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Hill Farmstead at 15—A Conversation with Shaun Hill
Episode 414
Few breweries in the 21st century have been as influential as Hill Farmstead on American craft beer. This rural Vermont brewery, built on the family property just outside Greensboro Bend, captured th…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Hop Scientists Megan Twomey and Ryan Christian Share the Latest on Virus-Free Hops
Episode 413
At the turn of the 21st century, it wasn’t uncommon for a hop grower focusing on alpha varieties to replant a field every 25 to 50 years. While the plants in the field inevitably contracted viruses, …
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Colt Carpenter of Pax Verum Sources Intentional Ingredients for Nuanced Beers
Episode 412
Over the past two years, five beers that Lapel, Indiana’s Pax Verum sent to Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine for review have scored 95 or above. That naturally piqued our interest, so when we planned ou…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Matt Warner of Parrotdog Takes a Counterintuitive Approach to Hops in Classic, Bright, and Hazy IPA
Episode 411
Parrotdog has been a craft-brewing mainstay in New Zealand for nearly 15 years, and with national distribution and a production brewery and taproom steps from the beach and Wellington’s airport, they…
Published on 4 months ago
NZ Grape Ale? All-Riwaka Pils? Fork & Brewer’s Brayden Rawlinson Applies European Influence to Local Ingredients
Episode 410
In Wellington, New Zealand, the Fork & Brewer has to live up to a reputation, and head brewer Brayden Rawlinson is up for the challenge. Under the leadership of previous head brewer Kelly Ryan (now w…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
NZ Pilsner in Perspective with Paweł Lewandowski of Mount Brewing
Episode 409
While hop-forward lager may be a relatively new phenomenon in the States, New Zealand brewers have been brewing their own version of pilsner for decades using homegrown hops. Yet threading the needle…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Brent McGlashen of Mac Hops is Harvesting Sunshine on the Family Farm in Motueka
Episode 408
New Zealand is pretty far from everything, so competing on price for commodity bittering hops was never a great strategy for the country’s small number of hops growers. Things were pretty grim in the…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Biotransformation Myths and Realities in Hoppy and Non-Alcoholic Beers, with Dr. Peter Bircham
Episode 407
Two straight weeks of nothing but doctors on the Craft Beer & Brewing podcast? This week’s episode is another scientific barnburner with the head of R&D for Wellington’s Garage Project. Dr. Peter Bir…
Published on 5 months ago
Dr. Tom Shellhammer and Dr. Ron Beatson Discuss the Impacts of Genetics, Terroir, and Pick Timing on New Zealand Hops
Episode 406
Dr. Ron Beatson is the retired hop breeder who built a storied career at Plant & Food Research developing some of the most popular New Zealand hop varieties today, and Dr. Tom Shellhammer is the Oreg…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Pete Gillespie of Garage Project and Hāpi Research Is Fighting the Forces of Homogenization
Episode 405
Homogeneity is the name of the game in certain circles of brewing—whether it’s massive brewers who standardize their hop lots by blending before pelletizing, or it’s hop companies that blend lots to …
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago