I'm the older brother, and
then Ryan Ralph father soon right, So we ended up,
you know, we grew all grew up in this area,
so we ended up looking for different properties. We grew
up on a small farmat kind of had some horses,
cal chickens and did you really yeah, man, it was
a It was an interesting lifestyle. We would come and
clean the stalls every day from high school. So we
ended up wanting to kind of create a space that
(01:07):
we could relive that. And simultaneously to that, they were
passing zoning text amendments about alcohol production facilities as an
accessory used to farming.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
So Chris and I found a property.
Speaker 5 (01:16):
We're like, we need to partner with the right people
or find the right people that can make this story
in reality. And Chris is an arborist, so he ended
up actually was so Ryan Ralph cost some homeboters. Ryan
Ralph would call Chris take down trees for their new
homes are building, and we ended up meeting with them
and we're like, okay, well give us an idea of
what you think this would cost, and like, hey, we've
been thinking about doing this on our own.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Why don't we just partner and become one.
Speaker 5 (01:37):
And that's what kind of the initial phase of all this,
how it all started and how we partnered.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Was it scary though, to open the place, because I'll
give you credit, I'd have no like I could never
be an entrepreneur.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
No for anything.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
No, I'm being completely serious, Like as much as I
hate like working for people. I could never I'd love
to work for myself. But I also also don't want to. Like,
if everything goes to crap, it's iheart's money. They're already bankrupt. No,
you know what I mean, Like it doesn't matter. I mean,
it matters whether we keep a job, but it's not
my money that gets flushed down the toilet. I just
(02:11):
may stop getting money. But I but being an entrepreneur
is scary as hell to me. Well, we're very blessed, right,
So we all come from kind of different backgrounds. Chris
sarbuist customer on Voters. I did mortgages, I do homeows, right, so.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
We all really Yeah, so we all still have our
other jobs. And then this was our passion project. So
whenever we make money, we do well, we reinvest in
the property. As you know, Tyler's been out a bunch
of times, and you can see everything that we're constantly
doing to improve the experience for our community.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Wait, so are you still an arborist?
Speaker 4 (02:39):
Yeah, technically I am.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Are you really? Oh?
Speaker 2 (02:41):
So, like we're not doing well enough that we've quit
our jobs. Well, we enjoy our jobs.
Speaker 6 (02:48):
Mortgages, you're always a little bit apprehensive when you when
you open a business.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Yeah, sure, you know, we open the middle.
Speaker 6 (02:58):
Of COVID little apprehensive, but it was I think it
was welcoming to the community because everyone was kind of
you know, tied up in their houses. And then finally
when they could get out to a farm thirty acres,
one hundred picnic tables, right, you know, be separated and
away from people and feel comfortable made a big difference.
Speaker 5 (03:15):
But who knew beer so, I mean other than like
drinking it. Well, yeah, we do a drink a lot
of it. So we ended up going to a bunch
of different places. We wanted to experience all the farm brewers,
so Virginia, DC, Maryland, and we fell in love with
it and we ended up actually doing a few home brewers. Ralph,
back in the day, I'll let you chime in on your.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Yeah, I mean I home brewed.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
I used to homebrew around the holidays and but it's
it's nothing like what we're doing now, right, But it
was fun.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
I enjoyed beer.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Like now you have like a full on legit brewery.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
I'm assuming you didn't have that in your house, a
half bathtub like everybody.
Speaker 6 (03:49):
I went from a five yard yeah exactly, and to
a sixty bureau forever.
Speaker 7 (03:54):
But let's be real as a as a fun business
that we all you know, love and have passion for,
we save a whole lot of money drinking our own
beer and drinking our own whistle. So that's a nice
bonus thousands.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
But so the I don't want to say the switch
because it's not like you're switching over, but we're adding
to it a distillery.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yep, yeah, yeah, So what's the word there?
Speaker 8 (04:15):
So, uh, distillation is basically a very similar process to
beer making.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
It's just an extra step.
