423: Integrating Used and New Equipment in Brewery Design with Big Grove and First Key
It’s no secret that the craft-brewing industry is facing headwinds, and with that comes brewery closures and a flourishing used-equipment market. But as we all know, buying and integrating used equipm...
8 Jul 20251h 14min
422: Vincent Ménard of Messorem Searches for Brash Balance in Sweet and Sour IPA
Montreal’s Messorem strikes an urban pose—the old factory building in a gritty industrial zone is covered with graffiti, and looks more likely to hold underground raves than contemporary brew days. Bu...
4 Jul 202559min
421: Gabriel Dulong Is Fermenting a Culture of Innovation at Quebec Craft Stalwart Boréale
There was a time in Boréale’s not-so-distant past when they might have released a new beer every other year. The brewery is one of Quebec’s oldest craft breweries, dating back to the late 1980s, and o...
27 Jun 20251h 6min
420: “High Notes”—Abstrax Presents Episode #420 With Highland Park and Hop Butcher
Episode 420! It’s an auspicious number that we couldn’t let pass without commemorating in some significant way, and our friends at Abstrax have joined us to bring you this partner podcast interruption...
24 Jun 20251h 11min
419: Jean-Phillippe Lalonde of Silo Finds Fullness and Expression in Continental-Style Lagers and Kölsch
Don’t tell Jean-Phillippe Lalonde of Silo that craft lager is a “new” trend—he’s been brewing small batches for Montreal drinkers for nearly 15 years. Opened two weeks before COVID shutdowns in 2020...
20 Jun 202558min
418: Faster, More Reliable, More Consistent—Dialing In Hot-Side Process Improvement and Optimization
The focus of this spotlight episode is hot-side process improvements that will make your brew day quicker, more reliable, and more consistent. We get into the nitty-gritty of tank jackets, grist hydra...
17 Jun 20251h 7min
417: Ryan Allen of Macallen Is a Farmer with a Brewing Problem
Estate-grown barley, hops, and fruit are the engines that power the beers at Macallen Farm and Brewery, and multigenerational farmer (and brewery founder) Ryan Allen embraces agriculture as a creative...
13 Jun 20251h 5min
416: Derrick Robertson of BreWskey Narrows His Hop Palette to Explore the Variations Within Varietals
Before he took the leap and started his own, BreWskey cofounder Derrick Robertson was a process engineer who helped design breweries. That background was invaluable when building out a brewhouse and c...
6 Jun 20251h 5min
