Episode #114: A Friend To Play With with Graeme Kobayashi of Counterpoint Brewing Co + Nathan Lefebvre of NathanDoesBeer | Adjunct Series
Our final interview of 2022 goes down with a brewery making waves in Kitchener, ON. Counterpoint opened its cozy taproom a few years back to a resoundingly positive response from its community, and has gone from strength to strength ever since. Founder Graeme Kobayashi joined Cee and Nate to chat about lesser-known beer styles, the challenges of opening a brewery, the importance of focusing on community, collaborations, their choice of packaging, their barrel program and food + beer pairing. They got into their Trail Point California Common, LL Cool G Cool Ale, Friends In Mo Places Black IPA with KaylaLikesBeer, Treetop NEIPA and New Roots Imperial Stout. Cheers!
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