💕「愛台灣，我的選擇」系列第15發：臺虎董事長黃一葦(Peter Huang) 要讓臺虎精釀 Taihu Brewing成為台灣年輕人才發光發熱與實踐夢想的平台
「儘管我有著東方面孔，但我不是台灣人，家族根源也不在台灣。一直到我念大學時 (美國麻薩諸塞州的威廉斯學院，非常棒的學校)，我才透過普林斯頓北京中文培訓班的機會，真正到東亞來闖蕩。
大學畢業之後，我埋首於數字和表格之間，精釀啤酒陪我撐過了這段辛苦的歲月。我的職涯始於紐約，但後來輾轉來到亞洲 (名義上是去新加坡，但主要是在印尼、緬甸和馬來西亞)。
在數字間打轉從來不是我的夢想。身為一個負責任且典型的千禧世代，我一直很想獨立開創自己的事業，如果能將個人興趣和創業機會相結合，那就太完美了。而精釀啤酒就是那完美的交集點！精釀工藝的精神我深有同感，這是一種對未來可能性充滿嚮往、不盲目接受現狀的精神；同時也代表著與一群優秀的人才，一起開發令人驚喜的產品，並打造屬於自己的社群。
成立臺虎精釀的契機出現之後，我立刻想到台灣。之所以選擇這裡，不是因為台灣文化很吸引人 (雖然確實是)，不是因為台灣有著厚實的文化傳統 (雖然確實有)，更不是因為台灣的好山好水。
我選擇台灣的主要原因是這裡遇到的人。很多人會說，人生中有兩個家庭，一個是你的原生家庭，另一個是你自己選擇的家庭。對我來說，那個我自己選擇的家庭，似乎就在台灣。
臺虎精釀的商標 (由台灣傑出設計師Jess Lee設計) 由老虎、啤酒花和葫蘆三個元素組成，葫蘆是古代盛酒的容器。
葫蘆就不需要多加解釋了，但啤酒花是當代精釀啤酒的基石，代表著創新創意的精神。事實上，我們使用的絕大多數啤酒花都來自美國，畢竟美國是精釀啤酒的中心 (過去20年一直都是)。美國的啤酒花產業 (還有麥芽產業) 可以說是世界之最，也難怪經典IPA啤酒中最受歡迎的啤酒花都來自美國。
商標中的老虎是為了向早期台灣作為「亞洲四虎」(亞洲四小龍) 的年代致敬。當年台灣經濟快速起飛，產業朝氣蓬勃，民眾無不對未來充滿樂觀和期待。
老虎代表的正是那樣的生機勃勃、神采煥發。臺虎167名員工幾乎都是台灣人。我們認為，與其說臺虎是一個釀酒廠，不如說臺虎是讓台灣年輕人才發光發熱、實踐夢想的平台。
我們的目標是吸引並培育人才，最終目標希望能夠在台灣發展出欣欣向榮的創業生態圈。Sway是我們成立初期的成員，她一開始是在吧台工作，非常優秀。在小公司工作的好處就是，你可以盡你所能所想去做，Sway後來開始慢慢接觸進口通關業務，現在是我們全球物流的主管 (很不簡單)。
也許有一天，她會開創自己的事業，進而將這份育才的信念在台灣新創圈繼續傳承下去。」— 臺虎董事長黃一葦 Peter Huang
💕Why I chose Taiwan #15 – Taihu Brewing Founder Peter Huang leads Taihu to become a platform for Taiwan young talents to carry out their dreams and express themselves
“Despite appearances, I’m neither Taiwanese nor have roots here. It took college (Williams College in Massachusetts – phenomenal place), to really bring me out to East Asia via Princeton’s immersion program in Beijing.
Post-graduation, I paid my dues shuffling numbers around in a spreadsheet. Craft beer made it bearable-ish. Working life began in New York, but ultimately landed me in Asia (nominally Singapore, primarily Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia).
Shuffling numbers was not the dream. So, as a responsibly stereotypical millennial, I had an urge to venture out on my own. Ideally, to try something at the intersection of opportunity and interest. Craft beer! The craft movement itself struck a chord - a yearning for what could be, rather than blind acceptance of what is. It is about building communities around delightful products and, critically, wonderful people.
When the opportunity to start Taihu appeared, my mind immediately went to Taiwan. Not necessarily because the culture is fantastic (though it is), nor because it has a strong cultural heritage (though it does), and not even because the island itself is a magical composition of mountains meeting oceans.
Ultimately, I chose Taiwan because of the people I met here. There’s a tired trope that you get two families in life, the one you’re born into and the one you choose. For me, that chosen family, well, it seemed like it could be in Taiwan.
Taihu Brewing’s logo (designed by brilliant local artist, Jess Lee) is comprised of a tiger and hops within a hulu (traditional Chinese alcohol vessel).
The hulu needs no explanation, but hops are the cornerstone of modern craft beer. They represent the innovation inherent in the space. In fact, the vast majority of the hops that we use are from the United States. Since the US is the epicenter of craft brewing (and has been over the last twenty years), the American hop industry (malt too, actually) is arguably the best in the world. It is for good reason that the most popular hops in category-defining IPAs are American.
