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An effort to help California distillers and brewers recover after the pandemic is facing opposition.Last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom temporarily allowed breweries and distilleries to ship directly to customers during the pandemic. Senate Bill 620 would allow for that option to become permanent. We re hoping we can push past this pandemic and survive and grow, said Greg Baughman, owner of Gold River Distillery in Rancho Cordova.After nearly 10 years in business, he said this past year has been the most challenging, calling it the worst year the distillery s had on record. Baughman said if the bill were to pass, he would be able to expand his business and grow his brand post-pandemic. It would be a game-changer, Baughman said. Right now, we have a pretty good reach out to consumers in California, but we re not distributed everywhere. We re still a craft distillery. Not everyone is on board with the proposal.Adam Smith is the vice president of the Distilled Spirits Council of th ....
Sactown Magazine The Spirits of Sacramento Small batch, big taste. We spotlight nine makers of locally distilled vodka, bourbon, gin, rye, rum, brandy, absinthe and more. Please read responsibly. January 29, 2021 Ed Arnold at his California Distilled Spirits facility in Auburn (Photo by Max Whittaker) When Foresthill resident Ed Arnold gave up his 20-year practice making prosthetic limbs a bold career move that started him on the road to pursuing his passion, craft spirits he discovered that the two divergent fields had common denominators. “They both require very hands-on technical work, and yet there’s a great deal of creative expression involved,” says Arnold, who credits Darrell Corti with sparking his interest in craft spirits in the early ’80s during a Scotch tasting he had been impressed with the iconic East Sacramento grocer’s expertise on the subject. “I also find the end products much more interesting than something else [that’s also tec ....