Drink Beer, Think Beer With John Holl

John Holl recently headed to Phoenix to check in on the beer scene. It was the 20th anniversary of the Arizona Strong Beer Festival and the 10th anniversary of Arizona Beer Week. The beer scene has re...

12 Feb 202032min

There's an awful lot of fun that can happen with brewing on a small batch system. And when you have the resources of one of the country’s biggest brewing companies behind you, the possibilities are li...

5 Feb 202051min

This week the show is back in Nashville with our guest Brandon Jones of Embrace the Funk.  Jones is one of the more thoughtful brewers in the country. Maybe this is because he spent years working in n...

29 Jan 202047min

Here's a note on this episode from host John Holl:"I love lagers, especially well made ones. I haven’t been shy about my bias for crisp, malt forward, slightly spicy hopped lagers and pilsners in the ...

22 Jan 202051min

When it opened a decade ago, Fremont Brewing was the sixth brewery in Seattle. The scene has changed tremendously since then and the brewery has grown from a small operation to one with over 100 emplo...

15 Jan 202047min

Nashville is a great city for drinking, from the bars along Broadway to the clubs on Music Row. But the beer has not always been local. That has changed over the last 20 years, and while it was not th...

8 Jan 202051min

Welcome to a new year and a new episode of Drink Beer, Think Beer. The first month has become known as Dry January by a certain segment of drinkers. The excess of the end-of-year holidays and new year...

1 Jan 202049min

A note from Drink Beer, Think Beer host John Holl:We’re releasing this episode as a special Christmas Day bonus show. A gift to you. My guest today is Maureen Ogle, the author of several books includi...

25 Dec 201948min