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Nat West of Reverend Nat's Cider Takes a Craft Brewer's Approach to Cider Making
Episode 322
Reverend Nat’s Cider has helped change peoples’ assumptions about craft cider in the Pacific Northwest, over their past 12 years of operation. The iconoclastic cider maker has adopted a flavor-forwar…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Chris Baum of Varietal is Hyperfocused on Hops
Episode 321
When you live and work in Yakima Valley, hops become a way of life. They’re second nature, omnipresent, and a constant topic of conversation—after all, many of the patrons of craft breweries in the Y…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Sam Zermeño of Brujos Is Casting Liquid Spells
Episode 320
Based in Portland, Oregon, Sam Zermeño is the brewer behind Brujos—a nomadic brand that’s given him the opportunity to make some intensely flavored, highly regarded beers with friends and favorite br…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Upslope’s Alex Meyer Thrives in the High Pressure World of Craft Lager Brewing
Episode 319
Boulder’s Upslope has been brewing Craft Lager since long before lager brewing was “cool,” and today the small brewery has built a production methodology for the longtime core offering that optimizes…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Ex Novo’s Dave Chichura Reflects on the Dynamic Decades of a Brewing Career in Motion
Episode 318
Dave Chichura loves brewing, and loves to work. He's always lived simply, and maintained a lifestyle that allows him to move around. And move he has, from breweries in the Midwest as well as up and d…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Averie Swanson of Keeping Together is Envisioning Our Saison Future
Episode 317
If Averie Swanson had her way, saison would outsell IPA among craft beer aficionados. The longtime saison brewer hopes to move beyond stereotypes and romanticized history and show (through beautifull…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Mark Hastings of Überbrew and By All Means Continues to Elevate Black IPA and American Wheat
Episode 316
Montana is known for its grain, and Mark Hastings of Überbrew and By All Means is in the thick of it. Wheat is the most-grown crop statewide while barley is third; despite their ubiquity, Hastings st…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Jess & Rich Fierro of Atrevida Put Their Values Into Action as They Overcome Trauma and Make Beer for Everyone
Episode 315
This week’s podcast is different from most. A couple weeks ago, I drove down to Colorado Springs to catch up with Jess and Rich Fierro of Atrevida Beer. Jess was the winner of Season One of the Vice …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Pinthouse, Cloudburst, and Single Hill Join For a Fresh Hop Brewing Roundtable
Episode 314
The Northern hemisphere hop harvest is just weeks away, and that means one of our favorite times of the year—fresh hop beer season. To help add to the excitement, we invited three experts in the fiel…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Kevin Templin of Templin Family Brewing is Shaving the Edges of Award-Winning Lagers and IPAs
Episode 313
Utah’s beer laws are some of the most anomalous in the country—the state does everything it can to make life hard on brewers—but one byproduct of the laws restricting the sale of beers based on ABV i…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago