Beer Busters

With Bruce Tanner at Ever Grain Brewing Company Central PA boasts a bounty of bangin' breweries. Harrisburg-bound once again, we stopped by Ever Grain Brewing in Camp Hill, PA to sit down and chat with brewmaster Bruce Tanner. We talked about the story of this soon-to-be one-year-old brewery and what's in store for the future. Dan presented the news including yet another brewery buyout, and the sl...

With Brendan Hartranft and Sarah Fuller at Local 44 Plus Jason Stewart from Grainfather & Ethan Tripp from Fermentery Form West Philly bound for this episode, where we sat down at the bottle shop at Local 44 Beer Bar with owner Brendan Hartranft and manager Sarah Fuller. Also joining us were Jason Stewart, representative for The Grainfather all grain homebrewing systems and Ethan Tripp, founder of...

Kate Sorrento and Ethan Buckman at Stickman Brews We return to Stickman Brews in Royersford, PA once again to chat with brewer and returning guest Ethan, as well as newcomer to the podcast Kate. Topics include the development of the Stickman brand, the expansion of their barrel program and a lengthy and in-depth discussion about the state of craft beer consumer-hood. Ethan certainly had a ton of i...

Live at the Ninja, Cowboy, Bear Scavenger Hunt at  Evil Genius Featuring Trevor Hayward and Gordon Brennan We're back at Evil Genius again! This time we broadcasted live for the final stop of the Evil Genius Philly Beer Week Scavenger Hunt that lead participants from bar to bar throughout the Fishtown neighborhood. To kick things off we sat down with Trevor and Gordon to chat about the event and i...

With Luke Bowen, Trevor Hayward, Garrett Williams & Kevin Keller   at The Lab at  Evil Genius Beer Company Way back in July of 2013, Luke and Trevor journeyed to the Beer Busters Podcast Basement to join us for Episode 7 of our then fledgling podcast. The founders and owners of Evil Genius Beer Company were our first "real" beer industry guests. They, and many others from Evil Genius, have appeare...

Harrisburg Beer Week  Little Big Beer Fest 2017 at  Appalachian Brewing For the third year running, we took the stage at Harrisburg Beer Week's premiere fest event, Little Big Beer Fest at Appalachian Brewing Company. This fest features a limited number of high ABV beers from some of Central PA's top breweries and caps off the weeklong celebration of craft beer in the state capitol. The brainchild...

Imminent Liquidation VII  Bottle Share at  Grain + Verse Bottlehouse This year at the seventh annual Imminent Liquidation bottle share event, we got our podcast on and chatted with a laundry list of the dopest peeps in attendance. The long-running event is the brainchild of  Tröegs Brewing Company  Marketer Ffej Herb and is central PA's premiere bottle share event. Every year, guests dust off thei...

With Brian O'Reilly & Peter Giannopoulos at  Sly Fox Brewing We set up shop at Sly Fox's Pottstown location to sit down with Brewmaster Brian O'Reilly and Assistant Operations Manager Peter Giannopoulos. Over brews we chatted about the Schuylkill River Trail Ale Earth Day release, learned the ins and outs of "Can Jam" and got the scoop on the origin story of Sly Fox's famous Annual Bock Festival a...

With Chuck Golder & Dan Popernack at  La Cabra Brewing In this episode we headed to Berwyn, PA to sit down with Chuck and Dan at La Cabra Brewing. We talked about the philosophy behind the brewpub, the story of how La Cabra came to be and much more.  Dan reported on an upcoming collaboration between Cape May Brewing and Weyerbacher – an India Pale Lager called Paradise 160, and the continued growt...

With Glen Gabriel and Matt Kozar from  Breweries in PA Back again in the Beer Busters Podcast Basement, we sat down with Glen and Matt from Breweries in PA, an online resource for exploring the world of craft beer in Pennsylvania. We talked about the impetus for creating Breweries in PA, how it's changed and grown and where it's headed in the future. Dan delivered the news, including the much-anti...

With Jared Barnes & Ben Beddia at  Collusion Tap Works We packed up for York, PA to sit down with Jared and Ben at Collusion Tap Works. Listeners may remember Jared, who appeared on the podcast at Little Big Beer Fest representing Wyndridge Farms. He's since struck out on his own to do awesome things at Collusion. We were also joined by Derek Markel, a longtime homebrewer who is now brewing up con...

With Greg Orth and Mike Reaser from  Craft Tastings Master of the "mouthgasm" Greg Orth joined us again for the fourth year in a row to once again guide us through the world of food an beer pairing. His less-than-silent-partner (this time), Mike Reaser also joined in. Mixing it up this time we embarked on a beer pairing free-for-all with several tasty goodies the guys brought along and a veritable...

