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Podcast: BierTalk
Episode: BierTalk English 12 – Talk with Max Raffaele, former Homebrewer and now Hop Breeder and Hop Grower in São Paulo, Brazil
Description: Max Raffaele started out as a civil surveyor and professional land surveyor in the US and came to homebrewing through one of his co-workers. After many more or less good brews, he became more and more interested in hops and bought two plants at a local nursery. They developed splendidly and a new love was born. Shortly afterwards, Max met his future wife - a Brazilian. The two married and moved to Sao Paulo - and he immediately started his hop cultivation there as well. The Brazilian brewers reacted incredulously at first, but were quickly converted by fresh local hops...