Founders of Liberty Call Distilling, Bill Rogers and Steve Grella decided that they wanted to do something a little different. They always talked about what they wanted to do whilst having a beer at Island Beer Club. There were enough micro-breweries in San Diego, they didn’t need to start another one. Short of opening up a bar, what could they do that involved alcohol and that would be fun and profitable? One of Bill’s friends, Mark, hit him up with an idea for making spirits out of a small still that they could put in a garage