Natalie Rose Baldwin is a Brewmaster, dog mom, and friend from Portland that I have constantly been in awe of.

When I met her she was working as a Valet at a hotel and I was working at a job I hated. Not long after I met her, she had left the hotel and started working at a brewery pouring beer. And before I knew it, she was getting printed in magazines and winning awards for her own beers.

I was blown away by how quickly she was excelling in her career! 
She followed a less-than-conventional path in life that took off like wildfire. 

Did she have some secret knowledge that led her to grow so quickly and rise to the top? That's usually what I think when I see someone blow up in life.
This wasn't the case for Natalie though.  

In this episode, Natalie tells us:

• How she went from working as a valet to being an award-winning brewer.
• The main reason she kept excelling in her career.
• Being a woman in a male-dominated field.   
• Managing her anxiety + being awkward.
• The challenge of leaving a job she loved.

And more...

Natalie is incredibly kind and generous with her knowledge and holds nothing back. She spills all of her behind-the-scenes growth and fears with us in this interview.

*I also love Natalie because she is obsessed with her dog, Beef. And I love and trust anyone infatuated with their dog.*
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Natalie Rose Baldwin, Brewmaster at Wayfinder beer in Portland, Oregon. Worked as Research & Development Brewer at Breakside Brewery from 2017-2023., and has been brewing since 2014. She started in the industry pouring beer and washing kegs, quickly learning to brew at Burnside Brewing in the fall of 2014.

In early 2017  Baldwin was hired as a Production Brewer at Breakside Brewery and later that year was promoted to Breakside's Research and Development Brewer. Natalie's brewing interests vary with a predominant focus on esoteric lagers, saisons, and specialty beers using seasonal flowers, tea, spices, and fruit.

Natalie has won several medals at the Great American Beer Festival and is also a professional Judge at GABF & WBC, works with the Oregon Brewers Guild Diversity and Equity Committee, is a Portland Area Pink Boots Portland Chapter Co-Leader, and was a recipient of a Pink Boots Scholarship in 2018.

Outside of work she enjoys traveling, backpacking, baking, and frolicking in fields of flowers with her dog Beef.

You can read more about Natalie in these articles:

https://newschoolbeer.com/home/2023/2/natalie-baldwin-is-wayfinder-beers-new-brewmaster

https://www.winemag.com/content/natalie-rose-baldwin-future-40-2022/

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