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Burke-Gilman Brewing is Your Friendly Neighborhood Alpha King Winner
Episode 192
“I’m anti-consistency,” says head brewer Phil Pesheck. “If you’re pro-consistency, you’re anti-advancement. I want to continuously improve the beer, batch after batch.”
Improve they have, and Seatt…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Nick Berger and Phil Camarano of Good Society on the Ups and Downs of Launching in 2020
Episode 191
We first met Good Society cofounder Phil Camarano in 2018 at our Brewery Workshop: New Brewery Accelerator event in San Diego as he and partner Nick Berger found a location for their brewery and star…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Brian Thiel and Greg Reichel of Ghostfish Make Great Beer Without Barley
Episode 190
Ten years ago, if you asked any beer drinker what they thought of gluten-free beer, they’d wrinkle their nose and express severe displeasure at the thought of choking down one of the lackluster sorgh…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Amber Watts and Ron Extract of Garden Path Fermentation Bottle the Flavors of the Skagit Valley
Episode 189
Amber Watts and Ron Extract didn't land in Washington's Skagit Valley by chance. Their brewery, Garden Path Fermentation, was a concept in search of a home, but the farming community between Seattle …
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Steve Luke of Cloudburst Brews with a Methodical Approach to Hops
Episode 188
Steve Luke loves hops, and over a decade and a half working in the industry he’s learned quite a bit about brewing with them. Cloudburst is, effectively, his second act—a brewery built for the love o…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Mari and Will Kemper of Chuckanut Brewery Approach Lagers with Scientific Precision and Creative Spark
Episode 187
Mari and Will Kemper love lagers, but the locals haven’t always loved their lagers back. When they returned to the Pacific Northwest and opened the doors to Chuckanut Brewery in 2009, craft fans at t…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Matt Katase of Brew Gentlemen Has a Bridge to Sell You
Episode 186
Matt Katase and partner Asa Foster of Brew Gentlemen (Braddock, Pennsylvania) started writing the business plan for their brewery a decade ago, before they were of legal drinking age. They weren’t ho…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Ryan Wibby of Wibby Brewing Explores the Possibility in Traditional Lagers
Episode 185
Cacao nibs in dunkel? American hops in helles? Oats in schwarzbier? For Ryan Wibby, cofounder of the eponymously named brewery in Longmont, Colorado, lager dogma is just the starting point for a flav…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Annie Johnson Embraces the Homebrewer’s Sense of Exploration
Episode 184
“I always figured if the professional killed the spirit to do it at home, then I would never do it professionally, but luckily that didn’t happen.”
Annie Johnson loves homebrewing. The award-winning …
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
For Bobby Kros of Kros Strain, Innovation and Tradition Go Hand in Hand
Episode 183
That old axiom “be careful what you wish for” is true when it comes to award-winning beers and the recognition they attract. Winning a top medal for IPA at the Great American Beer Festival is the dre…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago