Beer Edge
53 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -A weekly dive into the business and culture of beer. Hosted by Andy Crouch and John Holl, The Beer Edge podcast provides listeners with unparalleled insights into the beer industry. Our mission is to provide consumers and industry players alike with a fresh and unfiltered look at the world of better, flavorful beer. We seek to capture the essence and passion of brewers, both big and small, foreign and domestic, each of whom has a distinctive and colorful story to go along with the beautiful beers they produce.
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Introducing The Beer Travelers Podcast
September 22, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MBDenver holds a special place in my heart. I’ve watched as the local beer scene has grown and then exploded, with dozens and dozens of breweries cropping up in parts of town that didn’t even really exist, such as RiNo. Denver has long had a formidable beer scene but today it is one of the country’s best. And on this second episode of the Beer Travelers podcast, we’re going to talk with two local experts, Tristan Chan of PorchDrinking and Jonathan Shikes of the Denver Post. These two ...
Introducing The All About Beer Podcast
August 01, 2022 14:33 - 49 minutes - 68.1 MBWelcome to the first episode of the new All About Beer podcast. In this premiere episode, co-hosts Em Sauter and Don Tse examine the Cold IPA with Kevin Davey, of Wayfinder Beer, who is credited with creating the style. From the specs and flavor, process and debunking myths, this show will explain and examine every facet of craft beer’s newest style. Subscribe to the All About Beer Podcast wherever you get your podcasts and please leave us a review. We appreciate your support. Thi...
Melissa Cole - Beer Writer Part Two
June 07, 2022 05:00 - 36 minutes - 29.1 MBWe’re back this week with the second part of my interview with beer writer, author, and judge Melissa Cole. Since we last heard from Melissa, I actually had the chance to have beers in person with her in Minneapolis during the Craft Brewers Conference. Along with Melissa, my Beer Edge partner John Holl and a couple of Australian beer writers hit several dive bars in Northeast Minneapolis before singing our hearts out at 1 am karaoke. As I said in the last episode, it’s never a dull ...
Melissa Cole - Beer Writer
February 23, 2022 06:09 - 45 minutes - 36.3 MBIt’s never boring with Melissa Cole. The first time we met remains a bit of a fever dream for me. We get into it in the first few minutes of this interview and, in character, Melissa manages to recall micro details of what we ate and drank that night six years ago. Melissa’s work is similarly colorful and a bit hard to characterize. She appears to have transcended the role of journalist and become somewhat of a presenter, as the Brits might say. She’s an accomplished author of sev...
Eoghan Walsh - Brussels Beer City
January 25, 2022 18:46 - 58 minutes - 46.7 MBParenting isn’t easy. And trying to manage young kids, especially during a pandemic, is incredibly hard. I don’t talk about my personal life much on these podcasts, in my work, or on social media. I prefer to keep the separation. But I also know there is value in letting others who may be similarly situated know that things are rarely the well constructed perfection reflected in smiling family Instagram photos. And that’s how I first noticed today’s guest, beer writer Eoghan Walsh. ...
Matthew Curtis - Pellicle Part Two
January 11, 2022 06:02 - 50 minutes - 40.1 MBThis week we continue our conversation with beer writer Matthew Curtis. If you missed part 1 of our discussion, I recommend you go back and give it a listen. In that episode, Matt and I discussed his work with Pellicle, his online beer, wine, and cider magazine, how he developed his voice as a writer and podcaster, and about his profile of St. Mars of the Dessert in Sheffield, England. We also discussed important and sensitive subjects such as balancing work while maintaining your m...
Matthew Curtis - Pellicle
December 21, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBOne of the best parts of covering the craft beer industry for a while is experiencing new voices. Perspectives tend to harden over time and without the addition of new blood, they can calcify and begin to become immovable. And the industry so often feels like a singular experience, one that speaks with a too uniform voice that serves as so much retread. Matthew Curtis stands in the middle of all of this. He started writing about beer long enough ago that he has seen a few things. ...
Mariah Calagione - Dogfish Head Brewery
December 07, 2021 22:01 - 56 minutes - 48.1 MB26 years is a long time to run a business, let alone one with your spouse. When my guest today first met her future husband, they were 16 years old and attending the same high school in Massachusetts. He would soon be booted out of that school but their relationship remained strong. When years later he floated the idea of opening a brewery, the two would help build the brewery together. The story of Dogfish Head is one we’ve heard many times before, often told by its very famili...
