Beer Guys Radio Craft Beer Podcast
772 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsCraft beer is awesome. Beer Guys Radio shares stories and news about the people and places that make craft beer great. Covering the brews, business, art, culture, and science of our favorite beverage. Whether you're a seasoned aficionado or just discovering craft brews, we're sure to have something for you. Pour a pint and join us!
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Bud Light trigger warning, craft beer Fools, and AI brews a beer
April 08, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBCraft beer is always on fire for April Fools. I have to admit, not a fan. But Brian is, so he made a Twitter thread with as many as he could find. Ham beer, dried beer, exxxtra long cans. But then you have the ones that are supposed to be jokes, but actually exist. Pickle beer and cucumber Kolsch? Come on, Y'all gotta give it more than that. It was a spicy week for Bud Light after their partnership with a trans rights activist. Kid Rock broke out the guns and a lot of folks dumped th...
Colorado beer with Jagged Mountain and Colorado Brewers Guild
April 01, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBThe last time I was in Colorado was for the Great American Beer Fest back in 2016. I know how much Georgia's craft beer scene has changed since then and no doubt it's the same for Colorado. Outside of the festival we visited awesome spots like Mockery, Trve, Crooked Stave, Great Divide and a few more. I need to get another visit soon to try some of the stuff I missed last time. Jagged Mountain's Chad Bratt and Executive Director of the Colorado Brewers Guild Shawnee Adelson join us on t...
Steady Hand Beer Co. with Brewmaster Andrew Wenk
March 25, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBNew Brewmaster brings fresh take to Steady Hand's offerings Steady Hand Beer Co. just celebrated their 4th anniversary with the first batch of brews from Andrew Wenk. Andrew joined the team in December after 5 years at Three Taverns Brewing. We've enjoyed many of Andrew's brews during his time at 3T and didn't even know it. Now, his brewing is in the spotlight at his new home. He's revamped favorites like Lager, Cloudland Hazy IPA, and Flower Business DIPA as well as offering new beers ...
Homebrew clubs, competitions, and beer judging from Peach State Brew Off
March 18, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBHomebrew competitions are a great place to get judgmental The Peach State Brew Off, organized by the Covert Hops Society, is Georgia's oldest and largest homebrew competition. We've competed in the comp a few times but this is the first time we've taken the show on the road to the event. Georgia's got some weird homebrew laws and the event has struggled to find a home in recent years. Legislation was passed that was supposed to legitimize running these events, but it added some rules and...
St. Patrick's Day Beer, Legends, and Lore
March 11, 2023 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBIt's almost time for us all to turn Irish for a day. St. Patrick's Day. Another great holiday for Americans to kick back some beers. I'm not arguing, it's a great excuse to grab some nitro stouts and red ales. In keeping with tradition, we share some of the legends and history of St. Patrick and St. Patrick's Day while cracking into a few brews. There's talk of breakfast beverage booze, and where the hype went for craft beer. In our glass this week The classic St. Patrick's Day beer -...
Drink beer everyday, Heineken and Russia, and hot sandwich talk
March 04, 2023 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBWhat's the best sandwich in the world? Sandwiches. So hot right now. A chart circulated around Twitter claiming to list the World's best sandwiches. We disagree with some of the answers, and so did many others, so we discuss (gripe) about on the show this week. Big news from Heineken this week and their promised exit from the Russian market. Well, they're not gone yet. Also big news that Bill Gates just snagged a huge Stake in the company. In our Big Beer Just Can't Catch a Break ser...
Beers we want back, we're so Punk, and RIP Platform
February 25, 2023 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBWe're channeling our inner punk this week. If there's one thing you think of when you think of Beer Guys Radio, it's punk. Then beer, but we're sure punk is first. With that, we reminisce on our punk days and talk about the punkest of punks and their latest totally punk move. We also talk about discontinued beers we'd love to see come back. Inspired by a Tweet from the folks at Untappd. Not to spoil the show, but we really need Boulevard's Coffee Ale to return so we can try it with som...
Big Game beer commercials, King Cake beer pairings, and bye bye beer fests
February 18, 2023 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBIn this week's episode of Beer Guys Radio...... We're not sure if we manifested this with our minds or if we saw something about it subconsciously and then talked about it. Either way, NoDa has released a Cheerwine Ale, and we need some of it. We recap the beer commercials in the Super Bowl. Even without exclusivity, AB InBev still ran more than any other brewer. With Mardi Gras upon us we talk King Cake beers and beer pairings. I've never paired a beer with a King Cake, but I gotta tr...
Big Game beers, Chili Cheese brew, and old and new Fat Tire
February 11, 2023 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBIt's time for the Super Bowl and if there's one thing we're big fans of, it's Super Bowl parties. Wings, pizza, plenty of beer, and chili cheese dip. Great news, this year you can have your dip in a bowl or a glass thanks to Hormel and Modist Brewing's Chili Cheese Brew. We tried it, and we can say it definitely delivers as promised. For better or worse. We've got our party plans for the weekend and we're pulling for the Eagles. Should be a close game either way, the Chiefs are hitting...
Vermont Hoppy Goodness with Foam Brewers
February 04, 2023 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBFoam Brewers Robert Grim enjoys a good lager but he admits that it's still all about the hops in Vermont. Foam is in Burlington, VT where you can swing a hop bine and hit a handful of breweries making great IPAs. When making your choice of where to visit, you should know that Foam is a James Beard semi-finalist for Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program. How about that? We kick things off discussing underrated beer styles. Shout out VinePair for inspiring this discussion. We learn...
Cask Ales, Mitch Steele, Charlie Meers, and Better Beer Laws
January 28, 2023 11:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBHey Folks! We ventured out last week to the Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting and spoke to a handful of really cool people. A bit of a change up from our usual ACAT shows where we typically have a few of Georgia's soon-to-be breweries. Maybe a sign of the times, but this year we didn't find anyone new in attendance. No worries, we still have some great guests. Owen Ogletree, festival organizer and owner of Brewtopia Events joins us to talk about cask ales, the festival, and beer tours. Mitch St...
Wild Leap Brew Co. brings their brand to Atlanta
January 21, 2023 15:27 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBWild Leap Brew Co. launched their brewery in LaGrange, Georgia. A town of, give or take, 5,000 people. It wasn't a small brewery either. Their building was an old tire shop and service station. A big building with great, vintage architecture. Despite the location Wild Leap took off quickly. People were soon searching for their beers across the state. When you make great beer people will find it. Fast forward 5ish years and WIld Leap has recently opened a taproom in Atlanta just acros...
Beer News Roundup - Solid Gold and Resealable Cans
January 14, 2023 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBWhat's up, Party People? We're back with more beery info to share. This week we sample a few brews and talk about some of the hot stories happening in craft. On this week's episode... Is Beer Getting More Expensive? (USA Today) Rough Start to 2023 for Constellation Brands (The Drinks Business) The Huge Number of Small Breweries Creates a Beer Glut (WSJ - Paywall) BrewDog’s James Watt Pays ~$570K To Gold Can Winners (BBC) Beer Journalist Josh Noel Departs Chicago Tribune (Brewbound)...
NA Beer and Mocktails for Dry January
January 07, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBWe're here to help you make it through Dry January We've made it through another year and here we are with our livers beaten senseless through the holiday celebrations. If you're giving the body a break and trying to go dry we have some good news. There are some pretty decent options available now to allow you to still have drink with your friends. People always have questions about the Beer Guys drinking NA beers. Hey, we like beer, but we know that too much of it is not a good thing. ...
Biggest beer stories of 2022
December 31, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBYou've (almost) made it through another year. Congrats. There was a lot going on in 2022 and you may have missed some of the beer stories with all <gestures broadly> this going on. PBR started off the year with some interesting Tweets. We saw some big acquisitions and mergers, a few major closures, and we lost a legend. NA beer continued to grow, and it continues to be highly-debated whether or not the sectors growth is meaningful. West Coast IPA came back around for a visit, and we're...
Interfaith Holiday Craft Beer Spectacular
December 17, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBIt's the most wonderful time to drink beer... Winter beers are the best beers. I know it, you know it, we all know it. Our holiday beer blind tasting has become a tradition. Last year our friends from Rainy Day Brewing joined us for the tasting. They commented that you know it's getting bad when they have to "Call in the Jews" for a Christmas beer tasting. We liked their style so we rolled with that this year for the 2nd Annual Interfaith Holiday Craft Beer Spectacular, cause we're inc...
