June 26, 2024 • 51 mins
Have you ever wondered what it takes to turn a passion for hip-hop and craft beer into a thriving business? Join us as we chat with Beck, the dynamic owner of Off the Rails in Bakersfield. Beck shares her incredible journey from being anti-club to creating a mature, chill space that offers exclusive brews and a welcoming atmosphere. We discuss how she navigated the challenges of starting her business in a city where country and Latin music dominate the scene and her commitment to fostering a community for both seasoned craft beer enthusiasts and curious newcomers.
In this episode, you'll learn about the broader world of craft beer entrepreneurship in Southern California. Beck opens up about the significant risks and rewards of opening her own brewery and the hurdles she faced along the way, such as local regulations and unpredictable weather. The importance of climate control in enhancing customer experience is underscored, along with personal tipping points that drove her to take the plunge into business ownership. We also reflect on memorable moments and obstacles encountered since Off the Rails' inception, offering valuable insights into the craft beer industry.
But it doesn't stop at beer! Beck's Off the Rails is a vibrant community hub, hosting events like epic birthday parties with the Funk Freaks, engaging with the local community through the Arts Council's First Fridays, and partnering with Cruisin' for Charity. Beck shares her exciting future plans to transform the bar into a lounge and kitchen combo, featuring live music, DJ nights, and innovative paint nights. Tune in to hear about the diverse music that sets the mood at Off the Rails and Beck's unwavering dedication to providing a unique and enjoyable experience for all.
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Speaker 1 (00:20):
all right, y'all.
This is the most dopeproprietor of Off the Rails
downtown craft brew and there'sa bit of a fusion with her hops
and her music.
There's some connection there.
(00:41):
This is episode three.
Episode three.
Episode three.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
We got the queen bee over here, right here, queen bee
how you doing over there?
Speaker 1 (00:52):
good yeah, yes, hanging in there yes, how are
you?
Speaker 2 (00:55):
I'm great it's my birthday today I know happy
birthday, I got the big fauxfaux I know 40 faux.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
I'm getting old, I got gray coming in my beard, all
kinds of shit Hair growing outof my ears and nose places and
we don't want that shit growing,so Beck.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
That's me.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Tell us a little bit about yourself, a little bit
about your history.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Oh gosh, okay.
So I think, when it comes to me, and my love for beer is
because I've always beenanti-club, so take me to a
brewery.
I'd rather do that and chillthan, as opposed, to go have
(01:44):
some cocktails where peoplemight bump into me and their
music's too, as opposed to allright the chill vibes yeah I'm
just super chill low energy, allright.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
So, um, how did you get started with off the rails
it's it's craft brew inbakersfield.
Bakersfield has some breweriescoming up doing their thing.
Lengthwise has been here for along time, several other
establishments.
They have either come and goneor they're still around, but not
super relevant, I guess youcould say.
(02:17):
How did you get started withthe idea that I want to own my
own craft beer shop?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
First, I think it started with the idea of having
a place that was a little bitunique to what Bakersfield had
to offer.
One thing about Bakersfieldthere is no shortage of places
to go.
If you are a country musicperson, you can go to
restaurants or bars wherever,and there's going to be somebody
plucking a banjo or whatever.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Sorry, Sure, yeah, yeah, yeah, typecasting around
here, right?
I'm just like I'm not a countrygirl.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
So that's kind of where I was like.
I wanted a place where you canchill and it was pretty and that
there would be like hip-hop,but it didn't have to be like
somewhere that was like ratchetor you know it, grimy.
I wanted it to be like a maturespot classy especially for
(03:20):
somebody.
I'm up there, middle-aged ladyhere and I want to still have a
good time and listen to goodmusic and enjoy a good beer and
not, um, have to just beinundated with too much silly
stuff or, you know, wild thingsgoing on around.
So the thought process wasbuild a place for mature people
(03:43):
to come kick it.
And also, I've always been acraft beer girl and, knowing a
lot of brewers all over,especially in California, I had
access to being able to bringthings to Bakersfield that
nobody else did.
So my spot is unique and I'vegot wild beers that nobody else
(04:07):
has and no other stores carryand you can enjoy it here.
Or, if you're just like, no,I'm an introvert, I want to go
home, take your beers to go.
So we offer both and um, andit's unique.
I love that I have a spacewhere people that are unfamiliar
can come and we can samplesomething, and I get it all the
(04:28):
time.
I don't drink beer.
Well, but have you had this?
Speaker 1 (04:32):
have you tried this?
Speaker 2 (04:33):
yes, and so then I got you locked in and now you're
on mine.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Now you're gonna come every week and you're gonna
sample, you're gonna tastesomething new.
Every week you'll drink the onethat you were introduced to,
that you love.
But you also say, hey, beck,give me a suggestion or let me
try this one.
They'll try it.
If they like it, great.
If not, they still have their,their base for sure, and uh.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
The one thing, though , that I've learned is that I
thought I'm going to open upthis spot and everybody's going
to like just love the beer theway I did, and everybody's just
gonna come.
Good beer doesn't bring peoplein bakersfield out of their
houses.
You have to really pull andpluck them and say this is fun,
come do this uh you know, I'vegot this event every friday,
(05:19):
this one's saturday, this one'son may.
So just hey, you to stay at it.
But that's kind of where theyou know the initial.
Let's build this and they willcome story, I guess.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
So I agree with that, bakersfield being quote unquote
country, right.
Obviously the history and thebackground, with Buck Owens,
merle Haggard, you know some ofthe OGs of the country game,
right.
And then, on the other end,like I feel like it's a huge
latin population, right andyou're going to talk about zama.
You're going to talk aboutpuesto.
(05:53):
You're going to talk about um,this place over here on hegman,
I don't remember new estro isthere too, but this other one
that, uh, they had opened up inthat shopping center.
You guys go get your nails doneat oh, um ritmo, ritmo yeah,
yeah, there's a, there's a wholebunch, and then, uh, agave or
casa tequila, and there's allkinds of country or latin very
(06:17):
true and no shortage of linesyeah, and they just keep opening
up, they just keep popping up,they just keep popping up
everywhere.
right, but it is geared towardsthe younger crowd, it seems.
You know, 22, 23, up to like 27.
So we went out.
You know we've been out acouple times with many of her
(06:39):
friends and we've tried, we'vetried.
What is it called again, nostro?
Speaker 2 (06:44):
No, the one we just did.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Ritmo Monopoly for a brief second when it was over on
Oak.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Like a second.
We were in there for like asecond.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
In and out.
We were like, nah, this is notour spot, right?
And the other thing is againmiddle age 44, 37, 38, 39,
whatever.
I won't give your age out onthe air.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Sure, she's young.
I'm on the upper end of the 40s, I'm the baby.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
So I'm okay out of the group, I'm the baby.
But yeah, we go into theseestablishments Looking to have a
nice evening, a nice time,things of that nature and it's
too rowdy, it's too young.
And then I go in there and Ifeel like people are looking at
me like who's this old man, likethis is not your spot anymore.
Old timer, like what are youdoing here?
This is for us young kids.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
You phased out.
Yeah, we're out.
I don't care about peoplebumping into me.
It's too cluttered.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
I don't like that and that presents opportunities for
other bad things to happenmisunderstandings.
People are drunk and theyperceive things a certain way
that shouldn't be perceived.
Hey, it was innocent.
I'm sorry.
I stepped on you, Jay, my bad.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
But it's not worth dying for.
No no.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
So, without talking too poorly about some of these
places, they're just not for usand we do like the older.
We've been to Foxtail Lounge.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Oh yeah, that's super chill.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
That's a chill place right and I think Crash is
pretty chill.
For the most part, I love CrashA couple of times that we've
been there, but one of our biginfluences in what we love is
out in Ventura.
It's called Rocks drams oh yeah,love rocks and drams because
it's very mature, very classy.
Um, they have djs in there.
(08:32):
They'll do vinyl sets andthey're doing r&b, they're doing
neo soul, they're doing reallaid-back, chill, nice music
with substance, right, and againI'm gonna get in trouble with
some of the viewers of like heywhat do you mean?
Music with substance.
You know, you don't thinklittle zan or somebody has
(08:53):
substance.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
No, I don't, motherfucker, I don't but that's
true, you know what you guyswould like.
The gold line, gold Line Bar,is it Eagle Rock?
It's the Stones Throw spot, sowe'll find that for you so that
you can make sure to check thatout.
Yeah, they do vinyl sets andthey definitely have some really
(09:15):
good guest DJs will pop in.
I think Psycho Les is thereonce a week and I know Howe
Shoes have been there, of course, once a week, and I know how
she's been there, of course, andum, but good DJs that know how
to just read the room of a goodenergy.
(09:35):
We're not trying to twerk on thebar, or things, or you know,
make your elbows touch yourknees, whatever.
But, you know we still, ifwe're in our forties, we want to
go out and have a good time andlisten to some music, and at a
tolerable volume level.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
Where we can still communicate.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
We're at, I think, maybe at an age where we are
valuing our time with ourfriends.
So we want to like, kind of,get all of our friends together
and talk and be like, wow, thiswas a week and all this shit
happened, and you know, but hey,don't you love this song, I
love this song.
Get all of our friends togetherand talk and be like, wow, this
was a week and all this shithappened.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
But hey, don't you love this song.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
I love this song and it makes me think about that.
Whatever, whatever.
Whereas you've got to love your20-somethings, of course
they're just trying to get outand move and get dressed up and
meet somebody.
Get the attention of whoeverthey want.
Opposite sex, not the opposite.
Whatever, Whoever not theopposite.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Whatever, whatever your preference, but they're
having a good time.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
I mean, I know in my 20s, yeah, I did that, but I
grew up super young so we weregoing to La Movida for college
night.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
What was it?
Aldo's?
Yes, Aldo's La Movida.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
I was talking to a DJ that used to DJ there during
that time and telling him likethat shit wouldn't fly nowadays,
college night.
We went to college nightbecause my boyfriend husband he
was 18 when I was 16.
So in order for us to get intothe club, you had to go on a
(11:03):
Thursday.
It was college night, where16-year-olds had the wristbands
and we couldn't drink, of course, but that shit would not fly
nowadays.
And so, yeah, I feel like I grewup young clubbing at 16.
And so in my 20s, just midwaythrough it, I was already like
I'm ready to be a mom, like thisis crazy.
(11:23):
Just midway through it, I wasalready like I'm ready to be a
mom, like this is crazy and um.
But the younger 20 somethingsnowadays they're out and heavy
in in numbers and so, yes,there's a not a shortage of
places to go if you're lookingto drink and have a good time
and you know, just keep it goinglike Like overpours, whatever.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
You're out there doing too much.
Your drug of choice, yeah, allthat good stuff.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
You know, I guess that's cool, it's just, it's not
for me.
So I avoid anything where highheels are a requirement.
No, thank you If.
I can't go in my Vans, I ain'tgoing.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Yeah, you got to be comfy.
Yeah, and we're at that age,you know again I need a
supportive shoe, yeah At thatage.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
We're going to the Skechers store Memory foam when
are those cloud shoes?
Speaker 1 (12:16):
They got all kinds of expensive shoes.
They have the memory foam.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Yeah, the Vans have to have the comfy cush, or else
I ain't doing it.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
But yeah, we again middle age, we're in
relationships, either married ordeep in fiance.
You know we're not out theretrying to meet anybody, um, and
yeah, we just want to spend somequality time with some quality
people.
Yeah, yeah, let me ask, um youmentioned that you you used to
escape bakersfield quite a bit.
(12:43):
You lived your life here.
Then on the weekends Friday,saturday, sunday you'd jet out,
go wherever.
What was your favorite spot?
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Oh gosh, I love visiting Santa Barbara.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Ever since I was born , every summer we would spend a
week in carpentry, a santabarbara area, and we would um,
it was just like tradition.
So when I got married, I toldmy husband this is where we go,
this is what we're doing.
(13:18):
He had never been to any beachother than venice beach and uh,
and he was like, no, it soundsboring.
I was like there's other places.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Yeah, trust me.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
And so then I just love it there.
It's pretty, it's chill, andthere's like an area called the
Funk Zone where you could justwalk to multiple breweries and
restaurants, and so our favoritething would be to stay in a
hotel in that area and we neverhave to get in the car for days.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
No Uber, no car, you just walk up and down.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Yeah walk off your beer and your snacks, whatever.
And it's just so pretty and theweather is always great, but
that was always a fun vacationspot.
I have my favorite breweriesthat I like to visit when I'm in
this socal area and, um,sometimes some of the spots
(14:13):
maybe didn't necessarily havelike the greatest beer per se,
but just the vibe and the artand the music.
It was like I just want to hangout here the entire experience
as a whole overall, yeah,absolutely.
And that's kind of where I waslike inspired when I make my
place.
Maybe people don't like craftbeer, but they keep coming back
(14:35):
and they'll find something thatthey like or find a reason or
find a friend that they want tobring, because they came on,
like you know, arts and craftsDay or whatever, and had a good
time and just enjoyed theexperience and the vibe.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
All right, we were talking about favorite hip-hop,
hip-hop artists, albums,soundtracks, things like that.
I told you one of mine is theRoots Roots huge.
One of their albums is calledthe Tipping Point.
And the Tipping Point is thatpoint where everything happens.
(15:13):
Everything happens at thattipping point and then you know,
a result happens at the end ofit.
What was your tipping point?
If you will, opening off therails, when were you at?
What were you doing?
Who were you talking to?
That said you know what?
Fuck it.
I'm going to go downtown, I'mgoing to find a spot and I'm
(15:37):
going to open up my own craftbrewery.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
I guess I kind of had a couple of tipping points, but
number one being to take thatleap was that my kids were
getting older and moving on withtheir lives.
But if I died and didn't takesome sort of risk with my you
(16:09):
know what makes me special thenI would have had just this
regret, and that's the part thatI don't think I would have been
able to live with is regretting.
You know why didn't I take achance on me?
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Why didn't you bet on yourself?
Speaker 2 (16:27):
Why didn't I bet on myself?
Because I do think I'm kind ofkick ass and I think that's kind
of what makes me special.
And but damn, in retrospect youdo open up a lot of just doors
of exposing yourself and you tryto stay positive as being a
(16:48):
creative soul and saying I madethis beautiful thing.
Now everybody come, and thenwhen people don't, then you're
just like, well, shit, I guess Imight as well go beg for my job
back, but I'm still in thegrind, I'm still in the fight
and still trying to continue onmaking this something special.
But that was probably like thebig motivator is.
(17:10):
Do I want to live with a lifeof regret for not just trying?
And then the other thing herein Bakersfield the breweries and
places to go.
If you want to enjoy craft beerNot so much climate controlled
you go to breweries and it'skind of got that outdoor feel.
Sometimes it's kind of garagey.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
They got that big garage door that swings up and
it's just whatever the weatheris, it is, and maybe they have
some fans, but it's not AC.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
If it's brew day, forget it, because the humidity
is yikes and I am a naturalcurly girl and I would walk out
like Mufasa at the end of theday.
And then, oh gosh, do not tellme my place has misters or
whatever.
That's a hard no for me.
You have misters, I'm notcoming to your establishment.
(18:00):
And so, that being said, though, wintertime too, I still want
to enjoy a cold beer in December, you know, and if I have to
wear a parka, then that kind oftakes away from the experience.
So I was like I'm going to havecentral air and it's going to
(18:21):
be great, and then it's going tobe so toasty warm in December
that everybody's going to befine drinking mimosas if it's 50
degrees outside.
So having a space that wasclimate controlled was
definitely another thing that Iwas like this is going to be a
big seller.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
What's your ideal temperature?
76.
76 on the dot.
No wait, that's like outsidelike a good day for me All right
.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
My AC in the bar stays at 69.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Okay, all right, we kind of live like that.
We live like that quite a bit.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
It's nice and chill.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
What's some challenges that you have faced
since opening?
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Gosh, there's so many .
I mean, there's a ton ofchallenges, even when it comes
to just like dealing with cityand the county and all of the
different entities that you haveto make happy.
And then, just when you think,yay, I did everything.
Right, then the fire departmentthey spring something else on
(19:26):
you and I do my best to try tostay on top of things, but, um,
being a new business owner andjust starting from scratch a lot
of the time, it's very muchbegging for forgiveness.
Oh, I didn't know you couldn'tdo that.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
Sure Little slap on the hand.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Yeah, and then, of course, there's times when I
have to throw out some namedrops from family members or
whatever I can, just to be likeplease, please don't shut me
down which it works sometimes,but those are challenges.
And then the biggest challengeis the things that are totally
(20:11):
out of your hands, things thatyou can't control.
And in the last two years we'vehad some of the wettest rainy
seasons, the longest rainyseasons.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
Yeah, all the lakes are filled.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Which people don't like to drive in the rain.
In Bakersfield we're not one ofthose towns where it rains so
much.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
We're not in Washington Seattle.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
If a sprinkle starts happening at 5 pm, everybody's
going straight home and there'sno more of these.
Well, let's just drink, haveone beer and stop off before we
head home.
Or let's just meet for onecocktail.
No, that doesn't happen.
So the weather is the one thingthat is just out of my hands.
So those types of things aresuper sad.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
What's your most memorable memory so far Off?
The Rails has been open foralmost three years now Almost
two, almost two, okay so almosttwo.
What's the biggest highlight?
What's the biggest memory?
If you were to leave everythingtoday, what's the one thing
that you're going to rememberthat's going to bring the most
joy to you?
Speaker 2 (21:17):
uh, this year, uh, for my birthday, for my birthday
weekend, I wanted to make sureto get like my favorite
entertainment on the stage.
So which was the funk freaksokay I love the Funk Freaks.
They're a group of DJs that playall vinyl, 80s funk and deep
(21:39):
cuts and all that fun stuff.
So, um and uh some people findthis hard to believe.
I do like to drink beer.
I don't like being drunk, so Ido like to have that one day a
(22:04):
year my birthday where I'm likeI'm going to get a nice little
buzz and have a good time.
So it's really really stressful, though, when we have these
busy, busy days.
So I made sure all hands wereon deck and my friends kind of
took me out to some of thesurrounding little spots around
downtown, took me out to some ofthe surrounding little spots
around downtown, so that by thetime I was ready to go and have
some fun, the party was alreadystarted, djs were on the stage
(22:24):
and I didn't have to worry aboutany of it.
So this year for my birthday,funk Freaks were on stage.
I walked up and the place waspacked there you go and it was
probably the most packed ithonestly, yes, I think it was
the most packed it had ever been.
(22:45):
And, um, and when I walked in,there was like hundreds of
smiles like saying, hey back,hey back.
When I walked in and I justwanted to cry because I was like
every it's like having thatdream birthday party when
everyone's having fun andeverybody's happy to see you.
(23:07):
And it happened like to me andit was so exciting and so, um,
it was a big deal and that wasprobably something that I could
take away.
I was like I freaking, at leastonce had an epic party.
There you go and it was a goodtime and we made some money that
day too.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Oh, that doesn't hurt .
You know, that's a nice bonus.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
But yeah, it was definitely fun and I learned
there was a lot of people thatcome from out of town, from up
north, to come to see them,because they generally stay in
the socal area, so a lot ofpeople they had the opportunity
to meet them in you knowmidpoint in bakersfield.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Yes, they didn't have to go all the way down south to
go see them it was a good time.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
That's nice.
I need to get them back what isum?
Speaker 1 (23:53):
what is your guys' capacity there?
Speaker 2 (23:56):
100, technically.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Technically, yeah, it's 100.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
We have a really big basement that technically can
get included into our totalsquare footage.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
Oh, there you go, but I don't, you don't utilize it,
I don't.
We'll utilize the number, butwe're not going to utilize the
space down there.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
I keep it at 100.
I think technically I could fit140-ish, but yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Keeping it 100.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Keeping it 100.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
That's a nice one.
Right there, we keep it 100around here.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
Now available in our upcoming merch.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Yeah, hey, keep it 100 with Off the.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Rails, y'all Tagline hey.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Hey, that sounds pretty nice.
Um, what are your musicalinfluences where?
How did you get started withhip-hop?
What you know?
There's a movie that I love.
It's called brown sugar, and inthat movie, when did you fall
in love with hip-hop?
Now, hip-hop ended up beinganthony a gentleman.
What's your husband's name?
His name's anthony.
Love with hip-hop.
Now hip-hop ended up beingAnthony a gentleman.
What's your husband's name?
Speaker 2 (24:58):
His name's Anthony.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
Anthony.
Hip-hop ended up being Anthony.
Right, it ended up being a guyin the movie.
But what's your influence?
Where did you fall in love withhip-hop?
Speaker 2 (25:11):
For me, my dad always listened to jazz.
It was, he was always a jazzjazzy guy, whether it be, like
you know, old traditional jazzor like smooth jazz.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
What are we talking like?
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Nat King Cole, dizzy Gillespie, more like, oh gosh,
he used to listen to a lot oflike.
I don't know if you know najioh yeah yeah, so like smooth
jazz okay so that type of thingand then, uh, of course, like
when you think of like oldschool type of music, but he was
(25:48):
also always super jazzy and alot of quincy jones, like
anything that quincy hadproduced.
My dad had like a box set up soI listened to a lot of like
Stevie Wonder growing up andJames Ingram and Bobby Caldwell
and stuff like that.
So it was always thoseinfluences and so kind of.
(26:11):
About the time I was a juniorhigh.
I was when De La Soul startedto come out and then Tribe
Called Quest and it was justfunny listening to that and then
being in the car and himpointing out the samples.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
This is where this came from.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
So you know, knowing that background of it, and my
mom listened to a lot more likekind of classic rock type of
stuff, so on my mom, she wasvery like Steely Dan and
Fleetwood Mac and stuff likethat, stevie Nicks and all that
(26:54):
Right.
So like knowing Steely Dan andthe countless samples coming out
of that too, so that just kindof influenced into me loving hip
hop and then it mostly beingEast Coast stuff, just because
that's more to me, the jazzyinfluence, and when it comes to
(27:15):
like West Coast stuff, yeah that, yeah, that stuff's sample, but
it was always a little on thegangsters yeah, a little
gangster rap, yeah and I'venever really been super gangster
rap.
Of course, big nod and respectand whatever and yeah, like I'll
put it on in the summertime atthe cookout, but it was just
never something that I was likethrow that on, and so that jazz
(27:38):
influence has always been kindof where I was with my love for
hip hop All right, All right.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
In your facility at Off the Rails you have music
playing all the time.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
We do, and I'm a Pisces, I'm super moody, so it's
going to just kind of reflecton it and and so we open it too.
And that's because I'vedefinitely been in times where I
was in jury duty or in ameeting or something.
I get to get out it too.
boss says you're good for theday, but maybe I don't want to
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go straight home sure and sothat's where we get a lot of our
um, you know, after lunchconsidering going back to work
type of people.
So during that part of the dayit's like a funky energy.
Nobody's trying to listen to DJQuick at 2 pm on a Tuesday.
So my playlist, it's verydepending on my mood, it's very
(28:44):
depending on my mood, but um,usually I do a lot of like tame
impala or the cure or somethinglike that to kind of start my
day off.
Sure, a lot of wednesdays wealways play gorillas and daft
punk and people really love thatand um, and then, like
sometimes if it's a slow day andit's chill and the energy's
just kind of low, I do a lot of.
I know I'm gonna jack it upkrongbin, krongbin.
(29:05):
Have you heard this group?
Oh my god you're gonna like it,but it's just and cleo soul
okay, all right, very just Sortof just chill vibes.
But very, very hip-hop is justusually somewhere in the day.
It's like okay, time to crankthis up and I have just a lounge
(29:27):
playlist and it's all of myfaves.
And then Saturdays, the energyis different.
There's a lot more likeAnderson Paak and Time of the
Creator.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Schoolboy Q Anderson Paak Love it.
Creator.
Schoolboy Q Anderson Paak Loveit.
Mac Miller, mac Miller theycollabed a lot together.
He had a big influence withthem.
So the events that you hostthere, how do they tie in as far
as hip-hop or whatever genre ofmusic it is neo-soul soul,
(30:01):
whatever it may be jazz, howdoes it tie into your beverages?
Speaker 2 (30:08):
Funny things.
When it comes to craft beer, Ialways say it is kind of nods to
hip-hop, because it's likeyou've got a lot of brewers that
are out there just trying tocreate something and, uh,
sometimes the thing that getsthe person's attention is that
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can art and so, depending on thecans, maybe that's something
that's like the names of thebeers, like you know, mixtape or
dope ass lyrics or whatever.
And then you see I carry a lotof cans that do have like this
influence of whether it be hiphop or a lot of comic books.
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You get a lot of that too and,especially for people that don't
exactly know what they'redrinking, they're going to see
that and be like oh, this is fun.
But we like to tie in a lot ofart with kind of the vibe that
we have going About.
Two weeks ago we had an artexpedition that was anything but
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a canvas, and so we had peopledrawing on boxing gloves,
skateboards, you name itAnything but a canvas, and so we
had people drawing on boxinggloves, skateboards.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
Anything but a canvas .
You name it yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
And the displays they put on were really, really
great.
But since we had a lot of localartists, I said, hey, I'm going
to throw out some sketchbooksand some markers on the table.
Throw out some sketchbooks andsome markers on the table.
And then that day we ended uphaving a bunch of like graffiti
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artists and writers and stuffcome out and it just turned out
to be a whole like support yourlocal tiger day or whatever, and
it was so fun.
The energy was just creative.
Everybody was drawing andscribbling and showing each
other their art and then sellingsome of their art pieces.
And I had a lot of tattooartists that come into because,
of course, we're downtown and um, so it's just kind of lends to
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just the creative aspect.
We always have this good musicgoing to where people are like
let's just sit down and paint apicture, sure, why not?
I got some paints right hereAwesome.
And I just keep them in a littlecabinet.
We have some little board gamesand simple stuff Do you have
Uno.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
Of course you got to have Uno.
We love Uno.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
It's funny when I tell people yeah, you know, it's
a chill spot so we don't have alot of drama.
But when I hear people yellingand I like peek around the bar,
it's because the uno cards areout yeah it's not because
somebody's like you know you'relooking at my girlfriend, or
nothing.
No, it's because somebody putdown a draw for and their life's
about to end.
Speaker 1 (32:49):
And they're mad if, because they try to put a draw
for on top and stack it, it'slike hey, that's not an official
uno rule, you can't, you can'tstack I've had people come to
the bar.
Speaker 2 (32:57):
You got house rules here.
I'm like no, not in this house.
You gotta figure it out.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
How about give me a couple specific beers that you
would suggest to pair with, somelike De La or Tribe, or so it's
funny.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
I had, um, this one.
It was from a brewery in elsagano and it's called left my
wallet and, uh, the can artlooks like you know that, like
the squiggly lines from thetribe thing, but gosh.
Speaker 1 (33:46):
There's just so many.
Speaker 2 (33:47):
That one's tough.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
I'm going to put you on the spot, girl.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
So, okay, I'm pairing a beer with a soundtrack.
Speaker 1 (33:54):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Yeah.
The soundtrack yeah, yeah.
No, I can't think of it.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
Can't do it.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
No, I have so many, I think, just different varieties
and stuff and all kinds offlavor combinations.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
What are your top sellers?
Speaker 2 (34:18):
Goodness, nations, and geez, what are your top
sellers, goodness?
Um, we have this one brewerythat we get like maybe once
every two months, and they'reout of miami.
And, um, this brewer brews somuch wild stuff in the beer that
people have to ask multipletimes are you sure this is a
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beer?
And it's because they're brewedwith cotton, candy and sugar,
floss and ice cream and donutsall that fun stuff packed into a
beverage, and the beveragetastes like, you know, a bag of
skittles if you eat all of themat one time or something so.
So if you like that really sweetstuff, I always have something
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wild.
And then me, my favorites Ilike stouts.
I like barrel-aged stouts, Ilike it to taste like bourbon
and have a little bit of a burnon it and taste like chocolate
and it's decadent and luscious.
That's my favorite.
So that's always a top sellerwhenever I have something that's
got like that strong, high ABVand it's super luscious.
(35:26):
But then I've got people thatare like I don't care about any
of that, I just want to be herebecause DJ Gordy B's on the ones
and twos and can you pleasegive me a Michelob Ultra.
You got that too so to be honest, ultra keeps the lights on so
we, I don't.
Speaker 1 (35:43):
I don't drink a whole lot, um, when I do, I enjoy a
guinness like a dark beer.
Um, and one time I was over atthe coast, um, central coast, uh
, shell beach brew house andthey had a belching beaver
peanut butter stout.
Have you ever had that?
Oh yeah, all right, do you guyshave that there?
Speaker 2 (36:04):
sometimes.
No, I don't carry too much ofthat um, that's pretty readily
available, so my specialty isgetting things that you're not
going to find.
Speaker 1 (36:16):
Yeah, because you can get Belching Beaver at BevMo.
True.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
Yeah, I did carry something from Belching Beaver
that was a little bit more onthe unique side and it was a
white stout, so it was acappuccino latte white golden
stout Sounds nice.
So it pours out just likeyou're looking at a regular pale
(36:41):
beer, but it is super sweet andluscious when you drink it, so
it's like having a decadentlittle treat.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
Well, that's nice.
Do you have that one therecurrently?
No, that one is sold out what'sthe most decadent one you have
currently, because that's goingto be the one that little Queen
Bee over here is going to wantto taste.
Speaker 2 (37:01):
If you like cold brew , I've got one that's like a
chocolatey cold brew and it'ssweet and we serve it in this
pretty little glass only likefive ounces, because the ABV is,
I think, around 14%.
Speaker 1 (37:16):
Really high.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
So it's a good sipper .
It's what I call a slow sipper.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
You're going to feel nice.
You're going to feel nice,we're going to feel nice.
That's what's going to happen.
Speaker 2 (37:25):
Oh, I want everybody to feel nice when they come
visit.
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
Absolutely.
Let's go to community,community and future plans.
Tell me who you've collaboratedwith as far as local artists,
musicians, who all has been inthe facility.
Speaker 2 (37:43):
Oh gosh, we love working with like the Arts
Council and nothing like reallyformal, but a lot of the folks
that work over there love tocontinue to build on the
downtown scene and so, like theydo, events on first Fridays to
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bring people in and families,have live music outside, have
vendors set up, which is greatand I love, but, um, sometimes
it's hard to collab with thembecause I am 21 and over
establishment.
Speaker 1 (38:21):
Yeah, not super family.
Quote unquote friendly RightGet them kids out of here.
Speaker 2 (38:28):
But I love, you know, just some of those faces over
there.
They're doing great things sowe always want to support.
And then there's been anothercharity that we work with every
year.
It's called Cruisin' forCharity and there's, I think
it's like the second weekend ofOctober where they close down
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some of the streets there aroundChester and line the streets
with vintage cars and line thestreets with vintage cars and
the proceeds from the event help.
I think it's like widows ofpolice that have been killed.
Speaker 1 (39:04):
Fallen yeah.
Speaker 2 (39:05):
And so it's great charity and that's one of our
favorite days because we dosomething to collect funds and
then we present a check at theend and it's just a good feeling
because everybody's out therehaving a good time for a good
cause, um, but yeah, there's,there's been a few.
We love doing art events, welove doing anything with classic
(39:28):
cars, um, too, because, I'veseen you had a motorcycle out
there recently oh yeah, that'sone of our friends.
He's an artist okay and um, andyeah, that was just a pretty
bike and that week it was justrandom.
We just had we have a lot ofbike riders.
I think because it's downtownand we're right across from bike
bakersfield that people like tocome visit.
(39:49):
And um, but no, we have animpala that you may just catch
out from every once in a whilewhen the weather is just right.
Speaker 1 (39:57):
It's's yours, mm-hmm, your Impala.
Speaker 2 (40:00):
Oh, it's my husband.
Speaker 1 (40:01):
Yeah, what's his is yours, and what's yours is yours
.
Right, he won't catch medriving that thing.
Speaker 2 (40:06):
It is like a whole ass boat.
Speaker 1 (40:08):
Oh yeah, them things just float.
Speaker 2 (40:11):
It makes me so nervous.
Speaker 1 (40:12):
What is it?
64?
Speaker 2 (40:14):
68.
Speaker 1 (40:14):
Okay, yeah, all right , all right.
Um, what's your vision?
What's your future vision?
What are your plans for yourbar, and do you have any
upcoming projects or events?
Speaker 2 (40:25):
So the bar, um, it has a kitchen, it has a big
kitchen.
That my thoughts were I'm goingto open this bar and we're
going to make so much money andthen I'm going to put it into
the kitchen and then open up myown little spot.
And but things have not beenexactly that and things are kind
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of moving slow on and come to apoint where we probably would
need to partner with somebodythat is more familiar with the
kitchen aspect and the food andall that fun stuff and then get
the kitchen open so that we canbe a lounge and kitchen.
Speaker 1 (41:15):
Absolutely a one-stop shop.
Speaker 2 (41:16):
Yeah, so that people will kind of of you know, they
don't feel the need to comedrink because they want to come
hang out.
And even though we have a goodamount of like alcohol-free
options, um, sometimes peoplejust are wanting to snack a
little bit more between drinksand stuff, and of course, why.
So that's the goal Events thatwe have coming up.
(41:41):
Oh gosh, I don't have any bigbig ones other than live music
on Fridays, and oh no, I takethat back.
Live music Fridays, djs Saturday, sunday and then this coming up
Tuesday, we're doing a paintnight.
That I'm excited about becausetypically when you go to paint
(42:01):
night you're given this canvasand I feel like there's like
pressure to.
Speaker 1 (42:05):
Instruction.
Speaker 2 (42:07):
Yeah, and like I'm going to create something that's
going to be whack.
I'm not an artist, but here wego.
So this person pre-sketches, Iguess.
On a little template person prepre sketches, I guess on a
little template, yeah, like ontothe canvas, so that when you're
there it's almost like a paintby number.
Type of situation and they havethe instructor stay in the lines
(42:27):
it's exciting because then youdon't feel like you were a major
disappointment when you walkaway like I wouldn't even put
this up in my bathroom, muchless like anywhere in my house.
This I think people are goingto walk away and be like I got
my money's worth, I got abeautiful piece of art that I
did myself, and so that's comingup on Tuesday.
Speaker 1 (42:46):
You still have spots open for that?
Yes, okay, what's the cost?
What's the range?
Speaker 2 (42:51):
I think that one is $35 and you get a free pour.
You get your canvas and thetutelage of learning how to
apply the paint.
Sure and the free pour andthat's coming up next Tuesday.
Actually, this Saturday we havea beer garden plant in cans
(43:16):
thing and Sunday reggae day fadewith DJ Gordie.
Speaker 1 (43:21):
B, I'll be there.
I might show up.
I want to go check this guy out.
I've heard things All right andyou guys tend to have some food
vendors that pull up outsideright.
Sometimes hit and miss Foodvendors are a struggle.
It's a struggle, it's astruggle.
Speaker 2 (43:39):
We had our regular truck every day, but we have had
to temporarily move away fromthat truck and we're kind of in
search to find a new one.
It's just the city's kind ofcoming down with some strict
(44:02):
rules and so it's hard to bedowntown to have a truck and
it's just a struggle as it is.
You know food trucks right nowwhen it's triple digits it's
hard.
And sometimes these guys arelike uh, not really looking to
do all that.
Speaker 1 (44:22):
So so you mentioned, uh, uh, future plans opening up
the kitchen, getting the kitchengoing, getting a menu,
everything else.
What is beck's hip-hop meal?
Speaker 2 (44:34):
gosh hip-hop.
I like any meals that consistof food.
I don't know a T-bone steakcheese, eggs and Welch's grape
hey, there you go.
Speaker 1 (44:47):
Yeah, hey, pulling out the lyrics.
Speaker 2 (44:51):
Biggie.
That sounds like a good hip hopmeal to me.
Yeah, that's not bad.
Speaker 1 (44:55):
Yeah, that's not bad.
What advice would you givesomebody looking to start their
own craft beer or wanting tocombine their passions in
business?
So for you it's craft beer andhip-hop.
What suggestions might you havefor somebody?
What advice?
Speaker 2 (45:11):
Just find what makes you unique, Find that thing that
makes your space stick out fromanything else, and then just
kind of run with that.
But at the same time don't besad when that one thing also is
(45:33):
the reason why people don't come.
You know that part's tough.
Speaker 1 (45:41):
All right, so final thoughts.
Is there anything you'd like toshare with your listeners today
?
You know we talked aboutseveral of the events that you
have coming up.
You know things of that nature.
Speaker 2 (45:55):
I'd say final thoughts were are um, of course
it's hard for somebody to be outthere and support everybody,
and when money's tight foreverybody, like especially just
in bakersfield, I think, ingeneral but, um, doing what
little you can to support asmall business helps
(46:17):
tremendously in in a bigger waythat you can imagine like, for
example, I don't go to Starbucks.
I.
There are too many great littlecoffee spots downtown, ones
that have drive-thrus, ones thatmake their own pastries and
(46:39):
ones that have just somethingunique and you're helping, like
a family, that somebody thattried to do something unique,
embrace something cool.
Speaker 1 (46:50):
Follow their passion, yeah.
Speaker 2 (46:52):
And that's big.
So for me, I have a lot offamily members that say, you
know, maybe they don't drinkcraft beer or maybe they don't
go out or do much, but they'llcome in and maybe buy a can ago
or a gift card for somebody, orshirt, merch, love that and just
(47:30):
support in some way that youcan, even when it comes to just
the small things like getting acup of coffee or, you know,
buying thrifted clothes, eventhings like that.
Support your local venues thathave music, because what will we
do if there weren't thesecreative places?
Then we would just like alllive in a chain store or
whatever.
So don't be afraid to godowntown.
So many people are afraid to goto places where there's maybe
(47:50):
not necessarily a parking lotright next to them.
Get away from strip malls, gopark in a garage and just take a
walk.
Do something different.
So final thoughts are justdefinitely get out there and
support the unique places thatmake your community special all
right.
Speaker 1 (48:09):
Where can everybody find you, both physically and
social media?
Speaker 2 (48:13):
I live at the bar.
I am on 18th Street betweenChester and I, but I'm heavy on
my social media.
It's free, so I am posting.
If you're on Instagram, you candefinitely find Off the Rails,
bakersfield there and alwaysfind my monthly calendar.
(48:34):
So plan ahead the week eventsand then highlights of some fun
stuff that we've had.
And, um, I'm on Facebook.
I'm not really great atFacebook, uh, but I'm there, I
am present.
And then, if you are strictlyhere for the beer and you don't
necessarily care about theevents, the music, the hip hop,
(48:56):
uh, you can follow me on Untappd, which is definitely that
social media for beer drinkers.
Untappd tells you everything Iput in the fridge and everything
that's on my tap.
And if you're looking for, youknow, those wild cotton candy
beers or hard sodas, it'llalways keep you updated there.
Speaker 1 (49:16):
What is this craft beer Illuminati?
Yeah girl, I'm coming.
Speaker 2 (49:27):
What is this?
Speaker 1 (49:28):
craft beer, illuminati, all about.
Speaker 2 (49:31):
It's so silly but it's funny.
So the craft beer illuminati islike a group of just a bunch of
craft beer heads that aresomehow involved in either
brewing or, uh, like low-key Iguess you could say, just like
(49:53):
influencers.
And a couple years ago it itwas like kind of being in this
little secret society wherenobody really knew, uh, how it
came to be, but that if you hadone of the craft beer illuminati
in your friend group or at yourparty it was going to be a
(50:13):
party.
It was kind of special.
Speaker 1 (50:15):
So you know hey, I had to spring that.
I was curious.
I was like, hey, what?
Is this craft beer illuminatistuff.
Speaker 2 (50:23):
Yeah, and when we have a party, when we all get
together, it's a, it's a goodtime, good, good all right.
Speaker 1 (50:29):
Well, we're gonna go ahead and wrap it up um beck.
Thanks for joining it waswonderful, insightful um.
I love the connection betweenhip hop and other hobbies, right
Other passions, especiallycraft beer, and how they
correlate and connect.
So thank you for coming.
We'll wrap this up.
(50:51):
Gordie B Queen B Beck.
Speaker 2 (50:54):
Thanks so much, becca B.
Speaker 1 (50:56):
All right, Until next week.
Y'all have a great day.
Speaker 2 (50:59):
Thanks guys.
all right, y'all.
This is the most dopeproprietor of Off the Rails
downtown craft brew and there'sa bit of a fusion with her hops
and her music.
There's some connection there.
(00:41):
This is episode three.
Episode three.
Episode three.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
We got the queen bee over here, right here, queen bee
how you doing over there?
Speaker 1 (00:52):
good yeah, yes, hanging in there yes, how are
you?
Speaker 2 (00:55):
I'm great it's my birthday today I know happy
birthday, I got the big fauxfaux I know 40 faux.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
I'm getting old, I got gray coming in my beard, all
kinds of shit Hair growing outof my ears and nose places and
we don't want that shit growing,so Beck.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
That's me.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Tell us a little bit about yourself, a little bit
about your history.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Oh gosh, okay.
So I think, when it comes to me, and my love for beer is
because I've always beenanti-club, so take me to a
brewery.
I'd rather do that and chillthan, as opposed, to go have
(01:44):
some cocktails where peoplemight bump into me and their
music's too, as opposed to allright the chill vibes yeah I'm
just super chill low energy, allright.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
So, um, how did you get started with off the rails
it's it's craft brew inbakersfield.
Bakersfield has some breweriescoming up doing their thing.
Lengthwise has been here for along time, several other
establishments.
They have either come and goneor they're still around, but not
super relevant, I guess youcould say.
(02:17):
How did you get started withthe idea that I want to own my
own craft beer shop?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
First, I think it started with the idea of having
a place that was a little bitunique to what Bakersfield had
to offer.
One thing about Bakersfieldthere is no shortage of places
to go.
If you are a country musicperson, you can go to
restaurants or bars wherever,and there's going to be somebody
plucking a banjo or whatever.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Sorry, Sure, yeah, yeah, yeah, typecasting around
here, right?
I'm just like I'm not a countrygirl.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
So that's kind of where I was like.
I wanted a place where you canchill and it was pretty and that
there would be like hip-hop,but it didn't have to be like
somewhere that was like ratchetor you know it, grimy.
I wanted it to be like a maturespot classy especially for
(03:20):
somebody.
I'm up there, middle-aged ladyhere and I want to still have a
good time and listen to goodmusic and enjoy a good beer and
not, um, have to just beinundated with too much silly
stuff or, you know, wild thingsgoing on around.
So the thought process wasbuild a place for mature people
(03:43):
to come kick it.
And also, I've always been acraft beer girl and, knowing a
lot of brewers all over,especially in California, I had
access to being able to bringthings to Bakersfield that
nobody else did.
So my spot is unique and I'vegot wild beers that nobody else
(04:07):
has and no other stores carryand you can enjoy it here.
Or, if you're just like, no,I'm an introvert, I want to go
home, take your beers to go.
So we offer both and um, andit's unique.
I love that I have a spacewhere people that are unfamiliar
can come and we can samplesomething, and I get it all the
(04:28):
time.
I don't drink beer.
Well, but have you had this?
Speaker 1 (04:32):
have you tried this?
Speaker 2 (04:33):
yes, and so then I got you locked in and now you're
on mine.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Now you're gonna come every week and you're gonna
sample, you're gonna tastesomething new.
Every week you'll drink the onethat you were introduced to,
that you love.
But you also say, hey, beck,give me a suggestion or let me
try this one.
They'll try it.
If they like it, great.
If not, they still have their,their base for sure, and uh.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
The one thing, though , that I've learned is that I
thought I'm going to open upthis spot and everybody's going
to like just love the beer theway I did, and everybody's just
gonna come.
Good beer doesn't bring peoplein bakersfield out of their
houses.
You have to really pull andpluck them and say this is fun,
come do this uh you know, I'vegot this event every friday,
(05:19):
this one's saturday, this one'son may.
So just hey, you to stay at it.
But that's kind of where theyou know the initial.
Let's build this and they willcome story, I guess.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
So I agree with that, bakersfield being quote unquote
country, right.
Obviously the history and thebackground, with Buck Owens,
merle Haggard, you know some ofthe OGs of the country game,
right.
And then, on the other end,like I feel like it's a huge
latin population, right andyou're going to talk about zama.
You're going to talk aboutpuesto.
(05:53):
You're going to talk about um,this place over here on hegman,
I don't remember new estro isthere too, but this other one
that, uh, they had opened up inthat shopping center.
You guys go get your nails doneat oh, um ritmo, ritmo yeah,
yeah, there's a, there's a wholebunch, and then, uh, agave or
casa tequila, and there's allkinds of country or latin very
(06:17):
true and no shortage of linesyeah, and they just keep opening
up, they just keep popping up,they just keep popping up
everywhere.
right, but it is geared towardsthe younger crowd, it seems.
You know, 22, 23, up to like 27.
So we went out.
You know we've been out acouple times with many of her
(06:39):
friends and we've tried, we'vetried.
What is it called again, nostro?
Speaker 2 (06:44):
No, the one we just did.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Ritmo Monopoly for a brief second when it was over on
Oak.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Like a second.
We were in there for like asecond.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
In and out.
We were like, nah, this is notour spot, right?
And the other thing is againmiddle age 44, 37, 38, 39,
whatever.
I won't give your age out onthe air.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Sure, she's young.
I'm on the upper end of the 40s, I'm the baby.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
So I'm okay out of the group, I'm the baby.
But yeah, we go into theseestablishments Looking to have a
nice evening, a nice time,things of that nature and it's
too rowdy, it's too young.
And then I go in there and Ifeel like people are looking at
me like who's this old man, likethis is not your spot anymore.
Old timer, like what are youdoing here?
This is for us young kids.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
You phased out.
Yeah, we're out.
I don't care about peoplebumping into me.
It's too cluttered.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
I don't like that and that presents opportunities for
other bad things to happenmisunderstandings.
People are drunk and theyperceive things a certain way
that shouldn't be perceived.
Hey, it was innocent.
I'm sorry.
I stepped on you, Jay, my bad.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
But it's not worth dying for.
No no.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
So, without talking too poorly about some of these
places, they're just not for usand we do like the older.
We've been to Foxtail Lounge.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Oh yeah, that's super chill.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
That's a chill place right and I think Crash is
pretty chill.
For the most part, I love CrashA couple of times that we've
been there, but one of our biginfluences in what we love is
out in Ventura.
It's called Rocks drams oh yeah,love rocks and drams because
it's very mature, very classy.
Um, they have djs in there.
(08:32):
They'll do vinyl sets andthey're doing r&b, they're doing
neo soul, they're doing reallaid-back, chill, nice music
with substance, right, and againI'm gonna get in trouble with
some of the viewers of like heywhat do you mean?
Music with substance.
You know, you don't thinklittle zan or somebody has
(08:53):
substance.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
No, I don't, motherfucker, I don't but that's
true, you know what you guyswould like.
The gold line, gold Line Bar,is it Eagle Rock?
It's the Stones Throw spot, sowe'll find that for you so that
you can make sure to check thatout.
Yeah, they do vinyl sets andthey definitely have some really
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good guest DJs will pop in.
I think Psycho Les is thereonce a week and I know Howe
Shoes have been there, of course, once a week, and I know how
she's been there, of course, andum, but good DJs that know how
to just read the room of a goodenergy.
(09:35):
We're not trying to twerk on thebar, or things, or you know,
make your elbows touch yourknees, whatever.
But, you know we still, ifwe're in our forties, we want to
go out and have a good time andlisten to some music, and at a
tolerable volume level.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
Where we can still communicate.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
We're at, I think, maybe at an age where we are
valuing our time with ourfriends.
So we want to like, kind of,get all of our friends together
and talk and be like, wow, thiswas a week and all this shit
happened, and you know, but hey,don't you love this song, I
love this song.
Get all of our friends togetherand talk and be like, wow, this
was a week and all this shithappened.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
But hey, don't you love this song.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
I love this song and it makes me think about that.
Whatever, whatever.
Whereas you've got to love your20-somethings, of course
they're just trying to get outand move and get dressed up and
meet somebody.
Get the attention of whoeverthey want.
Opposite sex, not the opposite.
Whatever, Whoever not theopposite.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Whatever, whatever your preference, but they're
having a good time.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
I mean, I know in my 20s, yeah, I did that, but I
grew up super young so we weregoing to La Movida for college
night.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
What was it?
Aldo's?
Yes, Aldo's La Movida.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
I was talking to a DJ that used to DJ there during
that time and telling him likethat shit wouldn't fly nowadays,
college night.
We went to college nightbecause my boyfriend husband he
was 18 when I was 16.
So in order for us to get intothe club, you had to go on a
(11:03):
Thursday.
It was college night, where16-year-olds had the wristbands
and we couldn't drink, of course, but that shit would not fly
nowadays.
And so, yeah, I feel like I grewup young clubbing at 16.
And so in my 20s, just midwaythrough it, I was already like
I'm ready to be a mom, like thisis crazy.
(11:23):
Just midway through it, I wasalready like I'm ready to be a
mom, like this is crazy and um.
But the younger 20 somethingsnowadays they're out and heavy
in in numbers and so, yes,there's a not a shortage of
places to go if you're lookingto drink and have a good time
and you know, just keep it goinglike Like overpours, whatever.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
You're out there doing too much.
Your drug of choice, yeah, allthat good stuff.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
You know, I guess that's cool, it's just, it's not
for me.
So I avoid anything where highheels are a requirement.
No, thank you If.
I can't go in my Vans, I ain'tgoing.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Yeah, you got to be comfy.
Yeah, and we're at that age,you know again I need a
supportive shoe, yeah At thatage.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
We're going to the Skechers store Memory foam when
are those cloud shoes?
Speaker 1 (12:16):
They got all kinds of expensive shoes.
They have the memory foam.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Yeah, the Vans have to have the comfy cush, or else
I ain't doing it.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
But yeah, we again middle age, we're in
relationships, either married ordeep in fiance.
You know we're not out theretrying to meet anybody, um, and
yeah, we just want to spend somequality time with some quality
people.
Yeah, yeah, let me ask, um youmentioned that you you used to
escape bakersfield quite a bit.
(12:43):
You lived your life here.
Then on the weekends Friday,saturday, sunday you'd jet out,
go wherever.
What was your favorite spot?
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Oh gosh, I love visiting Santa Barbara.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Ever since I was born , every summer we would spend a
week in carpentry, a santabarbara area, and we would um,
it was just like tradition.
So when I got married, I toldmy husband this is where we go,
this is what we're doing.
(13:18):
He had never been to any beachother than venice beach and uh,
and he was like, no, it soundsboring.
I was like there's other places.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Yeah, trust me.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
And so then I just love it there.
It's pretty, it's chill, andthere's like an area called the
Funk Zone where you could justwalk to multiple breweries and
restaurants, and so our favoritething would be to stay in a
hotel in that area and we neverhave to get in the car for days.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
No Uber, no car, you just walk up and down.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Yeah walk off your beer and your snacks, whatever.
And it's just so pretty and theweather is always great, but
that was always a fun vacationspot.
I have my favorite breweriesthat I like to visit when I'm in
this socal area and, um,sometimes some of the spots
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maybe didn't necessarily havelike the greatest beer per se,
but just the vibe and the artand the music.
It was like I just want to hangout here the entire experience
as a whole overall, yeah,absolutely.
And that's kind of where I waslike inspired when I make my
place.
Maybe people don't like craftbeer, but they keep coming back
(14:35):
and they'll find something thatthey like or find a reason or
find a friend that they want tobring, because they came on,
like you know, arts and craftsDay or whatever, and had a good
time and just enjoyed theexperience and the vibe.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
All right, we were talking about favorite hip-hop,
hip-hop artists, albums,soundtracks, things like that.
I told you one of mine is theRoots Roots huge.
One of their albums is calledthe Tipping Point.
And the Tipping Point is thatpoint where everything happens.
(15:13):
Everything happens at thattipping point and then you know,
a result happens at the end ofit.
What was your tipping point?
If you will, opening off therails, when were you at?
What were you doing?
Who were you talking to?
That said you know what?
Fuck it.
I'm going to go downtown, I'mgoing to find a spot and I'm
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going to open up my own craftbrewery.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
I guess I kind of had a couple of tipping points, but
number one being to take thatleap was that my kids were
getting older and moving on withtheir lives.
But if I died and didn't takesome sort of risk with my you
(16:09):
know what makes me special thenI would have had just this
regret, and that's the part thatI don't think I would have been
able to live with is regretting.
You know why didn't I take achance on me?
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Why didn't you bet on yourself?
Speaker 2 (16:27):
Why didn't I bet on myself?
Because I do think I'm kind ofkick ass and I think that's kind
of what makes me special.
And but damn, in retrospect youdo open up a lot of just doors
of exposing yourself and you tryto stay positive as being a
(16:48):
creative soul and saying I madethis beautiful thing.
Now everybody come, and thenwhen people don't, then you're
just like, well, shit, I guess Imight as well go beg for my job
back, but I'm still in thegrind, I'm still in the fight
and still trying to continue onmaking this something special.
But that was probably like thebig motivator is.
(17:10):
Do I want to live with a lifeof regret for not just trying?
And then the other thing herein Bakersfield the breweries and
places to go.
If you want to enjoy craft beerNot so much climate controlled
you go to breweries and it'skind of got that outdoor feel.
Sometimes it's kind of garagey.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
They got that big garage door that swings up and
it's just whatever the weatheris, it is, and maybe they have
some fans, but it's not AC.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
If it's brew day, forget it, because the humidity
is yikes and I am a naturalcurly girl and I would walk out
like Mufasa at the end of theday.
And then, oh gosh, do not tellme my place has misters or
whatever.
That's a hard no for me.
You have misters, I'm notcoming to your establishment.
(18:00):
And so, that being said, though, wintertime too, I still want
to enjoy a cold beer in December, you know, and if I have to
wear a parka, then that kind oftakes away from the experience.
So I was like I'm going to havecentral air and it's going to
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be great, and then it's going tobe so toasty warm in December
that everybody's going to befine drinking mimosas if it's 50
degrees outside.
So having a space that wasclimate controlled was
definitely another thing that Iwas like this is going to be a
big seller.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
What's your ideal temperature?
76.
76 on the dot.
No wait, that's like outsidelike a good day for me All right
.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
My AC in the bar stays at 69.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Okay, all right, we kind of live like that.
We live like that quite a bit.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
It's nice and chill.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
What's some challenges that you have faced
since opening?
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Gosh, there's so many .
I mean, there's a ton ofchallenges, even when it comes
to just like dealing with cityand the county and all of the
different entities that you haveto make happy.
And then, just when you think,yay, I did everything.
Right, then the fire departmentthey spring something else on
(19:26):
you and I do my best to try tostay on top of things, but, um,
being a new business owner andjust starting from scratch a lot
of the time, it's very muchbegging for forgiveness.
Oh, I didn't know you couldn'tdo that.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
Sure Little slap on the hand.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Yeah, and then, of course, there's times when I
have to throw out some namedrops from family members or
whatever I can, just to be likeplease, please don't shut me
down which it works sometimes,but those are challenges.
And then the biggest challengeis the things that are totally
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out of your hands, things thatyou can't control.
And in the last two years we'vehad some of the wettest rainy
seasons, the longest rainyseasons.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
Yeah, all the lakes are filled.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Which people don't like to drive in the rain.
In Bakersfield we're not one ofthose towns where it rains so
much.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
We're not in Washington Seattle.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
If a sprinkle starts happening at 5 pm, everybody's
going straight home and there'sno more of these.
Well, let's just drink, haveone beer and stop off before we
head home.
Or let's just meet for onecocktail.
No, that doesn't happen.
So the weather is the one thingthat is just out of my hands.
So those types of things aresuper sad.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
What's your most memorable memory so far Off?
The Rails has been open foralmost three years now Almost
two, almost two, okay so almosttwo.
What's the biggest highlight?
What's the biggest memory?
If you were to leave everythingtoday, what's the one thing
that you're going to rememberthat's going to bring the most
joy to you?
Speaker 2 (21:17):
uh, this year, uh, for my birthday, for my birthday
weekend, I wanted to make sureto get like my favorite
entertainment on the stage.
So which was the funk freaksokay I love the Funk Freaks.
They're a group of DJs that playall vinyl, 80s funk and deep
(21:39):
cuts and all that fun stuff.
So, um and uh some people findthis hard to believe.
I do like to drink beer.
I don't like being drunk, so Ido like to have that one day a
(22:04):
year my birthday where I'm likeI'm going to get a nice little
buzz and have a good time.
So it's really really stressful, though, when we have these
busy, busy days.
So I made sure all hands wereon deck and my friends kind of
took me out to some of thesurrounding little spots around
downtown, took me out to some ofthe surrounding little spots
around downtown, so that by thetime I was ready to go and have
some fun, the party was alreadystarted, djs were on the stage
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and I didn't have to worry aboutany of it.
So this year for my birthday,funk Freaks were on stage.
I walked up and the place waspacked there you go and it was
probably the most packed ithonestly, yes, I think it was
the most packed it had ever been.
(22:45):
And, um, and when I walked in,there was like hundreds of
smiles like saying, hey back,hey back.
When I walked in and I justwanted to cry because I was like
every it's like having thatdream birthday party when
everyone's having fun andeverybody's happy to see you.
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And it happened like to me andit was so exciting and so, um,
it was a big deal and that wasprobably something that I could
take away.
I was like I freaking, at leastonce had an epic party.
There you go and it was a goodtime and we made some money that
day too.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Oh, that doesn't hurt .
You know, that's a nice bonus.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
But yeah, it was definitely fun and I learned
there was a lot of people thatcome from out of town, from up
north, to come to see them,because they generally stay in
the socal area, so a lot ofpeople they had the opportunity
to meet them in you knowmidpoint in bakersfield.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Yes, they didn't have to go all the way down south to
go see them it was a good time.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
That's nice.
I need to get them back what isum?
Speaker 1 (23:53):
what is your guys' capacity there?
Speaker 2 (23:56):
100, technically.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Technically, yeah, it's 100.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
We have a really big basement that technically can
get included into our totalsquare footage.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
Oh, there you go, but I don't, you don't utilize it,
I don't.
We'll utilize the number, butwe're not going to utilize the
space down there.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
I keep it at 100.
I think technically I could fit140-ish, but yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Keeping it 100.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Keeping it 100.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
That's a nice one.
Right there, we keep it 100around here.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
Now available in our upcoming merch.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Yeah, hey, keep it 100 with Off the.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Rails, y'all Tagline hey.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Hey, that sounds pretty nice.
Um, what are your musicalinfluences where?
How did you get started withhip-hop?
What you know?
There's a movie that I love.
It's called brown sugar, and inthat movie, when did you fall
in love with hip-hop?
Now, hip-hop ended up beinganthony a gentleman.
What's your husband's name?
His name's anthony.
Love with hip-hop.
Now hip-hop ended up beingAnthony a gentleman.
What's your husband's name?
Speaker 2 (24:58):
His name's Anthony.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
Anthony.
Hip-hop ended up being Anthony.
Right, it ended up being a guyin the movie.
But what's your influence?
Where did you fall in love withhip-hop?
Speaker 2 (25:11):
For me, my dad always listened to jazz.
It was, he was always a jazzjazzy guy, whether it be, like
you know, old traditional jazzor like smooth jazz.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
What are we talking like?
