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Zack Adams of Fox Farm Takes an Iterative But Exacting Approach Across Traditional Styles
Episode 172
For Zack Adams of Connecticut’s Fox Farm Brewery, the reward in brewing is found in working and reworking a smaller lineup of beers, over and over again, until he gets them just right. While they mak…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Firestone Walker’s Matt Brynildson is Relentless in Pursuit of Quality
Episode 171
For many brewers, winning a medal at the Great American Beer Festival or World Beer Cup is a career-defining accomplishment. Winning two or three establishes a reputation. Win a dozen and it’s a lega…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Jonathan Moxey of Rockwell is a Friend of the Foeder
Episode 170
Jonathan Moxey cut his teeth at St. Louis craft trailblazer Perennial Artisan Ales before leaving in 2018 to head the brewing program at Rockwell Beer. Over the years, he's developed a love for finel…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Fair Isle’s Andrew Pogue and Nick Pauley Push the Farmhouse Paradigm with Mixed Cultures, Foraged Ingredients, and Creative Grains
Episode 169
For Fair Isle Brewing in Seattle, Washington, the founding concept was simple—focus on a narrow niche of the beer world, and do it really, really well. It’s one thing to state an audacious goal, and …
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Andrew Bell of Radiant Beer Co. Opens Up on Ingredient Successes and Failures
Episode 168
If you’ve had a beer from Placentia, California’s The Bruery at a festival or in their taproom over the past half-decade, there’s a good chance that Andrew Bell designed it or brewed it. The longtime…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Adam Robbings of Reuben’s Brews Reflects on the Brewing and Business Impacts of 2020
Episode 167
Reuben’s Brews’ Adam Robbings has always been a thoughtful and mission-driven brewer, who focuses as much on building a business that delivers on the promise of “craft” as he does on compelling beers…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Josh Grenz of Verboten on Designing Stouts and Barleywines for Barrel Aging
Episode 166
Anyone can put beer in a barrel, but brewing compelling (and award-winning) barrel-aged beers requires a more conscious approach to design, brewing, and fermentation. Verboten’s Josh Grenz knows a th…
Published on 5 years ago
Bret Kollman Baker of Urban Artifact is Fastidious About Quick Sour Beers
Episode 165
When approached with creativity, passion, and clarity of purpose, any beer style can be great. Quick sours—in the hands of Urban Artifact’s Bret Kollman Baker—are an object lesson in this intense app…
Published on 5 years ago
It's Funk First for Shawn Johnson and New-Old School Birds Fly South
Episode 164
Shawn Johnson of Birds Fly South dreams about brewing. In fact, their solera system for fermenting farmhouse beers came to him one night in a vision of sorts—as Jolly Pumpkin’s Ron Jeffries appeared …
Published on 5 years ago
Julie Verratti of Denizens Discusses Political and Operational Ways Breweries Can Survive the COVID Wave
Episode 163
As an attorney who, earlier in her career, worked for the US federal government's Small Business Administration, Denizens Brewing cofounder and Chief Brand Officer Julie Verratti has a working knowle…
Published on 5 years ago