Speaker 8 (04:21):
So you're creating an alcohol beverage from grain, which we
grow the grain on the farm. That makes us unique
compared to almost everybody else in the country is shipping
their grain in. We actually grow it there. And once
you have that alcoholic beverage, you run it through a
still which you are vaporizing the alcohol, and then you're
condensing it, capturing it, aging it in a barrel. And
that's whiskey.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Did you know that prior to doing this, No, man,
because that came out easier.
Speaker 8 (04:44):
I was like us, Now, yeah, we totally uh, at
least for me, Ralph, hat's the background, But I faked
it till I made.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
It in a way.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
But did you know, did you know when you opened
the brewery that knock on wood things go well?
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Right?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
That the distillery was always like was there always a
plan for the second part?
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Were you just like, f it we hope that I yeah,
that we would. We would kind of progress to distilling.
Speaker 5 (05:07):
So expanding our alcohol production just from beer and into
distilling was always kind of a grander vision.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Did it happen quicker than you thought it would?
Speaker 7 (05:14):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (05:14):
Yes, I'd say so.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (05:16):
We just sent them pictures last night from a year
ago next week of us breaking ground on the new
building and now here we are a year later.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
So yeah, the progressed faster than we expected.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Did the not even in terms of just the physical
building of it, but of transit. It's not transition of
adding on distilling, Like did that come up quicker than
you thought it would? Or was that always like we're
going to do this for a year and then we're
going to start building it, and then we're going.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
To do that.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
So it's very fluid. It's a dynamic thing.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
We didn't have a set in stone five year plan,
ten year plan, as we do well and our community
and joys the space, we make money, and then we
put our four heads together and create the next thing.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
And was pretty quick.
Speaker 7 (05:52):
I mean we did an expansion of the brewery like
a year endo building it, right, So we did the brewery,
then an expansion of that, then a pavilion, then a playground.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
This every year and there's been a pretty substantial project.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
But but that, but I guess that kind of speaks
to people coming out and using the whole Yeah, because
if not, you would just be buying an out of
business sign and just hang that up and you'd be
good to go. Oh.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
Absolutely, So you know, there's not many times in life
where you get to create something special and when you
can take that thing that you created and share it
with your loved ones in the community, that's really cool.
I think that's pretty much what we've been able to accomplish.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
So when so is the is the grand opening this
weekend one o'clock?
Speaker 8 (06:30):
Is it really?
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (06:31):
You guys have come new ribbon cutting at twelve and
then try to open to the public in one the.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Oh that's pretty good. That's pretty good. And what goes
on for grand opening? I mean, obviously somebody cuts a ribbon,
you have a tour.
Speaker 6 (06:44):
Of the building, the new structure, which is we think
is beautiful and it's welcoming to community. And uh, and
then we'll do we'll do free tastings and that's that's
gonna be big. We're gonna We're gonna have all our
spirits available and have people come in and taste them
for free.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
What are all the spirits?
Speaker 6 (07:00):
Bourbon, maple, bourbon, rye, and vodka right now, right, and
we'll transition to gin and so forth.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Oh will you really?
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Yeah, hopefully the next couple of weeks.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
The I like vodka a lot, the can I can?
Speaker 1 (07:12):
I ask you that?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Like, because like bourbon, every one of my friends goes
crazy for bourbon.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
I'm not I'm not a huge bourbon guy.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
But I also don't know the difference between any bourbons,
Like is there I'm being serious though, Like I would
like to try something the not right now?
Speaker 3 (07:29):
You don't have to start for it well.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Coming over here?
Speaker 3 (07:33):
No, no, no, but.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Is there is there a way to learn I don't
want to say learn to like it, but to get
walked through it because I know dick about it.
