United We Drink
130 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWith years of experience under their belts Mike and Kevin discuss the beer industries highs, lows and everywhere in between.
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115 - Grab Bag
April 11, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 80.1 MBGrab bag time! The guys talk about a variety of topics including hefeweizens, branding and Cigar City. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
114 - Beer Awards
March 21, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBTim Johnson joins the podcast as a new co-host and the guys talk about beer awards. Do they actually mean anything? Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
113 - Why
March 07, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBThe word "why" can begin a lot of questions in relation to the beer industry. Mike and Kevin propose a number of these questions to each other to see what they think is the right answer. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
112 - Taprooms
February 22, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 73 MBTaprooms, or tasting rooms to some, have evolved considerably over the last decade for breweries. A spot that was once considered, by many, to be a place to introduce people to their beer that can then be bought out in the market have turned into full scale bars and restaurants with the goal of keeping people coming back and spending. Mike and Kevin dive into own premise and taprooms and what they have become. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their ...
111 - Catching Up with Tim Johnson
February 08, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 86.3 MBTim Johnson returns to the show to talk about his move from the beer industry to the spirits industry. He discusses the similarities and differences in an adjacent adult beverage field. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
110 - Pricing
January 25, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBKevin tells the story of a voicemail he received from someone upset about his beer's availability and price. The guys talk about what goes into pricing of beer once the consumer sees it in a retails store. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
109 - Craft Brewers Conference
January 11, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBThe Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) is an annual conference put on by the Brewers Association filled with educational seminars, an expo hall and lots of beer. It has seemed over the years that the core reasons for the conference have been lost and instead have turned into a yearly vacation for brewery personnel to get drunk in a new city. Mike and Kevin discuss this on today's new episode. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels....
108 - Distribution Revisited
December 14, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 75.7 MBThe last time the show specifically talked about distribution the world hadn't fallen apart yet from Covid. A lot has changed with the middle tier since then. Mike and Kevin talk about what it's like being a distributing brewery in 2023. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
107 - Does Quality Sell?
November 30, 2023 08:00 - 59 minutes - 57.2 MBDoes quality matter when it comes to sales? Do good quality beers outsell bad ones? Do consumers notice? Mike and Kevin discuss on today's episode. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
106 - Friction Points
November 16, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBFriction points pop up to almost any business. They slow down how things are run and grow. Breweries are no different. Mike and Kevin talk about some of the most common friction points in the beer biz and different ways you can approach them. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
105 - Regulations
November 02, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBBreweries face a lot of different regulation bodies, on the federal and state level. Many brewers will say there is too much restrictions while others say there is not enough. Mike and Kevin dive into this topic and see if maybe it's really somewhere right in the middle. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
104 - A Chat with Dustin Jeffers
October 19, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBDustin Jeffers has gone from working in breweries to working with breweries. He talks to Mike and Kevin about his transition from brewery to working for Next Glass, the parent company of Untappd, and what it has done for him. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
103 - Where Did All the Seasonals Go?
October 05, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBOver the years the tradition of season beers has changed a lot. Some have gone away while others have changed with no emphasis on the actual climate of the season. Mike and Kevin discuss this on today's episode. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
102 - Old Market Nostalgia
September 21, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 76 MBIn the early days of craft Mike & Kevin would peruse the shelves of our locals stores and find brands from breweries like Avery, Great Divide, North Coast and more making up the majority of the space. Today many of these brands of old don't exist anymore or aren't distributed in these necks of the woods. The guys get nostalgic and talk about the love of many of these beers and what they meant to them. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social me...
101 - Have Beer, Will Travel
September 07, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBA lot of people travel with beverages and food in mind. Going to wine country, the Bourbon Trail and Oktoberfest are all popular trips. Mike and Kevin talk about their travels centered around adult beverages and how they planned them plus how they tackle these things now with families. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
100 - The 100th One
August 24, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 69.7 MB100 episodes! Mike and Kevin make it a pretty open format and discuss many things completely unrelated to beer and the beverage industry. Life, art and the MCU are just some of the things they get into. Thanks for the last 4 years! Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
099 - A Chat with Ralph Reneau
August 10, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBRalph Reneau is the head brewer of Barrel of Monks Brewing and a true student of the game. Ralph joins the show to talk about recipe development including reformulating existing beers while trying to maintain some connection to the past. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
098 - We Were Wrong
July 27, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBMike and Kevin have made a lot of claims and predictions over the years. Sometimes they are right and other times they are wrong. Maybe wrong more than right. They decide to look at some of the times they were wrong and what changed their minds. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
097 - Catching Up with Joel Kodner
July 13, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBFriend and former co-host Joel Kodner joins Mike and Kevin to talk about what life has been like since leaving the show and leaving the beer industry. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
096 - NA Beer
June 29, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 70 MBNon-alcoholic beer has had a substantial rise in sales and popularity over the last couple years with a large segment of drinkers becoming more conscious of their health. But NA beer has a lot to overcome including a stigma of bad taste, expensive equipment to make it and small market shares. The guys talk about what they think of modern NA beers and how much growth they think it could see. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channel...
095 - The Death of Craft
June 15, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 56.6 MBOver the last few months some big beer companies have sold off craft acquisitions they previously made while some legacy brands have sold to newer, younger companies. What does this mean for the craft segment and industry. Is it the death of craft in the making. The guys discuss. United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
094 - A Chat with Craig Thorn
June 01, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBCraig Thorn is the creator of the BAOS Podcast in Canada where he talks about beer and other shit. Get it? Mike and Kevin welcome Craig on to talk about the Canadian beer scene, hip hop and his strange love for the Sunshine State. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
093 - Who Are We Selling Beer To?
May 18, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBWith a beer market that has become saturated and stagnant many are asking "Who is our target market?" Things aren't easy with competition from ready to drink (RTDs) cocktails, seltzer, hard juices and spirits themselves. Mike and Kevin discuss where breweries are looking to in order to grow sales. United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
092 - Does Local Matter?
May 04, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBThe terms craft beer and local have been synonymous with each other since craft became a thing but what exactly does it mean? And does local really matter int he scheme of things with customers? The guys talk about that. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
091 - Catching Up with Phil Palmisano
April 20, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBOur friend and former co-host Phil Palmisano from Canarchy stops by to catch up with us in the year plus since he left the show. We talk about his position within the company plus what he is seeing in the market, sales wise. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
090 - Activism
April 06, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBOver the last number of years businesses have started to become more open about making statements in regards to social and political issues. Breweries are amongst them. Mike and Kevin discuss breweries taking activist roles in their social media and core values. United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
089 - Social Media
March 24, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBSocial media is an unavoidable avenue in marketing. The guys talk about how important it is not just for the delivery of the brand's message but if it is necessary for the collection of information about the trends and news of the industry. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
088 - A Chat with Sam Phanor of Savage Lyfe Beer Co
March 09, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBSam Phanor has had quite a journey in starting Savage Lyfe Beer Co. He served 2 tours of Iraq, worked in law enforcement and created a non-profit raising money for survivors of human trafficking. Now he is focused on creating all barrel aged beers in South Florida. Listen to our conversation with Sam and his love of community and giving back. Get coffee delivered to your door with Trade. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
087 - Who's an Authority?
February 23, 2023 14:48 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBEveryone seemingly wants to be a critic. When you have Yelp, Untappd, Google and a plethora of blogs almost anyone can play an authority of a specific thing. Mike and Kevin discuss this and who really should hold weight on ratings. United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
086 - Besides Beer
February 09, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBThe show is called United We Drink not United We Drink Beer so Mike and Kevin decided to talk about adult beverages that they enjoy outside of beer. The guys talk whiskey, tequila, wine and seltzer and offer up what they see going on in those segments. United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
085 - A Chat with Tommy Kelley
January 26, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 80.5 MBTommy Kelley has worked for Free State Brewing, in Lawrence, KS, for his entire brewing career. He started as a busser in the brewpub and over 17 years has worked his way through the ranks to being Head Pub Brewer today. Tommy talks about the storied history of Free State, his own struggles with mental health in the industry and the art of being a beer judge. United We Drink loves Athletic Brewing. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
084 - A Chat with Bobby Bump
January 12, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBBobby Bump brewed beer for over a decade in 3 different states and 1 district. Today he is a stay at home parent and sober. We talk to Bobby about the toll the brewing industry took on him, his battles with addiction and his motivation to get clean and have a better life. United We Drink loves Athletic Brewing. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
Holiday Break
December 19, 2022 14:26 - 1 minute - 2.17 MBWe are taking a break from new episodes during the holiday. Thank you once again to everyone that donated on the Charity Fundraiser. Enjoy your holidays!
083 - Adjuncts
December 08, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBFor years the guys have made off hand comments about adjuncts in beer but they have never devoted any time to the controversial subject. On this episode Mike and Kevin dive into the culture in beer that Kevin is only slightly responsible for. United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
082 - Private Labeling
November 23, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBHave you ever walked into a bar, restaurant or hotel and see a beer that appears branded towards them? A brewery makes that beer. Sometimes it's made just for that place while other times it is a rebrand of an existing beer. Kevin and Mike talk about the practice of private labeling in the beer industry. United We Drink loves Athletic Brewing. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
081 - Branding
November 10, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBA good brewery needs good branding. That means a company name, logo, beer names, label design. It's all important. Mike and Kevin dive into the branding in the beer world and what they think is important with it. United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
080 - A Chat with Eric Hild
October 27, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 75.8 MBEric Hild is the Senior Lead Brewer for Toppling Goliath Brewing in Decorah, IA. Mike and Kevin talk with him about how he started in beer and worked up through the ranks of one of the countries most prolific breweries. United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
079 - Common Misconceptions
October 13, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBBeing in the beer industry people will commonly make generalizations about your job. "You must drink all day." "You have the best job in the world." Along with those there are many others. Kevin and Mike talk about some of the things drinkers and fans tend to not know about how the beer game works. United We Drink loves Athletic Brewing. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
078 - A Chat with Kelly Meyer
September 29, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBMike and Kevin sit down to talk with Kelly Meyer. Kelly is the former owner of The New Braunfels Brewing in Texas. After selling the brewery last year he authored the book How Not to Start a Damn Brewery, an honest approach to the mistakes he made when running the brewery for 10 years. That book has turned into a podcast of its own that discusses with other folks in beer their struggles in an industry that all too often only focuses on the good and successful stories. Kelly talks more with t...
077 - Kevin Covers Old Topics
September 15, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 77.1 MBKevin hasn't been on the show a long time. He wasn't involved in a lot of the earlier topics. Mike decides to hit Kevin up with some of these early episode topics like Work/Life Balance, Food Pairings and Getting into the Industry and get his takes on them. United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
076 - A Chat with Barry Holmes & James Bruner of The Bruery
September 01, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBThe Bruery has long been an innovating brewery in the beer industry. Barry Holmes & James Bruner join the show to talk about their focus as a business and catering to their memberships and locals alike. United We Drink loves Athletic Brewing. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
075 - Joel's Last One
August 18, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBJoel is deciding it is time to step away from the show. Join the gang in seeing what Joel is going to do. United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
074 - Talking IP Theft with Josh from The Craft Beercast
August 04, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBJosh from the Craft Beercast is a long time friend of the show. He joins Mike, Joel and Kevin to talk about something that really grinds a number of people's gears, intellectual property theft in beer. Sit back and grab a beer as they all discuss the lifting of other companies IP theft and who does it hurt? United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
073 - Therapizing
July 21, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBThe guys attempt to tackle a question proposed to them by a listener about what the beer industry has made them appreciate more beside beer (ie cooking, coffee, travel, etc). One co-host doesn't like the question so things, inevitably, go off the rails. United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
072 - Positive Beer Fest Stories
July 07, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 88.5 MBBeer fests over the years have gotten kinda dull. Same thing, over and over again. Mike and Kevin talk about some positives of beer fests. Unique concepts or just better planning and organizing in general. United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
071 - No Bullshit
June 23, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBOk, the title might be deceptive. There is quite a deal of bullshit but don't we all need that sometimes? The guys discuss RTDs, The Batman (more), some other beer stuff and the MCU (again, more). Sound like fun? United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
070 - The "Whales" of Old
June 09, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBThere was a time when the most sought after beers weren't packed full of juice or baking supplies. They were simple styles but among the best in the world. The guys talk about these beers that were once considered rare and the best but now have become somewhat easy to find. United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
069 - A Chat with Joe Pye
May 26, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBJoe Pye is a South Florida beer blogger that runs BrowardBeer.com. He has a background in journalism and prefers to take his blog in a different direction than most beer blogs focusing on stories, doing the reporting work and maintaining journalistic integrity. We talk with Joe about his love of beer, how he got started with the blog and his latest collaboration with 26 Degree Brewing to benefit Ukraine.. United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social medi...
068 - Craft Brewers Conference
May 12, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 89 MBThe Craft Brewers Conference returned after a couple years abense, due to the pandemic, in Minneapolis. Mike and Kevin talk about their experiences with the biggest trade show for small breweries and whether it's actually worth the time and money. United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook
067 - Brewery Employee Satisfaction
April 28, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 79.9 MBA recent survey came out that showed that only around a quarter of brewery production staff are completely happy in their jobs while over 75% of owners are. The guys dive into why brewery staff might not be happy and what could possibly be done about it. United We Drink loves Made In Cookware. Follow United We Drink on their social media channels. Twitter Instagram Facebook