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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 7 months, 2 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 7 months, 3 weeks 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 8 months 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 8 months, 1 week 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 8 months, 2 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 8 months, 3 weeks 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 8 months, 4 weeks 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 9 months ago
Bright Spots in Beer’s Economic Data with Contributing Editor Kate Bernot
Episode 404
Earlier this week, our Industry All-Access subscribers received in their email inbox this week’s subscriber-exclusive article that Kate reported, parsing the latest industry economic data but reading…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
Offset’s Conor Brown Is Lying to You About Low-ABV IPA
Episode 403
From their tiny outpost in the ski town of Park City, Offset Bier has turned Utah’s challenges—such as a ban on serving draft beer higher than 5 percent ABV—into opportunities. Last year was a breako…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago