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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 qu…
3 years, 6 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…
3 years, 6 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 Břevno…
3 years, 6 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 developin…
3 years, 6 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 …
3 years, 7 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 b…
3 years, 7 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 home…
3 years, 7 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 bee…
3 years, 7 months ago
David Ringler of Cedar Springs is Focused on the “Original” Hazy Beer
Episode 292
There’s more to German-style beer than just lager, and Cedar Springs Brewing Co. is out to preach the gospel of weissbier to anyone who will listen. …
3 years, 8 months ago
Edwin Collazo of City Built is Evolving Creatively to Meet the Needs of the Business
Episode 291
Edwin Collazo is a natural born salesperson. Yes, he’s a brewer and brewery owner, but the bridge in City Built Brewing’s logo isn’t just a graphic e…
3 years, 8 months ago