183: For Bobby Kros of Kros Strain, Innovation and Tradition Go Hand in Hand
That old axiom “be careful what you wish for” is true when it comes to award-winning beers and the recognition they attract. Winning a top medal for IPA at the Great American Beer Festival is the drea...
16 Apr 20211h 8min
182: Sam Pecoraro of Von Ebert Writes the Beer Description Before the Recipe
Portland, Oregon’s Von Ebert has built a reputation for quality beer in a city full of great beer. From GABF medals to a Craft Beer & Brewing Beer of the Year in 2020, peers and critics have been payi...
12 Apr 20211h 5min
181: Jeff Wiederkehr of Burning Beard Believes Authenticity is the Best Policy
“Be your authentic self, and they will come to you,” says Burning Beard cofounder Jeff Wiederkehr. It’s not about marketing calculus or cynically appealing to here-today, gone-tomorrow hype chasers. I...
5 Apr 20211h 17min
180: Seventh Son’s Collin Castore and Colin Vent Balance the Normal with the Weird
For Collin Castore and Colin Vent of Seventh Son Brewing in Columbus, Ohio, the focus has always been on quality and constant improvement over hype. Eight years on, the core brands they launched with ...
27 Mar 20211h 10min
179: Chris Davison of Wolf's Ridge Still Tinkers Like a Homebrewer
Wolf’s Ridge Brewing started as a cramped basement brewpub setup below one of the best-regarded restaurants in Columbus, Ohio. On Chris Davison’s watch since 2014, the brewery grew to add a 30-barrel ...
19 Mar 20211h 17min
178: Altstadt Brewery’s Craig Rowan Can Taste the Hard Work in His Beer
Alstadt Brewery is a remarkable creation—a gleaming brewery, taproom, restaurant, and event space designed in the form of a European-style chateau, plopped down in the German-American community of Fre...
15 Mar 20211h 12min
177: St. Elmo’s Bryan Winslow Embraces the “A-Ha” Moment
In today’s brewing world, big and bold flavors tend to attract drinkers with an an endless thirt for what’s next. But for Austin’s St. Elmo Brewing,, those aren’t the beers that are going to get peopl...
6 Mar 20211h 6min
176: The Austin Beer Garden Brewery Is Committed to All the Little Things that Make Great Lagers
Great lagers require commitment and focus, and it’s no surprise that the Austin Beer Garden Brewery has been so successful at making them—with three-plus decades of lager-brewing experience between th...
25 Feb 20211h 4min
