Bolt Minister 54-40 Brewing Co - Portland Beer Podcast Episode 49

Bolt Minister 54-40 Brewing Co - Portland Beer Podcast Episode 49 Episode 49 of the Portland Beer Podcast is here! In this episode of the Portland Beer Podcast Host Steven Shomler visits with Bolt Minister Founder of 54-40 Brewing Co. iTunes – You can subscribe to the Portland Beer Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/portland-beer-podcast/id1122710910?mt=2 More about this Portland Beer Podcast Episode In this episode you will learn the story behind about Bolt's fantastic name! You will also learn what Bolt's did before he became a brewer. Bolt's tells us about the places he brewed at before launching 54-40 including -- 13 Virtues Brewing (Philadelphia's Steaks & Hoagies), Astoria Brewing, Rock Bottom Brewery (Portland), Walking Man Brewing, Portland Brewing, and Old Town Brewing. You learn where the both the name and the logo for 54-40 Brewing came from, as well about the some of the beers that you will commonly find on tap at the 54-40 taproom – Kascadia Kolsch, Half Cocked IPA, River Road Pilsner, and Broken Record IPA. Bolt shares what he thinks makes for a good brewer, what he looks for when he hires a brewer, what it takes to have a successful brewery, and about the 4 annual events they host as the brewery – The Outlaw Beer Festival (June), Kölschmas in July, their annual Anniversary Celebration (October), and 12 Days of Kölschmas (December) During the course of this podcast Bolt alludes to the new menu that he was planning to introduce. Here is a link to The New School article by Michael Perozzo about what they have just debuted -- www.newschoolbeer.com/2017/09/grubbin-shoug-54-40-brewing-now-food.html Follow 54-40 Brewing Co Website – www.54-40brewing.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/5440brewing Instagram – www.instagram.com/5440brewing Twitter - www.twitter.com/5440Brewing The Portland Beer Podcast 411 The Portland Beer Podcast is brought to you by Portland Culinary Radio and is recorded at Culmination Brewing Company. Steven Shomler is the Host and Creator of the Portland Beer Podcast. Many thanks to Ken Wilson a true Media Maestro for his excellent sound engineering and editing! Follow The Portland Beer Podcast — iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/portland-beer-podcast/id1122710910?mt=2 SoundCloud – www.soundcloud.com/portlandbeerpodcast Facebook – www.facebook.com/PortlandBeerPodcast Instagram – www.instagram.com/portlandbeerpodcast Twitter – www.twitter.com/PDXBeerPodcast The Portland Culinary Podcast The Portland Beer Podcast has a sister podcast -- the Portland Culinary Podcast www.PortlandCulinaryPodcast.com