From Passion to Pints: How Robert Young is Revolutionizing Craft Beer in Augusta

Turning passion into purpose isn’t always a straight path—and Robert Young’s journey into the world of craft brewing is proof of that. What started as a curiosity sparked during his travels quickly evolved into something much bigger: a mission to bring culture, creativity, and community into Augusta through craft beer. His story is one of patience, persistence, and boldly stepping into spaces where representation is still growing.

We talk about the realities of building a business from the ground up, the challenges of breaking into an industry where he doesn’t often see himself reflected, and the importance of staying true to both tradition and innovation. Robert also shares how he’s working to reshape the craft beer scene in Augusta—creating something not just for today, but for future generations to be part of and proud of. 

Episode Highlights

[01:51] – How travel and military service sparked a passion for craft beer

[03:38] – Why Robert chose Augusta and his vision to bring new experiences to the city

[05:13] – Navigating perception and education around craft beer in the Black community

[06:38] – Gaining hands-on experience through Savannah River Brewing Company

[09:00] – The challenges of securing funding and breaking into the industry

[10:41] – The importance of diversity and inclusion in craft brewing

[12:45] – Advice for aspiring brewers: education, networking, and persistence

[15:20] – His creative process behind brewing and developing unique flavors

[18:03] – The role craft beer can play in Augusta’s growth and culture

[19:48] – What it means to be the first Black brewer in Augusta

[26:11] – The meaning behind “Tapped 33” and its connection to Augusta

[29:06] – Where to find his beer locally and how the brand has grown

[33:08] – Words of wisdom: “Do it… until the world ends.”

Links & Resources

• Tapped 33 Craft Brewery http://www.tapped33.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tapped33
• Visit Augusta https://www.visitaugusta.com/

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:03

Everyone has a story to tell. We connect and relate to one another when we share our stories. My name is Amelia Old, and I am your host of Voices of Inspiration. Join me as I share stories of friends, family, and strangers through my everyday life and travels. We will laugh, possibly cry, but walk away feeling connected more than ever to those around you and ready to be the change our world needs. Everyone has a story to tell. What's yours?

SPEAKER_01 0:38

Our guest today is a true trailblazer in the world of craft brewing. Robert Young is the first black brewer in Augusta, Georgia, and the owner and head brewer of Tapped 33 Craft Brewery. Robert's passion for brewing began as a hobby and quickly turned into a dream of starting his own brewery. With hard work and dedication, he has made that dream a reality. Robert's story is one of perseverance, creativity, and the power of pursuing one's passions. He has overcome many obstacles to bring Tapped 33 to life. Join us as Robert shares his journey from home brewing to becoming an assistant brewer at Savannah River Brewing Company, and finally launching TAPT 33. He also discusses his approach to brewing, the unique flavors and techniques he incorporates into his beers, and his commitment to diversity and community. I'm honored to have Robert join us to share his story and insights into the world of craft brewing. Whether you're a craft beer aficionado or just love a good success story, this episode is not to be missed. Good morning. How are you?

SPEAKER_02 1:39

Good morning. Good morning.

SPEAKER_01 1:40

You are the owner of TAPT 33 Craft Brewery. What inspired you to become a brewer? Like how did your love for beer develop?

SPEAKER_02 1:50

Yeah, that's a good question. I actually started when I was in the Navy and traveling overseas, I went to Germany and Prague and fell in love with the beer culture in Germany and Prague, visited the Pilsner Urquells brewery in Prague. And Pilsner, like it's a very common beer now, but that's where it originated in Plitzen, which is the name of the city. So the actual beer is named after the city in a way. And I went there to the brewery and had an unpasteurized, unfiltered Pilsner. And I had an aha moment, like, what is this? Like it was like the best thing I ever tasted. And paired with the food and everything like that, and then the atmosphere and the environment. I was like, this is amazing. And so I got back to the States, and I'm always a hobbyist. I'm always looking for things to get myself into. And I wanted to learn how to make beer. And so I started hobbying as a home brewer, making beer and trying to perfect the practice, making a decent beer to drink. At first it was kind of hard because it's a steep learning curve, but I fell in love with just the art of making beer and the science behind it. And I was able to continue moving forward with that thought process. And Augusta didn't have a brewery at that time. So I thought that would be a great opportunity as an entrepreneur to open up a brewery here.

