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We're making reparations for past auditory and conversational wrongs by welcoming our FIRST REPEAT GUEST EVER, the BBB's own Josh "Sniff" Schlesinger, former owner/operator of Sleek Machine Distro. A hell of a lot has happened since the last time we spoke with mics on, almost exactly a year ago, so we get right into the most obvious - Sleek Machine being absorbed by Bissell Brothers at the beginning of 2020, after law was passed to significantly raise Maine's self distribution cap. We naturally unpack how beer distribution has adapted to selling beer in a pandemic, what lasting imprints COVID-19 will have on that facet of the brewing industry moving forward, and how the experience of running a business himself has helped Josh navigate the landscape shift with what appears to be a very laudable degree of ease. 
More importantly, however, we revisit Project Serpo and get caught up to speed on Sniff's current feelings towards extraterrestrial life, and touch on the state of conspiracy in general (Pulitzer-level stuff, to be sure). Jokes aside (save for the many weaved throughout the episode), this may be to most diverse conversation we've had to date...fittingly had with the man Noah's dad still considers to be exactly one half of "Coolest Guys on Earth" (see Episode #38 w/ Baxter Key). Listen along, and join us in washing away any memories of the travesty that is Episode #2, with a chat of quality much more befitting one of the hardest working dudes in beer.

Music: "Mountain Climb" by Jake Hill