Pour Another Round

After seeing some flaws in the contract brewing market, Octopi Brewing opened as a professional contract brewery really focused on quality. They no longer only focus on beer, either. They're a full beverage company now, featuring seltzers, non-alcoholic beers, CBD sparking waters, and more!  Untitled Art was then created as the resident brand. They enjoy pushing the limits of beer and collaborate...

After a night involving a few beers, three ordinary and unique guys start a brewery. Each one brings a different background from the brewing industry for a perfect cohesion of talents, skills, and personalities. Billy shares stories about some of the most creative beer names we’ve ever heard of: Tropical Wyatt Earp, Werewolves Not Swear Wolves, Hell Bent on Leather... to name a few. We even get li...

Two college roommates, Rob & Elliott, open a brewery together. Unfortunately, a giant dog was not their college house mascot. It's more of a keeping-up-with-the-Joneses meets Dane County, Wisconsin.  Great Dane Pub & Brewing was Madison's first brewpub. And they continue to adapt to local trends in order to stand the test of time. That hasn't stopped them from sticking to their traditional roots,...

Garth is a beer wizard and a supporter of American Craft Breweries. After a few pints on a vacation, Garth had a breakthrough idea to open a brew bar featuring quality beer.  He is a Certified Cicerone, which means he knows a thing or two about beer! Garth loves talking beer with people, drinking beer with people, and brewing beer with friends and brewers.  Follow Garths Brew Bar: Instagram: @gart...

Ray is an art history teacher by day and a craft brewer by weekend. The parallels are obvious and the creativity is intertwined.  Eleven Lakes Brewing follows their mission of Crafting A Community. They do so with community events and creating communities around their beer. This craft brewery has been around since 2016, drastically growing from day one.  Their passion for homebrewing continues int...

Gary shares how a dream and a few cocktails turned into the opening of a brewery and a distillery. Don't worry all you wannabe legal experts, the brewing and distilling are not in the same exact location, so this is a fully legal endeavor! This craft distillery makes over 30 different spirits, which is impressive. But what's even more impressive is their cocktail menu using each of their own spiri...

Some homebrewers get their start in a basement or garage, but David got his start in his Army Barracks. Some beer fans find their love of beer from the keg at a college frat part, but Abbey was drawn to it during a European backpacking trip. Zambaldi: a combination of founders' last names and the fact that David doesn't have any hair. There are also apparently many people named Zambaldi in Italy....

When Co-Owner, Jeff, is a commercial airline pilot and Co-Owner and Head Brewer, Rachael, focuses on small batch experimental beer, Pilot Brewing Company was the name that just made sense. We've said it many times and we'll keep saying it, the beer industry has some of the best plays-on-words! With a focus on quality beer, quality service, and a quality experience, the Cicerone Program plays a ver...

We chat with listeners Jered, Jess, Derrick, and Emily about their favorite Oktoberfest beers.  Cameron won the Das Boot Drinking Challenge! Prost! Follow Pour Another Round:   Facebook: /PourAnotherRoundPod Instagram: @PourAnotherRoundPod Website: pouranotherround.com

Jonathan continues his beer trip through Charlotte with a stop at Wooden Robot Brewery. Cameron bailed on the call to record, so Jonathan's friend Erik steps in as co-drinker & co-host. Dubbed an urban farmhouse brewery, this east coast establishment has pumped out over 400 different beers since 2015. They have a passion for sour beers, but their entire approach to everything they make is drinkabi...

Arr, mateys! Todd from Skeleton Crew Brew talks with us about beer, pirates, and music. When you think about it, all three of those go so well together. They all go rogue by not following normal rules and creating their own path.  What started out as a homebrew store and Lost Island Winery, quickly turned this IT Professional into a full time brewer. We discuss what everyone's own 'lost island', o...

What happens when the possible name of a brewery is revealed to you in a dream? Well... you absolutely use that as a sign to name your brewery that. This is exactly how Lower Left Brewing Company was named. (It also helps that the brewery is located in the lower left / south west side of Charlotte.) Two guys met and hit it off so well they were opening a brewery a year later. Since 2019, they've w...

No, the guys from Petty Thieves Brewing didn't spend any time behind bars for stealing anything. Co-Founder Ted shares some deep thoughts on beer, life, and turning 33.  Head Brewer Ryan admits that at this point in his brewing journey, there are no rules. He walks the line of traditional beers and pushing the creative limits. Hear how he made a Taco Bell Beer! Petty Thieves Brewing also has a sec...

Putting a lot of unusually lovely beer in barrels earns the brewery the name Divine Barrel. These guys make well nuanced, quality beers! "To brew is human, to ferment is divine." We also chat about very serious topics you hear about as children that turned out to not ever be that big a deal - Stop. Drop. Roll. and quicksand. Gavin, however, had an encounter with quicksand, and now has a beer named...

Pabst is a brand that says to itself often - "Let's go have fun!" They push the boundaries of beverages and marketing. They do what they like when they want. Get an inside look into how such a brand has stood the test of time for generations of beer drinkers. Brad shares the history of one of the most iconic beer brands around. Find out how Frederick Pabst got started making beer. And what's with...

Former NASCAR driver, Michael Waltrip, opens a brewery with a few friends after brainstorming the idea while drinking wine in Napa. Waltrip won the famous Daytona 500 race twice, leading to the "Two-Time" beer brand out of the Michael Waltrip Brewing Company.  Bristol Motor Speedway is the home to an infamous Michael Waltrip crash. When people tell Michael that day must have been awful, he replies...

The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery fits its name as Charlotte's oldest brewery. (Charlotte is located in Mecklenburg County, for all you geography illiterate.) OMB also specializes in brewing classic German beers. They were inspired by local German breweries that have one beer on tap. You can literally walk into one of those and just order a beer, like they do in the movies. There's also a bit of a riva...

Named after Micah’s favorite named farm equipment, Gravity Box really dives deep into the agricultural motif. There’s a literal gravity box on the back of their bar. Their tap handles are antique shovel handles, hammers, and assorted tools.  After moving back to Mauston from the beer Mecca of Milwaukee, Micah started homebrewing to fill his void of local quality beer. The closest brewery at the ti...

From Wisconsin to Colorado and back to Wisconsin, Brad Stillmank learned about beer and brewing from some great beer cities! Out of a true determination to bring his home brewing hobby and formal brewing education to life, Brad contract brewed until he built a network of Stillmank Beer drinking fans and enough money to open his own place.  We hear many stories in between!  Follow Stillmank Brewing...

We just released our 25th episode with a brewery. We’re usually the ones asking the questions and rarely answering them. So we’ve got a special treat for you all today! This episode is going to be a host Q&A. This is going to be a Beer Power Hour while we’re answering questions. One shot of beer every minute. When you hear the ding, that’s our cue to drink.  It may help if you all join us in power...

Our 25th episode and we’re speaking with an industry leader in brewing, Russ Klisch! Lakefront Brewery has been around longer than Cameron or Jonathan have even been alive, opening their doors in 1987. Russ talks about their humble beginnings and their excitement when they sold their first barrel to the neighborhood tavern.  Since then they’ve gotten laws changed in order to introduce a Gluten Fre...

When a high schooler starts homebrewing because he’s fascinated by the process, he’s destined to open his own brewery some day! But to be named one of the fastest growing breweries in the United States in 2018 was because of hard work and great beer. Opening a craft brewery in a Northeastern Wisconsin small town of just over 1,000 people who prefered Blatz to IPAs, Nate was a true advocate for cra...

Sahale Ale Works. Suh-Holla. A mountain in Washington State. High Place.  This was the inspiration for Matt when he was opening his own brewery. He wanted to commemorate an influential month long trip to the back country in the Pacific Northwest.  Thankfully, though, Matt found his way out of the back country and onto a brewery floor. He worked a variety of positions in a variety of breweries, fro...

Draft Top allows consumers to drink beer the way brewers intended... on draft! Utilizing pressure and science, Draft Top allows you to safely remove the top of your cans to allow the aromas of your beverage to enhance your drinking experience. After a successful crowd-funding campaign, Draft Top saw their product reaching success as it was also successfully backed by a shark on Shark Tank.  Jonath...

This brewery was really the one that started Cameron on his passion for craft beer. The all-you-could-drink brewery tours while he was in college was an eye-opening experience on what beer could be! Jim shares his passion for beer and the pressure he felt to be the owner of something with the name Milwaukee Brewing Company. Milwaukee is brew city. Now your brewery is named for that very city. This...