Fermentation and distillation. Todd Leopold, Rae Wilson, Dave Smith, Jim Crooks and Jon Buford — they are masters of making amazing, intoxicating beverages in ethical, sustainable, thoughtful ways. Buzzing and hovering around the world of alcohol, there’s a strong potential for both the sublime and strife — ideologically, psychologically, physically. We celebrate with overflowing cups, we despair when it gets to be too much. Swarming around the jukebox, our inhibitions melt — as does the ability to dance in time during the blinding light of our last-call maneuvers. If balance is maintained, if reason is kept reasonably full — the possibilities and flavors are endless.