190: Brian Thiel and Greg Reichel of Ghostfish Make Great Beer Without Barley
Ten years ago, if you asked any beer drinker what they thought of gluten-free beer, they’d wrinkle their nose and express severe displeasure at the thought of choking down one of the lackluster sorghu...
4 Juni 202148min
189: Amber Watts and Ron Extract of Garden Path Fermentation Bottle the Flavors of the Skagit Valley
Amber Watts and Ron Extract didn't land in Washington's Skagit Valley by chance. Their brewery, Garden Path Fermentation, was a concept in search of a home, but the farming community between Seattle a...
29 Maj 20211h 6min
188: Steve Luke of Cloudburst Brews with a Methodical Approach to Hops
Steve Luke loves hops, and over a decade and a half working in the industry he’s learned quite a bit about brewing with them. Cloudburst is, effectively, his second act—a brewery built for the love of...
22 Maj 20211h 12min
187: Mari and Will Kemper of Chuckanut Brewery Approach Lagers with Scientific Precision and Creative Spark
Mari and Will Kemper love lagers, but the locals haven’t always loved their lagers back. When they returned to the Pacific Northwest and opened the doors to Chuckanut Brewery in 2009, craft fans at th...
17 Maj 20211h 7min
186: Matt Katase of Brew Gentlemen Has a Bridge to Sell You
Matt Katase and partner Asa Foster of Brew Gentlemen (Braddock, Pennsylvania) started writing the business plan for their brewery a decade ago, before they were of legal drinking age. They weren’t hom...
13 Maj 20211h 3min
185: Ryan Wibby of Wibby Brewing Explores the Possibility in Traditional Lagers
Cacao nibs in dunkel? American hops in helles? Oats in schwarzbier? For Ryan Wibby, cofounder of the eponymously named brewery in Longmont, Colorado, lager dogma is just the starting point for a flavo...
3 Maj 20211h 4min
184: Annie Johnson Embraces the Homebrewer’s Sense of Exploration
“I always figured if the professional killed the spirit to do it at home, then I would never do it professionally, but luckily that didn’t happen.” Annie Johnson loves homebrewing. The award-winning ...
25 Apr 20211h 3min
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