SPEAKER_01 3:19

Well, first of all, thank you for your service. Who you were raised, born and raised in in Atlanta, correct?

SPEAKER_02 3:25

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 3:26

So I actually lived in Atlanta for like six years. I'm originally from Georgia. I live in the Carolinas now. Yeah. I'm really familiar with Atlanta. After your service, what made you settle into Augusta?

SPEAKER_02 3:38

So yeah, that was actually pretty cool because I could have always moved back to Atlanta. And I love Atlanta. That's like my favorite city. But I saw that there was an opportunity here in Augusta. And instead of traveling to Atlanta every weekend, I was like, well, how about if I bring Atlanta to Augusta? Instead of the things that Augusta doesn't have, or the things that Atlanta has are Augusta Douglas. I was like, well, they're like, we have an opportunity here to make this city a great city. And so that's just what my mission is or what I'm trying to do is I offer the city of Augusta things that people will leave Augusta to go find and do. So I just wanted to bring it here.

SPEAKER_01 4:20

So what did your like friends and family say when you were like, I'm gonna brew beer?

SPEAKER_02 4:25

Friends always excited about that. Family Sure.

SPEAKER_01 4:29

They probably want to be your taste tester.

SPEAKER_02 4:32

Yeah, family not so much. Uh they were okay with it, but you know, they were just like beer, like in it's very interesting because then the black community, you know, we drink beer, but craft beer is not really a big thing. So and as you grow it's growing now, but uh there's a lot of education that still needs to happen, a lot of advertisement that needs to happen that this is a thing that you know black people do and our community would like. And so it was a lot of education for the family. Um just trying to teach them about different beer styles, teach them about different tastes. And so they're learning and they're growing with me and they're enjoying that process as well. So but the friends, they were all down for it. They were truly up there.

SPEAKER_01 5:13

I imagine so. Now you've I mean, especially being in the Navy, you've traveled extensively. How did all of that you've talked about it a little bit, but how did all of that influence your brewing style?

SPEAKER_02 5:27

It influenced my brewing style because I wanted to stay true to the original style of the beer. And so, you know, going to Germany and having true German beer, going to Prague, going to Italy, being in Europe and having these like true to style beers, I realized that, you know, the American craft things, they're like, they go out to the extreme and they try to make these weird funky beers, keep tape devolving and stuff like that. But I wanted to still stay true to style. And so while I'll make the crazy styles and do like, you know, weird funky stuff, I definitely want to create good solid base beers. If you want a good Pilger, I'll make Dickler. If you want a good Munich Ellis, I'll make a good Munich Ellis or a good English brown elf, you know. So I want to say true to those because I think you don't have those in the craft industry as much. And so, you know, that's my passion in educating people about beer.

SPEAKER_01 6:30

Well, now you uh before you opened your own business, you were involved with Savannah River Brewing. Can you talk a little bit about that?

SPEAKER_02 6:38

Yeah, so it's been a beautiful collaboration with them. I started out, they knew that I was a home brewer in the local area. And so they allowed me to come in and volunteer with them. So I was able to volunteer for a couple of our back and bring my own activities and they would put it on tap, people get to try it. And they knew that my end goal is to open up a brewery of my own. And so they allowed me to come in and volunteer with the batches that they did. And eventually it got to the point where they're like, we actually need some help, and we'd like to hire you on Evans Listen Brewer if you're wanting that uh position. And I was like, Yeah, I definitely want that guy to get you more experience in the industry on the professional side instead of just being a home brewer. And so I started working for them and been a beautiful journey with them. And they allowed me to work as a listen brewer and then eventually create my first batch, and that's in distribution now.

SPEAKER_01 7:41

I think that's really cool because I feel like not all businesses would just allow someone to come in and spend that kind of time with them, especially knowing that your end goal was to essentially have like competition, right?

SPEAKER_02 7:55

Right, exactly. And so that's the beauty of the craft brewing industry. I think it's a very unique industry compared to any other businesses, right? Because I've been all over to every brewery. Once you let them know, hey, I'm a brewer, they open their arms and they open doors and they'll welcome you in and give you like trade secrets and like understand, oh well, this is what you need to do. I was originally in the mentorship program for the Brewers Association. They have a mentorship program for diversity, equity, and inclusion. And basically just exposing people of different diverse backgrounds to the industry and to mentors that allows you to do a little bit more knowledge base that you might not have gotten otherwise because you might not be in the area where you can actually access those kind of people. And so I did that with Palace Paul and allowed me to get way more outfits and understandable knowledge to the industry on top of working with them delivered as well.

SPEAKER_01 8:55

So what do you think have been some of like your biggest challenges through this?

SPEAKER_02 9:00

Some of my biggest challenges were honestly understanding how to build the uh equity up for capital. And so that's a big challenge going out to investigating, talking with investors, and just learning that process of like building capital and trying to source capital. That's the big thing that I didn't understand at first. When you want to start a business dream, it's like, oh, yeah, I want this is what I want to see happen. But then you have to go out and get the money for it, yeah. Right. Make that happen. And so that was a big learning curve for me. And then also I think being joined by this industry, a lot of people test me as far as my knowledge, they try to get me to prove that I actually know what I'm talking about. Because they just don't see that that often. And so when you see a black guy brewing beer, you're like, oh, they're different. Um but can he really boom beer or can he really start a brewery and stuff like that? And so I noticed that was one of the things that I had to overcome in this industry, even when I met my lawyer for the first time. He knew me by name or by email. But when I met him in person, he was like, Oh, I was like, Yeah. I wasn't expecting to be black. I was like, Yeah, I am, and you know, it's just a different time now. And so, yeah, I think those are the biggest challenges.

SPEAKER_01 10:31

In what ways do you think the crafts beer industry can do a better job of recognizing and celebrating diversity and inclusivity?

SPEAKER_02 10:40

Yeah, I think we are actually starting to give this as well. I know the Brewing Association, they are young whole inspires, try to do everything they can to highlight diversity and inclusion. I think the craft beer industry as a because if you think about the craft beer movement, it's it's pretty liberal in the sense of beer battling the big giants of the beer world, Red Wy Drink, the Miller, of course, and stuff like that. And so by nature of being the little guy, you have to fight for all the other little guys too out there. And so I think that helps, but it's still an issue dominated by white men. And so I think there's a lot that of learning that still has to be done with that. And so there I think we're doing a really good job. I think there's definitely more work we can do. Even at the breeze that I work at now, I do have to educate sometimes about different things like yo, you can't say that or do that or think that way because it's gonna make somebody else feel this way. But even when it comes down to Juneteenth being a a national holiday, it's like, well, we'll celebrate everything else, but are we gonna celebrate black? There's that now a holiday that you think we celebrate. And I think it's all about education. Like I said, there is a big task of black people in the country that drink beer and my mouth and fucking craft beer. They come to a brewery and there's nothing like they know. It doesn't look like anything that they're doing. Which is educating. I'm trying to get ultra tapes in uh the industry that allowed other ethnic group, other people to just go walk in.

SPEAKER_01 12:33

What advice would you give to aspiring brewers, especially those that might not see themselves represented in the industry?

SPEAKER_02 12:45

Read a lot. And read everything because there's so much to know. So for a brewer, somebody that's passionate about making brewery, we're learning all the science behind it, the art, the craft of looking here. But then if you're trying to start a business deep on the business side of things, you need to learn the financial aspect. You need to learn the advertising marketing aspect, uh running a business, but how what does the PML look like, you know? And so there's just a lot of different hacks you'll have to look here, and a lot of different things you'll have to know. You don't have to know it all, but you definitely can know uh or have a network of people that you can call to have the answers that you might need. And so I think that's one of the biggest things I would tell an inspire start to build that network of people that have those knowledge that you might not have that you can kind of lean on or reach out to and say, hey, what do I do in this situation? Or what's the answer to this question right here? And I think once you build that network, it's it does one that's core and telling you for Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 13:47

Now networking is definitely key in any any any industry.

SPEAKER_02 13:51

Yeah, I agree. And I even some for a brewer one that doesn't look like the status for a white male is there. I would say don't be offended yourself and rehab something software to machine to the culture of beer. Beer in the cultural place product always been so day one, just an exception. And so as long as you need to make something or cultural American, it you'll go for it.

SPEAKER_01 14:22

How would you describe the craft beer scene in Augusta?

SPEAKER_02 14:27

He's a beer deserter beer. We don't really have what we have to brewery outside the line coming out and is not a big craft scene yet. So that's one of my goals that put it together with goals to create that scene, create that environment. Second by the city, my population enjoy the thing. So and then we have a big boom master we come in. We have the ability to support more bloom in that area. So if this comes down to people coming in and that's it, take the city and investing in the downtown area and the downtown government accepting here and putting laws in place that allows that to happen.

SPEAKER_01 15:14

What's your approach when it comes to like experimenting and recipe development?

SPEAKER_02 15:20

It is all about I don't even know, to be honest with you. Um sometimes you'll just come out of the room and I'll just have an idea of like, oh, let's try this, so let me think about that. A lot of times I'm gonna start with something very basic, uh like the base profile, because I want to stay peeing style on certain beers. So if I'm trying to stay true to style, I'll definitely do my research. What's the water profile, what minerals profile with the water, what are the typical hops and all the mops that are how do I say true tops? Um, and then I'll start to add the layers to it and say, okay, well, I think this is a great beer, but what about if I add some vanilla? What if I add a fruit? But what if I add this type of hop, that type of hops? And then mask will actually be created in the thought that I mean um use my creativity to create. I love gel style of beer, and so I brew some Saison every spring with pear and oak chicks and soaked in white wine and chardonnay. And so that's probably my favorite, I would say.

SPEAKER_01 16:29

With this, how do you balance like tradition and innovation?

SPEAKER_02 16:34

I balance it by saying, okay, if I want to brew a beer for a for a certain style, I'm gonna say cheaper style. I want to educate somebody on let's say a doppelbox or our telephone, I'm not gonna do a meat and double. I'm gonna say true to that style. When it comes to everything else, free range. I'll innovate as much as I fucking can. I'll get crazy at the idea. I want to try something new.

SPEAKER_01 17:05

Now, do you or will you lose like local ingredients?

SPEAKER_02 17:09

I try to. Yeah, it's very hard. Yeah, because we don't really have many local things, but you can be local honey, I'll be local honey put, say on, and then local fruits like must die like that. We don't really have much large pot malt that I love to do out here.

SPEAKER_01 17:29

Well, I mean, you could set you could sell the one with honey this time of year by telling everyone it will help them with their Georgia allergies.

SPEAKER_02 17:39

Oh, yeah, for sure. Yeah. And I mean, yeah, the Georgia allergies or the Georgia pollen is bad. Yeah. So it is really bad there. But I mean, we have some rain, luckily, that's the week to help knock it down, but it's gonna come back to trail.

SPEAKER_01 17:55

Yeah. Now, what role do you see craft beer playing in Augusta's role and economic landscape over time?

SPEAKER_02 18:03

Well, so like historically in America, some good vibrant craft roots ultimately in a lot of children. And so I feel like sleeping create a school will drive people coming in other than that one missing a master. I think that it will help. And then also just having a diverse lap here scene. I was in Charlotte a couple weeks ago, and they have such a vibe with that.

SPEAKER_01 18:29

That's where I live.

