45: Fifth Hammer's Chris Cuzme: Keeping the Homebrewing Spirit Alive

3: Freetail Brewing Founder Scott Metzger Joins John Holl: Senior Editor John Holl is joined by Scott Metzger to discuss the decision to launch Freetail Brewing Company (7:00), the evolution and change of laws in Texas (12:50), the Great American Beer Festival and macro breweries (26:22), what is craft beer (35:00), and beer quality accountability (45:50). by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

53 min listen

6: Alvarado Street Co-owner/Head Brewer JC Hill Joins Jamie Bogner: Editorial Director Jamie Bogner talks to Alvardo Streets (Monterey, California) Co-owner and Head Brewer JC Hill about the history and growth of Alvardo Street, co-pitching yeast strains in “expressive” IPAs (4:30), the shelf-life of Alvardo Street beers (10:30), achieving consistency in a dynamic market (16:30), why kettle sours don’t have to suck (18:19), spontaneous fermentation on the California coast (22:20), the beauty of Pilsners (24:10), partnering with the distribution network (32:10), long-term growth and goals (37:25), and the ups and downs of serving food (41:00). Subscribe to Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine today to get the best magazine for those who make and drink great beer: https://beerandbrewing.com/subscription by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

48 min listen

2: Side Project Founder/Brewmaster Cory King Joins Jamie Bogner: Editorial Director Jamie Bogner discusses brewing techniques, blending, and the secondary beer market with Side Project Founder/Brewmaster Cory King at the Brewers Retreat: Boothbay Harbor, Maine. by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

52 min listen

4: Reuben’s Brews Founder Adam Robbings Joins Jamie Bogner: Editorial Director Jamie Bogner talks to Reuben’s Brews (Seattle, Washington) Cofounder and Brewmaster Adam Robbings about their gold medal-winning Gose (1:00), Pilsner (12:15), calculated versus perceived bitterness in IPAS (27:00), working with local and regional hops farmers and craft maltsters (34:45), hot rodding their canning line (45:00), and brewing for competition (48:00). by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

51 min listen

16: Bell's Brewery Founder Larry Bell Joins John Holl: Larry Bell the founder and namesake of Bell's Brewery sits down with senior editor John Holl. They discuss brewery succession plans, baseball, what it means to be independent, and the original Two Hearted Ale. by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

59 min listen

11: Yards Brewing Founder Tom Kehoe Joins John Holl: Tom Kehoe, the founder of Yards Brewing Company recently sat down with Senior Editor John Holl. They talked at the brewery's new location, complete with a 100 barrel brewhouse, a big leap from when it started 20 years ago with 3 barrels. They talk business, growth, historic beers, and what the future might hold for brewing. by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

47 min listen

30: Perennial's Phil Wymore: What Goes into Abraxas?: When it comes to building flavors, what goes into creating a recipe like Perennial Artisan Ales Abraxas? Brewery founder Phil Wymore sits down with John Holl to discuss innovation, creativity, and how the brewing industry continues to evolve and innovate. This episode is brought to you by Brew x 5 (fx5solutions.com/) by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

43 min listen

19: WeldWerks Co-Owner/Head Brewer Neil Fisher Joins Jamie Bogner: Editorial Director Jamie Bogner sits down with Weldwerks Brewing Cofounder and Head Brewer Neil Fisher for a candid conversation about their approach to brewing New England IPAs, their deep dive into the world of “pastry” and “dessert” beers, their challenges and successes with barrel-aged beers, and their foray into brewing lagers. “We run a much higher risk than your average barrel program, because we’re just brewing massive, massive beer—not just in alcohol, but also in gravity,” said Fisher. “Our starting gravity on Medianoche is close to 33, 34 Plato now. Which means it finishes anywhere from 10 to as high as 15 Plato. That’s a lot of extra sugar sitting around in these barrels for 18, 19 months that any critter—whether it’s lactic acid bacteria or yeast—[would thrive on]. That’s a lot of sugar, and a lot of risk. For us, we’re always going to be running on the higher end of risk. This episode is brought to you b by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

77 min listen

13: Bonn Place Brewing's Sam Masotto Joins John Holl: What's it like recording a podcast in the middle of a brew day? Tune in to hear Senior Editor John Holl talk with Bonn Place Brewing's Sam Masotto. They talk about customer service, engaging consumers on social media, and the pleasure of simple yet flavorful beer styles. by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