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Nat King Cole, dizzy Gillespie, more like, oh gosh,
he used to listen to a lot oflike.
I don't know if you know najioh yeah yeah, so like smooth
jazz okay so that type of thingand then, uh, of course, like
when you think of like oldschool type of music, but he was
(25:48):
also always super jazzy and alot of quincy jones, like
anything that quincy hadproduced.
My dad had like a box set up soI listened to a lot of like
Stevie Wonder growing up andJames Ingram and Bobby Caldwell
and stuff like that.
So it was always thoseinfluences and so kind of.
(26:11):
About the time I was a juniorhigh.
I was when De La Soul startedto come out and then Tribe
Called Quest and it was justfunny listening to that and then
being in the car and himpointing out the samples.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
This is where this came from.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
So you know, knowing that background of it, and my
mom listened to a lot more likekind of classic rock type of
stuff, so on my mom, she wasvery like Steely Dan and
Fleetwood Mac and stuff likethat, stevie Nicks and all that
(26:54):
Right.
So like knowing Steely Dan andthe countless samples coming out
of that too, so that just kindof influenced into me loving hip
hop and then it mostly beingEast Coast stuff, just because
that's more to me, the jazzyinfluence, and when it comes to
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like West Coast stuff, yeah that, yeah, that stuff's sample, but
it was always a little on thegangsters yeah, a little
gangster rap, yeah and I'venever really been super gangster
rap.
Of course, big nod and respectand whatever and yeah, like I'll
put it on in the summertime atthe cookout, but it was just
never something that I was likethrow that on, and so that jazz
(27:38):
influence has always been kindof where I was with my love for
hip hop All right, All right.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
In your facility at Off the Rails you have music
playing all the time.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
We do, and I'm a Pisces, I'm super moody, so it's
going to just kind of reflecton it and and so we open it too.
And that's because I'vedefinitely been in times where I
was in jury duty or in ameeting or something.
I get to get out it too.
boss says you're good for theday, but maybe I don't want to
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go straight home sure and sothat's where we get a lot of our
um, you know, after lunchconsidering going back to work
type of people.
So during that part of the dayit's like a funky energy.
Nobody's trying to listen to DJQuick at 2 pm on a Tuesday.
So my playlist, it's verydepending on my mood, it's very
(28:44):
depending on my mood, but um,usually I do a lot of like tame
impala or the cure or somethinglike that to kind of start my
day off.
Sure, a lot of wednesdays wealways play gorillas and daft
punk and people really love thatand um, and then, like
sometimes if it's a slow day andit's chill and the energy's
just kind of low, I do a lot of.
I know I'm gonna jack it upkrongbin, krongbin.
(29:05):
Have you heard this group?
Oh my god you're gonna like it,but it's just and cleo soul
okay, all right, very just Sortof just chill vibes.
But very, very hip-hop is justusually somewhere in the day.
It's like okay, time to crankthis up and I have just a lounge
(29:27):
playlist and it's all of myfaves.
And then Saturdays, the energyis different.
There's a lot more likeAnderson Paak and Time of the
Creator.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Schoolboy Q Anderson Paak Love it.
Creator.
Schoolboy Q Anderson Paak Loveit.
Mac Miller, mac Miller theycollabed a lot together.
He had a big influence withthem.
So the events that you hostthere, how do they tie in as far
as hip-hop or whatever genre ofmusic it is neo-soul soul,
(30:01):
whatever it may be jazz, howdoes it tie into your beverages?
Speaker 2 (30:08):
Funny things.
When it comes to craft beer, Ialways say it is kind of nods to
hip-hop, because it's likeyou've got a lot of brewers that
are out there just trying tocreate something and, uh,
sometimes the thing that getsthe person's attention is that
(30:28):
can art and so, depending on thecans, maybe that's something
that's like the names of thebeers, like you know, mixtape or
dope ass lyrics or whatever.
And then you see I carry a lotof cans that do have like this
influence of whether it be hiphop or a lot of comic books.
(30:51):
You get a lot of that too and,especially for people that don't
exactly know what they'redrinking, they're going to see
that and be like oh, this is fun.
But we like to tie in a lot ofart with kind of the vibe that
we have going About.
Two weeks ago we had an artexpedition that was anything but
(31:14):
a canvas, and so we had peopledrawing on boxing gloves,
skateboards, you name itAnything but a canvas, and so we
had people drawing on boxinggloves, skateboards.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
Anything but a canvas .
You name it yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
And the displays they put on were really, really
great.
But since we had a lot of localartists, I said, hey, I'm going
to throw out some sketchbooksand some markers on the table.
Throw out some sketchbooks andsome markers on the table.
And then that day we ended uphaving a bunch of like graffiti
(31:45):
artists and writers and stuffcome out and it just turned out
to be a whole like support yourlocal tiger day or whatever, and
it was so fun.
The energy was just creative.
Everybody was drawing andscribbling and showing each
other their art and then sellingsome of their art pieces.
And I had a lot of tattooartists that come into because,
of course, we're downtown and um, so it's just kind of lends to
(32:09):
just the creative aspect.
We always have this good musicgoing to where people are like
let's just sit down and paint apicture, sure, why not?
I got some paints right hereAwesome.
And I just keep them in a littlecabinet.
We have some little board gamesand simple stuff Do you have
Uno.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
Of course you got to have Uno.
We love Uno.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
It's funny when I tell people yeah, you know, it's
a chill spot so we don't have alot of drama.
But when I hear people yellingand I like peek around the bar,
it's because the uno cards areout yeah it's not because
somebody's like you know you'relooking at my girlfriend, or
nothing.
No, it's because somebody putdown a draw for and their life's
about to end.
Speaker 1 (32:49):
And they're mad if, because they try to put a draw
for on top and stack it, it'slike hey, that's not an official
uno rule, you can't, you can'tstack I've had people come to
the bar.
Speaker 2 (32:57):
You got house rules here.
I'm like no, not in this house.
You gotta figure it out.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
How about give me a couple specific beers that you
would suggest to pair with, somelike De La or Tribe, or so it's
funny.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
I had, um, this one.
It was from a brewery in elsagano and it's called left my
wallet and, uh, the can artlooks like you know that, like
the squiggly lines from thetribe thing, but gosh.
Speaker 1 (33:46):
There's just so many.
Speaker 2 (33:47):
That one's tough.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
I'm going to put you on the spot, girl.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
So, okay, I'm pairing a beer with a soundtrack.
Speaker 1 (33:54):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Yeah.
The soundtrack yeah, yeah.
No, I can't think of it.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
Can't do it.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
No, I have so many, I think, just different varieties
and stuff and all kinds offlavor combinations.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
What are your top sellers?
Speaker 2 (34:18):
Goodness, nations, and geez, what are your top
sellers, goodness?
Um, we have this one brewerythat we get like maybe once
every two months, and they'reout of miami.
And, um, this brewer brews somuch wild stuff in the beer that
people have to ask multipletimes are you sure this is a
(34:40):
beer?
And it's because they're brewedwith cotton, candy and sugar,
floss and ice cream and donutsall that fun stuff packed into a
beverage, and the beveragetastes like, you know, a bag of
skittles if you eat all of themat one time or something so.
So if you like that really sweetstuff, I always have something
(35:01):
wild.
And then me, my favorites Ilike stouts.
I like barrel-aged stouts, Ilike it to taste like bourbon
and have a little bit of a burnon it and taste like chocolate
and it's decadent and luscious.
That's my favorite.
So that's always a top sellerwhenever I have something that's
got like that strong, high ABVand it's super luscious.
(35:26):
But then I've got people thatare like I don't care about any
of that, I just want to be herebecause DJ Gordy B's on the ones
and twos and can you pleasegive me a Michelob Ultra.
You got that too so to be honest, ultra keeps the lights on so
we, I don't.
Speaker 1 (35:43):
I don't drink a whole lot, um, when I do, I enjoy a
guinness like a dark beer.
Um, and one time I was over atthe coast, um, central coast, uh
, shell beach brew house andthey had a belching beaver
peanut butter stout.
Have you ever had that?
Oh yeah, all right, do you guyshave that there?
Speaker 2 (36:04):
sometimes.
No, I don't carry too much ofthat um, that's pretty readily
available, so my specialty isgetting things that you're not
going to find.
Speaker 1 (36:16):
Yeah, because you can get Belching Beaver at BevMo.
True.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
Yeah, I did carry something from Belching Beaver
that was a little bit more onthe unique side and it was a
white stout, so it was acappuccino latte white golden
stout Sounds nice.
So it pours out just likeyou're looking at a regular pale
(36:41):
beer, but it is super sweet andluscious when you drink it, so
it's like having a decadentlittle treat.
Speaker 1 (36:49):
Well, that's nice.
Do you have that one therecurrently?
No, that one is sold out what'sthe most decadent one you have
currently, because that's goingto be the one that little Queen
Bee over here is going to wantto taste.
Speaker 2 (37:01):
If you like cold brew , I've got one that's like a
chocolatey cold brew and it'ssweet and we serve it in this
pretty little glass only likefive ounces, because the ABV is,
I think, around 14%.
Speaker 1 (37:16):
Really high.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
So it's a good sipper .
It's what I call a slow sipper.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
You're going to feel nice.
You're going to feel nice,we're going to feel nice.
That's what's going to happen.
Speaker 2 (37:25):
Oh, I want everybody to feel nice when they come
visit.
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
Absolutely.
Let's go to community,community and future plans.
Tell me who you've collaboratedwith as far as local artists,
musicians, who all has been inthe facility.
Speaker 2 (37:43):
Oh gosh, we love working with like the Arts
Council and nothing like reallyformal, but a lot of the folks
that work over there love tocontinue to build on the
downtown scene and so, like theydo, events on first Fridays to
(38:06):
bring people in and families,have live music outside, have
vendors set up, which is greatand I love, but, um, sometimes
it's hard to collab with thembecause I am 21 and over
establishment.
Speaker 1 (38:21):
Yeah, not super family.
Quote unquote friendly RightGet them kids out of here.
