What kind of name is Right Brain for a brewery? Seems crazy, but then when you are talking Michigan beer, crazy is a good thing. I think this story from Russ one of the owners of Right Brain sums it up quite well.
I got the name during my senior year in high school. Miss Carter, the creative writing class teacher, strolled in to announce to everyone that we would be taking a test. Mind you, Miss Carter did not really like Russ that well, for whatever reason.
Anyway, she goes on about this test we will be taking to determine who is Right Brained. "Don't worry, no one can take it wrong. There are no right or wrong answers." So, she also drones on about how only three or four people will be Right Brained.
Sooooo...... I end up being the only person in class who is Right Brained and she tells me that I took it wrong. She inspired me. But just to bug the heck out of her I would walk in each day and greet her with, "I'm Right Brain, ya know."
Cheers, Miss Carter!
1.
What was the beer moment, when you knew
you wanted to become involved with the craft beer renaissance?
I can't think of any particular moment when I decided on
getting into craft beer. I was working a boring, normal job and spending all of
my time home-brewing. One day my girlfriend said "why don't you brew
professionally?" I didn't have a good answer for that. Why DIDN'T I start
brewing? I first applied to another Northern Michigan brewery's bottling line
and was really mad when I didn't get the job. A few weeks later the job opened
up at Right Brain and the rest is history.
2. If you could have any drink in your
hand right now, what would it be?
I'd have Right Brain's Steve the Imperial Brown. Oh wait, I
do have it in my hand right now!
3. Can you describe your beer life in a
song lyric/title? If so what would you
choose?
Alcohol by Barenaked Ladies.
4. Do you have a steady beer, or do you
like to "play the field?"
Oh! I definitely play the field! I guess I'm kind of a
beer-whore in that way. I love discovering a new, great beer!
5. Crowded smoky bar or back porch
watching the clouds float across the sky?
Back Porch for sure. Smoke ruins your sense of smell--vital
for enjoying a good beer! Plus what's nicer than watching the clouds roll by
with a good beer in your hand?
And
the lame one…
Who
put the bomp in the bomp sha-bomp sha-bomp?
I think that was Larry Bell, who we are all indebted to for
it. (That's what we owe him for, right?)
Time for a pint...
I loved his story. I was a right brained person. I was always out of step from my class mates. So the name alone is reason enough to like this beer... LOL. The was a fun interview to read. :)
ReplyDeleteThe story behind the product name is just great and immediately makes me want to take note! I'm honestly not sure if I'm right-brained or left-brained.
ReplyDeleteHow love how much of a lasting impression the creative writing teacher had on him as a student. Looking back, it was always my writing and English teachers that had the greatest impact on me and I one day would love to pay that forward.
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