The tiger is a nod to an earlier era when Taiwan was one of the “Four Asian Tigers.” Taiwan’s meteoric economic rise was accompanied by deterministic optimism, vibrancy, and general excitement about the future.
The tiger represents that energy. That sense of opportunity, positivity, and hope. Taihu’s 167 employees are almost entirely Taiwanese. Internally, we think of Taihu as more of a platform for young Taiwanese talent than as a brewery, a medium for that energy to express itself.
Our goal to attract and develop talent with the ultimate goal of developing the burgeoning entrepreneurial ecosystem here in Taiwan. One of our earliest team members, Sway, came on board as a bartender -- a fantastic bartender. At a small company, you do what you can, where you can, and Sway ended up taking up some of the slack in our logistics. Now she runs all of Taihu’s international supply chain (no small feat).
With luck, one day she’ll be running her own successful Taiwanese business, and, in doing so, perpetuate the cycle.” — Peter Huang, founder of Taihu Brewing
bring me to life中文 在 [好歌] 推薦- Evanescence + Bring Me to Life - 看板DCW 的推薦與評價
歌 名：Bring Me to Life (讓我重生)
原 唱 者：Evanescence
連結網址：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1tyY0S1W8s (MV)
全首歌詞：(中文譯詞來自: https://ppt.cc/3gd; +個人小修改)
How can you see into my eyes like open doors?
你如何輕易的洞澈我的眼眸
Leading you down into my core. Where I've become so numb
引領你降至我那已變得麻木不仁的內心深處
Without a soul 失去了靈魂
My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold 我的精神沉睡在寒冷的某處
Until you find it there and lead it back home 直到你尋獲它而歸來
[Wake me up] Wake me up inside [喚醒我]請將我從內心深處喚醒
[I can't wake up] Wake me up inside [我無法醒來]請將我從內心深處喚醒
[Save me] Call my name and save me from the dark
[救救我]叫喚我使我從黑暗中獲得釋放
[Wake me up] Bid my blood to run[喚醒我]使我的血液繼續流動
[I cant wake up] Before I come undone [我無法醒來]在我散落之前
[Save me] Save me from the nothing I've become [救救我]拯救那漸成虛無的我
Now that I know what I'm without 現在我知道我缺少了什麼
You can't just leave me 你不能就這樣丟下我
Breathe into me and make me real 吻我並將生命賜予我
Bring me 讓我
To (life) 重生
*[Wake me up] Wake me up inside [喚醒我]請將我從內心深處喚醒
[I can't wake up] Wake me up inside [我無法醒來]請將我從內心深處喚醒
[Save me] Call my name and save me from the dark
[救救我]叫喚我使我從黑暗中獲得釋放
[Wake me up] Bid my blood to run[喚醒我]使我的血液繼續流動
[I can't wake up] Before I come undone [我無法醒來]在我散落之前
[Save me] Save me from the nothing I've become [救救我]拯救那漸成虛無的我
Bring me to life 讓我-重生
[I've been living a lie...Theres nothing inside]
[我像個謊言般的生存著...內心如此空洞]
Bring me to life 讓我-重生*
Frozen inside without your touch. Without your love, darling
親愛的 沒有你的輕撫 沒有你的愛 我的心冰封凝結了
Only you are the life among the dead
只有你是死寂荒蕪中的生命希望
[All of this I, I can't believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark, but you were there in front of me]
因為這樣的我 我無法相信在永續的黑暗所看不到的 但是你現在站在我面前
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems 我彷彿睡了千年之久
Got to open my eyes to everything 打開我的眼睛讓我看清所有事物
[Without a thought, without a voice, without a soul]
[不需要思考,不需要言語,不需要靈魂]
{Don't let me die here}(It must be something wrong)
{別讓我死在這}(一定有什麼不對)
Bring me to life 讓我-重生
repeat:*
推薦原因：
會認識這首歌，是因為社團的指定練習曲的關係~
不同於很多歌曲一開始時慢慢堆疊鋪陳，到達副歌時讓人留下深刻印象而朗朗上口，
對於我而言，曲子的一開始就很吸引我的注意。
以鋼琴伴奏拉起的帷幕扮隨主唱的極富伸展度的聲線，
傳達出仿如置身於地底那種絕望的情境。
整首歌在描述一位心神被折磨近乎死亡者
在吶喊著那位能輕易開啟自己層層被鎖著心房的救世主，
能喚醒自己墮落的靈魂，讓死寂的心靈活絡，感受重生的喜悅
每個人在生活中喪志、心痛不已時，都會有類似的呼喊吧。
而曲子與歌詞的搭配再加上激昂的編曲呈現(也有人覺得很吵XD)
心情不好時，播放時跟著嘶吼，也是種很好的發洩(但請注意音量XD)
這首《Bring Me to Life》分別收錄在Evanescence的
2003年【Bring Me to Life】EP單曲及【Fallen】專輯中。
Evanescence的音樂似乎較屬於重節奏的演繹，
也有人說東城衞的音樂風格也偏於重節奏編曲，
如果喜歡這首《Bring Me to Life》，不妨可以再更進一步去聽【Fallen】這張專輯
或許會讓你大呼"過癮啊~!"
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