Speaker 6 (07:41):
No, No, no, there is I mean there's a way
to taste it. And and you know, bourbons are very
different from you know, aging and so forth. I mean,
you have to be fifty one percent corn. That's important
to actually be called bourbon. Has to be aged in
new white oak, American oak. Some guard guidelines for sure,
(08:03):
but yeah, and it can be very different, you know,
flavor wise.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Is the and I know, like for the brewery for example,
like that's all that's kids and families and like everybody's
welcome and everybody's good for the for the for the liquor.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
I don't what do you call it the distillery?
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Yeah, make it sound professional, Elliott, the that's adults.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Only, Yes it is.
Speaker 8 (08:24):
So why well, we wanted to provide a diversity of spaces.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
So the brewery is a total free for all.
Speaker 8 (08:29):
Bring your kids, bring your dog, bring your picnic, blanket,
lay out, head a great house.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
Nuts out there. I mean that in a good way.
Like it is just jam pack.
Speaker 8 (08:36):
It's super laid back. You're going to the bargain in
your drinks, you're ordering your food, picking it up. Whereas
the distillery is everything that is not It's a twenty
one in over space, so it's got that going for it.
It's also uh served, so you have all of your
food and drinks being brought to your table by a server,
which is different than the brewery. And it's just a
higher end experience. It's got some private rooms that we
(09:00):
Tyler saw and we'll welcome everybody out this weekend to
see it. But there's a there's a hidden cocktail experience
that you're not going to have on the farm that's
all wide open. And then it's also got a new
food menu. A lot of people love our pizza, our
soft pretzels are laid back brewery food, but this is
gonna have some more upscale options.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
If I don't it, can Can I still buy beer
in there? Absolutely?
Speaker 4 (09:21):
Yes, buy beer?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
Not to go to go would be on the brewers side.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Yeah right, I get that, But like if I was
in there with a bunch of friends, could I buy beer?
Speaker 1 (09:28):
You want to be or your.
Speaker 7 (09:29):
Wife wants an old fashioned by all means, yeah, thank
you won't have but we'll have styles.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
I don't care.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
That's don't worry. You got your cover.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
No, but wait, what was the other thing is that?
What's the hidden thing? Uh?
Speaker 7 (09:40):
So go ahead, Ryan, Well we have a we'll be
unveiling our speakeasy on Saturday. Right, we have a speakeasy
in the distillery that has a hidden entrance that is, uh,
we think quite cool to check out. But it's going
to be a very elevated what I call a date
night spot. So when you come in there, you're gona
feel like you're going to somewhere in DC, not in
the farm and only right.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
So my guess is day one, nobody's gonna know how
to get in it.
Speaker 7 (10:03):
They won't go until they're gonna walk around in the
south for a little bit and then you got to
figure something out.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
But you can't reserve that or you can't you can't.
Speaker 7 (10:12):
We'll be on through our website and through open table
you can do reservations. We also except walk in, so
if we have a space available, you're welcome to walk in.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
We'll see each och how many people.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
How many people fit in there?
Speaker 1 (10:21):
We had about seventy seats.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
Oh no kidding, Oh that's a good size.
Speaker 7 (10:25):
Nice stage in there. So we'll do you know, we
do live music, We could do comedy shows. We have
a lot of things coming in the future here that
should be pretty pretty exciting for everybody on.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
And what is the what is the what is the perch,
the purchase an upstairs the area.
Speaker 5 (10:38):
So it's a it's it's essentially gonna be a first come,
first serve when it comes to seating to when we're
open to the public, and then it'll be event space.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
So at private event space for up to roughly forty people.
Oh so for like, actually have a bunch of my
kids schools.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
All the dads are going over there next Sunday.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Oh, I thought you want to.
Speaker 7 (10:54):
Say the kids, No kids, dads only they'll have we'll
have the commanders on one screen the right private space.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
So I just kind of hang out and do your thing.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
How'd you end up in? Only? Do I know the
answer to that? So kind of middle ground. So they
grew up in Gaithersburg.
Speaker 5 (11:08):
We grew up in Derwood technically about two miles from
the burreer. I live on the opposite direct and two
directions to miles from the Bury and Chris lives actually
on site.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
So it's a hometown for us. The living on site.
