All About Beer

Craft beer has always been more expensive that the beer from multinational brewers.  And with prices increasing lately, beer drinkers are making careful choices about the beer they drink.  But what goes into the price of beer?  Is that $10 DIPA really worth it, or are brewery owners driving Rolls Royces to the bank? A lot goes into the price of beer.  We’ll sharpen our pencils and find out how muc...

Matt Gallagher of Suncatcher Brewing interviews Van Havig of Gigantic Brewing . This Episode is Sponsored by: Malteurop Malting Company Malteurop Malting Company (MMC) is based in North America—specializing in growing and producing quality malts for the craft beer and distilling industries. With local farms and Malthouses spread across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, MMC's commitment to exc...

Brewing with intention, what does that mean? Well, it can mean many things from brewing beers that challenge creative thinking to creating a welcoming space full of options for beer loving patrons to brewing beers that make the brewer happy and fulfilled. In 2025, toeing the line between customer wants and brewer’s passion can be a challenge. How do breweries do what they want while also running a...

Noah Hopkins of Fulcra Brewing interviews Matt Gallagher of Suncatcher Brewing . This Episode is Sponsored by: Malteurop Malting Company Malteurop Malting Company (MMC) is based in North America—specializing in growing and producing quality malts for the craft beer and distilling industries. With local farms and Malthouses spread across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, MMC's commitment to ex...

Welcome to a bonus episode  of the All About Beer podcast! On this episode we will be talking to Westchester County, New York brewers who are excited about what is brewing in their neck of the woods. It is sponsored by the Westchester County Craft Beverage Trail . Westchester County Craft Beverage Trail Ready to taste your way through one of New York’s most exciting craft beverage destinations? He...

The craft beer industry owes much of its success to the modern IPA. While IPA is a historic beer style, it has exploded in popularity in the last few decades, spawning new interpretations of the style. West Coast.  East Coast.  Double IPA.  White IPA.  Black IPA.  Cold IPA.  New England.  Sour.  Wild.  And many, many others. Does “IPA” mean anything anymore?  If it does, what motivates a brewer to...

Aaron Kleidon of Scratch Brewing Co. interviews Noah Hopkins of Fulcra Brewing.   This Episode is Sponsored by: Malteurop Malting Company Malteurop Malting Company (MMC) is based in North America—specializing in growing and producing quality malts for the craft beer and distilling industries. With local farms and Malthouses spread across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, MMC's commitment to e...

Is there anything better than beer and cheese? The two are intertwined as some of the best pairings out there and the two are very alike. Cheese and beer are both products of agriculture, the two are made very similarly with cheese undergoing a “ripening” phase similar to fermentation. Cheese has a variety of intensities and flavors, as does beer. Put them together and watch the magic unfold. But...

Joe Short of Short's Brewing interviews Aaron Kleidon of Scratch Brewing Co. This Episode is Sponsored by: Malteurop Malting Company Malteurop Malting Company (MMC) is based in North America—specializing in growing and producing quality malts for the craft beer and distilling industries. With local farms and Malthouses spread across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, MMC's commitment to excell...

Non-alcoholic beer is on the rise.  Non-alcoholic beer is one of the few market segments where beer is actually growing.  But non-alcoholic beer is hard to make, with many tasting “worty” or “stewed.”  One brewery that has cracked the code on how to make non-alcoholic beer that actually tastes good is Guinness, Ireland’s famed stout brewer. We talk with Guinness about how they make Guinness 0 and...

Brady Duncan of MadTree Brewing interviews Joe Short of Short's Brewing . This Episode is Sponsored by: Malteurop Malting Company Malteurop Malting Company (MMC) is based in North America—specializing in growing and producing quality malts for the craft beer and distilling industries. With local farms and Malthouses spread across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, MMC's commitment to excellenc...

Usually maltsters sell big bags of different grains to breweries and that’s it, right? But when using smaller maltsters, perhaps can there be more of a collaborative process? How do smaller, more local maltsters work with their local breweries to help meet their goals, needs and make sure they have everything they need? What are the benefits of having your maltster nearby or on speed dial? Are the...

Justin Neff of Sonder Brewing Co. interviews Brady Duncan of Mad Tree Brewing. This Episode is Sponsored by: Malteurop Malting Company Malteurop Malting Company (MMC) is based in North America—specializing in growing and producing quality malts for the craft beer and distilling industries. With local farms and Malthouses spread across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, MMC's commitment to exce...

There was a time when small breweries dotted the land, making beers beloved by the communities they served.  Thanks to Prohibition, changing consumer preference or just the difficulties of running a business profitably, many such beers have been lost to the history books. But small breweries specialize in connecting with their communities.  And they can source small-batch or historic ingredients. ...

Daniel Harrison of Country Boy Brewing interviews Justin Neff of Sonder Brewing Co. This Episode is Sponsored by: Malteurop Malting Company Malteurop Malting Company (MMC) is based in North America—specializing in growing and producing quality malts for the craft beer and distilling industries. With local farms and Malthouses spread across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, MMC's commitment to...

Who doesn’t like marshmallows?  Ancient Egyptians were the first to enjoy a gooey treat now called marshmallow as early as 2000 BC.  Today, whether it’s in a hot cup of cocoa on a cold winter’s night, or smooshed with chocolate between graham crackers around the campfire, marshmallows are a fun way to add a little sweetness to life.  But what about marshmallow in beer? Marshmallows add sweetness t...

Chris Poel of Shiokaze BrewLab interviews Daniel DH Harrison of Country Boy Brewing . This Episode is Sponsored by: Malteurop Malting Company Malteurop Malting Company (MMC) is based in North America—specializing in growing and producing quality malts for the craft beer and distilling industries. With local farms and Malthouses spread across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, MMC's commitment...

After New England brewers changed the world of IPA, other brewers took note of the style, based on its popularity the new flavors the style provided. But as all inventive brewers do, they didn’t merely mimic the hazy IPAs coming from New England.  Instead, they further re-interpreted IPA, trying new hops, new yeast strains and even adding some bitterness back to the beer to satisfy their local pal...

Scott Brimmer of Brimmer Brewing interviews Chris Poel of Shiokaze BrewLab. This Episode is Sponsored by: Malteurop Malting Company Malteurop Malting Company (MMC) is based in North America—specializing in growing and producing quality malts for the craft beer and distilling industries. With local farms and Malthouses spread across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, MMC's commitment to excelle...

The New England IPA (NEIPA) or Hazy IPA has come to dominate the beer landscape with most breweries having at least one (or sometimes entire portfolios) devoted to the beer style. But how did this happen? In 2013, a small group of breweries in New England, all of which were quite tiny at the time, began to brew a beer that took what we knew of as IPA (bitter, clear) and turned it on its head, crea...

Scott Jennings of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Interviews Scott Brimmer of Brimmer Brewing. This Episode is Sponsored by: Malteurop Malting Company Malteurop Malting Company (MMC) is based in North America—specializing in growing and producing quality malts for the craft beer and distilling industries. With local farms and Malthouses spread across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, MMC's commitme...

Baltic Porters, a beer famous in Eastern Europe, is a unique brew for sure. Born out of the love and thirst for English porters in the 18th and 19th centuries, Eastern European and Northern European brewers took their own access to local ingredients and made a new style out of the original porter and in this, fundamentally changed the way we think about dark beer. For one, most of the Baltic porte...

Tobias Zollo of Weihenstephan interviews Scott Jennings of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. This Episode is Sponsored by: Malteurop Malting Company Malteurop Malting Company (MMC) is based in North America—specializing in growing and producing quality malts for the craft beer and distilling industries. With local farms and Malthouses spread across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, MMC's commitment t...

Museums are fun.  And cathedrals are beautiful.  But what about traveling for beer?  As a social lubricant, beer is a great way to meet people while traveling who can give a local’s perspective and transform sightseeing into an authentic experience.  Next time you’re planning a vacation, build beer and brewery visits into your itinerary and you’ll be a better traveller for it. This Episode is Spon...

Josh Brengle of Compañía Cervecera Hércules interviews Tobias Zollo of Weihenstephan This Episode is Sponsored by: Malteurop Malting Company Malteurop Malting Company (MMC) is based in North America—specializing in growing and producing quality malts for the craft beer and distilling industries. With local farms and Malthouses spread across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, MMC's commitment t...