63 min listen

7: Dogfish Head Founder Sam Calagione Joins John Holl: Sam Calagione, the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Ales (Milton, Delaware) recently sat down with Senior Editor John Holl for a wide-ranging conversation from a hotel room in New York City. They discuss developing recipes (4:18), being on the precipice of a craft beer shakeout (10:25), the possibility of canning 120 minute IPA (22:30), fighting back against businesses owned by international conglomerates (33:00) and his new book (48:35). by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

55 min listen

23: Kathinka's Floris Delée: The Challenges of Maintaining Quality in Craft Brewing: Jamie Bogner’s guest is Floris DeLée, former Technical Director for New Belgium Brewing and former Dogfish Head brewmaster, who has helped some of the biggest names in craft brewing for the last 15 years build their brewhouses. They discuss everything from the history and evolution of craft beer to the growth in American-style craft beer in Europe and Central/South America to the challenges that small breweries face in maintaining quality while pushing a culture of innovation. by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

69 min listen

10: Neshaminy Creek Head Brewer Jeremy Myers Joins Jamie Bogner (Part 2): Jamie Bogner sits down with four-time Philly Beer Scene Brewer of the Year Jeremy Myers of Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company in Croydon, Pennsylvania to discuss New England-Style IPAs and more. by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

26 min listen

14: TRVE Founder Nick Nunns Joins Jamie Bogner: The skulls, candles, and pentagrams behind the taproom bar at Trve Brewing in Denver tell you that it’s not just your average neighborhood craft brewery. Jamie Bogner talks to Trve founder Nick Nunns about their unique approach to metal inspiration, their restrained approach to brewing sessionable beers or sour and wild beers with low acidity, their embrace of progressive styles like hazy IPA and pastry stout, why you shouldn’t open a brewery, and more. by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

67 min listen

12: Black Project Founders James and Sarah Howat Join Jamie Bogner: Editorial Director Jamie Bogner speaks with James and Sarah Howat of Black Project Spontaneous and Wild Ales about their brewery history (2:00), their approach to brewing spontaneous beer (5:15), why wild and sour beer doesn’t need wood (18:15), the sensory evolution of spontaneous beer (26:00), dealing with failed barrels and beer loss (30:00), using aged hops in sour beer (33:10), the controversy behind Méthode Gueuze/Méthode Traditionelle (40:00), their use of fruit in sour beer (57:45), their technique for brewing beer-wine hybrid beers (1:00:15), second use fruit (1:11:35), and the future of Black Project (1:18:05) by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

84 min listen

29: Monkish Founders: The Techniques Behind Their IPAs: Our guests on this episode are Adriana and Henry Nguyen of Monkish Brewing in Torrance, California. Their small family-owned brewery started with a focus on Belgian-style beers and for years the brewery taproom featured a small sign stating “No MSG, No IPA.” But the advent of hazy, flavor-forward and less bitter IPAs convinced them to back off that humorous stance, and over the past two years of making them Monkish has become one of the leading brewers of the style on the West Coast. Here, they discuss the patience and technique behind their IPA process (disproving any argument that hazy IPAs are rushed), the impact of hops varieties on mouthfeel, the cultural development of taste and palate that has led to their taproom being one of the most diverse in Southern California (if not the country), their embrace of the concept of tension over balance and the dynamic result of not seeking stasis, and the challenge of small business own by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

53 min listen

1: Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster Garrett Oliver Joins John Holl: Senior Editor John Holl is joined by Garrett Oliver of the Brooklyn Brewery who offers advice to aspiring brewers (02:45), weighs in on New England IPAs (17:15), talks about making culinary beers (33:45), and dealing with criticism and praise (49:00). by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

65 min listen

25: Burial Beer Founders: Growing with Intention: Jamie Bogner sat down with Doug Reiser and Tim Gormley of Burial Beer Co. to discuss how their small but influential Asheville, North Carolina brewery has grown with intention, branded in a way that creates excitement in discovery, rejected the mantra that endless growth is good, embraced the challenge of making lagers cool and relevant, and built a portfolio of culinary-inspired beers that avoid the clichés of the genre. Brought to you by Foeder Crafters of America. by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

52 min listen

9: Melvin Brewing Sales Director Ted Whitney Joins John Holl: Ted Whitney the sales director for Melvin Brewing Company joins senior editor John Holl to talk about how breweries can make a genuine connection with consumers, the three most dangerous words for a brewery, and that one time he accidentally slept in the wrong house during a beer festival. The two talked during the 2017 Great American Beer Festival, and get into the importance of local, and independent when it comes to small breweries. by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

