“If you want to be a maker, start making as soon as you can.
Forget about the apprehensions running through your mind.
You're going to make mistakes that are a stupid thing to be
making. What's important is that you start making. ”
community by showcasing their (Pedro’s and other’s) beer
as fresh as possible, the way they were designed to be. “We’d
love to work on towards this unrealized goal of exporting
our beer but there is still much to be done; cultivate craft
beer culture here first, focus on the taphouse, showcase
experimental brews and all the collaborations we're doing
with other breweries here. We do fresh beer best.”
“Old beer is sad,” I had to say.
“Yup. Old beer sucks,” Nadine agrees.
The DJ was still going at it, with a bunch of titas as
a captive audience. Their husbands are in another table,
nursing their beers as they wait. This part of Poblacion closes
relatively early, which, if you think about it, is apropos for
the beer they have - best consumed fresh and in just the right
amounts for proper appreciation. At this point Nadine gave a
bit of context on the core group when they started Pedro.
“Jill was Jaime’s law school classmate. They’re both
lawyers. Jill is an entrepreneur through and through,
but Jaime - he used to be a lawyer who brewed on the
weekends, and now he’s a brewer who lawyers on the
weekends. You need a creative outlet that has nothing to
do with what you do for a living, sometimes. For Jaime,
it was brewing, and he found a lot of satisfaction in
running his own business and creating something that
people enjoyed. It’s a very nice feeling seeing people
enjoying something you made yourself.”
“What would you tell other makers, or those who want
to become one?” I asked, maybe for myself.
“If you want to be a maker, start making as soon as you
can. Forget about the apprehensions running through your
mind. You're going to make mistakes that are a stupid thing
to be making. What's important is that you start making.
That's the hardest part, but the fact that you made the first
step—that you showed up—is the one that counts the most.”
“What would tell your past self?”
“Brew that lager now. Do it. It's worth it. Don't worry,
people will like it.”
The brains behind Pedro Brewcrafters, from
left to right: Nadine Howell-Fanlo, Jaime
Fanlo, Jill Borja and Rochee de Leon
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