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Harley Tempest
James Thomson - Wildlife Brewing Co. #022
36 minutes Posted Dec 3, 2020 at 7:31 am.
] An introduction to James Thomson 
] The joys of managing a lifestyle business 
] How James came up with the name of his brewery 
] Unearthing the history of Shepparton’s brewing history 
] What each of Wildlife’s three founders bring to the business 
] What makes Wildlife’s beers different? 
] How Wildlife came to be 
] Wildlife’s first customers 
] Early challenges while starting the business 
] How Wildlife’s membership works 
] Upcoming beers within the next 12 months 
] Local pubs partnered with Wildlife 
] How James would describe his wildlife 
] Wildlife’s most outstanding members 
] The ins-and-outs of running a microbrewery 
] How much beer does James drink? 
] James’s goal for the business 
] Who locally inspires James? 
] James’s message to the Shepparton public 
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In this episode, we speak with James Thomson of , one of the breweries in Shepparton. 
Listen in as James discusses how he and his two partners came up with the idea to set up a brewery, the history of the brewery in Shepparton, how Wildlife is growing its community via their membership program, and his plans for the future of the business post-COVID. 
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Powerful Quotes by James 
● There will never be a time when you look at the bank account and go, “Oh, there’s enough money.” It doesn’t really work like that. You’re the asset that’s going to generate that money. 
● A great beer is a balanced beer. 
● Our best asset is that we don’t know everything about making beer, and that’s what helps us make good beer. 
● You might sometimes brew a beer that just goes on its own little journey and you can’t explain why. You investigate and find out. 
● A business is shaped by the things that happen along the journey.