Beer Guys Radio Craft Beer Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Chase Medlin's journey to open Contrast Artisan Ales Before opening Contrast Artisan Ales founder Chase Medlin got his start in brewing at Decatur, Georgia's Twain's Brewpub & Billiards.  After learning the ropes from a couple of other brewers he moved into the head brewer role.  Medlin found his love for brewing and soon began to look into opening his own locat...

Send us Fan Mail Camino Brewing was born during a journey the co-founders (Nathan Poulos and Allen Korenstein) took down the Camino de Santiago.  The Camino used to be a pilgrimage for religious types, but today people from all walks of life take the trip.  Some to clear their head or find themselves, others just want to get away from the rat race for a while. Poulos joins us this week to talk abo...

Send us Fan Mail Best of Georgia Beer 2018 - The Results 2018 brought many new breweries and amazing beers to Georgia and made for some stiff competition in this year's awards.  In several categories, only a handful of votes (sometimes less than 1%) separated the winners or bumped someone just out of the Top 3.  Over 2,000 Georgia beer fans voted for their favorite beers, breweries, brewpubs,...

Send us Fan Mail Maine Beer Co. was started with a goal to "Do What's Right" Dan Kleban and his brother David founded Maine Beer Company with a single recipe and the goal to "Do What's Right."  That mantra carries through in every aspect of running their business from the beer they brew, to employee relations, and how they support and give back to their community. Dan...

Send us Fan Mail It's actually been cold here in Atlanta lately and it's time to break out the Christmas beers.   This week we invited Tim Cailloux, winner of our Catlanta charity art auction, to join us in the studio and sample through the 12 Beers of Christmas. We share a little info on each beer, Brian tells us about Christmas beer festivals and beer cocktails like Glühkriek.  We had...

Send us Fan Mail Craft Beer in the Coastal Empire with Chris Haborak If you're not familiar with the lay of the land, Savannah, Georgia is the Coastal Empire.  Once you cross the bridge into South Carolina, you enter the Low Country.  Got it?  Good. Chris Haborak is the co-founder and brewer at Coastal Empire Beer Co.  Founded in 2011, the brewery is a middle child of the Georgia beer scene a...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah Green is the new Head Brewer at Ironmonger Brewing.  Sarah has strong opinions on what needs to be done at the brewery.  She's released her first original beer at the brewery and reformulated some existing recipes. Ramsay Florence remains part of the team and moves into the role of Sales and Operations Manager.  Ramsay is in the process of introducing new packaging for...

Send us Fan Mail If you've ever taken a trip to Asheville, NC you've likely heard, "If you can find the time, take a trip to Fonta Flora." Todd Boera opened his original brewery about an hour east of Asheville in Morganton.  Slightly closer is Fonta Flora's new Whippoorwill Farm location, a 9-acre farm and 15-barrel brewhouse.  Being away from the action of Asheville hasn&...

Send us Fan Mail Even if you're not in DuClaw Brewing's distribution area, you probably know about Sweet Baby Jesus, their chocolate peanut butter porter.  It's DuClaw's flagship beer and it's sought after across the country. DuClaw's head brewer Brandon Stanko joined the brewery as in IT Technician and worked his way up the ranks.  He joins us this week to talk about...

Send us Fan Mail When Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project  founder and brewmaster Chad Yakobson published his master's thesis online as The Brettanomyces Project  very little was known about brewing with this unusual yeast.  Common knowledge at the time said you couldn't use Brett as a primary fermenter in beer.  Yakobson wasn't buying that and set on a path to find out all he could...

Send us Fan Mail A beer named Sue and a new place to brew for Yazoo Yazoo Brewing Co . founder Linus Hall left the exciting world of tire engineering to found his brewery in 2003.  Currently in their 2nd home, Yazoo is in the process of moving to a new, much larger location in Madison, TN.  We sample a few of Yazoo's beers, including the new 15th Anniversary Ale brewed with Sabro hops, a new...

Send us Fan Mail Upland Brewing Co. celebrates 20 years and still pushing innovation Upland Brewing Co. was founded in 1998 in Bloomington, Indiana.  They've grown over the years and opened several other taprooms as well as splitting the breweries for their clean and sour beers.  We're joined this week by Adam Covey, Matt Wisley, and Eli Trinkle to talk about what's going on in Indi...

Send us Fan Mail Orpheus Brewing and The Woodlands talk sour and wild beers Wild and sour beers continue to grow in popularity.  From "simple" sour beers like Berliner Weisse and Gose to complex, spontaneously fermented ales with funky, earthy, cheesy character.  There's a huge variety out there. When you think of SweetWater Brewery , you may not think of sour beers - but you should...

Send us Fan Mail Examining the Craft Beer Bubble with the Brewers Association's chief economist Bart Watson  Craft beer is booming in America.  We're likely to hit 7,000 breweries by the end of the year, more than double the number just five years ago.  With the explosion of new breweries many fear that we're in a bubble, and it's about to bust.  But is that the case? Bart Wats...

Send us Fan Mail Hair of the Dog Brewing has been a Portland craft beer staple for 25 years.  This week, founder Alan Sprints joins us on the show.  We talk about the old days on the craft beer frontier, extreme brewing, the biggest challenges facing new brewers today, why he chose to keep his brewery small, his $800 bottle offerings, and what's in store for his upcoming 25th Anniversary. Bee...

Send us Fan Mail Ryan Lapete had a career as a deep-sea diver before starting his craft brewery.  He studied underwater crime scene investigation, lived underwater for a month, and participated in a mission with Fabien Cousteau, grandson of Jacques Cousteau.  His job was dangerous, and after telling his wife he'd leave it behind if he could start a brewery, he founded DEEP Brewing. Lapete sha...

Send us Fan Mail Burnt Hickory Brewery's Scott Hedeen is part idea man, part madman I first met Scott Hedeen when Burnt Hickory Brewery was just a few months old.  Over the years he has become one of my very favorite people in the whole world.  He's also very high on the list of people that drive me crazy.  It's a weird relationship, but it works. Hedeen is an idea man.  He's c...

Send us Fan Mail O'zapft is!  Oktoberfest is coming, and we're ready Munich Oktoberfest officially kicks off on September 22nd for 2018.  Germany's largest volksfest  has been going strong for over 200 years.  Traditions have changed but the beer keeps flowing, a lot of it. This week we're joined by Ryan Folgegren and Jamey Adams from Arches Brewing in Hapeville, Georgia to sam...

Send us Fan Mail Oyster City Brewing Co. is spreading the good word of craft beer in the Florida Panhandle There's not a whole lot in Apalachicola.  When visitors to this small coastal town asked for a local beer, the best they could do was from a brewery a couple of hours away.  The owners of the Owl Cafe and taproom saw an opportunity and after plenty of practice and planning, they opened O...

Send us Fan Mail Riverbend Malt House makes craft malt for craft brewers Hops get all the love when it comes to craft beer but malt is getting more attention thanks to a small network of craft maltsters.  For brewers in the South, Riverbend Malt House in Asheville, North Carolina offers up several barley, wheat, and rye artisan malts from locally sourced grains.  By working with local farmers, Riv...

Send us Fan Mail New people, new beers, and an old name for Atlanta Brewing Company  Opened in 1993, Atlanta Brewing Company is the oldest production brewery in Georgia.  They started with that name but changed to Red Brick Brewing Co. in 2010, named after their most popular beer.  It’s surprising that our oldest brewery is only 25, but with that little Prohibition thing in America and Georgia’s h...

Send us Fan Mail Monks Meadery says there's a story in every drop Monks Meadery owner Justin Schoendorf started his business because the brewery scene was already "crowded" in Georgia with four breweries here, and he wanted to offer something different.  He started homebrewing beer in college and eventually migrated to meadmaking.  He enjoyed it, and so did his friends, and Georgia&...

Send us Fan Mail What's luck if you ain't from Kentucky? The founders of Louisville, Kentucky's Against the Grain Brewery got their start because they weren't satisfied with the way beer was being represented in their town.  After a disappointing visit to a local brewpub, whose brewhouse sat unused in a dark and dusty corner, they hunted down the owner and offered to buy the pl...

Send us Fan Mail Tim and Brian pontificate on the many styles of IPA We had a guest lined up for this week, we were all set up and ready to go, but we weren't able to connect with them.  We're all about making lemonade (or maybe a nice lemon Gose) out of lemons so we fired up the mics and freestyled a short show.  We're sampling some IPAs so we discuss the many styles of IPA and if...

Send us Fan Mail Arcadia Ales are British Inspired, American Brewed Michigan has a thriving craft beer scene and Arcadia Ales has been a part of it for over 20 years.  Originally based in Battle Creek, an expansion brought them to Kalamazoo where their brewery sits on 400' of riverfront allowing visitors to launch their kayaks and canoes, or just relax and have a beer. For most of their histo...