SPEAKER_02 18:30

Yeah, I love it. Don't get up there. And you have these different pockets with different library all pumped together, and they all do really well because one each other. Um, but you can see how the diversity of it, the inclusion of it, and the economic uh contribution it leads to because things start to grow around that class, they start to build highlights, they start to do all art and all these other things. People want to grapes wither and their dog out, or go out meet friends over a beer and place all the those that seems to me that are able to make that deal. And you're not gonna be the strongest house as a big blow city as I look at the city's husband as a model, but the downtown area green goes on a really good job at bringing that money. I think you can't want to move now as well.

SPEAKER_01 19:37

How do you see your role as the first black rural in Augusta intersecting with a city's rich history and heritage, particularly as it relates to the African American culture?

SPEAKER_02 19:48

Yeah, I think that's something that I have to be mindful of that because this is such a an industry that should not be in the black community and being atlanta, where the community, you know, the higher middle class sometimes like being a lot of business. I think we move a little bit slower here in Nebraska. And so I I I personally think that it's just being the heights first off and allowing myself to be out there and people and then getting no people who want to make it talking about and it makes these like, oh my god, it's talking with them. They share those stories with their phones and they share those stories and then they get interested. And I've had many people come inside the brewery here once a toy growth with the door for me and that's scary. And so it's it's a basement on bang, hey there is craft beer here in a guster, you don't have to just go to a new store or a bar or whatever and come to the brewery in the same environment or a better environment, honestly, but in a bar. And so that's my goal is to instill culture, my culture into this industry and through my business and have people comfortable when it comes to now.

SPEAKER_01 21:12

What are some of your favorite things to do in Augusta when you're not in the brewery?

SPEAKER_02 21:17

I'm a I'm an indoor type of person, but I do love if I'm guys just chilling out reading or something like that. I love to get a paper like that. I draw a lot of intellectual ride and a walkable swap and able to see all just the type of animals and teaching out nature or just beautiful. So I had to say my number one thing to do is be much walking, walk around on the okay too much.

SPEAKER_01 21:48

That's cool. You said that when you're not in indoors reading, what what do you like to read?

SPEAKER_02 21:53

Oh you know, what I don't like to answer your questions are anything philosophy based I love soft help style, especially philosophy. Yeah, more philosophy-based style book.

SPEAKER_01 22:11

I collect antique books.

SPEAKER_02 22:12

So yeah.

SPEAKER_01 22:14

Yeah. So I really love that. I just got my oldest book a couple of weeks ago from 1747. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 22:21

Oh my goodness. What is it?

SPEAKER_01 22:22

It's called Polite Education by Stephen Pilpot. And honestly, it's not like the type of book I would typically read, but it was more because of the age of the book. And I just I'm like, I've never even touched anything that old. You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_03 22:41

That is amazing.

SPEAKER_02 22:41

That's really cool.

SPEAKER_01 22:42

I I keep books in the city.

SPEAKER_02 22:45

Oh yeah, yeah. You have to search the road.

SPEAKER_01 22:49

I'm like threaten everybody in the house. I'm like, don't touch them.

SPEAKER_02 22:55

Oh, that's really good. No, that's awesome.

SPEAKER_01 22:57

Now, as a brewer, I assume you're you're very busy during the masters.

SPEAKER_02 23:03

Yeah, we are. I'm I'm gonna be really busy, especially because I just lost my own beer. And so I just lost it into the market about three weeks, three weeks ago. And so I'm looking really busy. Perfect timing. Yeah. I just did though, I think.

SPEAKER_01 23:18

Yeah, I'm sure. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 23:20

So yeah, perfect timing to have a beer in the market, especially if juicy ice people love those. They're very easy, approachable IPAs are number one selling beer, but everybody loves IBAs. So to make something a little bit more approachable, I like to try to indoctrinate people into the beer world, especially if you don't drink beer. So I try to make something that's easy going for them to drink, and this one is approachable. Very juicy, citrusy, probably know that. So I will have a tip out on the master on whatever day you want it, it'll be theirs.

SPEAKER_01 23:58

That's exciting.

