Good Beer Hunting
722 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 232 ratingsAward-winning interviews with a wide spectrum of people working in, and around, the beer industry. We balance the culture of craft beer with the businesses it supports, and examine the tenacity of its ideals.
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CL-134 From Reader to Leader — GBH’s New Drinkways Editor, Emma Janzen
October 25, 2023 12:00 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MBThe practices of writing and editing, while similar, each require very specific skill sets that nudge against one another, but remain deeply individual in practice. The greatest writers rely on talented editors to shape their voice, and the best editors are those who can spy potential within a story and help tease it out as part of a collaborative effort. The results are mostly enjoyed by readers and listeners, but the creators themselves have to enjoy the process of putting something into t...
EP-383 Marco Ortega of The Black is Beautiful Documentary
October 21, 2023 11:00 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MBBefore it became a worldwide beer campaign, the phrase 'Black Is Beautiful' was a positive affirmation in my childhood. I had previously written about it on GoodBeerHunting.com in the essay, Colorism, Black Pride, and the Black Is Beautiful Initiative. Then, in June 2020, the saying also became the name of an international collab beer as an initiative created by Weathered Souls Brewing’ Marcus Baskerville, raising more than $5 million across 1,601 partner breweries that sent proceeds to orga...
TG-001 The One With the Vibes
October 19, 2023 11:00 - 24 minutes - 34 MBThe latest beer news, product developments, and what constitutes a “five-alarm fire” for distributors—at least, according to distributors. It’s all here in The Gist, a new Good Beer Hunting podcast with Kate Bernot and Beth Demmon, where you’ll get a breakdown of why the latest happenings in beer matter and the context around it all. This bite-sized show gives listeners quick, quippy, and expert insight into the big stories happening in the U.S. beer scene and beyond. Join Beth and Kate ...
CL-133 Write Like You Talk — Advice & Experience From GBH’s Newest Editor
October 18, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes - 45 MBBecoming a journalist today seems more treacherous than in any other time in history. With notions like “alternative facts” on the rise, media companies slashing budgets and jobs, and more divisiveness among readers than ever before, who on earth would sign up to work in media? Ren LaForme would, for one, and he has no regrets about it. In fact, he’s added a new position to his CV as the new North American beer editor for Good Beer Hunting. He’s been on this podcast before to talk about hi...
EP-382 The Value of Community — Discussing GBH’s Compound Interest Series
October 14, 2023 12:00 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MBEvery successful small business owner has to raise the bar if they’re going to compete. And for many, that means raising money, too. In this special episode, we’re talking about a series of articles that has appeared on Good Beer Hunting called “Compound Interest.” The stories written by Jerard Fagerberg are profiles devoted to founders who aligned their growth, fundraising, and community—and who keep their numbers up as they keep craft beer flowing. The stories are told in collaboration wit...
SL-036 Running On Empty
October 11, 2023 12:00 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MBFor years now, practically any industry has dealt with the threat of burnout. It was a problem before the COVID pandemic, became a bigger issue during 2020 and 2021, and has lingered since, as people try to find work-life balance that helps them find time to feel relaxed, recharged, or just happy. The challenges related to burnout are particularly harsh in hospitality, where staff at your favorite bar, restaurant, or brewery have to deal with high-pressure situations, unruly guests, long hou...
SM-010 The Rise and Fall of the 1970s' Biggest Kegger
October 07, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 76.1 MBWhat does it take to throw a party for ten thousand of your closest friends? A party that brings famous music acts from all over the country to your stage? A party with unlimited beer. And more than that, a party that brings in serious cash for a good cause. With enough planning, funding, and support from your community, you might pull it off. But to throw a party like that eight times in a row, you need more. You need the right historical moment. From 1972-1979, students at the Universi...
EP-381 Eno Sarris of The Athletic
September 30, 2023 12:00 - 55 minutes - 75.8 MBThis is a special edition of the podcast where we let you peer behind the curtain. Our guest, baseball writer and beer enthusiast Eno Sarris, is the subject of a profile you can read on Good Beer Hunting. As part of the reporting for that story, I recorded one of our interviews to share with you—it’s a way for you to hear from Eno more of what makes him the person he is today, as well as gain a better understanding for some of the ideas and themes you read about in the piece itself. Eno is...
