EP034 | Janos De Baets of DOK Brewing Company, Ghent
Release Date: 12/14/2021
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info_outlineJanos De Baets is the Head Brewer and Co-Owner of DOK Brewing Co. in Ghent. We chatted about his self-admitted obsessive personality trait.