Able to let loose…
In a packed (with humans and dogs alike) tap room on a Saturday afternoon, I sat at a high top table with Billy Madden, co-owner of Black Lab Brewing Inc. I asked him what he thought a ‘craft beer lifestyle’ might be.
“It’s hard to describe a feeling,” he began. “It’s hard-working, yet easy-going – like a 1940’s mentality or something. It’s charitable and focuses on local, while being artistic and creative. The culture is one that also a strives for high quality, but without being snobby.”
He returned to how he began: “I guess that craft beer feeling is really a sense of inclusion, of wanting to share the experience with others. And with others, I think a craft beer lifestyle is one that is able to let loose and enjoy life.”
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