#64: Ryan Adams | Artist Graining In

We're looking for stoke outside of beer this week and talking directly with a man that's been mentioned on multiple episodes of this podcast: Ryan Adams! 
Ryan is the co-owner of Better Letter Hand Painted Signs (the work of which can be seen at countless businesses in greater Portland), and independently takes on jobs as a muralist/graffiti artist. We orbit around the multiple jobs Ryan's done at BBB3R, as Matty and Noah were blown away by the process, approach, and level of quality they were each created through. But prior to keeping it contemporary, the guys have a seemingly endless list of questions about the mysterious world of DIY graffiti, where Ryan cut his chops as an artist. We also hear what it's like to paint for an audience (which occasionally is shitfaced), Noah learns there can be a lot more to tagging than an act of minor vandalism, Matt has an epiphany about curls in font, and we get an answer to the age old question, "Is Beer Art?".
The biggest takeaway from the episode, though,  was how surprisingly analogous brewing is with painting - or most any creative pursuit done passionately. Episodes a bit removed from beer itself have a tendency of revealing those unseen connections between vocations, and this one uncovered the most links yet. So grab a Mike's Hard, Bud Light Lime, or whatever else you feel like putting down your gullet, and listen in to this conversation about a world that you'll likely find simultaneously foreign and familiar.
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Music: "Mountain Climb" by Jake Hill