Speaker 8 (11:20):
Nice, Yeah, good commute.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
The am I missing? Am I missing anything?
Speaker 1 (11:29):
No?
Speaker 5 (11:29):
I mean the story So the Lon Oak you know
that the name came from a beautiful white oak tree.
So it's probably roughly two fifty year old tree on
the farm. Our logo, our logo is the tree, the
silhouette of the tree, and so it's it was huge.
So we used to climb it and I thought I
could show you guys pictures after this. That's how mats
it was. And so it was absolutely gorgeous, just a
(11:51):
regal tree and unfortunate about a year and a half
ago its fell.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
And so when we were kind of creating different names.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
And coming up I don't mean to cut you off,
but it was it possible it fell because maybe the
tree was sick, but we don't know a good arborist
that could.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
Get I think this is drawing. It's so funny you
bring that up.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
Because we did spend a lot of time energy, We
had three different companies look at it. We we loved
the tree. I got some wind damage and ended up
falling in the windstorm. It fell obviously, and we were like, okay,
well what are we going to call this? And we
were coming up with different names, and Chris's wife, actually Karen,
said why don't you call it fallen Oak?
Speaker 3 (12:32):
And so now we have the Fallen Oak it's our man.
Speaker 5 (12:34):
We have a mantle, We've got tables made out of it,
we have a crosscut slice of it hanging on the
wall until three hundred pounds slice that we had to
all hump up on the wall at least. So we've
incorporated the fallen oak into the property itself. And then
the ultimate goal is to actually age whiskey and beer
in it as well, so we'll maybe, Yeah, it's a
white oak, so that works.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
That's kind of cool. Yeah, so to be in the
product that you actually consume.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Oh, that's awesome.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
Oh I like that story. Hey, Chris, wait to let
it die.
Speaker 4 (13:02):
That's on purpose, right, that's good.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Also, now, I don't know if you guys know the
legal answer to this, and if not, we can figure
it out. So I love doing the free beer Friday
during the summer.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
That was awesome. Can we do free bourbon Friday?
Speaker 5 (13:17):
It's a good question, so, Melissa saust Yes, Jake is
our bartender, bouncer and general council.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
We'll have to ask him and consult him. Why would
it be any different? I don't think exactly. Let's just
go with Ryan and just do it.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
Yeah, my heart's got a good budget and back that
kind of thing.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
Of course they do, of course they do the no,
but we should figure out a time to do that.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Let's talk after this the Okay, I'm still working when
you leave.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
No, but I do want to figure that out.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Friday would be good, it sounds, but I still want
to do free beer Friday.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
Not at the same time. No, no, no, no, definitely
to stretch it out.
Speaker 5 (13:57):
I think we did the free beer Friday from Memorial
Day to Labor Day, right, So maybe this will be
a winter thing and then we'll bring back the beer
in the summer.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
Right because my goal would be just every Friday to
just give away your stuff.
Speaker 7 (14:07):
That would make it very supers.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
All right.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
So it is Fallen Oak Distilling, five hundred only Laytonsville Road,
in one at lone Oak Farm opens. The distilling opens
this weekend this weekend right o'clock, twelve o'clock and then
one o'clock and then the school kids will be there
watching the football game. Awesome, love it, very community minded guys.
(14:35):
Thank you very much for coming in. I hope the
distillery does awesome.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
Ok.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
Great, thanks, we really appreciate it. You're big fans.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
Fans for twenty years. Oh I appreciate it. Okay, you've
said an
What's up boys, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
I was I was going, I was just going to
thank you guys real quickly.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
And then mentioned the grand opening.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
But I realized, I don't know that we've talked since
Free Beer Friday ended.
Speaker 4 (00:11):
I don't think so.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Yeah, none, I really.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Wanted to kiss your ass for that because that was
uh no, that was awesome.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
That was good. Yeah, I hope it worked out on
your end.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
It was great us.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Yeah, good because I've tried to put that on, penciling
that in for next year already. All right, Yeah, no,
I like that.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
I liked that.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
That was good. All right. A couple of things.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
The the So it's the Miller's in the in the
in the malaise?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Are the are the are the families?
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Right?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Where to go? I don't even know if I know
the story? Where do we know each other? From? So
small world?
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Yes?
Speaker 5 (00:44):
So Chris and our brothers I'm the older brother, and
then Ryan Ralph father soon right, So we ended up,
you know, we grew all grew up in this area,
so we ended up looking for different properties. We grew
up on a small farmat kind of had some horses,
cal chickens and did you really yeah, man, it was
a It was an interesting lifestyle. We would come and
clean the stalls every day from high school. So we
ended up wanting to kind of create a space that
(01:07):
we could relive that. And simultaneously to that, they were
passing zoning text amendments about alcohol production facilities as an
accessory used to farming.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
So Chris and I found a property.
Speaker 5 (01:16):
We're like, we need to partner with the right people
or find the right people that can make this story
in reality. And Chris is an arborist, so he ended
up actually was so Ryan Ralph cost some homeboters. Ryan
Ralph would call Chris take down trees for their new
homes are building, and we ended up meeting with them
and we're like, okay, well give us an idea of
what you think this would cost, and like, hey, we've
been thinking about doing this on our own.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Why don't we just partner and become one.
Speaker 5 (01:37):
And that's what kind of the initial phase of all this,
how it all started and how we partnered.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Was it scary though, to open the place, because I'll
give you credit, I'd have no like I could never
be an entrepreneur.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
No for anything.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
No, I'm being completely serious, Like as much as I
hate like working for people. I could never I'd love
to work for myself. But I also also don't want to. Like,
if everything goes to crap, it's iheart's money. They're already bankrupt. No,
you know what I mean, Like it doesn't matter. I mean,
it matters whether we keep a job, but it's not
my money that gets flushed down the toilet. I just
(02:11):
may stop getting money. But I but being an entrepreneur
is scary as hell to me. Well, we're very blessed, right,
So we all come from kind of different backgrounds. Chris
sarbuist customer on Voters. I did mortgages, I do homeows, right, so.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
We all really Yeah, so we all still have our
other jobs. And then this was our passion project. So
whenever we make money, we do well, we reinvest in
the property. As you know, Tyler's been out a bunch
of times, and you can see everything that we're constantly
doing to improve the experience for our community.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Wait, so are you still an arborist?
Speaker 4 (02:39):
Yeah, technically I am.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Are you really? Oh?
Speaker 2 (02:41):
So, like we're not doing well enough that we've quit
our jobs. Well, we enjoy our jobs.
Speaker 6 (02:48):
Mortgages, you're always a little bit apprehensive when you when
you open a business.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Yeah, sure, you know, we open the middle.
Speaker 6 (02:58):
Of COVID little apprehensive, but it was I think it
was welcoming to the community because everyone was kind of
you know, tied up in their houses. And then finally
when they could get out to a farm thirty acres,
one hundred picnic tables, right, you know, be separated and
away from people and feel comfortable made a big difference.
Speaker 5 (03:15):
But who knew beer so, I mean other than like
drinking it. Well, yeah, we do a drink a lot
of it. So we ended up going to a bunch
of different places. We wanted to experience all the farm brewers,
so Virginia, DC, Maryland, and we fell in love with
it and we ended up actually doing a few home brewers. Ralph,
back in the day, I'll let you chime in on your.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Yeah, I mean I home brewed.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
I used to homebrew around the holidays and but it's
it's nothing like what we're doing now, right, But it
was fun.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
I enjoyed beer.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Like now you have like a full on legit brewery.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
I'm assuming you didn't have that in your house, a
half bathtub like everybody.
Speaker 6 (03:49):
I went from a five yard yeah exactly, and to
a sixty bureau forever.
Speaker 7 (03:54):
But let's be real as a as a fun business
that we all you know, love and have passion for,
we save a whole lot of money drinking our own
beer and drinking our own whistle. So that's a nice
bonus thousands.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
But so the I don't want to say the switch
because it's not like you're switching over, but we're adding
to it a distillery.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yep, yeah, yeah, So what's the word there?
Speaker 8 (04:15):
So, uh, distillation is basically a very similar process to
beer making.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
It's just an extra step.
Speaker 8 (04:21):
So you're creating an alcohol beverage from grain, which we
grow the grain on the farm. That makes us unique
compared to almost everybody else in the country is shipping
their grain in. We actually grow it there. And once
you have that alcoholic beverage, you run it through a
still which you are vaporizing the alcohol, and then you're
condensing it, capturing it, aging it in a barrel. And
that's whiskey.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Did you know that prior to doing this, No, man,
because that came out easier.
Speaker 8 (04:44):
I was like us, Now, yeah, we totally uh, at
least for me, Ralph, hat's the background, But I faked
it till I made.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
It in a way.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
But did you know, did you know when you opened
the brewery that knock on wood things go well?
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Right?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
That the distillery was always like was there always a
plan for the second part?
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Were you just like, f it we hope that I yeah,
that we would. We would kind of progress to distilling.
Speaker 5 (05:07):
So expanding our alcohol production just from beer and into
distilling was always kind of a grander vision.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Did it happen quicker than you thought it would?
Speaker 7 (05:14):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (05:14):
Yes, I'd say so.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (05:16):
We just sent them pictures last night from a year
ago next week of us breaking ground on the new
building and now here we are a year later.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
So yeah, the progressed faster than we expected.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Did the not even in terms of just the physical
building of it, but of transit. It's not transition of
adding on distilling, Like did that come up quicker than
you thought it would? Or was that always like we're
going to do this for a year and then we're
going to start building it, and then we're going.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
To do that.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
So it's very fluid. It's a dynamic thing.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
We didn't have a set in stone five year plan,
ten year plan, as we do well and our community
and joys the space, we make money, and then we
put our four heads together and create the next thing.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
And was pretty quick.
Speaker 7 (05:52):
I mean we did an expansion of the brewery like
a year endo building it, right, So we did the brewery,
then an expansion of that, then a pavilion, then a playground.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
This every year and there's been a pretty substantial project.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
But but that, but I guess that kind of speaks
to people coming out and using the whole Yeah, because
if not, you would just be buying an out of
business sign and just hang that up and you'd be
good to go. Oh.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
Absolutely, So you know, there's not many times in life
where you get to create something special and when you
can take that thing that you created and share it
with your loved ones in the community, that's really cool.
I think that's pretty much what we've been able to accomplish.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
So when so is the is the grand opening this
weekend one o'clock?
Speaker 8 (06:30):
Is it really?
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (06:31):
You guys have come new ribbon cutting at twelve and
then try to open to the public in one the.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Oh that's pretty good. That's pretty good. And what goes
on for grand opening? I mean, obviously somebody cuts a ribbon,
you have a tour.
Speaker 6 (06:44):
Of the building, the new structure, which is we think
is beautiful and it's welcoming to community. And uh, and
then we'll do we'll do free tastings and that's that's
gonna be big. We're gonna We're gonna have all our
spirits available and have people come in and taste them
for free.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
What are all the spirits?
Speaker 6 (07:00):
Bourbon, maple, bourbon, rye, and vodka right now, right, and
we'll transition to gin and so forth.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Oh will you really?
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Yeah, hopefully the next couple of weeks.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
The I like vodka a lot, the can I can?
Speaker 1 (07:12):
I ask you that?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Like, because like bourbon, every one of my friends goes
crazy for bourbon.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
I'm not I'm not a huge bourbon guy.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
But I also don't know the difference between any bourbons,
Like is there I'm being serious though, Like I would
like to try something the not right now?
Speaker 3 (07:29):
You don't have to start for it well.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Coming over here?
