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Jared Welch of Southern Grist Balances Progression and Intention
Episode 302
Finding space for personality and authenticity in hazy IPA and tart fruit beer these days can pose a challenge for brewers, but for Jared Welch, Cofounder and Production Director for Nashville, Tenne…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Zdeněk Rosa of Bohemia Hop Is Bullish on the Future of Czech Hops
Episode 301
When brewers think of Czech hops, they naturally think of Saaz, whose delicate and ethereal character is nearly synonmyous with lager itself. Yet while craft brewers around the world have developed a…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Direct Fire! West Coast IPA Now, Revisited
Episode 300
To celebrate this milestone—the 300th episode of the Craft Beer & Brewing Podcast—we reassembled three leading voices in West coast IPA to discuss questions spurred on by the original panel discussio…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Lukáš Tomsa of Dva Kohouti Brews the Beer, but the Bartender Makes the Beer
Episode 299
In the trendy Karlín neighborhood of central Prague, the brewpub called Dva Kohouti embodies the merger of the two key elements of Czech beer culture: the brewing and—no less important—the pouring an…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Aleš Potěšil of Prague’s Břevnov Monastery Brewery Is Perpetually Pushing for Pitelnost
Episode 298
Documents show a brewery at the Břevnov monastery in Prague as early as 993. There have been interruptions over the centuries, but the current Břevnov Monastery Brewery of St. Adalbert is the third i…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Pivovar Proud Brewmaster Lenka Straková Has a Place to Play in Plzeň
Episode 297
Tucked into a corner of the sprawling grounds at Pilsner Urquell in Plzeň, Czechia—the birthplace of pilsner—a new chapter in that story is developing. Now in its third year, Pivovar Proud is Pilsner…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Pilsner Urquell’s Václav Berka Tells the Story of Pilsner and Preaches Excellence in Lager Brewing
Episode 296
The sandstone cellars of Plzeňský Prazdroj—better known to us as Pilsner Urquell—may be the ideal place to wallow in the history of the world’s most popular beer style with brewmaster emeritus Václav…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Barn Town Enjoys Making Hazy IPA and Tart Fruit Beers That People Enjoy
Episode 295
Barn Town popped up on our radar in 2022, with a number of beers across styles that scored well with our blind panel of judges, but the best of the bunch was Neon hazy IPA with an impressive score of…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Jeremy Kosmicki of Founders and Mahou Can Talk About Brewing All Day Long
Episode 294
When Jeremy Kosmicki was promoted off the Founders packaging line to the brewhouse in the early 2000’s, he relished the opportunity to jump from homebrewing to their 30bbl brewhouse. Over the past tw…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Old Nation’s Travis Fritts Applies German Training and Precision to Hazy IPA
Episode 293
Travis Fritts didn’t set out to brew hazy IPA. In fact, the initial plan for Old Nation was far more conventional—brew traditional American craft beer styles like stout and pale ale, with some Europe…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago