#45: Peter Bissell | Bissell Brothers

Amid a precarious time for securing in-person guests, we decided to keep it in the family this week. We talk with Peter Bissell, co-founder of Bissell Brothers, co-owner of High Roller Lobster Co., and most critical to this conversation, Noah's older brother. Matt gets himself comfortable in the interview chair, and walks through some of the key points in the trajectory of Bissell Brothers history as well as Peter and Noah's relationship, getting the individual perspective of each brother along the way. Through this broad conversation (or therapy session, depending), the guys talk about growing up in the poorest and least populated county in Maine, the genesis of the brewery, the growing pains they faced with themselves and each other while trying to grow their business, and their unified desire to bring the brewery back to where their door-to-door gourd sales operation had once flourished. We also search for the TRUE Baby Genius, discuss "Death Houses", and dissect childhood pranks in this emotional rollercoaster of an episode.

Music: "Mountain Climb" by Jake Hill

Artwork: Samuel Dunning