#64: Ryan Adams | Artist

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09/07/20 • 90 min

We're looking for stoke outside of beer this week and talking directly with a man that's been mentioned on multiple episodes of this podcast: Ryan Adams!
Ryan is the co-owner of Better Letter Hand Painted Signs (the work of which can be seen at countless businesses in greater Portland), and independently takes on jobs as a muralist/graffiti artist. We orbit around the multiple jobs Ryan's done at BBB3R, as Matty and Noah were blown away by the process, approach, and level of quality they were each created through. But prior to keeping it contemporary, the guys have a seemingly endless list of questions about the mysterious world of DIY graffiti, where Ryan cut his chops as an artist. We also hear what it's like to paint for an audience (which occasionally is shitfaced), Noah learns there can be a lot more to tagging than an act of minor vandalism, Matt has an epiphany about curls in font, and we get an answer to the age old question, "Is Beer Art?".
The biggest takeaway from the episode, though, was how surprisingly analogous brewing is with painting - or most any creative pursuit done passionately. Episodes a bit removed from beer itself have a tendency of revealing those unseen connections between vocations, and this one uncovered the most links yet. So grab a Mike's Hard, Bud Light Lime, or whatever else you feel like putting down your gullet, and listen in to this conversation about a world that you'll likely find simultaneously foreign and familiar.
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Music: "Mountain Climb" by Jake Hill

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#63: Carol Stoudt I Stoudt's Brewing Co. (REPOSTED)

Some technical difficulties arose this week, but we're making lemonade by revisiting one of the best conversations the podcast has afforded us to have. Carol Stoudt spent her entire brewing career at Stoudt's Brewing, of which she was the founding brewmaster. In the eyes of many, she is the foremost pioneering example of women excelling in the brewing industry. Her story, humility, and perspective on the the arc of her career and the accomplishments within it is profoundly humbling. This was also one of the last guest conversations we had before COVID-19 completely changed the landscape of the country. Simpler times, indeed.
Please enjoy this conversation with one of the most badass people - woman or man - to ever touch a mash paddle, whether this is your first time or a well-deserved revisiting.
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#65: Bret, Brett, and Bretts

Hopefully distance does make the heart grow fonder, because Matty and Noah have found themselves alone once again. We reflect on the handful of guest conversations we've been privileged to over the last five weeks, but end up back where we always do: Allagash. Jason Perkins brought Brettanomyces to the forefront of Matty's mind via thoughts of Allagash's almighty Bret Michaels. So he uses a recent BBB3R release - Fire Road - to set the stage for a conversation all about the most misunderstood yeast in the game.
We talk about the seemingly infinite kinds of flavors that Brett can leave its mark through and try to go further than the grossly overused note of "funk" and "horse blanket", seriously questioning the percentage of the beer-drinking populus that has ever come within 100 feet of an actual barnyard. Noah also shares the brewery's method to try to actually become familiar with sensory "notes" commonly associated with Brett fermentations, like mango, passionfruit, lemongrass (Spoiler alert - the trick is to smell and taste the real thing). We also get into the rationale behind dry-hopping a mixed-ferm beer like Fire Road, the effect dry hops can have on the finished product, and the status of his quest to develop a true house culture for the brewery.
Regardless of its many, many different possible attributes, the overall "wild" character Brettanomyces can add to a beer is described as such for a reason, and this is not the first nor the last time we'll dive into a conversation exclusively about this beautifully confusing microorganism. Even so, it felt like we made some modicum of process...If not, at least the Three Bay is fun............................. ................................................. ......................................... Music: "Mountain Climb" by Jake Hill