#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. .............................. ..................................................... ........................................................................................... ............. Music: "Mountain Climb" by Jake Hill