Joe Stange - Part Two
November 30, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes - 35.1 MBIn our most recent episode, I hosted a longtime friend and fellow beer writer, Joe Stange, who told us about moving his family to Thailand in the middle of a pandemic, the importance of traditional styles, and the future of the American beer bar. In this episode, we continue our discussion, moving on to his somewhat unexpected defense of hazy IPAs, his thoughts on why Stone’s Berlin project failed, and whether lager will finally have its day. It’s hard to capture the essence of a ...
Joe Stange - Craft Beer & Brewing
November 18, 2021 06:08 - 54 minutes - 43.5 MBThe pandemic has been a weird experience for everyone. Everything suddenly stopped, things went quiet, we became trapped in our homes for months on end. Even for the most stable among us, the experience was unsettling. For my guest today, the pandemic was anomalous in an entirely different way. Newly returned to the US after more than a decade living abroad, writer Joe Stange and his two children moved to a family farm in rural Missouri and then found themselves sort of stuck there ...
Paul Verdu - Tenth and Blake
November 11, 2021 06:10 - 53 minutes - 45.9 MBPaul Verdu is the vice president and head of Tenth and Blake, which is the craft focused arm of its parent company, Molson Coors. Under this umbrella, Coors, then later MillerCoors, and now MolsonCoors, have each sought to launch, develop, and promote flavorful beers. Its portfolio has shifted over the years, once including Blue Moon until it outgrew the group and moved onto the bigger leagues. It has also been an active buyer of craft brands. As it stands today, Tenth and Blake inc...
Emma Janzen - Imbibe Magazine
November 02, 2021 05:02 - 59 minutes - 53.6 MBEmma Janzen and I have known each other for years. Well, in the sort of way that two people on Twitter who have never met in person can. We’ve traded messages, likes, and retweets. She’s a talented writer and photographer who possesses a great eye for detail while not losing focus on the story. She’s someone whose work I’ve followed for a long time and who I’ve wanted to have on the podcast. Her career is a melange of multimedia endeavors. After focusing on audio and video editing...
Brendan Watters - Ballast Point Brewing
October 26, 2021 05:39 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBPerhaps it’s because we’ve been trapped in our houses and then our cities and counties and states for too long, but my mind has been on San Diego a lot lately. In recent episodes, we’ve had some great guests from the area and today is no exception. About 2 years ago, a small earthquake shook the craft beer world. Ballast Point, whose sale only a few years earlier for a billion dollars to Constellation, had gobsmacked everyone from the tap room on Main Street to Wall Street board roo...
Chris Leguizamon - Beer Educator
October 12, 2021 18:19 - 44 minutes - 38.7 MBMy guest today is Chris Leguizamon, a beer educator and marketer living and working in San Diego and one of the new voices of craft beer. Chris has worked at several of southern California’s top breweries, including the aforementioned Stone and Alesmith, as a tour guide and brand ambassador. From his earliest work in the industry, Chris recognized the importance of education, both for himself and for visitors taking his tours. He has honed his approach to beer education tour by tour...
Tara Nurin - Beer Writer and Author
August 30, 2021 14:25 - 48 minutes - 41.9 MBOne of the biggest stories of the year has unquestionably been the mistreatment of women in the beer industry. Long simmering just below the surface, the issue rose to the surface recently on Instagram and took off from there. The erasure of women in the retelling of craft beer’s story and history has also long been a problem. And it’s one that my guest today has been focused on fixing. My guest today is Tara Nurin, a longtime beer writer and the author of the upcoming book, “A Wom...
Esther Tetreault - Trillium Brewing
August 23, 2021 05:00 - 51 minutes - 45.8 MBI’ve lived in the Boston area for more than 20 years now and it’s just a weird city when it comes to beer. Perhaps due to Sam Adams and Jim Koch, the city has earned an outsized reputation in the craft beer world. Compared to any other city our size population wise, we should have way more breweries and beer bars. Yet, Boston’s beer reputation is big. And there is one likely reason that Boston is considered such a great beer city and that is the focus of our episode today. Smart, ...
Brandon Hernández - San Diego Beer News
August 16, 2021 05:00 - 54 minutes - 48.5 MBThe debate over which is the best American beer city has raged from the earliest days of craft beer. Powerhouse names such as Portland (both Oregon and Maine), Asheville, Denver, Chicago, and others have each made convincing cases. And right there from the beginning has been San Diego, basking in its sunshine and style defining West Coast IPAs, and smiling knowingly at its competition. This week we have one of the most dialed in people following the San Diego beer scene. Beer writ...
