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Shawn Bainbridge and Joran Van Ginderachter of Halfway Crooks Balance Expression and Control in Lager and Belgian Pale Ale
Episode 282
Halfway Crooks cofounders Joran Van Ginderachter and Shawn Bainbridge may love the wide world of craft beer, but with their Atlanta, Georgia brewery the goal was to create a space and beers that woul…
Published on 3 years ago
Three Taverns Applies a Belgian-Inspired Creativity to Traditional and Evolving Styles
Episode 281
Brian Purcell may have founded Atlanta’s Three Taverns nine years ago to focus on Belgian-style beers, but today it’s the spirit of that brewing tradition that informs their approach more than a pure…
Published on 3 years ago
Jon Shari of Little Cottage Makes Big Beers in a Small Way
Episode 280
Jon Shari of Little Cottage, just east of Atlanta, was an avoid homebrewer who built a reputation for his big dessert-focused imperial stouts, and built on that momentum to launch the small, taproom-…
Published on 3 years ago
Tomme Arthur is "Growing Down" Port and Lost Abbey to Prepare for a More Sustainable Business Future
Episode 279
2022 has been rough on craft beer. From the macroeconomic forces hitting the entire economy—rising rents, rampant inflation in raw materials and logistics costs, shortages, rising labor costs—to the …
Published on 3 years ago
Sweetwater’s Ryan Joy is Dialing in Iconic Alpine and Green Flash IPA Brands… In Colorado
Episode 278
Green Flash’s 2018 bankruptcy rocked the beer world and threw the future of their iconic brands into doubt. Earlier this year, those brands were acquired by Sweetwater, and head brewer Ryan Joy was t…
Published on 3 years ago
Randy Booth of Twin Barns Tells a Story With Belknap Pils in this Best in Beer 2022 Brewer Perspective
Episode 277
It’s possible to make great lagers with a single-infusion mash and cylindroconical fermenters—just ask former sportswriter turned brewer Randy Booth. At the taproom-focused Twin Barns brewery, on the…
Published on 3 years ago
Kyle Carbaugh of Wiley Roots Explores the Outer Limits of Flavor in Fruit Beer and Barrel-Aged Stout
Episode 276
If you’re going to make a kettle-acidified fruit beer, make it well. For Wiley Roots cofounder and head brewer Kyle Carbaugh, that means everything from using rustic unmalted wheat from a farmer frie…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Brett Taylor of Brooklyn’s Wild East Runs a Brewery, Not a Museum
Episode 275
Brooklyn’s Wild East is a brewer’s brewery. It’s the kind of place that other local brewers go for a beer when they’re not working. The lagers are exceptional, characterful more than crispy, and thei…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Best in Beer Brewers’ Perspectives on Hazy IPA and Sweet Molé Stout
Episode 274
You’ve heard from us, and you’ve heard from our writers and critics, but in this episode of our Best in beer trilogy, you’ll hear from brewers behind two of our Best 20 Beers in 2022—Carey Fristoe of…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Best in Beer: Top Critics and Writers Discuss Their Best in Beer of 2022
Episode 273
Our core writing team spends an inordinate amount of time every year talking to brewers, hop growers, maltsters, suppliers, distributors, publicans, and other leaders in the brewing industry. Our goa…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago