We are continuing with our Season 16 adventure of reconnecting with some of our guests from the past which takes us back to EPISODE 7 with Jess Graham of The Alchemist.
The Alchemist is iconic and one of the earliest breweries to have pop-up releases and lines for their special releases, which in perspective of their operation now in Stowe is crazy to think about. Now you can walk away with no issue a case of Heady and Focal on the regular as long as they are open for business.
Thinking back to our interview, Jess invited me to do the interview with her at the brewery so I woke up before sunrise and drove to VT. It was an amazing day and experience. I couldn’t believe that this idea (the podcast) was having me up in Vermont an getting a tour of one of the breweries that was an inspiration for all of this. We have featured @danblakeslee too who did the Heady and Focal labels as well as Andrew who has done some art and designs with them too.
Jess not only was a guest on the podcast, but she joined us for our first art event ‘The Art of Craft Beer’ in New Haven, CT back in July 2018. She continues to bring to life the love, the nature an energy that is the outdoors and Vermont in her work. I remember visiting Burlington with my family an seeing an amazing mural and just knowing it was hers. We talk about that, her family and catch up on this next installment of our video series.
In an effort to make this unique we have asked the guests if they wanted to invite someone to join them and Jess being the positive force she is invited Crystal Stokes to join us for part of the interview as she created a label for the People Power label with the Alchemist. That’s what I love about this community the love and support of other artists to build each other up.
You can find our interviews on YouTube for video and our normal channels for audio. YT link in our bio.