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Jos Ruffell of Garage Project and Phantasm Muses on New Zealand Hops, Thiol Expression, and Dramatic Festival Experiments
Episode 242
New Zealand’s population is smaller than the state of Colorado, but country’s exports have had an outsized impact on craft beer over the past decade. From hops such as Nelson Sauvin, Motueka, and Riw…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Edward Slingerland Argues that Beer is an Evolutionary Adaptation, not an Accident
Episode 241
The human brain is an amazing piece of machinery. It’s uniquely adapted to success in the world we live in, and the result of that success is evidenced by the population spread of humans across the p…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Eric Larkin of Cohesion Approaches Lager Expression Through Limitation
Episode 240
Eric Larkin enjoys constraints. Through his brewing career, he’s been drawn to breweries that have set up their own guardrails around the styles of beer they brew—Allagash’s Belgian style focus, or t…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Roaring Table Brews For Elegance, Simplicity, and Texture in Hazy IPA, Pilsner, and Mixed Fermentation
Episode 239
Sometimes success comes quickly, and sometimes it’s the result of years and years of working, training, and improving. In the case of Roaring Table, founded by husband-and-wife team Beth May and Lane…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Laura Burns of Omega Yeast Offers an Expert Approach to Stable Beer Haze
Episode 238
Brewing isn’t a typical career path for research scientists with doctorate degrees, but for Laura Burns it was a practical way to apply academic learning in a creative environment. After finishing he…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Less is More as Surly’s Ben Smith Pursues Bigger Hop Flavor in Hazy IPA and a Refined Approach to West Coast IPA
Episode 237
Minnesota's Surly Brewing has cultivated a brand image that's bold and in-your-face, but the next chapter of Surly's approach to brewing will be defined by achieving more with less, if head brewer Be…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Forager’s Austin Jevne Embraces Nuanced Flavor in Fruited Seltzers, Sours, and Barrel-Aged Stouts
Episode 236
In Rochester, Minnesota, the Forager brewpub that Austin Jevne founded with life and business partner Annie Henderson continues with its mission to provide compelling beer and food to the community. …
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Barrett Tillman of BlackMan Brewing Tells Stories Through Beer
Episode 235
Barrett Tillman’s love affair with yeast started innocently enough—as his small group of homebrewing friends divided up brewday tasks, he arbitrarily chose yeast duty. Little did he know that choice …
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Pierre Tilquin of Gueuzerie Tilquin Makes Lambic and Gueuze with Lively Spirit and Mathematical Precision
Episode 234
Passionate people tend to have exacting ideas of how to do things, and Pierre Tilquin is no exception. The founder of Gueuzerie Tilquin has spent more than a decade now buying lambics from classic ho…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Urbain Coutteau of Struise Brouwers Shares Some “Peasant Intelligence”
Episode 233
Struise Brouwers is scrappy, in the best sense of the word. Small and underfunded from the start, they’ve always made the best of what they have, and figured out no-cost solutions to brewing problems…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago