Natalie Baldwin

Welcome to the official first episode of Pursuit of Unhappiness. I am joined by Natalie Baldwin (R&D Brewer for Breakside Brewery) and Shannon Kenyon (Brewer North Country Brewing Company). We dive into so much, but I feel like we really on skimmed the surface. Part two will certainly happen at some point. Natalie is an award winning Research and Development Brewer at Breakside Brewery in Portland, Oregon. She started serving beer and washing kegs at a local brewery in 2014. In 2018 she received a scholarship through the Pink Boots Society to study brewing in Germany, whilst on the trip she was able to visit Leipzig to drink her favorite beer from the source, Gose. One of her proudest accomplishments is after years of tinkering, her Gose won gold at the Great American Beer Festival in 2020. Natalie is up to a lot in the industry including being involved in Breakside's own as well as the Oregon Brewers Guild Diversity and Equity Committee, the Scholarship Liaison for the Portland Pink Boots Chapter and a GABF judge. Outside of nerding out on historic beer styles and going to complete opposite direction building recipes to include an array of flowers, fruits and a little bit of magic you can find Natalie frolicking in flower fields with her dog, Beef.On this episode we discuss How we met & first impressions How tone can lead to misunderstanding - we can be brutal, but kind Know your worth Interviewing for a job - know your worth Boundaries & Bandwidth Trusting yourself and your ability to decide what you wantPlease enjoy this fun conversation with one of my amazing, brilliant friends Natalie ROSE Baldwin.