Steven Rinella
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And that's really when I was like, oh, this is my guy.
This is my guy.
He was moving westward ahead of settlers.
He was very smart thinking about the fur trade business is something you guys talk on here all the time.
He was doing a kind of land speculation business, but also an orchard business where he was getting ahead of settlers
And as they were arriving, he would be like, oh, look, do you want to just pay me a little bit of money?
All these apple trees are here or we could partner because he's going to keep moving on.
He never had a home address.
He's going to keep wandering.
But he would partner with these people to kind of basically lay claim to the land.
And at the same time, they would be so excited because there was potable water was kind of hard to get their hands on.
There was something that they consumed so much of, which was alcoholic cider and Apple Jack.
Yeah.
Exactly.
So we'll give it to the kids too.
And you're right about the mildly.
I will say that.
Sorry to the IPA drinkers of the world.
Nobody was doing like a heavy 9%.
It was often something that you could just like consume to kind of get you through the day, keep yourself somewhat hydrated.