133: New Belgium’s Ross Koenigs Takes an Analytical Approach to Hops and Cannabis
Hazy IPA is all the rage, but what’s actually going on when brewers pile many pounds per gallon of dry hops into a tank still in active fermentation? It’s one thing with a homebrew-scale fermenter to ...
3 Maj 20201h 20min
132: Dino Funari of Vitamin Sea Brewing on Creating Trendy Styles That Stand Out From the Crowd
You’d have to be confident, or crazy, to open a brewery focusing on New England IPA right smack dab in the turbid heartland of the style, but that’s what Dino Funari, and his partners Peter Kiley, Jos...
25 Apr 202058min
131: Sensory Expert Lindsay Barr Wants You to Become a Better Beer Taster
Taste. It’s a hard subject to quantify but there’s nothing more important in the world of beer. We spend hour after hour talking about the minute details of brewing process and technique, but how much...
18 Apr 20201h 8min
130: Destihl Founder Matt Potts on Developing Your Voice with Sours and Hazy IPAs
In the midst of the last Great Recession, Potts felt the itch to turn his brewing hobby into a profession. While preparing and studying at the Siebel Institute, he fell in love with sour beer. He set ...
10 Apr 202057min
129: Kate Lee and Brian Nelson of Hardywood Park Get Dark and Spicy
In this conversation with Hardywood Park Craft Brewery's Kate Lee, vice president of operations and quality, and Brian Nelson, vice president and head brewer, they dive into a variety of brewing chall...
3 Apr 20201h 4min
128: Matt Tarpey of The Veil Will Brew With Anything
The Veil Brewing Company’s Matt Tarpey has never been afraid of risk. From early career moves that took him around New England to brew with some of the country’s more influential brewers, to a stint i...
27 Mars 20201h 31min
127: Kyle Matthias of Deschutes on their “All-In” Approach to Innovation Brewing
If you visit the Deschutes Brewery taproom in Bend today, you can’t miss the innovation brewhouse. It’s right there in the front window to your left as you walk in, tucked beneath the towering ferment...
20 Mars 202051min
126: Ben Edmunds of Breakside Brewery on Optimizing for “Pleasantness”
For Portland, Oregon’s Breakside Brewery, beer should offer maximum enjoyment without losing its character and sense of identity. Dual core IPAs Wanderlust and Breakside IPA scratch different hoppy it...
13 Mars 20201h 15min
