their real family. On top of their
And
business,
sponsibility,
Brice
and
Karen
also
with
all
this
with
fun a
and
family
reboth
juggle a home life with two teen-
at
age
al world to look after, Montanya
sons;
one
of
whom
current-
home
and
in
the
profession-
ly works in the kitchen, prepping
Rum
food from their vibrant menu, and
slowing down, let alone stopping.
Distillers
shows
no
sign
of
both help in the bottling stages. “We
just
committed
to
at
least
“It feels very much like a family
five years in this location...so this
business. Our son, Will, says he’s
building
to
very
take
over
the
company
some-
we
feel
much.
will
We’ll
not
change
always
have
day so that’s cool because I think
no more than two stills here, no
multigenerational
more than 4 fer mentation tanks.”
a
tradition
foothold
in
that the
businesses are
losing
United
are their
States.”
And in their bottling facility about a mile and a half down the road,
As with anything else, boundaries
there is room for yet more growth;
must be set to maintain balance in life.
more distilling and bottling capacity. In this way, they can maintain
“We’re lear ning to set limits.” Brice
their small town feel in downtown
says. “We actually just set a limit;
Crested
after 7 pm we’re going to not talk
room
about business, and so if one of us
tanya Rum for those of us unable
does, and it’s important then we
to jour ney to one of their two tast-
do it for 5 minutes and then we’re
ing
done. Our kids lear ned about this and they loved the idea.” Brice says. “We have to have good boundar ies. But in the same way, we’re also both having as much fun as we’ve ever had running a business. This is our 5th business we’ve had, and we’re still lear ning so much. We’ve taken more risk than we ever have in our lives, and have had more reward than we’ve ever had. We have a lot of responsibility for people’s welfare and well-being. If we don’t succeed, we have 11 people who lose their jobs, and accountants, and cleaning crews, and landlords, and engineers, and lawyers that will all be af fected; some days that gets heavy for sure, but most days it feels like it’s working.” says Karen.
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