Creative director Candyce Fritsch enjoys utilizing her artistic abilities at 2nd Shift Brewing.

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Candyce Fritsch, the new creative director of 2nd Shift Brewing, is bringing her artistic skills to the world of beer.

Fritsch has a degree in graphic design and worked in California for 20 years before coming to St. Louis. She is also a newcomer to the beer industry but has adapted quickly.

Everything I learned has kind of just been on the fly, she says.

As creative director, she manages the brewerys social media and designs the packaging and labels for beer.

Being a working artist is difficult; doing things that you like and being paid to do them, she says. So I just have that luxury of creating art that I like and that Im proud of.

Here, Fritsch dishes on the St. Louis food scene and shares her love of a despised candy.

Whats the best thing youve ordered at a local bar or restaurant recently? I went to Tree House for dinner and got the fundido dip. The server kind of urged me into getting it, and that is the most impressed Ive been by food in a while. Tree House is vegan, and the meat/cheese replica isn't always comparable to thereal thing, but it was beef, cheesy, and then they have chopped tomatoes and onions on it and just serve it with tortilla chips. Its like something you would get in a Crockpot at a Super Bowl party. Just like comfort.

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