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Matt Riggs of Riggs Beer Goes Grain-to-Glass With Estate-Grown Ingredients and Six-Row Malt
Episode 152
For Matt Riggs, the drive to open a brewery on their family farm in central Illinois was driven by two passions—a desire to sustain the farm into future generations by adding value to their crops bey…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Author Chris Colby on How to Make (Good) Hard Seltzer
Episode 151
Chris Colby has been writing about brewing process and techniques for the better part of two decades. His new book from Brewers Publications, How to Make Hard Seltzer, sheds light on the rapidly evol…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Christian DeBenedetti of Wolves and People is Bringing Brewing Back to His Roots
Episode 150
Wolves and People founder Christian DeBenedetti wrote about beer for years as a journalist before taking the leap and founding the brewery on the family farm where he grew up in Oregon’s Willamette V…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
KC Bier's Karlton Graham and Steve Holle Brew Lagers With Reverence
Episode 149
For KC Bier Company Founder Steve Holle and Head Brewer Karlton Graham, the goal is to make lagers that just “taste right.” As students who’ve studied in German brewing programs and who’ve traveled w…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Stan Hieronymus on New Developments in the World of Hops
Episode 148
Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine® contributor Stan Hieronymus, author of For the Love of Hops and Brewing Local, joins the podcast for an in-depth look at the hop industry, trends in hop use, new hops e…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Resident Culture's Chris Tropeano Gets Honest About Hazy IPA, Berliner, and Craft Lager
Episode 147
Chris Tropeano, known to friends as "Tropes," dislikes more of his beer than he likes. It's not that it's not good beer, but as the head brewer for Resident Culture, he can't not focus on the small t…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
The Nuances and Complexities of Malt, with Richard Simpson of Simpson's Malt
Episode 146
The story of malt—from seed to field and harvesting, through the malting and kilning process, and into the tuns of brewers—is far more rich and varied than one might expect when looking at a bag of g…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Stephen Kirby of Hogshead Has Some Strong Opinions on Cask Ale
Episode 145
“When we opened, everyone said ‘You can’t open a brewery with three beers,’” says Hogshead founder Stephen Kirby. “And I think the answer to that is ‘You can if they’re good ones.’ I think the truth’…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Cellarmaker’s Tim Sciascia and Connor Casey Discuss Evaluating Hops, Brewing Hazy West Coast IPA, and More
Episode 144
Connor Casey and Tim Sciascia of San Francisco’s Cellarmaker Brewing have a well-earned reputation among peers as savants when it comes to hops. From the colorful descriptive language they’ve develop…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
New Anthem's Aaron Skiles on Learning Through Problem Solving with Hazy IPA
Episode 143
Wilmington, North Carolina’s New Anthem Beer Project has become a force in the world of hazy IPA through their creative and meticulous approach to ingredient quality and process integrity. In this ep…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago