The Good Life – September-October 2018

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HAVING A BEER WITH | DREKKER BREWING DARIN MONTPLAISIR Hometown: Moorhead Position at Drekker: Head Brewer, Yeast Wrangler and Master of Janitorial Arts Cousin: Mason GL: What’s the best combination of food and beer? DM: A perfectly done steak with an IPA — but then again, the child in the back of my head is thinking of a chocolate ice cream paired with a stout at the end. That’s really all I’m looking for. Any of our chocolate-flavored beers paired with a dessert is the finale at the end and my favorite. GL: What is your favorite kind of beer, though. DM: Stop it. GL: Sorry. DM: I think the darker, wintrier beers. They can go in so many directions. They can be really thick, they can be big and chocolaty, and you can take the same beer and barrel age it and it turns into something completely different. I think I like those the best, the dessert-style beers. GL: Was it freaky to break away from your old job and start this new venture? DM: It still is. Every day is a wonderful combination of excitement and tons of fear. It’s this confused feeling. I walked away from something I was very confident in and good at into something I had to figure out on the fly. Every time we feel like we’re just getting comfortable, something else happens, like building this place. I have not felt comfortable for even a second, but I think that’s a good thing. MASON MONTPLAISIR Hometown: Moorhead Position at Drekker: Schmengineer, Chief of Hipster Relations Cousin: Darin GL: What’s a schmengineer? MM: I graduated with an engineering degree and I was an engineer before this. Now I’m just a schmengineer. Jesse kept making it as a password for me and I could never spell it. GL: Why do you like beer so much? MM: It’s so versatile. You can do so many different things and reach so many people with beer. You can find a beer for anybody. There are thousands of recipes, and you can add anything you can think of to beer. There will never be one beer that’s the same. 12 / THE GOOD LIFE / urbantoadmedia.com GL: Do you have any unusual hobbies, like making beer-scented candles? MM: We don’t have time for hobbies. I used to juggle really well. I honestly like to dance. GL: What kind of dancing? MM: Swing dance. Schwing dance. Schmengineering schwing dance. GL: Other than schwing dancing, what other dances do you like? MM: Is the worm a dance because I like to do the worm. GL: It is. Any schalsa? MM: The schwaltz.
What does living the good life mean to you? • • • It’s going out and being able to share your crafts and being proud of what you do. The best part of this for me is sharing what I love to do with people. – Mason Montplaisir urbantoadmedia.com / THE GOOD LIFE / 13
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