174: Live Oak Turns Back the Clock with Historical Lagers and Smoked Beers
“If it’s a pain in the ass, we usually do it,” says Live Oak head brewer Dusan Kwiatkowski. Brewing the hard way has been a core tenet of the brewery since their start in the mid ’90s. While most brew...
19 Feb 202159min
173: Marcus Baskerville of Weathered Souls Brews Beautiful Stouts
It’s been a busy and momentous year for Marcus Baskerville. The co-owner and head brewer of San Antonio’s Weathered Souls Brewing made national news with his Black Is Beautiful initiative in 2020. To ...
12 Feb 20211h 35min
172: Zack Adams of Fox Farm Takes an Iterative But Exacting Approach Across Traditional Styles
For Zack Adams of Connecticut’s Fox Farm Brewery, the reward in brewing is found in working and reworking a smaller lineup of beers, over and over again, until he gets them just right. While they make...
6 Feb 20211h 12min
171: Firestone Walker’s Matt Brynildson is Relentless in Pursuit of Quality
For many brewers, winning a medal at the Great American Beer Festival or World Beer Cup is a career-defining accomplishment. Winning two or three establishes a reputation. Win a dozen and it’s a legac...
31 Jan 20211h 28min
170: Jonathan Moxey of Rockwell is a Friend of the Foeder
Jonathan Moxey cut his teeth at St. Louis craft trailblazer Perennial Artisan Ales before leaving in 2018 to head the brewing program at Rockwell Beer. Over the years, he's developed a love for finely...
21 Jan 20211h 9min
169: Fair Isle’s Andrew Pogue and Nick Pauley Push the Farmhouse Paradigm with Mixed Cultures, Foraged Ingredients, and Creative Grains
For Fair Isle Brewing in Seattle, Washington, the founding concept was simple—focus on a narrow niche of the beer world, and do it really, really well. It’s one thing to state an audacious goal, and i...
17 Jan 20211h 7min
168: Andrew Bell of Radiant Beer Co. Opens Up on Ingredient Successes and Failures
If you’ve had a beer from Placentia, California’s The Bruery at a festival or in their taproom over the past half-decade, there’s a good chance that Andrew Bell designed it or brewed it. The longtime ...
13 Jan 20211h 19min
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
