There is an energy in the air of Sonoma County that I have not experienced since the early aughts in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Everywhere I am visiting to write about beer and spirits is overflowing with a can do attitude. Some of the places I am visiting are hard to find or are in limited supply. The people I am meeting are figuring out ways to make a better beer and better spirit usually with little or no background in the beverage industry and very little money. Lack of experience and money are not getting in the way of them making world­class beer and spirits and it is inspiring.