The ‘Joey & Chandler’ edition
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nce again, we’ve invited two brewers to discuss beer, the brewing and the culture for the benefit of you, dedicated reader. This time, we spoke to Danny Seeton and Matt Anderson, celebrated homebrewers who’ve unwittingly shaped Vancouver’s beer culture.
Both were early members of the city’s first homebrewer’s club, VanBrewers. They’re also roommates and therefore, essentially, the Joey and Chandler of Vancouver craft beer. Since they’re already spending time arguing about beer, we figured we might as well record some of it, which we did, in the backyard of their South Vancouver rental suite. Seeton now works in the industry as the assistant brewer at Parallel 49. Anderson has opted to keep beer a hobby. GRowler: Because Graham [With, Parallel 49’s head brewer] was a part of the home brewing scene, when Parallel 49 happened, it seems like they brought that scene into the brewery’s circle. Matt anderson: Totally. Danny seeton: It dropped the beer culture down in age group, easily. G: The millennial beer culture kind of congregated around Parallel 49 and everyone kind of grabbed on to it. DS: Timing-wise it lined up, for sure. MA: Absolutely. I’d agree with that. They took a chance on Graham, getting a younger brewer. Everybody else was pretty well established by then. DS: It lined up for Graham for sure. MA: The homebrew association started in this house because Katy [Wright, Graham’s long-time partner] and Graham were living here at the time. They started getting way into brewing, and then they were just talking about it all the time. Their other friends were like, “We don’t give a shit about this – ” DS: “We’re sick of it.”
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