Podcast Episodes

Yvan de Baets of Brasserie de la Senne Is a Selfish Brewer

Episode 162

For Yvan de Baets of Brasserie de la Senne, what’s old is new again. All brewing styles shift and develop over time, as tastes change and things come into and fall out of fashion. But for this studen…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

For Matt Lincoln of Fremont, Brewing Fresh Hop Beers is a Labor of Love

Episode 161

Seattle’s Fremont Brewing is known for fresh hop beers, and over the past decade they’ve engaged in a level of problem solving (on both the logistical and technical sides) that is relatively unparall…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

Brick West’s Sam Milne Takes an Exacting Approach to Pilsner and Gose

Episode 160

Brick West head brewer Sam Milne is fanatical about process and technique, and it’s this love of fine tuning small details that stoked his love of brewing lagers years ago. After moving up the ranks …

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

Best in Beer 2020: Writers and Critics Stan Hieronymus, Kate Bernot, Alex Kidd, Samer Khudairi, and Joe Stange Share Their Personal Bests

Episode 159

In the second of our two-episode Best in Beer podcast extravaganza, Jamie and Joe talk with beer writers Kate Bernot, Samer Khudairi, Stan Hieronymus, and Alex Kidd about their top ten beers of 2020,…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

2020 Best in Beer Podcast Special!

Episode 158

2020 was a challenging year for trying new beer, but like everyone has done over the past eight months of shutdowns and socially distancing, we persevered. We were able to taste thousands of beers ov…

Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

Finback Cofounder Kevin Stafford Strives For Harmony in Creative, Boundary-Pushing Beers

Episode 157

For Kevin Stafford, Head Brewer and Cofounder of New York’s Finback Brewery, exploration and creative expression has always been the brewery’s goal, as they wholeheartedly embrace the new. But there’…

Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

Levi Funk of Untitled Art and Funk Factory Aims to Create New Styles

Episode 156

For Madison, Wisconsin-based entrepreneur/blender/iconoclast Levi Funk, the apparent conflict in philosophies between his two brands isn’t a conflict at all.

While his blendery and passion project, F…

Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

Zebulon's Mike Karnowski Sees the Future in Beers of the Past

Episode 155

"I’ve become a traditionalist. I’m more interested in going backwards,” says Mike Karnowski, founder of Zebulon Artisan Ales. “As I see what craft beer is turning into, I’m turning around and running…

Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

Jake Gardner of Westbound & Down Breaks Down Complex Brewing Challenges

Episode 154

For Jake Gardner, Head Brewer of Westbound & Down (Idaho Springs, Colorado), brewing means defining goals for a beer and mapping out the way to achieve those goals, naming the challenges and articula…

Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

Grains of Wrath Head Brewer Mike Hunsaker Strives For Quality That Fellow Brewers Respect

Episode 153

Grains of Wrath’s Mike Hunsaker has never been afraid to work for his success, and that journey of working and learning has led him to brewing gigs from Virginia to Cleveland and Oregon. Today, as Co…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago