(E106) Aadam Soorma of TRACE BREWING

BREWTAL

Hopwolves, you know what time it is...

The bois talk shop with new friend of the show Aadam Soorma of TRACE BREWING. We discuss how he became the head of marketing at the brewery, favorite Pittsburgh bands, what it's like to serve coffee and beer all day, fists to the thermostat, revisiting St. Anger, and so much for E106!

This week's Beer Breakdowns are MODELITA ESPECIAL (4.4%) from Grupo Modelo (Aadam's pick), CINNAMON DOLCE NITRO STOUT (6%) from Firestone Walker Brewing Company (Todd's pick) and ARIZONA HARD LEMON TEA (5%) from Hornell Brewing Co., Inc. (Arie's Pick).

Turn it up to 11, crack open that beer, it's about to get BREWTAL!

Episode Breakdown:

• Intro | 0:00
• Beer Breakdowns | 1:14
• The Fall of Hard Coffee | 7:29
• New Hard Ginger Beer in Town | 8:45
• How Aadam Got Into the Industry | 13:10
• What is Trace? | 15:48
• One Stop Shop for Coffee and Beer | 17:28
• The Collab is Coming From Inside the Coffee Shop | 19:58
• The Best Pallete on the Team | 21:18
• The Evolution of Joe's Roasting Experience | 23:00
• Sounding Hoity Toity | 24:46
• Regulars for all Times of the Day | 26:55
• Coming Up With the Events | 31:50
• Deciding to Make Most Events Free | 35:03
• That One Event That's Too Hard to Pull Off | 37:50
• Favorite Pittsburgh Bands | 39:15
• Love of Intimate Shows | 41:24
• Moshing TOO Hard | 42:27
• Aadam's Flavor of Metal | 44:03
• Revisitng St. Anger | 46:33
• Favorite Metallica Album | 50:30
• Gen Z Hoppin On the Nu-Metal Train | 55:27
• Dream Collab Band | 56:56
• Getting Backstage to Slipknot | 1:02:09
• Outro | 1:04:13

Artwork by megabeast Kevin Burfield

Intro track by absolute legend ZaKrahe

Brewtal was edited by Arie Lombardozzi of Death Dealer Productions with additional production from Todd Bailey.