Beer Cocktails and Cocktail-Inspired Beers
December 10, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBWhen I first experienced beer cocktails I don't think that was even a term at the time. As a kid my parents used to enjoy what they called "Tomato Beers." It their simplest form it was simply tomato juice and a macro lager over ice with some salt and pepper. To fancy it up they may use V8 juice or shove a celery stalk in the glass. Sort of a podunk Michelada. I stole sips at the time and I guess I enjoyed it; I sure do enjoy a Michelada now. It's likely you've dabbled with beer cocktai...
Wild ales, terroir, and Mall Santas with Printer's Ale Mfg. Co.
December 03, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBWe survived Thanksgiving and are back in the studio this week with our friends from Printer's Ale Manufacturing Co. Printer's is located in Carrollton, GA, about 50 miles west of Atlanta. Not a bad trip for ATLiens on a weekend but far enough they don't get as much hype as some of the in town breweries. That's too bad, because they are making some great beers and doing a lot of other cool things in Carrollton. On this visit we introduced their Woodcut Wild series of beers in Kriek, Fram...
Hops and Spydies with Cosmic Eye Brewing
November 19, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBI promise we didn't mean to talk about knives so much... OK, just listen to the show and you'll see why knives get such a prominent spot this week. I met Sam Riggins of Cosmic Eye Brewing on a knife forum. (Shout out to to the Spyderco Millie, PM2, Para3 Club!) We had to at least mention our love of knives, but it ended becoming a whole segment. If you're just here for beer talk, pop on over to the 2nd segment. But there is some hot knife chatter to start things off. Plenty of beer tal...
Lambic Lies, Pumpkin Love/Hate, and Homebrewing with Orpheus and Cherry Street
November 05, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBWhat's up, Y'all? How's your week gone? Drink anything good? This is gonna shock you, but we did drink some good things. And we talked to some good people. Jason Pellet from Orpheus Brewing and Nathan Schieber from Cherry Street hung out in the studio with us. We cracked some new brews and some vintage brews and covered some hot craft beer topics. On the show this week... Pumpkin beers, pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, and pumpkin spice Is everything we know about lambic wrong? Pandemic...
Good Measure Pub & Brewery
October 29, 2022 09:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBCoffee. Beer. Food. Good Measure Pub & Brewery makes it easy to know what you're getting when you visit. Coffee. Beer. Food. emblazoned across the front of the building. The Brewery recently added food to their offerings and they share ownership, and a building, with Carrier Roasting Company. Sounds like my kind of place. Andrew Leichthammer is the owner and head brewer at Good Measure. He digs a table beer and offers several at his pub and we talk about what exactly a table beer is. ...
It's pronounced Modist
October 22, 2022 09:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBModist Brewing has you covered for your THC and ABV fix Did you hear that Minnesota "accidentally" legalized weed? The story circulated earlier this year and it's somewhat true. They did unintentionally legalize hemp-derived THC edibles, like infused snacks, and drinks. Way to go, Minnesota. Modist co-owner and head of marketing Daniel Paul Wellendorf chuckles when telling the story that opens our discussion on their Tint THC seltzers. They keep the dosage pretty low at 3-5mg per can. ...
Beer and Biscuits with Brahmari Brewing
October 15, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBBeer and Biscuits with Brahmari Brewing Brahmari Brewing doesn't currently have any bees but their name is from the Sanskrit term for "like a bee." Brahmari specifically refers to a black Indian bee and is the Hindu goddess of bees. Neat. Despite their lack of an apiary, Beekeeper Arthur Jefferson shared the brewery does have a way of attracting bees. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing. Arthur and Head Brewer Brian Quade joined us on the show this week to talk about their aweso...
Fireside Beer Chat Vol. 2
October 08, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBDid you miss us? It's been an... adventurous... couple of weeks. While driving down the interstate another car decided to see how fast they could go and I got in his way. After ping-ponging me off a couple of other cars, I walked away, but my trusty Ford Explorer did not. RIP. Brian was going to carry on, but then he got the flu and spent a week locked away from everyone. BUT, we're back and (mostly) good as new. Fireside Beer Chat Vol. 2 Smalls joined us in the studio this week along wi...
Our Mutual Friend Brewery with Jan Chodkowski
September 24, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBCome and share a brew with Our Mutual Friend I once heard a story that when a mobster introduces someone to another mobster they're introduced as "a friend of ours" if that person is also in the mob. I was excited to think that Our Mutual Friend Brewery had some mob ties but, unfortunately, the name simply refers to beer being something everyone can enjoy, a mutual friend. <sigh> Despite my extreme disappointment we still had an amazing conversation with Head Brewer Jan Chodkowski. He's ...
Brewing up Diversity with Black Brew Culture and Ale Sharpton
September 17, 2022 09:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBMike Potter and Ale Sharpton are on a mission to bring craft beer to minority communities, and to bring those communities to craft beer Most of the 9,000+ craft breweries across the US are white-owned businesses with predominantly white clientele. There's nothing inherently wrong with that, and that doesn't automatically mean anyone is excluded. But, having representation of your community in anything can make you feel much more included. And that's where Ale and Mike come in. Mike Pot...
E335: Annual Oktoberfest Blind Beer Tasting
September 10, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBBreak out the Festbiers and Marzens We made it another year to one of our favorite shows, it's time to taste Oktoberfests! 12 beers, 6 guys, pretzels and brats and kraut. Good times. Nothing fancy here, we're not BJCP judges or Sissyrones, we just know what we like. We sample the beers and pick our Top 3 based solely on how much we enjoy them. We also share some stats and fun facts about Oktoberfest in Munich. Origins, changes in the beer, and the rules for serving your beer at Oktobe...
Why you should homebrew your own beer, mead, or cider
September 03, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBWhy homebrew with all the great beer that's already available? With all the great beer available at every corner today it's easy to say there's no reason to homebrew. When we started brewing there was good beer available, but not like it is today. Big stouts, funky saisons, and NEIPAs weren't that easy to come by. Brewing it ourself was a way to get beers we couldn't get otherwise. Plus, homebrewing is fun. Creative. Scientific. Social. There are plenty of reasons to homebrew other t...
E334: Why you should homebrew your own beer, mead, or cider
September 03, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBWhy homebrew with all the great beer that's already available? With all the great beer available at every corner today it's easy to say there's no reason to homebrew. When we started brewing there was good beer available, but not like it is today. Big stouts, funky saisons, and NEIPAs weren't that easy to come by. Brewing it ourself was a way to get beers we couldn't get otherwise. Plus, homebrewing is fun. Creative. Scientific. Social. There are plenty of reasons to homebrew other t...
E333: How NOT to Start a Damn Brewery with Kelly Meyer
August 27, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBKelly Meyer isn't saying not to start a brewery, just maybe you shouldn't. If you do, he's got a few life lessons to share with you. Like many others Meyer got caught up in the allure of owning a brewery. He and his wife had ran and sold a successful business so the brewery was his fun project. Make beer, make friends, make money. It's that last part that ultimately made his dreams go flat. After nearly a decade in the business Meyer sold New Braunfels Brewing Co., the brewery he found...
E332: Gnarly Barley Brewing Co.
August 20, 2022 04:10 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBSkateboarding is not a crime This week we sat down with Joey Charpentier, head brewer at Gnarly Barley Brewing Co. in Hammond, LA. The brewery opened in 2014 and within a few short years were named one of the Top 50 fastest growing breweries in America. Gnarly Barley continues to grow and are in the process of opening a restaurant next to the brewery. Charpentier was there from the beginning but started off with slightest less glorious jobs. He shares how the brewery got started and the...
E331: Fertile Ground Beer Co. introduces Brewery 2.0
August 13, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBFertile Ground Beer Co. brings Brewery 2.0 to Jackson, MS Mississippi moves at its own pace. A bit slower, more relaxed. Most folks don't get caught up in trends and hype. Of course, this can be an issue for craft beer since it loves both of those things. Despite the boom in most areas Jackson hasn't had a single production brewery open since 2019, when the lone brewery (Lucky Town) closed. A few months ago Fertile Ground Beer Co. brought brewing back to The City with Soul. Introducin...
E330: Paredolia Brewing Co.
August 06, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBThat's Pair-uh-dole-ee-uh Pareidolia - The tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one sees an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none. Faces in clouds? Jesus on toast? Pareidolia. Pareidolia Brewing Co. is also a brewery in Sebastian, FL, on the Treasure Coast. Owner Pete Anderson joined us and we yammer on about beer and cheese. We love good cheese and just had a fancy new shop open in Atlanta. Maybe we'l...
E329: Making our run with Dry County Brewing Co.
July 30, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBWhat's up, party people? Dry County Brewing Co. is about the celebrate their 6th anniversary. We've known founder Trey Sinclair since the brewery was just a dream. Well, mostly. We met Trey when he was contract brewing a couple beers and spreading the word about them around his hometown. When the brewery was just being built we stopped by for a preview. Check it out right here.... https://youtu.be/_VeAUJv2th4 Since our preview way back in 2016 DCBC has expanded to offer spirits and c...
E328: Fitz and the Gang with Great Lakes Brewing Co.
July 23, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBGreat Lakes Brewing Co. is going strong 34 years on We all know cans are cool. Right? All the hype beers come in cans. Great Lakes Brewing Co. has been around since before cans were cool for craft. Good, craft beer came in bottles, and the macro stuff was shoved into cans. When you're 30+ years old in American craft beer you're going to have some fans that still think a craft beer needs to come in a bottle. That's exactly why classic like Edmund Fitzgerald Porter (aka Eddie Fitz, aka F...
E327: Juneau's Devil's Club Brewing Co.
July 16, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBDevil's Club is not weed. Sorry. What's up, Y'all? How's your week gone? I'd say this week was busy but that just seems to be the way life goes anymore. It's hot here in Georgia again, we got some cool temps in the 80s this week. As a huge contrast to that we talked to Evan Wood and Jake Ridle from Devil's Club Brewing Co. in Juneau, Alaska. When we mentioned our upper 90s heat wave i think they both were ready to pass out. I've never been to Alaska. Maybe I'll jump on one of the cruise sh...
E326: Fireside Chat with Orpheus Brewing & Beer and Fire
July 09, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBTalking today's hot news with some cool people UPDATE: Things move quickly in the world of craft beer. In this episode we discuss Brewery X's purchase of Modern Times. Only Brewery X ended up backing out of the deal and now Maui Brewing purchased them. Our details are out of date, but the general discussion still holds up. Rather than featuring a specific beer or brewery on this week's show we decided to invite some friends in to share a few beers and talk about some of the happenings i...
E325: Clowning Around with Bircus Brewing
July 02, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBIt's good to be back. Did you miss us? Brian's feeling all better and it was great to get back in the studio. We're joined this week but the crazy crew from Bircus Brewing in Ludlow, KY. FYI, it's pronounced "beer-cus." Brand Acrobat Jilliam Francois, Sales Manager (fancy title pending) Matt Cremeans, and Brewmaster JD fill us in on the origins and future of their brewery. Bircus is what you get when a Ringling Bros. clown opens a theater/circus and realizes all the money is made on co...
E324: Brewery Employee Satisfaction Report 2022
June 11, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBFrom brewer to beertender, how satisfied are brewery employees with their jobs? "I want to be a brewer." Every homebrewer has had the thought cross their mind. But, once you land that dream job at a brewery, will you be happy? Like any job, there are many factors to consider. Pay, benefits, management, training, etc. It may be a "cool" job but working in a brewery is still a job. Andrew Coplon from Craft Beer Professionals and Michael Varda from Craft Beer Advisory Services surveyed e...
E323: Diving into Mexican Lagers
June 03, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBSummer is coming and it's time for some Mexican Lagers Mexican Lagers are so hot right now. The CEO of Constellation brands even goes as far as saying he believes Modelo is about to become America's favorite beer. The data kind of supports that claim, with Consellation's brands (including Modelo, Pacifico, and Corona) seeing 14% growth in the most recent quarter. Craft breweries are cranking out more Mexican Lagers as well. Most are simple drinkin' beers akin to a Pale Lager / Clara. B...
E322: Hip Hop to Hops with Atlantucky Brewing
May 28, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBCraft Collaborations inspire Nappy Roots to open Atlantucky Brewing If you're a regular listener of the show then you've heard us talking with the Nappy Roots crew a few times before. We met the guys back in 2017 as they brewed a collaboration with Monday Night Brewing, Front Porch Pale Ale, to go along with the album of the same name. We were a young show at the time and thrilled to land an interview with the Grammy-nominated quartet. Fish Scales, admittedly the most passionate craft dr...
E321: Diving into Snafu Brewing Co.
May 21, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBSnafu Brewing Company is your new favorite dive bar If you love a taplist full of classic beer styles then this episode is not for you. However, if you're intrigued by the R&D department of a brewery including a NutriBullet, beer, fruit, and cereal you're in the right place. Snafu Brewing Company has been called a "dive brewery." Koon that's fair, and accurate. Snafu likes to have with their beers and wants everyone to feel welcome. When a guest asked if they could bring their goat to the...
E320: Kros Strain Brewing Co.
May 14, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBKros Strain Brewing Co. shows us what's happening in Nebraska beer We met the crew from Kros Strain Brewing Co. when they visited Atlanta for The Juice Strikes Back festival in 2019. This invitational beer fest brought some amazing beers to Georgia and introduce a lot of new breweries to the Peach State. We chatted at the time about getting together for a show and it's only taken us three years to make it happen. Better late than never. Co-founder Bobby Kros and Head Beer Pusher Jeff Har...
E319: San Diego's The Original 40 Brewing Co.
May 07, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBThe Original 40 Brewing Company is a new OG We caught Cosimo Sorrentino just in time to talk about San Diego's The Original 40 Brewing Co. before he heads for Lazarus Brewing in Austin, TX. Cosmo's a San Diego native and spent time brewing in Europe before returning home. When asked about the departure he shares that he likes where the beer scene is in Austin and wants to be a part of that, also the overall culture of the city. And, of course, BBQ. As we chat with Sorrentino about brewi...
E318: Cherry Street Brewing and DJ Jelly
April 30, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBHanging out with Cherry Street Brewing and The Real DJ Jelly Cherry Street Brewing's original location in Cumming, GA isn't far from Atlanta. But city folk aren't big on leaving their circle so Cherry Street was somewhat of a hidden treasure in Georgia beer for a while. Us folks out here in the 'burbs can be scary, ya know. The opening of a 2nd location in Alpharetta put them closer to the masses, and within a distance more people weren't too scared to visit. Their beer is worthy of the...
E317: Finding Bevana
April 23, 2022 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBTeamwork makes the dream work at Bevana It's not easy to build and grow a brewery. Starting small can make expansion hard, and costly. Distribution adds it's own challenges and even just getting your name out there is a struggle amidst 9,000+ breweries. That's where Bevana comes in. Originally founded as Community Brewing Ventures, the company rebranded this year as Bevana to represent their growth in non-beer beverages. Sr. Director of Business Development Aaron Gore joined us this we...
E316: For the love of Little Beer (Fest)
April 16, 2022 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBAll the cool kids are drinking Little Beers Braving the snowy (yes, snowy) April weather in Georgia, 100s of beer lovers gathered in Duluth, GA recently to celebrated their love of low ABV beers. Little Beer Fest II brought brewers together from across the country for this invitation-only event. Brewers shared their best beers under (or close to it) 4.0%. Lots of lagers, some sessionable IPAs and other hoppy ales, some mixed fermentation brews, and even some small stouts and porters were...
E315: Morels and Mash Tuns with Toppling Goliath Brewing Co.
April 09, 2022 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBToppling Goliath Brewing Co. makes big beer in small batches What do you talk about when you get one of America's most legendary breweries on your show. Mushroom hunting, of course. As we chatted with Toppling Goliath Brewing Co.'s founder Clark Lewey and brewmaster Mike Saboe before the show we discovered we shared a love of mushrooms. We want to hunt morels, and they're experienced morel hunters. They love them so much they even brewed a beer in honor of morels, Scorpius Morchella. W...
E314: Taking off with FlyteCo Brewing
April 02, 2022 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBFlyteCo Brewing is cleared for takeoff Denver's FlyteCo Brewing opened their first location in 2019. Although Colorado has no shortage of breweries, owners Morgan O'Sullivan and Jason Slingsby knows there's always room for more great places to grab a beer. Their second location will open soon, in a decommissioned air control tower. O'Sullivan and Slingsby want visitors to see FlyteCo as their own Cheers. Where the bartenders know your name and have a beer ready for you when you walk in....
E313: Hefs and Hammers with Ironshield Brewing
March 26, 2022 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBEnjoy the classics at Ironshield Brewing We're bringing you one from our backyard this week! If you're a Georgia beer nerd you may know the name Glen Sprouse. If you don't know his name then you probably know some of his breweries. The old timers may recall Phoenix Brewing which opened in Atlanta at The Prado in 1996, slightly less older timers likely know 5 Seasons that took over the space in 2001. Sprouse was part of both of those ventures. He stepped away from brewing for a while b...