409: NZ Pilsner in Perspective with Paweł Lewandowski of Mount Brewing
While hop-forward lager may be a relatively new phenomenon in the States, New Zealand brewers have been brewing their own version of pilsner for decades using homegrown hops. Yet threading the needle ...
18 Apr 20251h 7min
408: Brent McGlashen of Mac Hops is Harvesting Sunshine on the Family Farm in Motueka
New Zealand is pretty far from everything, so competing on price for commodity bittering hops was never a great strategy for the country’s small number of hops growers. Things were pretty grim in the ...
11 Apr 20251h
407: Biotransformation Myths and Realities in Hoppy and Non-Alcoholic Beers, with Dr. Peter Bircham
Two straight weeks of nothing but doctors on the Craft Beer & Brewing podcast? This week’s episode is another scientific barnburner with the head of R&D for Wellington’s Garage Project. Dr. Peter Birc...
4 Apr 202559min
406: Dr. Tom Shellhammer and Dr. Ron Beatson Discuss the Impacts of Genetics, Terroir, and Pick Timing on New Zealand Hops
Dr. Ron Beatson is the retired hop breeder who built a storied career at Plant & Food Research developing some of the most popular New Zealand hop varieties today, and Dr. Tom Shellhammer is the Orego...
28 Mar 20251h 13min
405: Pete Gillespie of Garage Project and Hāpi Research Is Fighting the Forces of Homogenization
Homogeneity is the name of the game in certain circles of brewing—whether it’s massive brewers who standardize their hop lots by blending before pelletizing, or it’s hop companies that blend lots to i...
21 Mar 20251h 32min
404: Bright Spots in Beer’s Economic Data with Contributing Editor Kate Bernot
Earlier this week, our Industry All-Access subscribers received in their email inbox this week’s subscriber-exclusive article that Kate reported, parsing the latest industry economic data but reading ...
14 Mar 202549min
Episode 403: Offset’s Conor Brown Is Lying to You About Low-ABV IPA
From their tiny outpost in the ski town of Park City, Offset Bier has turned Utah’s challenges—such as a ban on serving draft beer higher than 5 percent ABV—into opportunities. Last year was a breakou...
7 Mar 20251h 7min
402: Colorado WCIPA Roundtable With Cannonball Creek, Westbound & Down, and Amalgam
Strong brewing communities produce clusters of great breweries, and the Colorado brewing world, centered in Denver, is no different. Friendly competition drives innovation, exploration, and refinement...
1 Mar 20251h 47min
