167: Adam Robbings of Reuben’s Brews Reflects on the Brewing and Business Impacts of 2020
Reuben’s Brews’ Adam Robbings has always been a thoughtful and mission-driven brewer, who focuses as much on building a business that delivers on the promise of “craft” as he does on compelling beers ...
1 Jan 20211h 21min
166: Josh Grenz of Verboten on Designing Stouts and Barleywines for Barrel Aging
Anyone can put beer in a barrel, but brewing compelling (and award-winning) barrel-aged beers requires a more conscious approach to design, brewing, and fermentation. Verboten’s Josh Grenz knows a thi...
28 Des 20201h 14min
165: Bret Kollman Baker of Urban Artifact is Fastidious About Quick Sour Beers
When approached with creativity, passion, and clarity of purpose, any beer style can be great. Quick sours—in the hands of Urban Artifact’s Bret Kollman Baker—are an object lesson in this intense appr...
24 Des 20201h 13min
164: It's Funk First for Shawn Johnson and New-Old School Birds Fly South
Shawn Johnson of Birds Fly South dreams about brewing. In fact, their solera system for fermenting farmhouse beers came to him one night in a vision of sorts—as Jolly Pumpkin’s Ron Jeffries appeared i...
12 Des 20201h 4min
163: Julie Verratti of Denizens Discusses Political and Operational Ways Breweries Can Survive the COVID Wave
As an attorney who, earlier in her career, worked for the US federal government's Small Business Administration, Denizens Brewing cofounder and Chief Brand Officer Julie Verratti has a working knowled...
29 Nov 20201h 6min
162: Yvan de Baets of Brasserie de la Senne Is a Selfish Brewer
For Yvan de Baets of Brasserie de la Senne, what’s old is new again. All brewing styles shift and develop over time, as tastes change and things come into and fall out of fashion. But for this student...
23 Nov 20201h 12min
161: For Matt Lincoln of Fremont, Brewing Fresh Hop Beers is a Labor of Love
Seattle’s Fremont Brewing is known for fresh hop beers, and over the past decade they’ve engaged in a level of problem solving (on both the logistical and technical sides) that is relatively unparalle...
14 Nov 20201h 19min
160: Brick West’s Sam Milne Takes an Exacting Approach to Pilsner and Gose
Brick West head brewer Sam Milne is fanatical about process and technique, and it’s this love of fine tuning small details that stoked his love of brewing lagers years ago. After moving up the ranks a...
8 Nov 20201h 17min
