304: Adam Brož of Budějovický Budvar Loves Talking About and Brewing Great Lager
The town of České Budějovice in South Bohemia may be better known to North Americans as Budweis, the German name that’s been appropriated by a couple of famous beers. The real Czech pale lager from he...
20 Maj 202359min
303: Peter Kiley of Monday Night Brewing Is Creating A Framework That Supports Innovation
Monday Night Brewing has grown from their Atlanta roots into taprooms and breweries in major southern US centers—Birmingham, Alabama and Nashville, Tennessee are two, with Charlotte, North Carolina op...
13 Maj 20231h 17min
302: Jared Welch of Southern Grist Balances Progression and Intention
Finding space for personality and authenticity in hazy IPA and tart fruit beer these days can pose a challenge for brewers, but for Jared Welch, Cofounder and Production Director for Nashville, Tennes...
6 Maj 20231h 22min
301: Zdeněk Rosa of Bohemia Hop Is Bullish on the Future of Czech Hops
When brewers think of Czech hops, they naturally think of Saaz, whose delicate and ethereal character is nearly synonmyous with lager itself. Yet while craft brewers around the world have developed an...
30 Apr 202355min
300: Direct Fire! West Coast IPA Now, Revisited
To celebrate this milestone—the 300th episode of the Craft Beer & Brewing Podcast—we reassembled three leading voices in West coast IPA to discuss questions spurred on by the original panel discussion...
23 Apr 20231h 56min
299: Lukáš Tomsa of Dva Kohouti Brews the Beer, but the Bartender Makes the Beer
In the trendy Karlín neighborhood of central Prague, the brewpub called Dva Kohouti embodies the merger of the two key elements of Czech beer culture: the brewing and—no less important—the pouring and...
16 Apr 20231h 16min
298: Aleš Potěšil of Prague’s Břevnov Monastery Brewery Is Perpetually Pushing for Pitelnost
Documents show a brewery at the Břevnov monastery in Prague as early as 993. There have been interruptions over the centuries, but the current Břevnov Monastery Brewery of St. Adalbert is the third in...
9 Apr 202357min
Episode 297: Pivovar Proud Brewmaster Lenka Straková Has a Place to Play in Plzeň
Tucked into a corner of the sprawling grounds at Pilsner Urquell in Plzeň, Czechia—the birthplace of pilsner—a new chapter in that story is developing. Now in its third year, Pivovar Proud is Pilsner ...
31 Mars 202354min
