A veteran’s journey from defusing bombs to creating community.
Mike has survived things most people only see in the movies, including digging a live pressure-cooker bomb out of the dirt in Afghanistan and disarming it. Instead of leaving the defused Improvised Explosive Device (IED) behind, he turns it into a still and makes his first batch of moonshine. Back home in Colorado, his newfound passion for distilling turns into a loved business. But when the memories he’s outrunning catch up, he’s forced to confront a simple truth: surviving isn’t the same as living.
The true story of a small-town Colorado moonshine distillery.
A film about bombs, booze, and a retired Army Bomb Tech’s path to opening a local moonshine distillery and advocating for Veterans’ mental health.