sophie newsome: i think being a woman-owned distillery, like, i come from a completely different angleistillers are men. who's going to make the biggest, baddest whiskey. - yeah. - all right. rhubarb marg. i don't care about any of that, i care about it being really delicious. [laughter] i'm in charge. i can see that. that is good. johnny devenanzio: cooper's daughter spirits, established in the town of claverack, is the brainchild of sophie newsome, her fiancee rory, and rooted in what is now a nationally, historically-registered farmhouse, was further realized by her mother, louise, and father, stuart. this building really speaks to the amount of history that's in this area. we did a three-year renovation. it was full of junk, every animal you can think of was living in there, believe me. wow! it's like every man's dream up here. so my first job was to take the floor out, dig down, and lift the building out of the ground. we didn't think any walls away because i wanted to save the barn. i added walls, but i didn't take anything away. from what it sounds like, it would have been easie