SPEAKER_02 24:01

I will be busy and tired.

SPEAKER_01 24:04

It'll be worth it. It will be worth it.

SPEAKER_02 24:06

Can I I'll look at the map and look at the perfect time for other people looking around the world at the country daily experience and gust up, but then also my dinner. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_01 24:17

Perfect time. That's really cool. Now, what do you hope to achieve in your career as a brewer? Do you have some things that, you know, are kind of like in the works that you can talk about right now?

SPEAKER_02 24:29

Yeah, so my end goal is to have a brick and mortar brew pub downtown. My bigger dream would be to have multiple brew pubs around, um, not just in Augusta, but in the southeast at least. So that's the big, big, big picture dream. But the immediate dream goal is a brew pub downtown and then have a second location in Columbia County, which is the county next next to ours. And so that's my goal. And I want each breed pub to have their own brief system so that I can hire other brewers in that area to come in and brew their own styles of beer that they like. So you're getting a different experience at each location. We'll have our flagships, of course, but I want to hire people that are passionate about beer, but they might not have the money or the capital or the means to start their own brewery. So hey, this will be like your brewery near the Blue Master here on the head brewer. Inflick your own self into this business and create beer that you want to create for people to enjoy. And of course, I will make sure that it's quality beer, but I definitely feel like there are people out there that want to do this. I've met with many people that's there. Um my dream was to one day open a brewery and have a brewery of my own. Well, you might not have to have your own brewery, but you can definitely have your own um personality into business yourself. So that's the goal.

SPEAKER_01 26:01

Now, I've written another article, kind of like the the backstory of the name of your company. Can you talk about that?

SPEAKER_02 26:11

Yeah, so Tap 33 is the name. All right, and I came across the number 33 because Prohibition ended in 1933. So I was like, that's a cool number. I love the number 33 generally. And so I was like, okay, 33 is a good number. Let's see what else I can do with this number. And so I started researching, started looking at different things like around the number 33. I was like, oh, I can go to the metaphysical side of things, or I could do all this other weird stuff. But then I was like, well, I want to make it relate to Augusta, so how can I make this number relate to Augusta? And so I was just thinking, wandering my mind around, and I was like, I wonder where Augusta is located. And I looked on the map and I was like, oh my goodness, he's located in the 33rd parallel on Earth. And I was like, that's a good connection. And so then I was like, well, all right, that's really cool. How else can I tie it to Augusta? And I literally remember I was at the computer thinking, like, James Brown. I was like, I bet he was born in 1933. And I was like, how cool would it be if he was? I like Google search. And I was like, oh no. Like he was born in 1933. It's meant to be perfect. Yeah, it was meant to be. I was like, that's perfect. I got three numbers and they're all around 33. And then I was like, okay, well, I got the number. What would I call it? And so I came up with tapped 33 because I wanted people to know that their beer is being made lovely, tapped lovely, and it's around 33.

SPEAKER_01 27:47

I love that. I'm a numbers person.

SPEAKER_02 27:49

Yeah, me too. Yeah, it was one of those things where um I wanted the name of the company to be approachable to everybody. And so I think sometimes names of things can deflect people because they just don't understand. And it's like, oh, I don't really know what that means, or like the style of it. So I went with more of a retro style, an adventure style of like naming the company and like how I produced the uh brand around it. Because I wanted it to be approachable. And it was funny because I got one of the best compliments from Chris, who is the owner of Creature Comforts, Chris Heron. He saw my my logo, he was like, I don't know if I like logo, you know, like worldwide. He was like, Well, it just looks like it's a a brand that's like in multiple locations, like in the franchise brand. And I was like, that's exactly what it is. And he was like, Oh, well, then you hit it up the park. Like that's the end goal.

SPEAKER_01 28:53

Like, that's what I'm going for.

SPEAKER_02 28:55

He was like, well, I take it all back. I'm like, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 29:00

Now, when visitors come to Augusta, where can they find your beer currently?