CL-132 Luck, Poetry, and Baseball—How Eno Sarris Changed The Game
September 29, 2023 18:01 - 37 minutes - 51 MBThere’s a certain magic to baseball, filled with myths, heroes, and the power to make people feel that anything is possible. It’s no wonder it’s called America’s greatest pastime, or why players like Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, and Mickey Mantle are household names, familiar even to those who don’t closely follow the sport. But sometimes it’s those off the field who are the myth makers, the legend builders, and the magicians keeping our hearts aligned to the game, which is, of course, much m...
EP-380 Mandy Naglich, Author and Certified Taster
September 24, 2023 00:00 - 50 minutes - 69.9 MBFlavor is much more than what something tastes like. It’s aroma, mouthfeel, and flavors all mixed together to create a sensory experience that has the power to transport us through time and space. It’s unique to each person, yet universal in scope; shared on some level by every human who ever existed. In this episode, my guest is Mandy Naglich, a previous Good Beer Hunting contributor and author of “How To Taste: A Guide to Discovering Flavor and Savoring Life.” She’s an Advanced Cicerone...
EP-379 LP O’Brien of LP Drinks
September 16, 2023 12:00 - 48 minutes - 66 MBIf you’re an avid watcher of Netflix, you may have caught this episode’s guest on the hit series, Drink Masters, a reality-style competition based in the world of cocktails. LP O’Brien was the inaugural winner of the show, which she joined after years of a successful career in bartending, cocktail creation, and a host of hospitality roles. Her career was objectively already impressive before Netflix came calling, and being named as the “Master” of the show’s title simply added more excitemen...
EP-378 LaTreace Harris of The Beery Godmother
September 02, 2023 12:00 - 48 minutes - 66 MBBeer is a treasure trove for anyone who wants to be a lifelong learner. From a historical perspective alone, there are thousands of years of brewing to discover and explore. If you ever get bored of that, you can switch to incredible discoveries around yeast and hop varieties. There’s a wealth of knowledge to be had for anyone, and it can be particularly useful by breweries as a way to educate customers and strengthen those relationships in the process. But how can breweries pass on that i...
CL-131 Life, Death & Lagers — Resilience in the Deep South
August 31, 2023 12:00 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MBThe American South means a lot of things, to a lot of people. But one thing is for certain—there’s no place like it in the world. For his first feature in Good Beer Hunting, freelance journalist Owen Racer wrote about this place, its people, and how beer fits into it all. During a year as a resident of New Orleans, Owen tapped into the food and drink scene, researching its illustrious history, shared traumas, and steps towards the future, often through the unexpected lens of beer. In our ...
Strong Feelings in collaboration with National Black Brewers Association
August 26, 2023 12:00 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBThis episode is a special one for us. It brings together voices of people who were in Nashville for the 2023 Craft Brewers Conference as a spiritual sequel to a 2018 episode we called "Strong Feelings." Our goal then and now is simple: To capture the feelings of a particular moment in the beer industry and encourage people to share ideas, inspiration, and what they think matters—or maybe needs to change. To help with creating this episode, I was joined by Kate Bernot at a bottle share part...
EP-377 Monique Gray of Momentum Cider
August 19, 2023 12:00 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MBIt’s not breaking news to say there aren’t many women owners across beverage alcohol, or to say there are even fewer Black women in ownership positions. That’s why when a company helmed by an African-American woman does launch, it’s essential to explore who they are, what they’re doing, and how we can understand their endeavors to help move industry cultures forward. Monique Gray is the founder of Momentum Cider, a fledgling cider brand out of Long Beach, California, and the recipient of ...
CL-130 From Stone to Tongue—Exploring Minerality of Earth and Beer
August 16, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes - 44 MBAt what point do creative pursuits become exercises in futility? When does the lack of success become failure, and when does it serve as a reminder in the value of pursuing a breakthrough? How can we look to the Earth as a guide towards unpredictability—and what does beer have to do with any of this? In his piece titled “From the Pores of Earth—The Impractical Alchemy of Stone Fermentation,” a story published as part of our Mother of Invention series in collaboration with Guinness, writer ...
EP-376 Cha McCoy of The Communion
August 12, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 85.6 MBIt's easy to get lost in the world of craft beer. I liken it to falling in love with someone. For years, craft beer was the only thing I could think of, but eventually I came up for air and realized there’s a world of wine and spirits out there. But instead of diving into the history or stories behind my favorite bottles, I find myself fascinated by the influencers, tastemakers, and educators in the beverage space. One of those people is Cha McCoy, a sommelier, public speaker, and beverage...
CL-129 Nostalgia, Authenticity, and Heritage — Exploring the Global Path of Today’s Spirits
August 09, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MBOnce upon a time, supporting independent makers in food and drink was paramount for conscientious consumers. To these shoppers, a common goal was to avoid anything with a whiff of global corporate ownership. But today, the goal posts have shifted in a slightly different direction, with customers often focusing on aspects like seasonality, sustainability, and staying as close as possible to the source. This emphasis on hyper localism isn’t quite as one-dimensional as it seems, or so says w...
EP-375 Doug Constantiner of Societe Brewing Company
August 05, 2023 12:00 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MBWe’ve all heard the stories of homebrewers following their passion into professional brewing. There’s an engineer or a lawyer who homebrewed for years and after lots of encouragement, decided it was time to give it a go. But how many Wall Street investment bankers turn down lucrative salaries to open a brewery? There’s at least one in San Diego, and it’s Doug Constantiner from Societe Brewing Company. Doug is one of those people that is accomplished and humble, always ready with a smile, a...
EP 374 - Ayla Kapahi of Borderlands Brewing
July 26, 2023 12:00 - 47 minutes - 65.8 MBPeople in the beer industry often tout the aspiration of using the drink as a way to “build community.” What they typically mean is that interacting over a beer is meant to be some kind of equalizer, allowing humans to connect in a better way. In this episode we meet someone who has taken this idea to heart, acting as one of the most prominent community builders in the Arizona beer scene for several years. Ayla Kapahi is the director of brewing operations for Tuscon’s Borderlands Brewing, ...
EP-373 Dashawn Agbonze of Mastry’s Brewing
July 22, 2023 12:00 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MBWe’ve all set professional goals at one point or another, even if it’s just thinking back to the time as a kid you wanted to be an astronaut or athlete or president of the United States. For us adults, some of that imaginative whimsy fades once we actually start our working lives, but the desire to find something special isn’t ever fully lost. In this episode, we’re going to talk hopes and dreams, and how for one brewer, a drive to learn also meant opportunities to excel. Dashawn Agbonze i...
CL-128 A Burgeoning Oasis In A Stifled State — Crafting Community in Chattanooga
July 19, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBWhen it comes to alcohol in Tennessee, whiskey is king. But craft beer is slowly starting to become part of the state’s identity, and in Chattanooga, the brewing scene is finally coming into its own. In his first piece for Good Beer Hunting, writer Drew Pitt, a Chattanooga transplant by way of Los Angeles, explores the history, legacy, and challenges beer has faced in the city and gives us a glimpse towards the future. Drew’s piece, titled “Rebirth and Reinvention — As Chattanooga Grows a...
EP-372 Chelsey Rosetter and Ben Farber of Benny Boy Brewing
July 15, 2023 12:00 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MBI have a confession. I have a vested interest in getting people excited about cider through beer. I even wrote a book about it called “The Beer Lover’s Guide to Cider,” which comes out in September and aims to translate existing beer knowledge and appreciation as a way to inspire readers to explore a new-to-you beverage in cider. Luckily, I’m not the only one with this mission, and today, you’ll hear from two others who are also on this journey. Benny Farber and Chelsey Rosetter opened Be...
SL-035 Beer's Money Back Guarantee
July 13, 2023 14:14 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBThe past year has been a hard one for most beer categories. With the exception of imports—particularly those from Mexico—volume growth hasn’t been easy to come by. That’s led companies to release new brands and packaging formats, but there are only so many ways a brewery can find new avenues to sell more beer. So, in recent months, you may have noticed another tactic: rebates. Offering money back isn’t new in beer. The largest companies have provided rebates when shoppers buy large packs o...
EP-371 Chantel Columna of Novel Strand Brewing
July 08, 2023 12:00 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBLike most of my beer friends, I first met Chantel Columna on Instagram. Our online conversations eventually led to an in-person meeting when a work trip brought Chantel to Atlanta in 2021. We enjoyed beers while diving into a conversation about the beer industry and life at large. Last year, my husband and I traveled to Denver. I knew I couldn’t leave the city without visiting Novel Strand Brewing Company, the brewery Chantel, along with her husband, Tamir Danon, and Ayana Coker, opened in...
CL-127 Legacy, Heritage, and Family — How To Live Forever Through Food
July 05, 2023 11:00 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MBFamily recipes, passed down through generations, are one of life’s greatest blessings. In my house, it’s a salsa recipe, started in earnest by my mother, fiddled with endlessly by me, and one that I plan to pass down to my son. For Good Beer Hunting community editor and cooking enthusiast Stephanie Grant, it’s her grandmother’s recipe for red rice, an evolved version of the West African staple jollof, and one that she had to seek out in order to nurture a connection to her Gullah-Geechee ide...
EP-370 Tony Rahí Jaquez Moreno of Outsider Brewing
July 01, 2023 12:00 - 44 minutes - 60.8 MBFor many of us, beer is a passion. It’s something that tastes great, brings us together with loved ones, and provides small details we can fret over in an endless quest to best understand everything that goes into the beverage. It can also be a lifeline. In this episode, you’ll learn why a job in beer became so pivotal for Tony Rahí Jaquez Moreno, who came to the U.S. at 19 to study at the University of Nevada, but turned away from a career in mechanical engineering to immerse himself in m...
CL-126 Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, No Booze — On Sobriety & Cutting Back on Consumption
June 29, 2023 12:00 - 37 minutes - 50.8 MBThe phrase “sober curious” is picking up steam in beverage alcohol circles—perhaps most notably in the craft beer industry. More non-alcoholic products, sober events, and shared conversations regarding our collective consumption habits are taking place than ever before, but a stigma remains. If you’re not drinking, why are you even in a beer space to begin with? That’s exactly what today’s conversation is about. I’m joined by writers Jerard Fagerberg and Mark LaFaro to discuss Jerard’s sob...
EP-369 Josh Merced of Northern Arizona University
June 24, 2023 12:00 - 55 minutes - 76.7 MBOver the last decade, one of the aspects of beer and brewing I've admired the most has been an increased attention from the world of academics. Wine has long been a centerpiece for research, but it feels like college faculty are now catching up thanks to a better understanding of the social, cultural, and community side of beer. There is a ton to be learned beyond the science of making beer and in this conversation, we'll get insight on how space and place inspire one professor. It may be su...
EP-368 Sara and Sam Kazmer of Elsewhere Brewing
June 17, 2023 12:00 - 59 minutes - 81.9 MBBack in 2019, my husband and I traveled to Cuba, and as part of our entry into the country, we had to book a cultural experience. We chose a tour around the city of Havana, visiting different local spots while learning about the history and present day struggles of the country. Our tour ended at our guide's grandmother's house, where she served us rum and coffee. It was a beautiful experience that encouraged me to continue to get off the beaten path whenever I travel. My friends Sara and S...
CL-125 Love, Loss & Grief — Remembering John Stoner
June 15, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBAs a former resident of Richmond, Virginia, and with family and friends still there, I visit the city fairly frequently. But seeing it through the eyes of someone else and hearing them describe places like the James River, Ardent Craft Ales, or Mekong made me long to go back. But the story you’ll hear about today isn’t a typical travel piece: Rather, it’s a bittersweet exploration of the city, an ode to a friendship that ended too soon. In her first story for Good Beer Hunting, titled “Sha...
EP-367 Becky Clark and Sean White of Little Fish Brewing
June 10, 2023 12:00 - 53 minutes - 73.2 MBWhether food or drink, there’s so much that goes into process. That could mean how a brewer combines hops, malt, water, and yeast to get the flavor of a beer just right, or how a chef takes even more ingredients to build a dish with cascading tastes on every bite. In this episode, process and place come together in a unique way from a brewery in Ohio. Little Fish Brewing Company doesn’t just have a curious head brewer in co-founder Sean White, but also a James Beard Award-nominated executi...
EP-366 Eric Pham of Prison City Brewing
June 03, 2023 12:00 - 45 minutes - 62.4 MBMany of the people who work in the craft beer industry got their start because they were passionate about the liquid in their glass. Eric Pham, head brewer and innovation brewer at Prison City Brewing in Auburn, New York, is one of those people. After feeling unfulfilled at his desk job, Eric's fiancé suggested he look for a job in the beer industry since they spent many of their weekends visiting breweries. Eric found his way into beer in 2018 as a warehouse assistant at Lamplighter Brewi...
EP-365 Michelle Vanderwalker and Sean Umstead of Kingfisher Cocktail Bar
May 27, 2023 12:00 - 58 minutes - 80.8 MBFor years, spirits have taken up a larger share of alcohol consumption across the U.S. Almost exclusively stealing sales from beer, this trend has been boosted by increased interest in cocktails. Whether making them at home, buying them canned and ready to drink, or going out to a bar or restaurant, America’s cocktail culture is thriving as drinkers search for new flavor experiences. In this episode, we’re going to explore a few aspects of why. Durham, North Carolina’s Kingfisher bar was a...
EP-364 Josh Kopp & Chrissie Pinney of Hana Koa Brewing Co.
May 20, 2023 11:00 - 56 minutes - 77.9 MBBeer has never been “just beer.” It can divide as well as it can unite. Some efforts to use beer as a force for good have resulted in initiatives that call for an end to sexual violence, raise money for lifesaving medical research, and even promote literacy. Among those leading the charge to use beer as a force for good are the duo behind Hana Koa Brewing Company in Honolulu, Hawai’i. Head brewer Josh Kopp and director of operations Chrissie Pinney launched Hana Koa in 2019, and from day ...
CL-124 Discovery in What’s Not There — Finding the Great Outdoors While Searching for Bigfoot
May 17, 2023 11:00 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBI recently learned that California has 461 recorded Bigfoot sightings. That’s second only to Washington State, but far more than the mythical creature’s presumed home turf in British Columbia, which counts a mere 134 sightings since 1924. But how many sightings can be credited to the power of suggestion? Or were they all real instances that just so happened to occur to true believers? We may never know, but that’s not really the point. You can believe, or not believe, but staying open-minded...
EP-363 Paul Schneider of Cinderlands
May 13, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 122 MBToday’s guest, if we’re speaking in beer years, is a lifelong friend. But what feels like a lifetime really only started around 2011 in Chicago when Good Beer Hunting, at the time just a personal hobby of mine, was basically unknown outside of a small community in Chicago. At the time, Paul Schneider was still a history teacher in the burbs homebrewing and volunteering at small start-up breweries around the area. We met at a Goose Island First Thursday event, which was a loosely defined m...
SM-009 Frontline Frenemy — Alcohol's Backhanded Role in the American Civil War
May 06, 2023 12:00 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBIn the runup to the American Civil War, the number one political issue on everyone’s minds was…slavery. Of course it was. But it's easy to forget that the number two issue was alcohol. Back then, like today, debates over drinking boiled down to a few key points: who should drink what—and in particular what kind of liquor—how much, when, and what that drinking said about a person’s character. When American drinkers, usually men, marched to war in the Union and Confederate militaries, the po...
CL-122 A Sip Of The Big Apple — A Brief History of NYC’s Beer Bars
May 03, 2023 13:03 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBNew York City is, in almost all respects, on the cutting edge, the vanguard of the very cultures we consume through fashion, art, music, and food. But when it comes to the craft beer scene, the city that never sleeps seems to have done just that—slept on the industry’s development and growth, until, of course, they joined the party, which is still going strong. In her latest love letter to New York, titled “Vagabond Shoes Longing to Stray — Through Years and Boroughs, for the Beer Bars o...
EP-362 Peter Kiley of Monday Night Brewing
April 29, 2023 12:00 - 59 minutes - 81.8 MBCreativity of all kinds fascinates me. I love seeing artists work and watching their final products take form. But most of all, I love to hear them talk about their processes, their frustrations, their joys. No matter the medium—design, food, or in this case beer—I like to glimpse the way their minds influence their work. Those moments of visibility bring a level of understanding of the creative process that I couldn’t get to on my own. When I worked at Monday Night Brewing here in Atlant...
CL-121 Full Tank - How a Maine Gas Station Became a Craft Beer Pioneer
April 17, 2023 17:40 - 31 minutes - 42.8 MBSometimes, hidden gems remain hidden for a reason. Those in-the-know may jealously limit access to outsiders; other times, it’s simply because surprises can blossom in the most unexpected places. When it comes to craft beer, our hidden gems tend to be places like old-school beer bars or hyper-local destinations that remain off the radar of tourists. But occasionally, entire subcultures have been built in the most unlikely of places—and that’s what we decided to spotlight in our newest series...
EP-361 Shibli Haddad of Arroyo Shell
April 15, 2023 12:00 - 50 minutes - 70 MBWhat if I told you one of the best places in the country to find the coolest, freshest craft beer is in Pasadena, California? That probably wouldn’t surprise. But what if I also told you that when you go to find the latest releases from Humble Sea or Trillium, or even a bottle of Cantillon, you could also fill up your gas tank a few dozen feet from that refrigerator door? In this episode, you’re going to meet Shibli Haddad, who owns and runs a Shell gas station that has become one of the m...
EP-360 Nicole Oliver of Edmund's Oast Brewing Co
April 08, 2023 12:00 - 42 minutes - 57.8 MBScience has always been intimidating to me. I was never good at memorizing the periodic table or combining an array of chemical compounds to get a desired—and safe—mixture. Despite the challenges that lasted from middle into high school, I still found it all fascinating, the act of testing and discovery and using specialized equipment that can provide meaningful answers to all kinds of questions. And in this episode, we’re talking about it all in relation to beer. Our guide will be Nicole ...
CL-120 David Neimanis On The Magic (And Misconceptions) Of Non-Alcoholic Spirits
April 05, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes - 45.3 MBNon-alcoholic spirits, beer, wine, and beyond have finally graduated from punchlines to premium products in their own right, filling up store shelves and restaurant menus in greater numbers than ever before. But as writer David Neimanis explains in his latest piece for Good Beer Hunting, there’s still a long way to go for many of these products—non-alcoholic spirits in particular—to achieve their potential as legitimate and valuable alternatives to the status quo. That piece, titled “Spiri...
SL-034 Does Cider Have a Problem? Or an Opportunity?
April 01, 2023 12:00 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBThe question at the center of this episode is simple: Does hard cider have a problem or an opportunity? The answer may be a little bit of both, with your own perspective making the glass of Angry Orchard or 2 Towns or Hudson North slightly more than half empty or half full. So, while we may not have clear-cut answers by the end of the episode, you will hear from a few different perspectives about this challenging and hopeful and evolving time for American cider. To explore all this, you’ll...
EP-359 Soham Bhatt of Artifact Cider Project
March 29, 2023 16:12 - 44 minutes - 60.5 MBWhen you think about beer or wine or spirits or any alcoholic beverage “beyond” these categories, what do you think of? Is it flavor? Friends? Or maybe just a vibe? It’s that last thing that I got stuck on recently thinking about cider and its place amongst all these options. For years, cider has been a steady 1(ish)% of the beer category in the U.S., where it’s classified. But at a time when some segments are trying to tread water, like wine or beer, that steadiness seems … pretty good. A...
CL-119 David Nilsen On His Craft Beer Origin Story, Thanks To Great Lakes Brewing
March 29, 2023 12:00 - 36 minutes - 49.9 MBSpring is a time of emerging, reawakening, and growing beer sales after the category’s typical winter lull—at least for most breweries. But Ohio’s largest brewery, Great Lakes Brewing Company, goes against that seasonal wisdom: Its slow season happens in the warmer months, while winter is its annual highpoint. What gives? That’s just one of the questions writer and photographer David Nilsen attempts to answer in his latest piece titled “Lore of the Lakes — Great Lakes Brewing Company, Clev...
CL-118 Stephanie Grant Says We All Need To Get Outside
March 22, 2023 12:00 - 40 minutes - 55.5 MBExperiencing the uninterrupted beauty of nature should be easy, and in theory it is—for some. As writer Stephanie Grant explores in a new story, going camping can feel like an insurmountable barrier reserved for the wealthy and white. But she hopes that’s changing, thanks to organizations like Outdoor Gear and Beer, which are building a more inclusive beer community for people of color and Black campers who simply wish to enjoy the majesty of the great outdoors. In her Olly Olly piece tit...
EP-358 Jesse Epstein of Shmaltz Brewing
March 18, 2023 14:52 - 49 minutes - 67.7 MBAt some point in your life, you’ve probably been told that you’re not supposed to talk about religion or politics in certain settings. Especially when you meet someone for the first time. In this episode, we’re breaking that rule. As much as it may be one, at least. This conversation combines the secularness of beer with values of Judaism as our guest walks us through why this is a balance that will bring something new and exciting to the industry. Jesse Epstein is a rabbinical student at ...
CL-117 Rachel Hendry Unpacks 500 Years Of Champagne’s Influence
March 15, 2023 14:51 - 35 minutes - 48.6 MBEverybody loves bubbles. What’s not to love? They’re fun, they pop, and they taste amazing—especially in drinks like Champagne, or what the French writer Voltaire called “the most glorious expression” of French civilization. In her first piece for Good Beer Hunting, writer and wine enthusiast Rachel Hendry explores Champagne’s history as a status symbol as well as its influence on other beverages—specifically, beer. That piece, titled “Traditional Method — Exploring Champagne’s Influence o...