Norm Miller - MetroWest Daily News
July 19, 2021 05:00 - 55 minutes - 51.8 MBIn the world of bars, pubs, and dives, one of the greatest signs of respect is to have a bar stool named after you. John Holl has a bar stool named after him in a Tennessee brewery. And the late great publican Don Younger of the Horse Brass Pub in Portland, Oregon, had a corner seat at the now closed Falling Rock beer bar in Denver named after him. With its recent closure, I wonder what happened to that chair. In the beer industry, one legit sign of respect is to have a brewery name...
Chris Shepard - Beer Marketer's Insights
July 13, 2021 05:00 - 50 minutes - 42.9 MBChris Shepard is one of the keenest voices in the craft beer industry. A Senior Editor for Craft Brew News at Beer Marketer's Insights, he covers the trade side of the craft beer industry with wit, wisdom, and a healthy dose of skepticism. You might wonder how a trained actor and theater director found his way to writing about the business of beer. Well, as you’ll hear Chris tell it, Beer Marketers is a 50 year old company, a true family run operation, founded by Jerry Steinman. H...
Sam Calagione - Dogfish Head
July 05, 2021 05:00 - 49 minutes - 43 MBToday we talk with one of the most recognizable names in the beer industry at large. An aspiring rapper, occasional poet, famed brewery tinkerer, and now helping run one of the largest craft breweries in the world, Sam Calagione has had a storied and frenetic career. The co-founder of the Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Sam Calagione’s story began in 1995 when he and his wife Mariah opened Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats, the first brewpub in the State of Delaware. From the beginning, Do...
Kenny Gould - Hop Culture
March 09, 2021 06:00 - 49 minutes - 35.7 MBWriter Kenny Gould got his start with beer by running a tasting club in college. He was passionate about the subject so it remained on his mind after he graduated and moved to New York to work for Gear Patrol magazine. In his spare time, Kenny and a friend developed the concept for Hop Culture. In the beginning, the goals were simple, a place to post their articles about beer. A basic blog. But the idea quickly grew from there, developing into a daily online lifestyle magazine for c...
Samer Khudairi - Beer Writer
March 02, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 35.5 MBOne of the best parts of covering the beer industry is watching fresh new voices enter the space. The craft beer industry has long suffered from a tendency to highlight the same people over and over again and beer media is no different. We in the beer press tend to group around well-known individuals and help elevate their thoughts and opinions while failing to dig deeper to hear from others. It’s a known issue and one we need to work to change. Also, such myopia deprives us of the ...
Chalonda and Nik White On Chicago Beer
February 16, 2021 20:01 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBThis week we're catching up with Chalonda and Nik White to check out the Chicago beer scene that they both represent so well. Chalonda White represents one of the freshest voices on craft beer. And her husband Nik White is an old school Chicago beer guy. Together, this dynamic husband and wife squad are helping push the craft beer community forward. From her Afro Beer Chick handle on Twitter, Chalonda spits fire and truth, celebrating the breweries and beers that she loves while als...
Ben Keene - Freelance Writer
February 11, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes - 32.6 MBWe start today with writer, editor, and my friend, Ben Keene, the former editor of Beer Advocate Magazine. Founded in 2007, BeerAdvocate Magazine went on to become one of the beer industry’s best publications. And to be sure, I’m a little biased. I wrote a monthly column for the magazine for more than a decade. In more than 130 columns, I wrote about my love of lager, the rise and fall and rise again of extreme brewing, and about all the little idiosyncrasies that make the craft bee...
Witte, Lauter, Noel, Holl, & Crouch on 2020 Part 2
December 22, 2020 15:47 - 56 minutes - 103 MBOld pals John Holl, Neil Witte, Carla Jean Lauter, Josh Noel, and Andy Crouch get together to discuss 2020, the year that wasn't. This is part 2 of the conversation. For more information on the Beer Edge Podcast, follow us on Twitter @thebeeredge. There is more information, articles, and engaging content at Beer Edge. Host: Andy Crouch Guests: Neil Witte, Carla Jean Lauter, Josh Noel, and John Holl Tags: beer, craft beer, Portland Beer, Neil Witte, Carla Jean Lauter, Josh Noel ...
Witte, Lauter, Noel, Holl, & Crouch on 2020 Part 1
December 15, 2020 06:39 - 59 minutes - 110 MBLooking back on 2020, one of the things I miss most is getting together with other folks in the beer industry, trading gossip and news, arguing a bit, and laughing over beers. Back in March, right before the long quarantine set in, my partner John Holl and I traveled up to Portland, Maine to speak at a beer conference. On the night before the conference, John and I hit up some of our favorite breweries around Portland, including Allagash where we ran into draft beer genius and longt...
Peter Bissell of Bissell Brothers Part Deux
December 04, 2020 06:00 - 45 minutes - 83.6 MBWelcome to the second and final episode of the Beer Edge extended interview with Peter Bissell of Bissell Brothers Brewing in Portland, Maine. If you haven’t heard the first episode, I’d recommend going back and giving it a listen. With that said, you can also just listen to this one. Do whatever works for you. In the first episode, we talked with Pete about hockey, his relationship with his younger brother and partner Noah, and how their shared vision for the Bissell Brothers busi...
Peter Bissell of Bissell Brothers Part One
November 23, 2020 06:00 - 43 minutes - 79.7 MBOn this episode of the Beer Edge podcast, with Peter Bissell of Bissell Brothers Brewing, one of the beer industry’s most interesting voices. Founded in 2013, with a mission to change people's perceptions of what beer and the beer experience can be, while always staying dedicated to its home state of Maine, the Bissell brothers were unlikely owners of a craft brewery. As you’ll hear, Noah, who runs the technical and brewing side of the business, was only 21 years old when he pitched...
Joey Redner of Cigar City Part Two
November 13, 2020 06:00 - 41 minutes - 76.5 MBWelcome back to the Beer Edge podcast. In last week's episode, we talked with Joey Redner of the Cigar City Brewing Company about his origin story, what got him into beer, and the state of the beer scene in Florida when he started his brewery. If you haven’t listened to that episode, I’d recommend pausing this one and going back and giving it a listen. In part two of the interview this week, we explore how Redner started to think about Cigar City’s future and what gave him se...
Joey Redner of Cigar City Part One
November 05, 2020 15:14 - 47 minutes - 87.7 MBBefore Cigar City Brewing got its start in 2009, the beer scene in Florida was a shell of its current self. There were a couple dozen small brewpubs largely scattered in tourist areas around the state. And the quality of beer was, well, enough to drive you to buy Michelob Amber Bock and Yuengling. In the midst of all of the middling amber and brown ales served in local brewpubs, one local beer geek dreamed of something more. At the time, Joey Redner was writing a beer column for a l...
Theresa McCulla Beer Historian
September 24, 2020 06:00 - 44 minutes - 81 MBHere's a piece of advice: find someone who talks about you the way Theresa McCulla talks about Charlie Papazian’s brewing spoon. As the curator for the American Brewing History Initiative at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, McCulla spends her time trying to capture modern American brewing history and manifesting it for the viewing public to experience and learn from. Yes, McCulla is a beer historian but she’s already heard all of your jokes. She’s got the...
Garrett Oliver On The Way Forward
September 01, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBGarrett Oliver has been on a bit of a media blitz in recent months following his announcement of the formation of the Michael Jackson Foundation for Brewing and Distilling. The foundation, as you will hear, will fund technical education and career advancement opportunities for black, indigenous, and people of color in the brewing and distilling industries. Oliver is obviously well-known as the long-time Brewmaster of the Brooklyn Brewery. And in that role he has seen the beer indust...
Dave Infante Thrills Us
August 24, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBWriter Dave Infante spent nearly a decade cranking out articles on a wide range of topics for Thrillist, from the best Snapchat filters to why he only packs dirty clothes when he’s traveling. He also wrote a lot about craft beer. For his work on this latter topic, Infante won two James beard awards. He’s not an inside baseball craft beer writer. He’s not a fan boy or a zealot. Instead, he’s a self-trained reporter, a teller of colorful and poignant stories. He has a keen eye for an ...
Julia Herz On The Past And The Future
August 11, 2020 17:32 - 50 minutes - 93.4 MBJulia Herz has been a passionate advocate for American craft brewers for nearly two decades. In her role as craft beer program director for the Brewers Association, Herz helped build public appreciation for craft beer all while helping to promote the interest of member breweries. She wrote a book on tasting beer, gave dozens of keynote addresses at conferences, and countless interviews to the media. Perhaps more than anyone else at the organization, Herz was the public face of the B...
