dave hughes to be the master distiller for makers mark. -- used to be the master distiller for makers mark. he is now independent. over the past when he five years, many people are familiar with how microbrew beer took off. there is a movement now and craft distilling. dave is involved in a number of entrepreneurial projects. he is a chemical engineer. he brought a couple of friends who are distillers. , anduns the top men another young man from the hudson river valley of new york, just beginning the process of building his distillery. they are here to learn with dave and kind of get a taste of the history of distilling as well as help us. david pickerell: i encourage people to name their stills all the time. so this one is pam, and this one is sarah, and that is maggie, and this is sondra, and this is elizabeth. so please send me spirits, elizabeth. that's the pneumonic. today we are having a lot of fun doing our first run apple brandy distillation. and this is one of our five copper stills. they orient themselves kind of from my right to my left in order of size. the smallest one of