42 - Jordan Saracini

Eighty Eight Brewing’s Jordan Saracini joins the podcast this week for a chat about the Olympics, 80s music, nostalgia, pizza, and of course excellent craft beer.

Jordan and his partners’ origin story is a common one in the craft beer industry - a group of friends who started homebrewing together back in late 2013. The level at which they started brewing was a little less common however, skipping over brewing kits and jumping straight to whole grain. Within just a few years they’d decided to take their brews public, incorporating Eighty Eight Brewing in 2017 and opening the doors the following year. When this episode releases their two year anniversary is just around the corner on August 22nd.

Anyone who has visited the taproom or even seen their cans will be immediately familiar with the brewery’s iconic design. The branding is heavily inspired by the 1988 Calgary Olympics (if the name wasn’t a dead giveaway) as well as all things ‘80s. This theme runs deep, from their labelling to their beer names to the decor in the taproom. If amazing beer and artwork wasn’t enough, Eighty Eight is also famous as the home of Noble Pie, which Jordan describes as “on a whole other level” and clearly many folks agree with him, since it is not uncommon for people to line up at the taproom before the doors have even opened to get one of their own.

Our nostalgia theme continues into our chat with Mama T, when we exchange some celebrity impressions, and discuss who on Beverly Hills 90210 we would have dated. We also theorize on what it might be like to add mandatory alcohol to professional sports.

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