All About Beer

In the early days of craft beer, fruit was added to beer to offer something to people who didn’t like beer.  These beers were typically made with syrups added to a beer and not a lot of thought went into them.  Today, breweries are embracing fruit and building beers around them.  The fruit is the focal point of the flavor and with increased scientific knowledge of how to work with fruit, brewers a...

Brendan McGivney of Odell Brewing interviews Jason Perkins of Allagash Brewing . This Episode is Sponsored by: Firsd Tea Firsd Tea is a proud sponsor of the Brewer to Brewer podcast. Discover the advantage of using new and unique ingredients, like lemon myrtle or lapsang souchong. Firsd Tea has been working with brewers to introduce distinctive, high-quality botanicals for innovative craft beers....

Spontaneous fermentation may be the most unique brewing technique in the world and the beers they produce are just as interesting, with many flavors not seen outside these styles. But “spontaneous” doesn't really tell you anything about what goes into making lambic, gueuze and American made versions from insane boiling hours to months and years waiting to see if the beer is actually any good to se...

Joe Mohrfeld of Pinthouse Pizza and Brewery interviews Brendan McGivney of Odell Brewing . This Episode is Sponsored by: Firsd Tea Firsd Tea is a proud sponsor of the Brewer to Brewer podcast. Discover the advantage of using new and unique ingredients, like lemon myrtle or lapsang souchong. Firsd Tea has been working with brewers to introduce distinctive, high-quality botanicals for innovative cra...

Brewing can be environmentally intense.  It makes use of agricultural products - which themselves can be environmentally intense - water and energy.  And it produces waste: spent grain, dirty water and carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.  But many small breweries see themselves as part of their communities and are therefore acutely aware of the impact they are having.  In this episode of the All Abo...

Matt Cole of Fat Head's Brewery interviews Joe Mohrfeld of Pinthouse Pizza and Brewery . This Episode is Sponsored by: Firsd Tea Firsd Tea is a proud sponsor of the Brewer to Brewer podcast. Discover the advantage of using new and unique ingredients, like lemon myrtle or lapsang souchong. Firsd Tea has been working with brewers to introduce distinctive, high-quality botanicals for innovative craft...

When you talk about America’s greatest beer cities, several names immediately enter the conversation. We always talk about Portland, Oregon, Asheville, North Carolina, Denver, Colorado, maybe even Chicago. But one name that always makes the list is our home for this episode, San Diego, California. Long an ambassador of great beer with breweries setting the style for the rest of the country and ind...

Beer festivals are a great way to try new beers, meet brewery representatives and travel to new places and they’ve come a long way from the days of drinking beers in parking lots. Many beer festivals nowadays are not just about the beer and have seminars, food, culture, music, art and more. In this episode, we talk to two beer festival planners, Day Bracey, who runs Barrel and Flow in Pittsburgh,...

Mitch Steele of New Realm Brewing Co. interviews Matt Cole of Fat Head's Brewery . This Episode is Sponsored by: Firsd Tea Firsd Tea is a proud sponsor of the Brewer to Brewer podcast. Discover the advantage of using new and unique ingredients, like lemon myrtle or lapsang souchong. Firsd Tea has been working with brewers to introduce distinctive, high-quality botanicals for innovative craft beers...

Beers have been stored in wood for centuries.  Historically, it was simply a convenient water-tight vessel.  Today, brewers are using them because the wood itself adds character to the beer, whether it be subtle notes of the wood itself, flavors created by microbes living within the porous wood, or flavor fortification from spirits or wine previously held in those barrels.  Today, barrels can be c...

Shaun O'Sullivan of 21st Amendment Brewery interviews Mitch Steele of New Realm Brewing Co. This Episode is Sponsored by: Firsd Tea Firsd Tea is a proud sponsor of the Brewer to Brewer podcast. Discover the advantage of using new and unique ingredients, like lemon myrtle or lapsang souchong. Firsd Tea has been working with brewers to introduce distinctive, high-quality botanicals for innovative cr...

Portland, Maine is another of America’s most overlooked beer scenes. Occasionally mistaken for the other beer powerhouse of the same name, the East Coast Portland plays host to a number of quintessential American craft breweries and an easily accessible beer scene that is perfect for a day trip or a longer stay.  And today we have two great local guests to guide us on our journey. Carla Jean Laute...

Pilsners have been enjoyed since their invention in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic, since their release in the fall of 1842. Since then, many iterations have been created and the pilsner has grown into one of the most beloved beer styles in the world. The beer continues to evolve and grow, with 21st century interpretations like the Italian pilsner to nods to the humble beginnings like using pitch...

Regan Long of Local Brewing Co. interviews Shaun O'Sullivan of 21st Amendment Brewery . This Episode is Sponsored by: Firsd Tea Firsd Tea is a proud sponsor of the Brewer to Brewer podcast. Discover the advantage of using new and unique ingredients, like lemon myrtle or lapsang souchong. Firsd Tea has been working with brewers to introduce distinctive, high-quality botanicals for innovative craft...

Every May 4, Star Wars fans emerge with full Force from their winter slumber.  Star Wars day celebrates not only the legendary Lucas films, but all things nerdy - from comic books to cosplay.  Nerd culture and beer culture overlap greatly because of their shared ethos of passion and finding friendship with fellow fanatics. In this episode, Don Tse and Em Sauter talk with four guests.  Audra Gaiziu...

Melissa Myers of The Good Hop interviews Regan Long of Local Brewing Co. This Episode is Sponsored by: Firsd Tea Firsd Tea is a proud sponsor of the Brewer to Brewer podcast. Discover the advantage of using new and unique ingredients, like lemon myrtle or lapsang souchong. Firsd Tea has been working with brewers to introduce distinctive, high-quality botanicals for innovative craft beers. They foc...

Glassware is essential to enjoying craft beer, or is it? In this episode we ask Master Cicerone Max Finnance  glassware truly makes beer a better experience. Then we talk with Pretentious glassware artisan Matthew Cummings to learn about what goes into making great glassware.  Finally, we'll chat with Charles Finkel of Pike Brewing on this history of drinkware and ways to enjoy a quality beer. Thi...

Cat Wiest of Yakima Chief Hops interviews Melissa Myers of The Good Hop . This Episode is Sponsored by: Firsd Tea Firsd Tea is a proud sponsor of the Brewer to Brewer podcast. Discover the advantage of using new and unique ingredients, like lemon myrtle or lapsang souchong. Firsd Tea has been working with brewers to introduce distinctive, high-quality botanicals for innovative craft beers. They fo...

It is autumn in the southern hemisphere which means it is harvest time for hops south of the equator.  This episode of the All About Beer Podcast is all about New Zealand Hops.  Don and Em chat with Brent McGlashen of Mac Hops and Ron Beatson of NZ Hops. Today, New Zealand hops are known for their tropical, fruity flavors, but it wasn’t always that way.  The McGlashen family itself has been growin...

Natalie Baldwin of Wayfinder Beer interviews Cat Wiest of Yakima Chief Hops . This Episode is Sponsored by: Firsd Tea Firsd Tea is a proud sponsor of the Brewer to Brewer podcast. Discover the advantage of using new and unique ingredients, like lemon myrtle or lapsang souchong. Firsd Tea has been working with brewers to introduce distinctive, high-quality botanicals for innovative craft beers. The...

On this episode we're talking about the queen of strong beers: barleywine.  Our guests are beer historian and author Martyn Cornell and the founder of Don’t Drink Beer and the one who proclaimed Barleywine is Life: Alex Kidd . This Episode is Sponsored by: Estrella Galicia Estrella Galicia is an independent, family-owned brewery  in northwest Spain, founded in 1906. Estrella Galicia Cerveza Especi...

Kevin Davey of Gold Dot Beer & Heater Allen interviews Natalie Rose Baldwin of Wayfinder Beer. This Episode is Sponsored by: Firsd Tea Firsd Tea is a proud sponsor of the Brewer to Brewer podcast. Discover the advantage of using new and unique ingredients, like lemon myrtle or lapsang souchong. Firsd Tea has been working with brewers to introduce distinctive, high-quality botanicals for innova...

This week on the show: we’re going to talk about beer and food pairing.  Our guest is the legendary Garrett Oliver who is the Brewmaster of the Brooklyn Brewery, but more importantly wrote probably the most popular book about beer and food pairing, the Brewmaster’s Table. About Garrett Oliver Garrett Oliver is the brewmaster of The Brooklyn Brewery, the author of The Brewmaster’s Table , and the E...

Are you ready for some hot takes and controversial brewing thoughts? Alexandra Nowell of CLS Farms interviews Kevin Davey formerly of Wayfinder Beer.  This Episode is Sponsored by: Firsd Tea Firsd Tea is a proud sponsor of the Brewer to Brewer podcast. Discover the advantage of using new and unique ingredients, like lemon myrtle or lapsang souchong. Firsd Tea has been working with brewers to intro...

Wisconsin is one of those places that lives in the imaginations of Americans largely in the form of caricature. Full of cheese curd eating, beer loving, Harley riders, the state rarely gets the respect it deserves.  In reality, Wisconsin is all of those things and so much more. I grew up 90 minutes south of Milwaukee but it might as well have been a totally different country. Chicago is Midwestern...