Speaker 3 (07:33):
No, no, no, but.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Is there is there a way to learn I don't
want to say learn to like it, but to get
walked through it because I know dick about it.
Speaker 6 (07:41):
No, No, no, there is I mean there's a way
to taste it. And and you know, bourbons are very
different from you know, aging and so forth. I mean,
you have to be fifty one percent corn. That's important
to actually be called bourbon. Has to be aged in
new white oak, American oak. Some guard guidelines for sure,
(08:03):
but yeah, and it can be very different, you know,
flavor wise.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Is the and I know, like for the brewery for example,
like that's all that's kids and families and like everybody's
welcome and everybody's good for the for the for the liquor.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
I don't what do you call it the distillery?
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Yeah, make it sound professional, Elliott, the that's adults.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Only, Yes it is.
Speaker 8 (08:24):
So why well, we wanted to provide a diversity of spaces.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
So the brewery is a total free for all.
Speaker 8 (08:29):
Bring your kids, bring your dog, bring your picnic, blanket,
lay out, head a great house.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
Nuts out there. I mean that in a good way.
Like it is just jam pack.
Speaker 8 (08:36):
It's super laid back. You're going to the bargain in
your drinks, you're ordering your food, picking it up. Whereas
the distillery is everything that is not It's a twenty
one in over space, so it's got that going for it.
It's also uh served, so you have all of your
food and drinks being brought to your table by a server,
which is different than the brewery. And it's just a
higher end experience. It's got some private rooms that we
(09:00):
Tyler saw and we'll welcome everybody out this weekend to
see it. But there's a there's a hidden cocktail experience
that you're not going to have on the farm that's
all wide open. And then it's also got a new
food menu. A lot of people love our pizza, our
soft pretzels are laid back brewery food, but this is
gonna have some more upscale options.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
If I don't it, can Can I still buy beer
in there? Absolutely?
Speaker 4 (09:21):
Yes, buy beer?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
Not to go to go would be on the brewers side.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Yeah right, I get that, But like if I was
in there with a bunch of friends, could I buy beer?
Speaker 1 (09:28):
You want to be or your.
Speaker 7 (09:29):
Wife wants an old fashioned by all means, yeah, thank
you won't have but we'll have styles.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
I don't care.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
That's don't worry. You got your cover.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
No, but wait, what was the other thing is that?
What's the hidden thing? Uh?
Speaker 7 (09:40):
So go ahead, Ryan, Well we have a we'll be
unveiling our speakeasy on Saturday. Right, we have a speakeasy
in the distillery that has a hidden entrance that is, uh,
we think quite cool to check out. But it's going
to be a very elevated what I call a date
night spot. So when you come in there, you're gona
feel like you're going to somewhere in DC, not in
the farm and only right.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
So my guess is day one, nobody's gonna know how
to get in it.
Speaker 7 (10:03):
They won't go until they're gonna walk around in the
south for a little bit and then you got to
figure something out.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
But you can't reserve that or you can't you can't.
Speaker 7 (10:12):
We'll be on through our website and through open table
you can do reservations. We also except walk in, so
if we have a space available, you're welcome to walk in.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
We'll see each och how many people.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
How many people fit in there?
Speaker 1 (10:21):
We had about seventy seats.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
Oh no kidding, Oh that's a good size.
Speaker 7 (10:25):
Nice stage in there. So we'll do you know, we
do live music, We could do comedy shows. We have
a lot of things coming in the future here that
should be pretty pretty exciting for everybody on.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
And what is the what is the what is the perch,
the purchase an upstairs the area.
Speaker 5 (10:38):
So it's a it's it's essentially gonna be a first come,
first serve when it comes to seating to when we're
open to the public, and then it'll be event space.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
So at private event space for up to roughly forty people.
Oh so for like, actually have a bunch of my
kids schools.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
All the dads are going over there next Sunday.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Oh, I thought you want to.
