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Hop Notes visits St. Paul's Urban Growler, with co-founders Deb Loch and Jill Pavlak.
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Hop Notes: Celebrating powerful women with Urban Growler and the music of Amy Beach and Rachel Grimes

In the latest episode of Hop Notes, we're savoring the beers of St. Paul's Urban Growler, the first woman-owned microbrewery in Minnesota, with co-founders Deb Loch and Jill Pavlak. Add connections to the music of composers Amy Beach and Rachel Grimes, and you have a can't-miss episode of our classical-beer video series.

Playlist

This episode of Hop Notes includes excerpts from the following works:

Amy Beach: Gaelic Symphony
Nashville Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kenneth Schermerhorn

Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.

Rachel Grimes: "Dix River Doxology"
from the album The Way Forth (2019)
Courtesy of Temporary Residence Ltd.
Mossgrove Music/Rough Trade Publishing/BMI

Rachel Grimes: "Earthly Heaven"
from the album Marion County 1938 (2011)
Mossgrove Music/Rough Trade Publishing/BMI

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