SPEAKER_02 29:06

Yeah, so we are actually locally distributing beer throughout Augusta and local restaurants and bars. So if you go to any bar or restaurant in Augusta that has drafts, we will be on tap there. Mellow Mushroom, Pizza Joint, all the bars downtown will have it, hotels, some of the hotels that have it, anything, any major restaurant that has a draft, we're finally tapped there.

SPEAKER_01 29:29

When did you start this? What's been the time frame that all of this has happened?

SPEAKER_02 29:34

For the distributor or for just like the company itself?

SPEAKER_01 29:37

The company itself going from volunteering to you know.

SPEAKER_02 29:41

So I had the idea, I started the idea, I branded it in 2017. And then thank God I didn't do anything. And so I looked at it as just staying patient and keeping my focus on what I really want to do. So started the brand in 2017, but nothing really happened there. I started going after investors and I did get some. I think COVID happens, I lose my investors. Um, but they're just like, this is too volatile to want to put money into, and I was like, I can put I understand. And then after that, I started volunteering for Savannah River, and I came on here in 21, 2020, 2021, somewhere around that time frame to work. But when I came, they already knew what I wanted to do. Like they know my end goal. And so I've been working here, just putting in my time, uh waiting for an opportunity to arrive that I can be like, okay, I'm ready. And the funny thing about the beer that I just launched, Googly Moonly, is that I had been working on that recipe for years, and I had never got it right. Like I never got it to where I wanted. And this past fall in October, I didn't have been in Atlanta called the Black Toberfest. It was the first annual Octoberfest of shouting out black brewers, black brewery owners, and it was just a day for black excellence as far as in the beer crash beer world. So I got an offer to be a part of that, and I had to come up with some beer for it. And I was like, well, I'm gonna work on my juicy IPA recipe for this event. The one that I made for this event is the one that's in the market now. And it was the like the last time that I made it, where I was like, all right, here you go. I haven't made it the way I want it to yet, but I'll make this one. I made it and I was like, this is exactly what I want it to be. It came out perfectly, so that's the recipe. But I made it for an event where I was like, well, I guess we'll see how this turns out. But it turned out really well. And I use that recipe now. That's my main flexion recipe that is now out in the market.

SPEAKER_01 32:16

Well, really, your journey has been it's all kind of unfolded very quickly, you know.

SPEAKER_02 32:22

Yeah, especially over the last year. Yeah. But it's it's been a very patient process, but over the last year, yeah, it's been really bad. I hope so.

SPEAKER_01 32:38

Now, where can our listeners find you online on social media?

SPEAKER_02 32:42

I am at TAP33TAPPED33 on Instagram and have a Twitter, but I don't ever use Twitter.

SPEAKER_01 32:51

So just think we have one Instagram and I'll make sure to link to those in the notes of this episode. So I ask every guest this do you have a favorite quote or any words of wisdom that you want to leave behind with our listeners?

SPEAKER_02 33:07

So I came up with a quote that I lived by, and it was actually off of giving advice to a friend, and something that like I gave the advice and I made the quote and I didn't even realize how powerful or impactful it was. But basically, they were going through some things and they were really just hesitant about how to move and what they wanted to do in life, and they were really just feeling scared. And I was like, if the world were to end, would you do it? And they were like, Yeah, I would do it. If I knew the world was gonna end tomorrow, I would do it. And I was like, do it, do it again until the world ends. And so for me, that was my mantra of just continuing to do something until the world stops because you live your life in that way of thinking, like, tomorrow might be the last day. I would regret to not do this today, then definitely go after it until I would tell people, hey, world end, do it, do it again, it's in the world in.

SPEAKER_01 34:10

Well, I love that. I really appreciate you taking the time to meet with me today. I know that you're super busy and I think you're incredibly inspiring, and I know that you have a lot of really amazing things ahead of you.

SPEAKER_02 34:25

Oh, I appreciate that. I hope so. Keep trying, keep working at it. So I thank you for everything out. I definitely appreciate the opportunity and just thank you for each out.