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Ryan Allen of Macallen Is a Farmer with a Brewing Problem
Episode 417
Estate-grown barley, hops, and fruit are the engines that power the beers at Macallen Farm and Brewery, and multigenerational farmer (and brewery fou…
1 year, 1 month ago
Derrick Robertson of BreWskey Narrows His Hop Palette to Explore the Variations Within Varietals
Episode 416
Before he took the leap and started his own, BreWskey cofounder Derrick Robertson was a process engineer who helped design breweries. That background…
1 year, 2 months ago
Mathieu Paquette of Dunham Goes Hard on House Character
Episode 415
This small brewery in Dunham, Quebec, just north of the Vermont border, features a pub, guesthouse, and extensive beer garden that make it the perfec…
1 year, 2 months ago
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 …
1 year, 2 months 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 p…
1 year, 2 months 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 na…
1 year, 2 months 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 s…
1 year, 3 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 le…
1 year, 3 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 deca…
1 year, 3 months 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 numb…
1 year, 3 months ago