A taste for lawlessness and booze runs deep in Aaron’s family roots. When the ATF shut down his family’s moonshining operation during Prohibition, the family business was far from over. A century later, the man came knocking again.

This time in the form of the college housing authorities, who didn’t much appreciate Aaron making hooch in his dorm. Finding refuge in an off-campus safehouse, he continued to master his craft under the cover of night while working on his plan to go legit.

Calwise Spirits are made in celebration of the lifestyle Aaron found on the coast of California: a celebration of reckless adventure, defying authority, and of course, California sunshine (but not too much because he’s a ginger).