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Welcome to this special episode of Sightlines, part of Good Beer Hunting's continued coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm Jonny Garrett. The U.K. is now several weeks into near-total lockdown, with everyone told to stay indoors barring medical emergencies, food shopping, and one bit of exercise a day. While internet and TV services are thriving, the high street and hospitality industry have been...

Producer's note: we're going to continue bringing you timeless stories and important interviews, some of which have newfound relevance because of COVID-19, and some that are explicitly unrelated. This episode you're about to hear was recorded on February 19th, so the context is removed a bit from what's happening in the world right now, but the information is still valuable, and we want to share i...

Welcome to this special episode of Sightlines, part of Good Beer Hunting's continued coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm Bryan Roth. A month ago, millions of Americans were sitting at bars and breweries, sharing a pint or cocktail with friends and loved ones. Today, for most of the country, that's not possible, as states have issued stay-at-home or shelter-in-place guidelines, forcing the closu...

Welcome to this special series of the GBH Collective podcast, where we'll be checking in with members of our global team to keep you updated on unfolding events surrounding COVID-19. I'm Ashley Rodriguez. We're consuming news at a rapid rate. The front page of the  New York Times  is totally dedicated to COVID-19 coverage, and many other outlets have shifted to focus on the current global pandemic...

What happens when a guy with your exact name invites you to brew a beer with him? In this special episode of the GBH podcast, Sightlines editor Bryan Roth drives from Durham, North Carolina, to meet up with Brian Roth of Southern Brewing Co. in Athens, Georgia, to engage in a friendly competition over who can brew the best beer: Bryan or Brian? More than just a story about a beer-brewing challenge...

Welcome to this special episode of Sightlines, part of Good Beer Hunting's continued coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm Bryan Roth. Parts of the country are in some kind of encouraged self-isolation—if not lockdown in some locations—and in many states, bars, restaurants, and breweries have been told by governments to shutter on-site sales and restrict business to takeout or delivery services....

Welcome to this special series of the GBH Collective podcast, where we'll be checking in with members of our global team to keep you updated on unfolding events surrounding COVID-19. I'm Ashley Rodriguez. If you have an iPhone, it probably tells you how many hours per day you've looked at your screen. According to my phone, my screentime has been up 63%—and I'm sure I'm not alone. I'm doubly sure...

I'm writing and recording this from my home office. I imagine at this point, COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has affected your life in some way. Maybe you're quarantined at home; maybe you're a business owner who's wondering what measures like social distancing will do your business; or maybe you're just trying to navigate what is shaping up to be one of the weirdest times i...

I'm Jonny Garrett, and you're listening to the Good Beer Hunting podcast. Listeners in California may remember a brewery called Toolbox Brewing, which for a brief period around 2015 and 2016 was making waves with some delicious, mixed-fermentation beers. Sadly the brewery closed in 2018, about a year after the departure of its head brewer, Ehren Schmidt, who is my guest today. Schmidt gained plent...

Today I'm talking to Eoghan Walsh, who just had his first article for Good Beer Hunting published. Entitled, " The Last Crusade — Rich Soriano Wants to Talk to You About Lambic, " it's essentially the story of a day with one of Belgium's most beloved beer characters, Rich Soriano. And by a day with, I really mean a bar crawl with. Eoghan's piece manages to make it feel like the reader is right the...

When we talk about the evolution of breweries into "beverage companies," that conversation has been dominated by some of the largest corporations in the world. MillerCoors literally changed its name at the start of this year to Molson Coors Beverage Company to reflect its evolving business model and the shifting attitudes and preferences of today's drinkers. Anheuser-Busch InBev sells across bever...

This is GBH Out Loud, and I'm Ashley Rodriguez. Today, you'll hear Mark Spence read the third entry of his blog, Beer is Offal, called  "Scarlet & Cream"  published on Good Beer Hunting on November 21, 2019. Something happens to you when you leave home. You might not notice it when you're gone, but you definitely notice it when you come back. This is a story about that moment—when you realize you'...