Speaker 7 (10:54):
Say the kids, No kids, dads only they'll have we'll
have the commanders on one screen the right private space.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
So I just kind of hang out and do your thing.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
How'd you end up in? Only? Do I know the
answer to that? So kind of middle ground. So they
grew up in Gaithersburg.
Speaker 5 (11:08):
We grew up in Derwood technically about two miles from
the burreer. I live on the opposite direct and two
directions to miles from the Bury and Chris lives actually
on site.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
So it's a hometown for us. The living on site.
Speaker 8 (11:20):
Nice, Yeah, good commute.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
The am I missing? Am I missing anything?
Speaker 1 (11:29):
No?
Speaker 5 (11:29):
I mean the story So the Lon Oak you know
that the name came from a beautiful white oak tree.
So it's probably roughly two fifty year old tree on
the farm. Our logo, our logo is the tree, the
silhouette of the tree, and so it's it was huge.
So we used to climb it and I thought I
could show you guys pictures after this. That's how mats
it was. And so it was absolutely gorgeous, just a
(11:51):
regal tree and unfortunate about a year and a half
ago its fell.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
And so when we were kind of creating different names.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
And coming up I don't mean to cut you off,
but it was it possible it fell because maybe the
tree was sick, but we don't know a good arborist
that could.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
Get I think this is drawing. It's so funny you
bring that up.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
Because we did spend a lot of time energy, We
had three different companies look at it. We we loved
the tree. I got some wind damage and ended up
falling in the windstorm. It fell obviously, and we were like, okay,
well what are we going to call this? And we
were coming up with different names, and Chris's wife, actually Karen,
said why don't you call it fallen Oak?
Speaker 3 (12:32):
And so now we have the Fallen Oak it's our man.
Speaker 5 (12:34):
We have a mantle, We've got tables made out of it,
we have a crosscut slice of it hanging on the
wall until three hundred pounds slice that we had to
all hump up on the wall at least. So we've
incorporated the fallen oak into the property itself. And then
the ultimate goal is to actually age whiskey and beer
in it as well, so we'll maybe, Yeah, it's a
white oak, so that works.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
That's kind of cool. Yeah, so to be in the
product that you actually consume.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Oh, that's awesome.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
Oh I like that story. Hey, Chris, wait to let
it die.
Speaker 4 (13:02):
That's on purpose, right, that's good.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Also, now, I don't know if you guys know the
legal answer to this, and if not, we can figure
it out. So I love doing the free beer Friday
during the summer.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
That was awesome. Can we do free bourbon Friday?
Speaker 5 (13:17):
It's a good question, so, Melissa saust Yes, Jake is
our bartender, bouncer and general council.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
We'll have to ask him and consult him. Why would
it be any different? I don't think exactly. Let's just
go with Ryan and just do it.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
Yeah, my heart's got a good budget and back that
kind of thing.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
Of course they do, of course they do the no,
but we should figure out a time to do that.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Let's talk after this the Okay, I'm still working when
you leave.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
No, but I do want to figure that out.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Friday would be good, it sounds, but I still want
to do free beer Friday.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
Not at the same time. No, no, no, no, definitely
to stretch it out.
Speaker 5 (13:57):
I think we did the free beer Friday from Memorial
Day to Labor Day, right, So maybe this will be
a winter thing and then we'll bring back the beer
in the summer.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
Right because my goal would be just every Friday to
just give away your stuff.
Speaker 7 (14:07):
That would make it very supers.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
All right.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
So it is Fallen Oak Distilling, five hundred only Laytonsville Road,
in one at lone Oak Farm opens. The distilling opens
this weekend this weekend right o'clock, twelve o'clock and then
one o'clock and then the school kids will be there
watching the football game. Awesome, love it, very community minded guys.
(14:35):
Thank you very much for coming in. I hope the
distillery does awesome.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
Ok.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
Great, thanks, we really appreciate it. You're big fans.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
Fans for twenty years. Oh I appreciate it. Okay, you've
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