BBP 304 - From Music Notes to Malt Bills: A Conversation w/ Shalanda Jackson

What happens when a classically trained music teacher trades sheet music for stainless steel? In this episode the Legendary Brew Crew, chop it up with Shalanda Jackson, a New Jersey native turned New Orleans brewer, about her wild career pivot from teaching to tank cleaning and how it led to her creating space for culture and color in craft beer.

We talk about:

• The hustle of brewing at Urban South, one of Louisiana’s biggest breweries
• How her music background helps her find rhythm in recipe development
• The realities of brewing in New Orleans heat (spoiler: swamp ass is real)
• Building Hues and Brews and bringing Black creativity into the beer scene
• Her trip to Yakima Chief Hops with the Michael James Jackson Foundation

Grab a glass, pull up a chair, and let’s toast to passion, pivots, and purpose.

What We’re Drinking:

• Czech Pilsner - Urban South
• Tropic Wanderer - Tropical Wheat Ale collab from Mack Brewing x Grist House
• Queen’s Gold Lager - Bluejay Brewing x The Exbeerience