Andy Crouch and John Holl Have A Chat
July 30, 2020 15:43 - 34 minutes - 63.1 MBAndy Crouch reads an essay on the importance of quality and independent beer journalism and the responsibility to ask people in power the tough questions. Then Beer Edge co-founder John Holl joins Andy for a chat about the state of the beer industry, the likely long term impacts of COVID-19, a rage of IP theft cases recently, and why we welcome seasonal creep when it comes to Oktoberfest beers. For more information on the Beer Edge Podcast, or to check out Beer Edge: The Newslette...
Ben Howe of Otherlands Beer
July 20, 2020 17:54 - 1 hour - 112 MBWith his signature long hair, faded trucker hat, and baby face, Ben Howe could easily pass for a newbie assistant brewer, which is what he once was. You could also be forgiven for carding him before serving him a drink. Despite his youthful appearance, Ben has a long history of brewing experience under his belt. He has brewed with some of the world’s best, cutting his teeth under Will Meyers at Cambridge Brewing Company before opening his own short lived place, Enlightenment Ales. H...
Bob Pease of the Brewers Association
July 13, 2020 06:00 - 57 minutes - 106 MBAs brewers work to figure out how to survive until a time when their operations can return to full business, the trade organization that represents them is also feeling the pain. Based in Boulder, Colorado, the Brewers Association represents more than 5600 US breweries and nearly 50,000 homebrewers, the allied trade, beer wholesalers, retailers, and other individuals. Its mission is to promote and protect American craft brewers, their beers, and the community of brewing enthusiasts....
Natalie Cilurzo of Russian River Brewing
June 26, 2020 05:00 - 43 minutes - 79.1 MBHard core craft beer fans like to talk about the first names club in craft beer. The reference often applies to so-called rock star brewers who have become relatively famous among a sub set of craft beer enthusiasts. These names include Jim, Sam, Garrett, Tomme, and Vinnie among others. The list is almost always male, reflecting the long term tilt of focus in this largely male dominated beer industry. And that’s unfortunate. Because looking a little closer reveals a strong contingen...
Greg Avola of Untappd
June 19, 2020 05:00 - 50 minutes - 92.9 MBOn this episode of the Beer Edge podcast, Andy Crouch speaks with Greg Avola, the co-founder of Untappd, the leading beer ratings app. Founded in 2010, Untappd jettisoned any pretenses about beer and simply presented users with a location based social networking service that allowed them to check in beers and share them with friends. Untappd’s early focus on an app instead of a flashy website presaged the dominance of cell phone based beer ratings in a way that its competitors never...
Khris Johnson of Green Bench Brewing
June 12, 2020 05:30 - 54 minutes - 100 MBOn this episode of the Beer Edge podcast, Andy Crouch speaks with Khris Johnson, the head brewer and co-founder of Green Bench Brewing in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Crouch first visited Green Bench shortly after they opened and he has made it back just about every year since then. The brewery produces a wide range of styles, ranging from totally classic to creatively innovative. And the space is just inviting. The star of the show is a multi use beer garden that welcomes the communi...
Evan Sallee of Fair State Brewing Cooperative
June 05, 2020 05:00 - 45 minutes - 83.6 MBOn this episode of the Beer Edge podcast, Andy Crouch speaks with Evan Sallee, the co-founder and CEO of Fair State Brewing Cooperative in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Evan has seen first hand the after effects of the killing of George Floyd on the city. It has also caused him to further explore his company’s own lack of diversity as you will hear. It was an engaging and thoughtful conversation and Evan is honest in admitting the areas that need improving. He discusses what Fair State is...
Josh Noel of The Chicago Tribune Talks 3 Floyds And Furloughs
May 29, 2020 05:00 - 35 minutes - 64.6 MBOn this episode of the Beer Edge podcast, Andy Crouch speaks with Josh Noel of the Chicago Tribune. Crouch grew up in and around Chicago and spent much of his youth reading the Trib. These days, things are tough for the hometown paper. It’s a subject Josh will discuss and you should certainly follow his Twitter account, at hopnotes, for more info. Josh is the author of the acclaimed Barrel Aged Stout and Selling Out, about the rise of Goose Island and eventual sale to Anhueser-Busch...
Ep. 11 - J Nikol Jackson-Beckham Talks Inclusion and Equity in COVID-19
May 22, 2020 04:30 - 42 minutes - 78.6 MBOn this episode of the Beer Edge podcast, Andy Crouch speaks with J Nikol Jackson-Beckham. Dr. J, as she is known, is a former college professor, having very recently transitioned to a career as an equity and inclusion strategist. She founded Craft Beer For All, her platform that works to provide consulting services and training to individuals and organizations in the craft brewing industry. She is also the first Diversity Ambassador for the Brewers Association and the executive dir...
Ep. 10 - Chris Lohring of Notch Brewing Misses Drinking With Others
May 15, 2020 05:00 - 38 minutes - 70 MBOn this episode of the Beer Edge podcast, Andy Crouch speaks with Chris Lohring, the founder of Notch Brewing Company in Salem, Massachusetts. Chris is one of my favorite people to talk to about beer. He’s been in the industry long enough to develop strong opinions but with the knowledge to back them up, all without becoming too jaded. He remains a passionate advocate for beer, including for his beloved lager and session beers. His passion for beer, community, and music is reflected...
Ep. 9 - Deb Carey of New Glarus Brewing Company Gets Political
May 08, 2020 22:00 - 37 minutes - 68.4 MBOn this episode of the Beer Edge podcast, we speak with New Glarus Brewing Company co-founder Deb Carey about how when and where breweries should use their voices, about being true to herself, and the politics of the COVID-19 pandemic. New Glarus has long been a model brewery that many others seek to emulate. One of the largest craft breweries in the country, New Glarus hails from a small town but casts a big shadow over the American beer scene. All this while only distributing its ...
Ep. 8 - Peter Bissell of Bissell Brothers Talks Pivoting Hard and Saving Jobs
April 28, 2020 06:00 - 50 minutes - 91.8 MBOn this episode of the Beer Edge podcast, we speak with Bissell Brothers co-founder Peter Bissell about how COVID-19 has impacted the brewery and his lobster restaurant in Portland, Maine. Pete admits to being blind-sided by the pandemic news, as someone who does not closely follow the news. When the government forced his restaurant to close and limited public access to his brewery’s popular tap room, the company immediately pivoted to facilitating a contactless home delivery model ...
Ep. 7 - Carl Setzer of Great Leap Brewing in Beijing Talks COVID-19 and Chinese Craft Beer
April 17, 2020 04:00 - 45 minutes - 83 MBCarl arrived in China for the first time in 2004, having just graduated from college in Alabama. He originally was going to teach English in Wuhan, the city where the COVID-19 virus is suspected of starting, but he then moved to teach English to business executives in a nearby town. After teaching, Carl returned to the states and got a masters degree in international political economy and learned Mandarin. He moved back to China in 2008, right before the Olympics, and quickly got ma...
Ep. 6 - Adam Robbings of Reuben's Brews Talks Risk Management
April 10, 2020 04:00 - 27 minutes - 49.5 MBAdam Robbings started making moves at his brewery, Reuben’s Brews, well before Washington State started putting restrictions in place. His previous careers helped get some things in perspective and moving before the world came crashing down. Like every other brewery, his business has been impacted. But listening to him, in this conversation recorded on Thursday morning, just after the latest unemployment numbers came out, co-host John Holl was struck by how just a little bit of ...
Ep. 5 - Julie Verratti of Denizens Brewing Talks CARES Act and Confidence
April 03, 2020 04:00 - 44 minutes - 82 MBIt has been another week in the world of beer. Fast paced, changing every day, but yet starting to settle into a routine, the new normal. About a week ago, Congress passed and the president signed into law an unprecedented $2 trillion COVID-19 response and relief package. Almost immediately, small business owners, including bars, breweries, and others began to debate its merits. There has been fierce debate over some of the small business loan provisions, including the Paycheck Prot...
Ep. 4 - Should Your Brewery Take Out A Loan?
March 27, 2020 04:35 - 17 minutes - 31.6 MBThe hardships and challenges continue to mount for beer industry professionals. As lockdowns become more stringent, it's harder for breweries to get beer to their customers. Some states, like New Jersey, gave breweries the opportunity to deliver beer direct to consumers, only to take the privilege away days later. On this episode of the Beer Edge podcast, we examine the fluid nature of change in these unprecedented times. As business plans are being rewritten by the day and lon...