Speaker 2 (38:28):
But I love, you know, just some of those faces over
there.
They're doing great things sowe always want to support.
And then there's been anothercharity that we work with every
year.
It's called Cruisin' forCharity and there's, I think
it's like the second weekend ofOctober where they close down
(38:52):
some of the streets there aroundChester and line the streets
with vintage cars and line thestreets with vintage cars and
the proceeds from the event help.
I think it's like widows ofpolice that have been killed.
Speaker 1 (39:04):
Fallen yeah.
Speaker 2 (39:05):
And so it's great charity and that's one of our
favorite days because we dosomething to collect funds and
then we present a check at theend and it's just a good feeling
because everybody's out therehaving a good time for a good
cause, um, but yeah, there's,there's been a few.
We love doing art events, welove doing anything with classic
(39:28):
cars, um, too, because, I'veseen you had a motorcycle out
there recently oh yeah, that'sone of our friends.
He's an artist okay and um, andyeah, that was just a pretty
bike and that week it was justrandom.
We just had we have a lot ofbike riders.
I think because it's downtownand we're right across from bike
bakersfield that people like tocome visit.
(39:49):
And um, but no, we have animpala that you may just catch
out from every once in a whilewhen the weather is just right.
Speaker 1 (39:57):
It's's yours, mm-hmm, your Impala.
Speaker 2 (40:00):
Oh, it's my husband.
Speaker 1 (40:01):
Yeah, what's his is yours, and what's yours is yours
.
Right, he won't catch medriving that thing.
Speaker 2 (40:06):
It is like a whole ass boat.
Speaker 1 (40:08):
Oh yeah, them things just float.
Speaker 2 (40:11):
It makes me so nervous.
Speaker 1 (40:12):
What is it?
64?
Speaker 2 (40:14):
68.
Speaker 1 (40:14):
Okay, yeah, all right , all right.
Um, what's your vision?
What's your future vision?
What are your plans for yourbar, and do you have any
upcoming projects or events?
Speaker 2 (40:25):
So the bar, um, it has a kitchen, it has a big
kitchen.
That my thoughts were I'm goingto open this bar and we're
going to make so much money andthen I'm going to put it into
the kitchen and then open up myown little spot.
And but things have not beenexactly that and things are kind
(40:56):
of moving slow on and come to apoint where we probably would
need to partner with somebodythat is more familiar with the
kitchen aspect and the food andall that fun stuff and then get
the kitchen open so that we canbe a lounge and kitchen.
Speaker 1 (41:15):
Absolutely a one-stop shop.
Speaker 2 (41:16):
Yeah, so that people will kind of of you know, they
don't feel the need to comedrink because they want to come
hang out.
And even though we have a goodamount of like alcohol-free
options, um, sometimes peoplejust are wanting to snack a
little bit more between drinksand stuff, and of course, why.
So that's the goal Events thatwe have coming up.
(41:41):
Oh gosh, I don't have any bigbig ones other than live music
on Fridays, and oh no, I takethat back.
Live music Fridays, djs Saturday, sunday and then this coming up
Tuesday, we're doing a paintnight.
That I'm excited about becausetypically when you go to paint
(42:01):
night you're given this canvasand I feel like there's like
pressure to.
Speaker 1 (42:05):
Instruction.
Speaker 2 (42:07):
Yeah, and like I'm going to create something that's
going to be whack.
I'm not an artist, but here wego.
So this person pre-sketches, Iguess.
On a little template person prepre sketches, I guess on a
little template, yeah, like ontothe canvas, so that when you're
there it's almost like a paintby number.
Type of situation and they havethe instructor stay in the lines
(42:27):
it's exciting because then youdon't feel like you were a major
disappointment when you walkaway like I wouldn't even put
this up in my bathroom, muchless like anywhere in my house.
This I think people are goingto walk away and be like I got
my money's worth, I got abeautiful piece of art that I
did myself, and so that's comingup on Tuesday.
Speaker 1 (42:46):
You still have spots open for that?
Yes, okay, what's the cost?
What's the range?
Speaker 2 (42:51):
I think that one is $35 and you get a free pour.
You get your canvas and thetutelage of learning how to
apply the paint.
Sure and the free pour andthat's coming up next Tuesday.
Actually, this Saturday we havea beer garden plant in cans
(43:16):
thing and Sunday reggae day fadewith DJ Gordie.
Speaker 1 (43:21):
B, I'll be there.
I might show up.
I want to go check this guy out.
I've heard things All right andyou guys tend to have some food
vendors that pull up outsideright.
Sometimes hit and miss Foodvendors are a struggle.
It's a struggle, it's astruggle.
Speaker 2 (43:39):
We had our regular truck every day, but we have had
to temporarily move away fromthat truck and we're kind of in
search to find a new one.
It's just the city's kind ofcoming down with some strict
(44:02):
rules and so it's hard to bedowntown to have a truck and
it's just a struggle as it is.
You know food trucks right nowwhen it's triple digits it's
hard.
And sometimes these guys arelike uh, not really looking to
do all that.
Speaker 1 (44:22):
So so you mentioned, uh, uh, future plans opening up
the kitchen, getting the kitchengoing, getting a menu,
everything else.
What is beck's hip-hop meal?
Speaker 2 (44:34):
gosh hip-hop.
I like any meals that consistof food.
I don't know a T-bone steakcheese, eggs and Welch's grape
hey, there you go.
Speaker 1 (44:47):
Yeah, hey, pulling out the lyrics.
Speaker 2 (44:51):
Biggie.
That sounds like a good hip hopmeal to me.
Yeah, that's not bad.
Speaker 1 (44:55):
Yeah, that's not bad.
What advice would you givesomebody looking to start their
own craft beer or wanting tocombine their passions in
business?
So for you it's craft beer andhip-hop.
What suggestions might you havefor somebody?
What advice?
Speaker 2 (45:11):
Just find what makes you unique, Find that thing that
makes your space stick out fromanything else, and then just
kind of run with that.
But at the same time don't besad when that one thing also is
(45:33):
the reason why people don't come.
You know that part's tough.
Speaker 1 (45:41):
All right, so final thoughts.
Is there anything you'd like toshare with your listeners today
?
You know we talked aboutseveral of the events that you
have coming up.
You know things of that nature.
Speaker 2 (45:55):
I'd say final thoughts were are um, of course
it's hard for somebody to be outthere and support everybody,
and when money's tight foreverybody, like especially just
in bakersfield, I think, ingeneral but, um, doing what
little you can to support asmall business helps
(46:17):
tremendously in in a bigger waythat you can imagine like, for
example, I don't go to Starbucks.
I.
There are too many great littlecoffee spots downtown, ones
that have drive-thrus, ones thatmake their own pastries and
(46:39):
ones that have just somethingunique and you're helping, like
a family, that somebody thattried to do something unique,
embrace something cool.
Speaker 1 (46:50):
Follow their passion, yeah.
Speaker 2 (46:52):
And that's big.
So for me, I have a lot offamily members that say, you
know, maybe they don't drinkcraft beer or maybe they don't
go out or do much, but they'llcome in and maybe buy a can ago
or a gift card for somebody, orshirt, merch, love that and just
(47:30):
support in some way that youcan, even when it comes to just
the small things like getting acup of coffee or, you know,
buying thrifted clothes, eventhings like that.
Support your local venues thathave music, because what will we
do if there weren't thesecreative places?
Then we would just like alllive in a chain store or
whatever.
So don't be afraid to godowntown.
So many people are afraid to goto places where there's maybe
(47:50):
not necessarily a parking lotright next to them.
Get away from strip malls, gopark in a garage and just take a
walk.
Do something different.
So final thoughts are justdefinitely get out there and
support the unique places thatmake your community special all
right.
Speaker 1 (48:09):
Where can everybody find you, both physically and
social media?
Speaker 2 (48:13):
I live at the bar.
I am on 18th Street betweenChester and I, but I'm heavy on
my social media.
It's free, so I am posting.
If you're on Instagram, you candefinitely find Off the Rails,
bakersfield there and alwaysfind my monthly calendar.
(48:34):
So plan ahead the week eventsand then highlights of some fun
stuff that we've had.
And, um, I'm on Facebook.
I'm not really great atFacebook, uh, but I'm there, I
am present.
And then, if you are strictlyhere for the beer and you don't
necessarily care about theevents, the music, the hip hop,
(48:56):
uh, you can follow me on Untappd, which is definitely that
social media for beer drinkers.
Untappd tells you everything Iput in the fridge and everything
that's on my tap.
And if you're looking for, youknow, those wild cotton candy
beers or hard sodas, it'llalways keep you updated there.
Speaker 1 (49:16):
What is this craft beer Illuminati?
Yeah girl, I'm coming.
Speaker 2 (49:27):
What is this?
Speaker 1 (49:28):
craft beer, illuminati, all about.
Speaker 2 (49:31):
It's so silly but it's funny.
So the craft beer illuminati islike a group of just a bunch of
craft beer heads that aresomehow involved in either
brewing or, uh, like low-key Iguess you could say, just like
(49:53):
influencers.
And a couple years ago it itwas like kind of being in this
little secret society wherenobody really knew, uh, how it
came to be, but that if you hadone of the craft beer illuminati
in your friend group or at yourparty it was going to be a
(50:13):
party.
It was kind of special.
Speaker 1 (50:15):
So you know hey, I had to spring that.
I was curious.
I was like, hey, what?
Is this craft beer illuminatistuff.
Speaker 2 (50:23):
Yeah, and when we have a party, when we all get
together, it's a, it's a goodtime, good, good all right.
Speaker 1 (50:29):
Well, we're gonna go ahead and wrap it up um beck.
Thanks for joining it waswonderful, insightful um.
I love the connection betweenhip hop and other hobbies, right
Other passions, especiallycraft beer, and how they
correlate and connect.
So thank you for coming.
We'll wrap this up.
(50:51):
Gordie B Queen B Beck.
Speaker 2 (50:54):
Thanks so much, becca B.
Speaker 1 (50:56):
All right, Until next week.
Y'all have a great day.
Speaker 2 (50:59):
Thanks guys.
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