#90: Zach Page & Nick Bonadies | Belleflower Beer

The Apology Tour merges with Parts Unknown as we talk with former
guest/victim Zach Page and his partner Nick Bonadies, co-owners
of Portland's newest brewery, Belleflower! After getting to know
each other during the genesis stages of Trillium, a brewery both
went on to mold impressive careers within. Nearly a decade and a
few jobs later, Nick got wind of a turnkey brewery for sale,
immediately called Zach to make a life-altering proposition, and
here we are. 
We get into their formative experiences at Trillium; opening
during a pandemic; the roles the guys' wives (and co-owners) have
at the Belleflower and the company's intrinsic ties to family;
the challenges and opportunities of opening. a brewery within a
city, state, and even country with such high
breweries-per-capita; Belleflower's approach to beer, why there's
so much room left in to explore in IPA, and how Porter can be
made cool again; and why Nick once told he and Zach's boss (and
former guest) JC Tetreault to go "Fuck yourself". 
Lastly, we chart new territory with a SIX Bay about what
Belleflower could have been called, and  Zach and Nick
simply shatter even the wildest of expectations. This
conversation just has it all - nostalgia, intrigue, speculation,
folklore - and it was an absolute pleasure to catch up with two
righteous dudes on the very precipice of doing what every single
homebrewer has dreamed of achieving.
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............. Music: "Mountain Climb" by Jake Hill