JORGE CASTRO / BOXLAB BREWING CO (OWNER)

Since Jorge Castro started Boxlab Brewing Co. in Puerto Rico in 2014 on a 3 barrel system, he's had to cope with hurricanes, earthquakes, and now covid.  We talk about how the strong rum culture in the Caribbean makes it difficult for craft beer to stand out, the realities of sales tax when living on an island, why you can only really sell sixtel kegs (1/6 of a full keg of beer) in PR, how George Lucas's Star Wars films inspire his work ethic, and more much