This episode's interview was conducted at BRUS, a brewpub and restaurant in Copenhagen's trendy Nørrebro district. It's owned by the itinerant brewing company To Øl, which is perhaps best known for its unusual recipes, pun-based beer names, and often-inscrutable labels. That approach has kept the brewery growing for 10 years. The flexibility of nomadic brewing allows them to respond quickly to tre...

I probably sit with our blog,  Beer is Offal , more than anything I interact with on Good Beer Hunting. Not only is it something we produce totally in house—all the artwork comes through us and it's written by a member of the GBH team, Mark Spence—but it's also the only series we've captured entirely on audio. Mark has read every single one of his blog entries on our Out Loud series, where we reco...

As many of you know, we're in the midst of  Uppers & Downers week here in Chicago , celebrating more than five years of our coffee and beer culture collaboration between myself, Michael Kiser, and world barista champion Stephen Morrissey. This year's festival promises to be our best yet, with about 25 different coffee beer collaborations, a dozen different roasters pulling their best espresso shot...

I first met Breandán Kearney in 2015, when he swept the board at the British Guild of Beer Writers Awards. I, like quite a few people in the room, had no idea who he was at the time, but I only had to read a few of his articles to see what a brilliant writer he is. And you'd have to be brilliant to tackle the article we talk about in today's podcast.  Breandán Kearney's latest piece for Good Beer...

What does it mean to be a "master"? More important: what does it take to actually feel that way? In this episode, we're talking with the 19th Master Cicerone in the world, Joe Vogelbacher. Joe is the CEO and co-founder of Charlotte, North Carolina's Sugar Creek Brewing Company, and in 2019, he was the only person to pass what is arguably the hardest educational test in beer. His rank of Master Cic...

Welcome to another Fervent Few episode of the Good Beer Hunting podcast where myself, Jim Plachy, and GBH's strategic director, Michael Kiser, catch up. We'll talk about the topics and discussions that took place in our membership community in the last couple weeks. Our 500 or so subscribers are scattered all over the world. Sometimes we meet up with them when we're on the road, or they hang out w...

About a month ago, an annual tradition took place: the announcement of the new Master Cicerones.  It's an exciting and heartbreaking time for many folks who put in months and even years of studying and training to pass one of the most difficult, esoteric, and unpredictable certification exams in all of food and beverage.  Another part of that annual tradition, at least in the past couple years, is...

At a time when hard seltzers are the hottest beverage alcohol around—and spirits are slowly chipping away at servings once strongly held by beer—what's a brewery to do? Businesses across the country have spent the past two years diversifying what used to be beer-only portfolios to best address the changing attitudes and tastes of drinkers. That's recently led to a wave of American breweries enteri...

Welcome to Mother of Invention—a special series of the GBH Podcast made in partnership with Guinness devoted to innovation in the brewing world, both historical and contemporary. In this series, we ask the question: if necessity is the mother of invention, what is the necessity that's driving people to solve a problem, meet a challenge, or explore a new opportunity—and what are they doing about it...

Welcome to Mother of Invention—a special series of the GBH Podcast made in partnership with Guinness devoted to innovation in the brewing world, both historical and contemporary. In this series, we ask the question: if necessity is the mother of invention, what is the necessity that's driving people to solve a problem, meet a challenge, or explore a new opportunity—and what are they doing about it...

Welcome to Mother of Invention—a special series of the GBH Podcast made in partnership with Guinness devoted to innovation in the brewing world, both historical and contemporary. In this series, we ask the question: if necessity is the mother of invention, what is the necessity that's driving people to solve a problem, meet a challenge, or explore a new opportunity—and what are they doing about it...

Welcome to Mother of Invention—a special series of the GBH Podcast made in partnership with Guinness devoted to innovation in the brewing world, both historical and contemporary. In this series, we ask the question: if necessity is the mother of invention, what is the necessity that's driving people to solve a problem, meet a challenge, or explore a new opportunity—and what are they doing about it...

If you're a beer fan, the world of cannabis probably intersects with your world in the most casual of ways. You might enjoy both occasionally, or even in a single sitting. You might be attracted to IPAs that exhibit some of your favorite cannabis characteristics—"dank" and "sticky" describe both in equal measure these days. You might float back and forth effortlessly between these two categories o...