Today my friends and foes, we sit down with Adam Metcalf, General Manager and all-around cool dude at Aces and Ales in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Aces represents the trail-blazing craft beer bar. You know what I’m talking about because we all have an example of one near us. In virtually every market over the last decade, someone has come on the scene with a unique take on selling beer to people. They develop relationships with distributors, offer the most interesting and dynamically rotating craft beer selection in town and add personality to the process of boozing it up.

Selling craft beer at a craft beer bar isn’t unique.

But what is unique is to grow from one location to two, and then two locations to a third, complete with a brand-new brewery. Aces and Ales has crafted a solid business in a shaky industry.

And I wanted to sit with Adam in hopes that you and I might find out why. He was terrifically open and honest and by the end, I realized there was something special going on at Aces. Somehow years in this industry hadn’t beaten them down. I was struck by the fact that he was still passionate, still looking to the future and somehow still fucking happy about it.

There’s a lot to take away from this interview and for your sake, I hope to take it all. Cheers and listen in.

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