Graining In
202 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 215 ratingsGraining In. A weekly podcast where Noah Bissell (mediocre brewer, recovering pessimist) and Matt Robinson (taproom manager, retired rapper) sit down with and without guests to discuss eclectic topics *usually* relevant to the world of beer. Conversations are sometimes technical, often not, but always aim to find the macro threads that keep people motivated and inspired to wake up every morning and pursue their craft. Everyone’s day starts with that first step, so turn the auger on get to Graining In.
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#93: Trevor Stone | Mentation Cannabis
March 28, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 74 MBThis week finds the us in the nicest basement in Maine to talk to the a fantastic strain of human, Trevor Stone! We know Trevor through his role as head of catering/events at High Roller Lobster Co., but this conversation is far more land-based than sea, as Trevor is on the cusp of entering Maine's medical marijuana retail world with his brand, Mentation Cannabis. Growing as a fully-registered caregiver for the last decade, Trevor sherpas us through a dive hard into the hop cone's most formi...
#92: Alex Kidd | Don’t Drink Beers (REPOSTED)
March 22, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBEven amidst the utopian fields of golden barley the #GrainGang calls home, life still happens and the recording schedge sadly didn’t work out this week. SO, we combed through the annals and dusted off one of our all-favorites - a conversation with comedian, wordsmith, barrister, TikTok megastar, and small dog enthusiast, Alex Kidd of DontDrinkBeers and Malt Couture! Recorded almost exactly a year ago, when the country was merely in the courting stage of both Zoom and COVID, the laughs are s...
Where Were We?
March 15, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBWith no Grain Guest(s), Matty and Noah are left to enjoy each other's company. Updates on the 2021 Podcast Review Campaign are provided, with Noah making a shameful confession while Matty doubles down for the cause (and possibly begins looking for a humble entry back into the rap game). With COVID vaccines flyin' off the shelf and a plan in place for Maine's transition back to "normalcy", Matty is chomping at the bit to be back in the taproom and discusses the momentum he hopes to ride right...
#91: Where Were We?
March 15, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBWith no Grain Guest(s), Matty and Noah are left to enjoy each other's company. Updates on the 2021 Podcast Review Campaign are provided, with Noah making a shameful confession while Matty doubles down for the cause (and possibly begins looking for a humble entry back into the rap game). With COVID vaccines flyin' off the shelf and a plan in place for Maine's transition back to "normalcy", Matty is chomping at the bit to be back in the taproom and discusses the momentum he hopes to ride right...
#90: Zach Page & Nick Bonadies | Belleflower Beer
March 08, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBThe Apology Tour merges with Parts Unknown as we talk with former guest/victim Zach Page and his partner Nick Bonadies, co-owners of Portland's newest brewery, Belleflower! After getting to know each other during the genesis stages of Trillium, a brewery both went on to mold impressive careers within. Nearly a decade and a few jobs later, Nick got wind of a turnkey brewery for sale, immediately called Zach to make a life-altering proposition, and here we are. We get into their formative exp...
#89: Doug Lyford | Bitcoin Enthusiast
March 01, 2021 02:00 - 2 hours - 83.7 MBWe're mixing it up in a big way this week and do our best to set the ledger straight on blockchain technology with software engineer Doug Lyford. Doug and Noah were in high school together and were brought back together by coincidence and a shared interest - Cryptocurrency. With Bissell Brothers actively exploring both transferring some liquidity to cryptocurrency and accepting it as payment, Doug helps us grasp what exactly blockchain is, why it's so important, and how it functions as the b...
#88: Evan Richardson II | Eaux! • Cafe Louis
February 22, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBThe apology tour returns and the guys once again find themselves in the home of Evan Richardson. An early auditory casualty of this podcast (see episode 7, if you dare), Evan owns Portland's Eaux! and South Portand's soon-to-be Cafe Louis. An awful lot has happened in the 18 months since we last caught up, and Evan reflects on the early days of COVID, the massive strain it put on his restaurant, how he dealt with the very foreign feeling of having spare time, and the myriad of positive impa...
#87: A CRISPR Collab
February 15, 2021 06:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBThe guys start this week's episode by FINALLY trying their hand at an ad read, which goes predictably terrible (but carries a message surprisingly great for everyone else). With that out of the way, the conversation focuses on Noah's recent experience with BBB's first virtual collaboration, done with none other than podcast A+++lister Scott Janish's brewery Sapwood Cellars. Matt pokes and prods to get all the juicy details on the Riwaka/Callista heavy recipe, some interesting process tweaks...
#86: Matt Richardson | Titled Barn Brewery
February 08, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 65 MBThe guys are joined virtually this week with Matt Richardson of Titled Barn Brewery! On multiple levels, Matt has a story unlike any we've heard to date. Born and raised in Rhode Island, Matt bucked a trend we've grown used to, and instead of dreaming of a urban life outside of country roots, he actually wanted to get out of the 'burbs of Providence and find a quieter pace of life elsewhere. So, he went to college in Vermont, fell in love with beer, moved back to Rhode Island, fell in love w...
#85: Bob Cutler | Novio's Bistro
February 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBThis week, we're joined by the first guest ever to give Matty Energy a formidable match, Bob Cutler of Novio's Bistro. Bob is Matt's old boss, and their story traces back to the early days of the Family Dog, a time which represents Matty's oft-mentioned experience of "coming from food". Since then, Bob has ditched hot dogs and DIPAs for steak tartare and 12-year whiskey with Novio's. We get into the meaning of the restaurant's "inspired bistro" tagline, the critical importance of experienc...
#84: Daniel Endicott | Forest & Main
January 26, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBWe finally close the loop on a conversation that's been in INTENSE negotiations for the better part of the last year (or, it was COVID postponed) and are joined by Daniel Endicott of Forest and Main. Dan and his partner Gerard opened their brewery nearly a decade ago, opting to set up shop inside a large Victorian house, and that tone of eccentricity has been the heartbeat of the brewery ever since. Focusing on roughly equal parts saisons, IPAs, and "Pub Ales", Noah naturally latches on to t...
#83: Mind the Yap
January 18, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBIt's just the plebs in the castle this week, and the guys are talking inert gases, English beer, new horizons, and wrapping last year's beer consumption up with a (kinda ratty looking) bow. Noah gets into the brewery's fledging affair with Nitrogen, its role in BBB's newest beer, an English-style bitter named Oi!, as well as potential growth for Nitro-finished cans within a predominantly hop-focused brewery. Matty, fired up from chatting with an idol last week, makes some public resolutions...
#82: Phil Cassella | Trillium Brewing
January 10, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBMarking the second appearance of Team Trillium, Phil Cassella joins the podcast! As Trillium's "Content Manager", Phil is responsible for essentially all outward-facing communication from the brewery, ranging from photographs, social media, and newsletters. In other words, he's a busy guy. We get into Phil's experience growing up in a town that makes Milo like Manhattan, how that upbringing always attracted him to a city, and entry his into the beer industry in the Adirondacks. As very voca...
#81: John Squadrito | Vacationland Distributors
January 04, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBIn the first episode of 2021's fresh start, we're joined by John Squadrito of Vacationland Distributors. John got his start selling stainless brewing equipment for TigPro (having sold Bissell Brothers about half its current lineup), but transitioned into beer sales for Vacationland - a "boutique wholesaler" - about five years ago. Since then, he's helped build "V-Land" from a tiny startup operating out of a storage unit to one of the most respectable craft distributors in New England, with...
#80: The Filthiest Year
December 27, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 49.9 MBWith the door nearly shut on this strangest of years, the guys dive into BBB's annual year-capper, Angels With Filthy Souls. Matt picks Noah's brain on the beer's recipe and evolution, the difference between porter and stout, and the origin of AWFS's name and its increasingly-distant source material. Noah also discusses the role maple plays in the beer, how the brewery handled this year's blending process, and the overdue switch from aluminum to glass. Matty can't resist the urge to get a l...
#79: Anthony Finley | Other Half
December 21, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBThe guys got an early Christmas present in the form of a virtual visit from Other Half's Anthony Finley! Anthony is currently the brewery's brand manager (or something like it - no fleece vests, please), but he was involved with the brewery before it even opened its doors and subsequently has had his hands in just about every single facet of the company. We run through the history of the man (who wore a bucket hat JUST FOR US) within the brewery - from the taproom, to the centrifuge, to tra...
#78: Lisa Kellndorfer | Austin Street Brewery
December 14, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBThe stars have aligned for a conversation that has been been in text tag purgatory since the podcast's inception, and Austin Street Brewery's Lisa Kellndorfer finally joins the show! Despite being BBB's Industrial Way neighbor for a few weeks, Noah and Matt know very little about her background. So, Lisa gets them up to speed in real time about the path to her current role as Head of Production at ASB, from getting hired as Assistant Brewer with a solid background in scientific research bu...
#77: Repetition is a Brown Ale
December 07, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBThe guys catch up with each other and ask an extremely important question: WHAT IS HAPPENING IN LAKE STEVENS, WA?!? With that riddle has been freed into the ether, Matty discusses being on the precipice of homeownership, a place he never thought he'd find himself considering his past (see EPISODE #67 and congratulate the damn guy). He also recounts an absolutely harrowing recent home delivery saga from Thanksgiving Eve (you gotta hear it to believe it) before getting deep on, as the title su...
#76: Nico LeBarge | Bissell Brothers
November 30, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBWe enjoy the fortune of talking to one of our very own this week with Nico LeBarge! In addition to her role in the BBB Portland taproom (or drive-thru at time of recording), Nico - an accomplished artist in her own time with a BFA and multiple residencies to her name - is responsible for a sizable (and rapidly growing) chunk of BBB3R bottle artwork. We get into Nico's earliest memories of being grabbed by art, the long road toward finding your own voice as a creator, how being a D-1 swimmer...
#75: Vince Tursi | DSSOLVR
November 23, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBThis week, we had the absolute pleasure of catching up with one of the most intrepid minds in fermentation, Vince Tursi! Alongside buddy-turned-business partner Mike Semenac, Vince is a co-founder/owner of DSSOLVR Beverage Co., located within the esteemed utopia of Asheville, NC. Their brewery - which fired up its system for the first time almost exactly 12 months ago - has experienced quite the rookie year, as most of it has unfolded inside a pandemic. We dive into that whirlwind of an expe...
#74: Turbid Days, Coolship Nights
November 16, 2020 05:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBThe nights are cool and the knockouts are steamy - another coolship filling season in Milo is underway! Recorded as the season's first batch of wort was literally sitting in the coolship, vibes are high and the musings are many as the guys circle back to a favorite topic: spontaneous beer. Noah provides updates on how the current structural evolution of the brewery's coolship *room*, current interpretation of turbid mashing, and how BBB's past spontaneous batches are currently progressing; B...
#73: Matt Walters | Foeder Crafters
November 10, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBThe podcast is joined by a certified saint in the church of oak, founder and co-owner of St. Louis' Foeder Crafters. Foeder Crafters came out of nowhere to become THE foeder fabricator in the US. We trace back to when Matt, "a maker of things", was in the early stages of opening a brewery with a Cy Young Award winner when a brewer casually asked if Matt thought he could make a giant oak vessel for him. Instead of being a brewer, Matt was catapulted down a meteoric path of both trailblazing ...
#72: Gene Beck | Nocturnem Draft Haus
November 02, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBThe guys are once again treated to an in-studio guest as they welcome Gene Beck, owner of Nocturnem Draft Haus in Bangor, ME. Gene holds an undeniable place in the Mount Rushmore of Bangor beer, having played a pivotal development in its ongoing maturation since Y2K. The episode starts where he started; At, of all places, Swett's Tire and Auto, an exit ramp gas station and small convenience store. Over the course a decade, Gene inexplicably turned Swett's into one of the best, and certainly...
#71: Mike Sardina | Hill Farmstead
October 26, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 49 MBWe're ruefully without Matty this week. HOWEVER -- Noah made it to the Northern Kingdom of Vermont, visiting with old friend, former coworker, current Hill Farmstead employee, and general beer savant, Mike Sardina. If you don't know Mike (you're in the minority), he's lived in cities across the country, making home within some of craft beer's strongest factions. Yet, he's moved to Greensboro, VT on not one, but two separate occasions, and we accordingly start off by prodding at what exactly ...
#71: Mike Sardina | Hill Farmstead
October 26, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 49 MBWe're ruefully without Matty this week. HOWEVER -- Noah made it to the Northern Kingdom of Vermont, visiting with old friend, former coworker, current Hill Farmstead employee, and general beer savant, Mike Sardina. If you don't know Mike (you're in the minority), he's lived in cities across the country, making home within some of craft beer's strongest factions. Yet, he's moved to Greensboro, VT on not one, but two separate occasions, and we accordingly start off by prodding at what exactly ...
#70: So This is Swishmas
October 19, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 48.7 MB"So this is Swishmas. And how is this podcast still on?" Miracles never cease... Regardless, this week is dedicated to Black Beauty, the Official Craft Beer of Darth Vader, the Steph Curry Special -- SWISH. Noah and Matty attempt to break down the formula that culminate in one of BBB's most well-known beers. Noah discusses the beer landscape that Swish was born from, shares its origin story, and talks about early releases sold in a white can via a tiny taproom; Matt talks about his trial-b...
#69: Dan Kleban | Maine Beer Company
October 12, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBThey say to never meet your heroes, but this week proves that's poor advice. Dan Kleban, co-founder of Maine Beer Company, sits down with Noah and Matty. After some initial gushing about how generous Dan and his brother Dave were to get Noah and Pete into MBC's first space, the conversation shifts to the Dan's early experiences with beer (Sierra Nevada strikes again) and what laid the groundwork for what continues to be MBC's philosophy on the beer-making side of the business. Dan and Noah a...
#68: Matthew Bateman | Kennebec River Brewing
October 05, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBThe beer industry and the state of Maine are both such special places to exist, due in large part to the people you meet within them. Both deserve equal credit for bringing this week's IN-STUDIO guest to us - Matthew Bateman. Matt works at Northern Outdoors, an operation in The Forks, ME that includes within it rafting, guiding, camping, and lodging services. Since 1996, the company has also included a brewery - Kennebec River Brewing, located within the Northern Outdoors lodge. The BBB cre...
#67: Matt Robinson | Bissell Brothers
September 28, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBWe decided it was time to do things quite a bit differently this week. Noah tries to clarify a misperception about himself and the guys talk unseen baggage, which slides into what is far and away the most personal episode of Graining In to date. Matty's positive, boisterous, almost Golden Retriever-like personality suits his profession just about as much as possible. But the path he took to get to where he is today is nothing short of astounding. He gets extremely candid with Noah about los...
#66: Rob Lyle | Barreled Souls
September 21, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBThis week, we have a nobility in the house - Rob "Stacklord" Lyle III, brewer at Barreled Souls! After examining exactly how one becomes a Stacklord, we get into Rob's path into the brewing industry, which far and away required more perseverance than any other we've heard yet. Then it's all about what makes the little brewery in Saco that could (accept his resume and take him in for an interview) so different. Barreled Souls does primary fermentation of literally all their beers - from goses...
#65: Bret, Brett, and Bretts
September 14, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBHopefully distance does make the heart grow fonder, because Matty and Noah have found themselves alone once again. We reflect on the handful of guest conversations we've been privileged to over the last five weeks, but end up back where we always do: Allagash. Jason Perkins brought Brettanomyces to the forefront of Matty's mind via thoughts of Allagash's almighty Bret Michaels. So he uses a recent BBB3R release - Fire Road - to set the stage for a conversation all about the most misunderstoo...
#64: Ryan Adams | Artist
September 07, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBWe're looking for stoke outside of beer this week and talking directly with a man that's been mentioned on multiple episodes of this podcast: Ryan Adams! Ryan is the co-owner of Better Letter Hand Painted Signs (the work of which can be seen at countless businesses in greater Portland), and independently takes on jobs as a muralist/graffiti artist. We orbit around the multiple jobs Ryan's done at BBB3R, as Matty and Noah were blown away by the process, approach, and level of quality they we...
#63: Carol Stoudt I Stoudt's Brewing Co. (REPOSTED)
August 31, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBSome technical difficulties arose this week, but we're making lemonade by revisiting one of the best conversations the podcast has afforded us to have. Carol Stoudt spent her entire brewing career at Stoudt's Brewing, of which she was the founding brewmaster. In the eyes of many, she is the foremost pioneering example of women excelling in the brewing industry. Her story, humility, and perspective on the the arc of her career and the accomplishments within it is profoundly humbling. This was...
#62: Jason Perkins | Allagash Brewing Company
August 24, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBWhoa. It really happened. This week's guest is Allagash brewmaster and idol of the podcast, Jason Perkins!!! Noah and Matty do their best to quiet their nerves and make the most out of their time shared with greatness. Topics include, but are not limited to: Noah's most formative memories of Allagash; the steady and subdued Fight for White in Jason's early days at the brewery; the grist breakdown of the best wheat beer in America (besides Blue Moon); how Allagash's love affair with Brettanom...
#61: Allison Stevens | The Thirsty Pig
August 17, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBWe're keeping it close to home this week with Allison Stevens, owner of The Thirsty Pig in Portland, ME! Allison is Noah's former boss, as well as a handful of other BBB employees, and Matt wastes no time in getting the scoop on Noah's performance as an employee (in an extraverted environment, no less). We shares countless stories about unique characters cast of people the bar has always attracted, the synergy that has come out of it, and the tremendous amount of impact it had on the brewery...
#60: Frank Zagami | Deciduous Brewing Co.
August 10, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBThis week we're in Matty's Motherland of New Hampshire, talking with Frank Zagami of Deciduous Brewing. Frank and his wife Maryann opened their brewery five years ago as the first in Newmarket, a traditionally quaint New England town in the greater Portsmouth area, with the intention to help push New Hampshire past it's reputation as a simple beer throughway between Maine, Vermont, and Massachusetts. We dive into exactly why the state's beer scene was in many ways slower than its neighbors t...
#59: Nature's Bounty
August 03, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBIt's that time of year again, and Matty and Noah spend the episode discussing Maine's most wonderful time of the year that doesn't include Santa - FRUIT HARVEST. Matty (settling into his long-term stay in the Milo house and feeling very comfortable) talks about his recent experience picking up the season's Montmorency cherry supply, and how putting a face to the farmer deepened his belief on using whole fruit. Meanwhile, Noah couldn't make trip and seems at his most vulnerable to the allure ...
#58: Zac Ross | Marlowe Artisanal Ales
July 27, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBMatty and Noah are talking remotely with the Kryptic Kid, the Vibe Valet, or simply the current head brewer at Twelve Percent Beer Project: Zac Ross. Though he and Noah are the same age, Zac's worked in 500% more breweries, including Voodoo, Kent Falls, The Answer. These days, while he's keeping the day-to-day in order at Twelve Percent's largely contract-based production facility, he's also producing beers for his own brand, Marlowe Artisanal Ales. His interesting arch in the industry isn't...
#57: John Holl | Beer Edge
July 20, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBWe put a temporary hold on the Monday Morning Ratings War this week to welcome John Holl himself - our nemesis // respected veteran industry journalist we hold in particularly high esteem - for a virtual conversation! In all seriousness, John is part of the very short list that makes up the top echelon of journalism in the beer industry. His extensive resume includes authorship of countless articles in the industry's leading magazines (All About Beer, BYO) and multiple books, one of which -...
#56: Prime Time for Lime
July 12, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBMatty and Noah are alone once again, ready to tackle a particularly long list of topics. First and foremost - SHIRTS ARE IN!!! They're honestly sicker than expected, resulting from the exponential power of multiple former guests, and are the best way to support the podcast with a lil' panache. Next, the guys provide an update on the rating war with John Hill, tease Noah's Steal This Beer appearance, and also talk about COVID-19 finally making its way to Milo, Maine and how it led the brewery...
#55: Shahin Khojastehzad II | Novare Res Bier Cafe
July 05, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 79.8 MBThe apology tour continues! This week, it's another conversation with Shahin Khojastehzad, co-owner of Novare Res Bier Cafe in Portland, ME. A hell of a lot has changed since our earlier episode with Shahin from almost exactly a year ago. We get right into the second-most obvious (behind sound quality) of those shifts, and get into what life has been like for Novare in the COVID era. Unlike breweries, bars, especially less food-focused ones, were left with little in the way of alternative wa...
#54: Return of the Matt
June 29, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 49.1 MB(You lied to me) Even though you said we'd be open sooner (You lied to me) Even though you said there'd be no masks Yes he tried, yes he cried, cried, cried But it's the RETURN OF THE MATT ........................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................. The BBB Three Rivers taproom is once open for business, and all is once ...
#53: Josh Schlesinger II | Bissell Brothers
June 22, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBWe're making reparations for past auditory and conversational wrongs by welcoming our FIRST REPEAT GUEST EVER, the BBB's own Josh "Sniff" Schlesinger, former owner/operator of Sleek Machine Distro. A hell of a lot has happened since the last time we spoke with mics on, almost exactly a year ago, so we get right into the most obvious - Sleek Machine being absorbed by Bissell Brothers at the beginning of 2020, after law was passed to significantly raise Maine's self distribution cap. We natura...
#53: Josh Schlesinger | Bissell Brothers
June 22, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBWe're making reparations for past auditory and conversational wrongs by welcoming our FIRST REPEAT GUEST EVER, the BBB's own Josh "Sniff" Schlesinger, former owner/operator of Sleek Machine Distro. A hell of a lot has happened since the last time we spoke with mics on, almost exactly a year ago, so we get right into the most obvious - Sleek Machine being absorbed by Bissell Brothers at the beginning of 2020, after law was passed to significantly raise Maine's self distribution cap. We natura...
#52: Lagers, Lore, and Legends
June 15, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBGraining In is fresh off the heels of its most successful Week One episode to date, with Scott Janish! The Matty and Noah revel in the success, try to find valuable lessons from the recent the podcast's growth in listenership; instead, their predictably petty takeaways are merely fixations on self esteem issues and disbelief in the fact that Scott, a man who has dedicated his brewing career to pushing the scientific understanding of IPAs, isn't in love with lagers. Thankfully, the latter poi...
#51: Scott Janish | Sapwood Cellars
June 08, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBThe latter half of the journey to triple digits is off with a bang! We're talking remotely with Scott Janish, co-founder of Sapwood Cellars in Columbia, MD, with partner Michael Tonsmeire of The Mad Fermentationist. Noah had been an avid reader of Scott's own fantastic (if not originally named) brewing blog, ScottJanish.com, which has always differentiated itself by using beer research papers to inform brewing trials and experiments. He and Noah eventually met in person while Scott was doing...
#50: Samuel Dunning | Actor
June 01, 2020 04:00 - 2 hours - 85.8 MBGraining In has somehow made it to its 50th episode, and the guys are celebrating in style with actor, model, artist, beer connoisseur, and five-star stud, Samuel Dunning! We know Sam as the man responsible for some of our favorite beer labels (as well as the artwork on our soon-to-be-ready SHIRTS!), but you may know him his on-screen roles in Blue Bloods, Legends and Lies, and The American West. We have a lot to talk about (clearly), from his entry into the acting world via stumbling into a...
#49: Feedback Fizz
May 25, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBMatty and Noah get back to their roots with an old-school, non-remote chat between two buddies. The "mailbag" (@graininginpod DMs) - tearing at it seams and chaotically overflowing - is attended to with listener feedback answered publicly for the first time. Highlights include comments on the guys' sloppy interviewing style, confirmation of Matt's status as resident ham, and requests for implementing a version of the tried-and-true "beer of the week" segment. The boys try to reclaim a sembla...
#48: Jeff Heck I Monday Night Brewing
May 18, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBPhoning in from Atlanta, co-founder/CEO of Monday Night Brewing Jeff Heck joins the podcast! Jeff and his brewery conducted a survey (discussed in "#46: Past Wrongs Made Tannerite") that's led to him becoming a de facto leader of sorts within the beer industry as it adapts in the wake of COVID-19. We naturally go deep on both the survey and his take on the pandemic's ramifications, as well as his history in private equity (much to Matt's delight). We also talk about Monday Night's bible stud...
#47: Spose | Rapper
May 11, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBComing at you from his bunker/studio/home, we (virtually) welcome Ryan Peters - better known as Spose, preferably known as The King of Maine - to the studio! Spose is EASILY the most lauded rapper to ever emerge from Wells, Maine, and his connections to Bissell Brothers run deep thanks to his former career as a Barnacle Billy's server, working alongside BBB's first employee, Seth Vigue. We talk about how COVID has effected his life as a musician, how he's created and maintained success thro...