#72: Gene Beck | Nocturnem Draft Haus

The guys are once again treated to an in-studio guest as they
welcome Gene Beck, owner of Nocturnem Draft Haus in Bangor, ME.
Gene holds an undeniable place in the Mount Rushmore of Bangor
beer, having played a pivotal development in its ongoing
maturation since Y2K.  The episode starts where he started;
At, of all places, Swett's Tire and Auto, an exit ramp gas
station and small convenience store. Over the course a decade,
Gene inexplicably turned Swett's into one of the best, and
certainly earliest, destinations for retail craft beer in the
northern half of Maine.  The conversation eventually moves
toward the second half of Gene's beer career, as he opened
Nocturnem, a decidedly high-end beer bar in the center of a city
that was decidedly struggling. We talk about the difficulties and
rewards of being an early adopter, the terrors and exhilarations
of entrepreneurship, the responsibilities of leadership within a
community, and the amazing things that can come from imperfect
circumstances. Being one of the funnest and rounded conversations
the podcast has seen, it's only fitting that it concludes with
quite possibly the best Three Bay in its storied seventy-two
episode....Please enjoy this little slice of honesty half as much
as we did. ....... ........................  
 ............................... Music: "Mountain Climb: by
Jake Hill