311: Shawn McIlhenney is Rebrewing the Family Legacy
Ask most American brewers about their first experience with New Zealand hops, and nine out of ten will probably name one single beer—Alpine Beer’s Nelson. Alpine founder Pat McIlhenney was one of the ...
9 Juli 20231h 8min
310: Ghost Town’s Justin Burdt Boosts Hop Contrast in West Coast IPA and Pils
Justin Burdt loves hops, and has developed a unique and somewhat counter-intuitive approach to selecting them for Ghost Town’s award-winning West coast IPAs. His focus on tight and lean intensity reli...
30 Juni 20231h 37min
309: Firestone Walker, Lawsons, and Breakside Discuss Brewing Modern West Coast-Style IPAs at the Brewer's Retreat
As part of the recent Craft Beer & Brewing Brewer’s Retreat, hosted by Russian River in late May 2023, Jamie moderated panel discussions before a live audience of attendees and featured brewers. This ...
26 Juni 20231h 1min
308: Brewer’s Retreat Panel on Wine-Beer Hybrids with Russian River, Side Project, and Hanabi
As part of the recent Craft Beer & Brewing Brewer’s Retreat, hosted by Russian River in late May 2023, Jamie moderated panel discussions before a live audience of attendees and featured brewers. This ...
18 Juni 202355min
307: Brewer’s Retreat Panel on Hazy IPA with Monkish, Trillium, and Weldwerks
As part of the recent Craft Beer & Brewing Brewer’s Retreat, hosted by Russian River in late May 2023, Jamie moderated panel discussions before a live audience of attendees and featured brewers. This ...
12 Juni 20231h 9min
306: Celebrated Hop Breeder Ron Beatson Discusses the Unique Characteristics of New Zealand Hops
New Zealand’s climate, latitude, and singular terroir offers the right environment for hops of unique expression, but it’s their longstanding breeding program that has made possible so many of the sig...
2 Juni 20231h 7min
305: Matthias Trum of Schlenkerla Isn't Preserving the Ashes, He's Keeping the Rauchbier Fire Burning
Matthias Trum is the sixth-generation brewer at Bamberg’s Heller-Trum Bräu—better known as Schlenkerla—and he is as obsessed with local history as he is with producing world-class smoked lagers via th...
27 Maj 20231h 26min
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
