E23 Joel Darwin | Craft Brewer (Palm Tree Abbey) & Branding Studio Head (Natural Selection Design) | Fostering community over home brews

Who needs a drink?

Joel Darwin is a craft brewer, one of the partners at Palm Tree Abbey, a nanobrewery based in Manila, Philippines with experimental brews inspired by everything from the unique ingredients found in the tropics to the Philadelphia roots of two of the founders.

Joel joins us on the pod to discuss the history of beer (everything from ancient civilizations to psychedelic cult rituals), the brewing process, and how it brings people together.

When he’s not brewing, Joel also serves as managing director of Natural Selection Design, a boutique design studio he co-founded with his wife Marla. Aside from brand development and identity design, they are known for their print and environmental graphics, including naming and packaging for various beloved F&B brands.

Joel also previously co-founded the start-up Learn Talk, served as a corporate trainer and English instructor, and worked in the field of curriculum development. His communication skills are very much on display on the pod, as was his empathy. Our favorite parts were listening to him talk about how his daughter inspired his work, and the advice he gave to people having a rough time with the pandemic, as framed in terms of brewing and the harvest.

This episode is dedicated to everyone experimenting and starting new things, including everyone who just brought a baby into the world (whatever shape or form that took). Cheers to you.

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Follow Joel on IG @darwinpants and on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-darwin-60048799/

See @nsdesign.ph or https://nsdesign.ph for his branding work

Follow @palmtreeabbey for videos of home, and more food and beer pairing suggestions

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Music: “Neon Laser Horizon” by Kevin MacLeod (imcompetech.com) licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

Sound Editing by franticsong

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xoxo Jo