You would assume that with prohibition repealed, Americans could once again exercise their right to brew their own beer, right? Until in 1933, the 21st amendment was established to repeal prohibition. 26, Winter 2022.The 18th amendment was enacted in 1919, and made the sale, production & transportation of alcoholic beverages illegal in the United states for 14 years. This story originally appeared in Edible Alaska Issue No. As we go to print, he’s prepping to hang a November show at Snow City Café and getting set to create his way into the holidays, brush in one hand, brew in the other. They set up a vendor table at the well-attended event.Ĭlendaniel and his originals and limited edition prints can be found at gallery openings and pop-up shows throughout the year. After our visit at the studio over some homebrew (stout conditioned with bourbon-soaked oak spirals and cubes, vanilla beans, and cacao nibs), Benner was on the way to co-judge the AK Beer Awards, a fundraiser for the Brewers Guild of Alaska in advance of the Alaska Crafted beer festival this fall. She and Clendaniel are also both active members of the Great Northern Brewers Club, too. One of Benner’s contributions to the vibrant beer community has been to launch and manage the Alaska Beer Nerds group on Facebook, which has grown to around 3,000 members. We do more, like, advocating within the industry, promoting craft beer in a positive way,” she said. “Scott and I have been kind of a part of the industry, but not really. “People have told us that once they buy a beer painting they end up buying more of that beer,” said Benner. “It’s like a social hour, you know? That’s my favorite part about it.” Many breweries win, too, when patrons swing by the studio to collect work. “One of the best things about homebrewing is that I serve it up to people who stop over to pick up their paintings,” he said. “There were 99 paintings on the wall.” They both quit their day jobs the following year-a decade ago, now-to go full-time with painting.Ĭommissions and getting to know folks buying work is rewarding for Clendaniel. You could hardly get in the door,” Clendaniel said. Benner posted one of them per day on Facebook for the 99 days leading up to the show.
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Clendaniel had painted a series of 6-by-12-inch beer paintings over the course of three years. first opened the Loft, their upstairs tasting room, I joined the throngs that showed up for Clendaniel’s 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall opener back in 2011. They’re no strangers to the slopes of Alyeska and Arctic Valley-or to the mountain bars where they enjoy frosty apres-ski beverages. Later, they bicycled across Europe from Russia (Benner was born there) to Paris. They pedaled a tandem bike down the West Coast from British Columbia to Mexico. When they aren’t working together, they play together, too, often on bikes or skis. She runs their Etsy store and ships art and product all over the world. She does everything from photograph originals to print and stretch giclee canvas prints over handmade frames.
“Art kind of elevates the beer to a different level, right?” said Benner. Benner helped channel Clendaniel’s art practice into a self-supporting business called Real Art is Better. In the years since, they’ve built a cabin out here and done many art shows around Anchorage. “We like the culture, but we’re not really brewers-we don’t want to own a brewery,” Benner said, to which Clendaniel agreed: “I want to be in the industry, but in my own way.” Clendaniel’s partner in both business and life, Benner is an entrepreneurial, organizational force in their relationship and in the wider beer world. A lot of ground between making paintings and making a living with them is masterminded by Maria Benner. “Not intoxication.” During our visit in Sober October, his keezer (a chest freezer converted into a kegerator) was temporarily loaded with sparkling water on tap.Ĭlendaniel’s work bringing palate and palette together is social and communal. “I want to promote connoisseurship,” he said.
He’s well equipped to appreciate a good beer with nuance. As an earnest homebrewer, his education got a boost during his stint working at Arctic Brewing Supply. You could say he created his own niche.Ĭlendaniel’s creative process as a visual artist dialogs with the creative endeavor of brewing.
But beer is considered a working class beverage,” he said. His other work draws inspiration from Alaska’s natural world and the lifestyle. While beer is just one of his obsessions and subjects, it’s gained him a reputation.
Consider, too, the success of Alaska-raised, homebrewing “Beer Painter” Scott Clendaniel. Lest ye doubt that the art of beermaking is alive and well in Alaska, consider the proliferation and popularity of microbreweries here.
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