With Gage Siegel, Rex Craft and Alex Yedibalian from  BeerMenus.com  at  Kings County Brewers Collective We ticked another state off of our list of national conquest by heading to Kings County Brewers Collective in Brooklyn, NY to sit down with some of the crew from BeerMenus.com, a website and app that tracks tap lists at bars and restaurants. We learned about the company, its mission and origins...

With Alan Miller, Alex Govelovich, Carson Book, Ken Gramlich, Tim Klinger, Andy Enders & Karl Larson at  Boneshire Brew Works In this episode we sat down with a rotating panel of guests (and some weaponry) at Boneshire Brew Works in Harrisburg, PA. We chatted about the journey to opening the brewery, the pros and cons of operating with a large roster of owners and more. Dan reported on the latest...

With Pat Devlin, Tony Schneider & Dave Morrow at  Tattered Flag Brewery & Still Works Venturing to central PA, this time to Tattered Flag in Middletown, we sat down with owner Pat Devlin, head brewer Tony Schneider and assistant brewer Dave Morrow. We talked about the brewery and still works' beginnings and philosophy, the perks and challenges of crafting beer and spirits under one roof, and much...

With Ryan Krill, Jimmy Valm & Mark Graves at Cape May Brewing Company We've crossed state lines once again to follow our good friend Rockin' Tuna Gravy Sauce (aka Mark Graves) to his new brewing gig at Cape May Brewing in Cape May, NJ. We sat down with Mark as well as Co-Owner and President Ryan Krill and Brewmaster Jimmy Valm to chat about the brewery, New Jersey and Oprah. Dan got us up to speed...

With Jeremy Myers at  Neshaminy Creek Brewing On the road this time in Croydon, PA, we sat down with head brewer and co-owner of Neshaminy Creek Brewing, Jeremy Myers. Our conversation ebbed and flowed across a wide range of topics while other brewers were busy "makin' the J.A.W.N." Dan reported on some news, including Stone's first special release at their Richmond, VA location and a rather unfor...

With Jamie Robinson & Tom Connors at  Boxcar Brewing Company We took a trip out to West Chester, PA to hop aboard Boxcar Brewing company with owner Jamie Robinson and brewer Tom Connors. With the annual Christmas parade marching past outside, we chatted on a stage that once was graced by one of Dan's favorite bands. Amongst our topics of discussion were a bottling machine form the 60s and "hobogly...

Brewphoria 14 at  Canal Street Pub & Restaurant Behold, part 2 of this year's Brewphoria: We return once again as podcasters-in-residence at one of our favorite beer fests of the year. This year, we were joined by a long list of old friends as well as some newcomers. Brewphoria is a limited attendance beer fest that allows for an intimate and up close experience with the many top-notch breweries t...

Episode 103, Release Date: 12/2/16 Brewphoria 14 at  Canal Street Pub & Restaurant We return once again as podcasters-in-residence at one of our favorite beer fests of the year, Brewphoria at Canal Street in our hometown of Reading, PA. This year, we were joined by a long list of old friends as well as some newcomers. Brewphoria is a limited attendance beer fest that allows for an intimate and up...

With Scott Rudich, Chris Noone, and Marc Armstrong at  Round Guys Brewing Company Our beerventuring took us to Lansdale, PA for this episode where we sat down with the crew at Round Guys Brewing. The welcome was warm and we had a blast chatting about sundry topics and sipping brew. Dan presented some news including Dogfish Head's new Beer for Breakfast and Rogue's new entry in their Voodoo Doughnu...

With Paul Lahm, Jay Grosse and Righteous Jolly at  Broken Goblet Brewing For Beer Busters 101, we took a trip out to Broken Goblet Brewing in Bristol, PA. We were joined by returning podcast guest, Paul Lahm, whose become a bit of a resident mad-scientist brewer at Broken Goblet. Co-owner Jay Grosee and Bar Manager Righteous Jolly also took turns on the mic as we chatted about the the brewery, its...

100th Episode Extravaganza at  Canal Street Pub We made it to 100 Episodes! To celebrate this Beer Busters milestone we held a live podcast celebration at Canal Street Pub and invited a slew of past podcast guests to come out and share in the festivities. We have been overwhelmed by the support of the craft beer community in the years since we first launched Beer Busters, and this event only serve...

At the 10th Annual Wine & Dinosaurs Fest at  The Delaware Museum of Natural History For our first podcast in the First State we set up at the 10th Annual Wine and Dinosaurs Festival at the Delaware Museum of Natural History. The annual festival boasts beer, wine, food, live music and a silent auction with all proceeds benefitting the museum and the incredible work they do in their community. This...

With Kyle Neuheimer at  Oakbrook Brewing Company On this episode we had the rare privilege of visiting a brewery in our hometown of Reading, PA. We set up shop at Oakbrook Brewing, Reading's first brewery in over six years, and sat down with owner and brewer Kyle Neuheimer. Located in a renovated historic firehouse, decorated with a 1930s era motif and a collection of items from the building's his...