Drink Beer, Think Beer With John Holl

It's our annual year-end round table with writers and beer professionals. We toast the end of 2021, and to look forward to the new year with some predictions and cheer.

While the brewery might be best known for Spotted Cow, there’s more to New Glarus Brewing than that one beer. Daniel Carey, the founder and brewer is on the show to talk about flavor, recipe development, specialty ingredients, and more.

From lagers to pastry stouts, the taproom experience, changing the culture around beer, and talking about underrated styles, the show is excited to welcome four brewing professionals from around the country to talk about the year that was and what the new one could be.

Sam Riggins, the brewer, owner, and doer of all things at Cosmic Eye Brewery in Lincoln, Nebraska talks about beer that tastes like beer, collaborations to grow a business, and the nitty gritty of owning a brewery.

Food is on a lot of minds these days with the holidays rolling in. Chefs Rachel Mabb and Heather Hutton and Advanced Cicerone Bandon Plyler are here talk about pairings, cooking with beer, and the joy that comes with creating in the kitchen.

From the blending of beer styles to create something new, grading barrels, fighting back against bullshit in beer, and sticking to a brewing ethos, Matt Manthe of Odd Breed Wild Ales is here to talk about microbes and more.

Let’s talk about farming. And being local. Then let’s talk food and beer pairings and then pizza. It’s a fun conversation with Sean Lilly Wilson of Fullsteam Brewing in North Carolina.

Alan Sprints is founder of Hair of the Dog, an Oregon brewing institution that values history, layered flavors, and the overall experience that comes with imbibing strong beers.

Jeff Alworth is on the show this week. He’s a writer, a thinker, a man who appreciates good beer and history, and is the author of the Beer Bible. The second edition was just released.

Talking about fermentation, farming, kombucha, and more with Pete Halupka of Harvest Roots Ferments.

From creating a gold-medal winning blonde ale, to working with barrels, addressing misogyny in the beer industry, and the importance of snacks, Bess Dougherty, a brewer at Ratio Beerworks in Denver talks about it all.

Brady Duncan and Ryan Blevins of MadTree Brewing in Ohio talk about recipe development, growth and evolution, and what brewers can to to help the environment.

Brad Clark of Private Press Brewing talks about moving west, memberships, barrels, good health, and doing stouts and barleywine his way.

Brett VanderKamp a founder and now CEO of New Holland Brewing talks about the loss of the brewery’s IPA, the rise of its stout, the intersection of beer and politics, and the importance of water.

Phil Wymore is co-founder of Perennial Artisan Ales and the founder of Passenger Foods. We’re talking about entrepreneurship, imperial stouts, condiments, and legacy.

Caleb Michalke is the owner, maltster, and farmer of Sugar Creek Malt Co in Indiana. From corn to heirloom grains and the struggle of the modern American small farmer, on this episode we get into it all.

Day Bracey is here talking about creating the Barrel and Flow Festival, providing a welcoming space, and the evolution of diversity in the craft beer industry, one brewery visit at a time.

If you’ve been curious about pickle beer, this is the show for you. This week on the show we're talking with Cody Martin, he’s a co-founder of Martin House brewing in Texas which just released the latest in its pickle beer lineup: grape punch flavor.

We're talking with Becky Ryman of Wallenpaupack Brewing Co. which is coming up on four years. They are at a crossroads, looking to grow but trying to figure out the best path forward. From paying employees well and staff retention to managing the owner and brewer relationship, we’ll get into the nuts and bolts of the business.

This week we're joined by Kyle Kohlmorgen the founder and head brewer at Wellspent Brewing. He was an owner, but isn’t any longer and he’s loving that. He’ll explain why.

Ben Loves of Gigantic Brewing talks about disappearing hops, returnable bottles, and gin.

From music’s relationship to beer, to how COVID helped speed up growth plans Max Borgardt of Eagle Park Brewing in Wisconsin is our guest this week. We are also talk about the collaboration the brewery created with the Hope For the Day foundation. An IPA called Things We Don’t Say, which encourages us to talk about mental health.

If you’ve never heard of or met Kolin Krokis, strap in. This is going to be a fun and globe trotting ride. From the earliest days of Brew Dog, to starting breweries in Australia, and now at a brewpub in Canada he shares his story, advice, and how showing no compromise has gotten him this far.

A conversation with Laurie Porter of Smog City Brewing in Los Angeles about the state of the industry, a new beer they are releasing to spark conversation, and how the City of Angles is doing in 2021.

Fox Farm Brewery is ready to release its first spontaneous ale, and owner and brewer Zack Adams talks about that, traveling to enhance brewing styles, and his newest Rauchbier collaboration with Live Oak Brewing.