Beer Musings Archives - The Gnarly Gnome

This week is one of those weeks where this show allows me the chance to unload a bit. I’ve been feeling a little “put off” by the lack of care that has been put into too many beers these days, and over a pint of Tsingtao – very NOT local – I’m going to let loose. We’ll drink a little rum first, and then we’ll dive into it all. Of course, we’ll...

We keep hearing it repeatedly: the future of breweries lies in the neighborhood spots. Lebanon Brewing Company understands that very well, and when they opened their space last year, they worked their butts off to become part of Lebanon in every way possible. On this week’s episode, I headed up to Lebanon to chat with owner/brewer Jake Borsvold about how all of those pieces come together for...

Oh, boy. This is one of those days. I’m stressed and beat up from battling more technical difficulties on the podcast side of my life. I’m grumpy. When you boil it all down, though – that’s why this show exists. It’s an excuse to drink together and enjoy a few minutes of sanity in an otherwise “not so much” life. With all of that being said, this week, we...

Tina and the Gnome showed up on The Woodburn Brewery's doorstep with one mission, to figure out what makes them tick. They did that in the only way that they know how - by drinking their beer and talking with owners Chris Mitchell and Dennis Chacon. Covering topics from translating a German beer recipe to the big question of how many billions of dollars will it take to buy out their brewery, this...

Burgers and Beer... They go together so perfectly! We sat down with Citybeat and Braxton Brewing to figure out why - and to talk about some of the great burger week events that are happening around town this week!

A “bottle show” is a television industry term. These “bottle episodes” are episodes of a scripted series that takes place entirely on the primary set of the show. There’s no location shooting, no additional sets, guest actors, extras, or anything else. That’s precisely what this episode of Cincy Brewcast is. The last couple of weeks have been BUSY! We’ve b...

We wrap up our exciting week of shows for Cincinnati Beer Week 2016 at Paradise Brewing Company in Anderson. We were joined by Eric from Brewer's Buddy and Andy from Alexandria Brewing Company, and of course Jeff Graff from Paradise Brewing. We had a big conversation that ranged in topics but all centered around what we all love - BEER! It was a great show, and a fitting 'Live' end to a great Cinc...

It’s a big move for the tiny DogBerry Brewing in West Chester. Not only are they leaving their local-loved taproom behind, but the brewery is growing ten-fold in their production size. It’s a choice that leaves a lot of questions for a lot of folks, and we set out this week to answer them all. Sitting down with owners Tony Meyer and Chris Frede we try to get a picture at what this all...

In a "big" show that has been a long time coming, we are featuring The Boston Beer Co. and sampling some of their fine Samuel Adams beers. They are (if you didn't already know) a big part of Cincy Craft--they brew on a large scale out of the former Hudepohl Brewery in OTR. We are joined from Boston by Jennifer Glanville, the Director of Brewery Projects for The Boston Beer Co., who tastes along wi...

The gang has left the Gnarly Gnome alone, deep inside the Gnarly Gnome tavern to run the show by himself. Panic? The Gnome? Never... he calls on Blogger-friend Raging Hop to help make sense of all the American Craft Beer week info, and to drink a few beers from the safety of the subterranean shelter. They drink, they talk, they listen to a few interviews... they might get in trouble? Anythings pos...

Not feeling well? Have the "blahs"? The Craft Beer doctors at Cincy Brewcast prescribe "Pils For What Ales You" and suggests some quality "down time" at Pilsener-Palooza 2016. Yes it's that time of year when the skirts get shorter, the days get longer and the beer gets lighter and colder. But don't think you have to settle for the "watery grave" of mega-brewed adjunct-fests. Your intrepid Cincy Cr...

In a show that hearkens back to some of our earliest days, yet utilizes some new and generally untested technology (at least to us) it's a two- man show as Mike and The Gnarly Gnome sit and "shoot the bull" about Cincy Craft. The Gnome joins us remotely from "The Gnarly Gnome Tavern" via Google+ Hangouts. Mike drinks Braxton's 1st anniversary beer, Yesterday's Headlines Kiwi Berliner Weiss and Gno...

Cincy Brewcast joins Mt Healthy's own Nano Brewery, Fibonacci Brewing to explore why owners Bob and Betty Bollas are so proud to be nano. They are nearing a year, and still have the distinction of being Cincinnati's newest craft brewery. We sit down with them, along with a live audience to drink the beer, meet the people and help spread a little bit more of the "voice of Cincy Craft"

Tonight we have a really cool show--the Cincy Brewcast crew matches wits with Jonathan Klein, the quiz-master from the all-new "Cincy Beer Quiz", which will hold its inaugural event at Braxton Brewing Co. in Covington on Wednesday, April 27 from 7-9 PM. Jonathan brings us questions from categories such as "Beer in Music", "Hops 'n' Health" and many more. Some of the answers will surprise you and a...

Join us as the Cincy Brewcast crew invades Ei8ht Ball Brewing, at The Party Source in Newport/Bellevue, Kentucky. We are joined by “3 Guys”; Head Brewer Mitch Dougherty, The Party Source Craft Beer Manager and mastermind behind nomad brewery “Quaff Bros.” Danny Gold, and Ei8ht Ball Taproom Manager and “Beer Ambassador” James “Peanut” Kahles. The guys...

We are joined this week by “The Godfather” of Cincy Craft, Mike Dewey from Mt. Carmel Brewing Co. Over the past 10-plus years, Mike and co-founder and wife Kathleen have done it “their way”. Mt. Carmel has stubbornly stuck to a strategy of slow growth when all around them has exploded, and they continue to offer a tap list of “core beers” when so many brewers of...

In this edition of Cincy Brewcast we meet Mike Albarella and Brandon Hughes, the brother-in-law team behind emerging brewery Nine Giant, in Pleasant Ridge, Ohio. We talk to them about their brewing philosophies, the unique qualities about their “P-Ridge” brewpub and what brought them to this point. We also get from them a fairly committal date for their spring debut! Head brewer Mike a...

From the beautiful Moerlein Lager House in Smale Riverfront Park in Downtown Cincinnati, it’s a very special Live edition of Cincy Brewcast. We are joined by the visionary Greg Hardman, who took a glorious, but dead name from Cincinnati’s brewing heyday–Christian Moerlein–and turned it into a powerhouse of the modern craft beer movement in Cincinnati’s exploding Craft...

As we return to the “friendly confines” of the Cincy Brewcast Studios, high atop Mt. Carmel for our first show of 2016, we look ahead to the possibilities and the promise of a new year in craft beer. We taste what is very likely 2016’s first new beer release in Urban Artifact’s “Abacus” Cocao-Raspberry Gose; one of the top releases of late 2015 in Mt. Carmel&#82...

Mike invades “The Gnarly Gnome Tavern” for a “Gnome Game” with the “Man Who Is Synonymous With Anonymous”. The big man ducks his head to get on the elevator that delves into the subterranean enclave where “The Gnome” hoards beers and writes his blog posts. We drink beers from Firestone Walker (Paso Robles, CA), Sonoma Brewing (Phoenix, AZ), The Unkno...