46 min listen

21: New Belgium's Wood Cellar Director & Blender Lauren Limbach: Jamie is joined by American sour beer pioneer Lauren Limbach of New Belgium Brewing, and they talk about the evolution of New Belgium’s sour beer program, from the earliest days two decades ago to the advances in analytics and technical process today. Lauren shares thoughts on sensory development, recent changes they’ve made to longstanding processes, the rapidly shifting packaging and release strategy for their sour beers, and much more. This episode is brought to you by Keg Logistics (https://www.keglogistics.com/). by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

63 min listen

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17: Jolly Pumpkin Founder Ron Jeffries Joins John Holl: Ron Jeffries the founder of Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales sits down with Senior Editor John Holl for a wide-ranging discussion on the nature of sour and wild, recipe development, and what brewers and drinkers should be doing to take care of their health. by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

46 min listen

18: Captain Lawrence Founder Scott Vaccaro Joins John Holl: Scott Vaccaro of Captain Lawrence sits down with John Holl to talk about the difficulties of selling beer, being nimble in a changing market, and the benefits of streamlining his barrel program. This episode brought to you by the American Homebrewers Association (HomebrewersAssociation.org). by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

45 min listen

28: De Garde’s Trevor Rogers: The Evolution of Their Spontaneous Process: Guest Trevor Rogers, cofounder of spontaneous sour beer maker De Garde Brewing in Tillamook, Oregon, joins Jamie Bogner in a conversation about the evolution of their beer making processes as one of America’s few all-spontaneous brewers. There were no roadmaps for brewery success in the United States when De Garde embarked on their audacious plan to only make beer without pitching yeast, yet Rogers has carefully, thoughtfully, and dogmatically pursued that vision and made groundbreaking beers in the process. This episode is brought to you by CraftBeer.com by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

55 min listen

15: Angry Chair Brewing Joins Jamie Bogner: Jamie Bogner sits down over some beers with the crew from Angry Chair Brewing in Tampa, Florida to talk about their adjunct-forward approach to culinary-inspired beers. by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

55 min listen

20: Long-Time Brewer Fred Bueltmann Joins John Holl: Long-time brewer Fred Bueltmann sits down with John Holl to discuss his new project "This Craft Nation," how beer has evolved, and what it's like preparing a beer dinner for 500 people. by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

44 min listen

8: Neshaminy Creek Head Brewer Jeremy Myers Joins Jamie Bogner (Part 1): Jamie Bogner sits down with four-time Philly Beer Scene Brewer of the Year Jeremy Myers of Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company in Croydon, Pennsylvania to discuss their approach to brewing ingredients, their love for hops that are slightly out of the mainstream, their approach to malt and hops in their flagship County Line IPA and Shape of Hops to Come double IPA, and more. by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

62 min listen

26: Sierra Nevada Founder Ken Grossman: The Latest Trends and Remember to Embrace Science: Ken Grossman, the founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. recently sat down with our Senior Editor, John Holl. Grossman talked about his early homebrewing days and his hope for the future of his family owned brewing. With great insight into the larger craft beer industry, Grossman shares his thoughts on the the latest trends and reminds brewers to embrace science, not just art when it comes to making beer. This episode is brought to you by GEA. Did you know that every second liter of beer is brewed with the aid of systems and processes from GEA? That’s because GEA has solutions that address even the smallest details of the complete brewing process. Their range of services includes everything from engineering, manufacturing, delivery, installation and automation, up to the servicing of the brewery and its equipment. At GEA their goal is to help brewers “Make More Beer” of the highest quality, in a by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

55 min listen

27: Blind Enthusiasm Founder Greg Zeschuk: The Brewery Growth in Alberta, Canada: Greg Zeschuk, the founder of Blind Enthusiasm Brewing in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada talks with Senior Editor John Holl about the growing brewing scene in the province. They discuss, how his medical degree and heading a video game company led to opening his own brewery and Zeschuk's philosophy on styles, and food pairing. by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

43 min listen

22: The Current State of Lager in the U.S. with Notch Brewing Founder/Brewer Chris Lohring: What's the current state of lager in the U.S.? Chris Lohring of Notch sits down with John Holl to discuss lagers of all kinds, the importance of a comfortable tap room and ways brewers can face competition from each other and from the outside. by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

46 min listen

24: Two Roads' Phil Markowski: What's Next in the World of Wild Beer: Phil Markowski, has been brewing professionally for nearly three decades and says he still has a lot to learn. The brewmaster at Two Roads Brewing sits down with senior editor John Holl to talk about contract brewing, his fondness for different styles, and what's next in the world of "wild" beer. by Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

45 min listen

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