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Back in Chicago, chemist-brewer Panuganti teamed up with her partner Ben Oxley to found their business Ekaloka, which means “of one realm.” With their backgrounds as chemistry Ph.D.s, they brew alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, and they prepare fermented and pickled foods. “It’s a rebellion disguised as a fermentory,” Panuganti says. “Ekaloka is about getting people to connect with where science and nature are already present in their life.”
BOILERMAKER BEN!
Our very own worker-owner-brewer Ben Oxley chatted with folks at his alma mater, Purdue University, to talk about how his love for science became the passion behind Ekaloka Fermentory.