In this episode, host Shawn Salle sits down with Billie Smith, the award-winning Head Brewer at Good Nature Brewing, to talk about craftsmanship, creativity, and the pursuit of passion.

From his early days home-brewing in his kitchen to earning medals at the Great American Beer Festival, Billie shares how curiosity, experimentation, and hard work turned a hobby into a career. The two dive into the art and science behind brewing, the importance of water chemistry, and how the smallest details can make or break a great beer.

They also swap stories about snowmobiling adventures, vintage BMWs, gardening mishaps, and how making beer isn’t all that different from painting a perfect wall — it’s all in the prep work.

Billie opens up about life as a one-man brewing team at Good Nature, t ...