The Brewery Underground Podcast | Craft Beer Interviews, Reviews & Beer Travel

Cincinnati, Ohio is known for great tasting beer. Northern Row Brewery, Distillery & Taproom is carrying on that tradition. We are joined in this episode by General Manger Josh Lively and Head Brewer Justin Devilbiss Northern Row is located in the OTR (Over the Rhine) section of the city, where the building itself has a lot of stories to tell. Our Cincinnati Correspondent Liz also joined us in...

It's not everyday that beer dreams come true, and although that sounds like an exaggeration, it is NOT in this case. If any of you have spent 5 minutes following us, you know that we've been lobbying for Great Lakes Brewing Company to distribute their beer into Tennessee AND IT HAS FINALLY HAPPENED!!! Starting on 3/2/26 Great Lakes beer will be sold in Tennessee and absolutely NOBODY could be happ...

Brandon Bingman is the owner of Middle Ground Brewing Company in Murfreesboro, TN and we got to sit down with him at his brewery, along with our homies Rich and Mitch of The Foamy Heads to talk about all things Middle Ground. In this episode we talk to Brandon about his history in the beer business - including working at Yazoo. Why he chose Murfreesboro to put his brewery, how much he likes making...

Stoke Haus Brewing and Barbecue is fairly new to the brewery scene in Nashville. Opened in August of 2025. We paid a visit early on a Sunday morning to talk with Chad Mueller and Mike Morbitzer. Both are Co-Owners. This is our second podcast episode with these guys. We had them on before when both were brewing the beer at Tennfold Brewery in Donelson, TN. Chad sat down with us during the majority...

Mayday Brewery was the OG brewery in Murfreesboro, TN and the man at the helm was Ozzy Nelson! Along with our good pals, The Foamy Heads, we get to talk to Ozzy in this collab episode, all about Mayday. We discuss the history, the beer, the good times, the famous tours he would give, the space itself and the reason he got out of the brewery business. We also talk to him about his new ventures, whi...

Sweetwater Brewing Company in Atlanta, GA, is a brand everyone is familiar with, in the craft beer world, and have been around since 1997. We talked with Evan Woolard, who is the Senior Brand Manager with Sweetwater, while wearing our "sweet" Sweetwater gear, and he was fantastic. We talk about some of Sweetwater's newer releases, their original releases including 420, IPA, 420 G-13 strain and Blu...

Our good friend Ashley Rotruck joined us for this episode, and we had a great time with a lot of laughs. We've labeled Ashley "The Queen of Sours", due to her love of fruited sour beers, and it's well earned. Ashley - AKA- @brewdettewv, has a huge following of her Instagram beer page, and it's how we got to know her. In this episode, we start out by all 3 of us having a flight of 4 fruited sour be...

We continue with part 2 of our season premiere kickoff with Steve Ksycki | CEO HBA & Import Division President & Jerry Bishop- Regional Sales Manager for Ohio/Michigan/KY/TN from Hofbräuhaus of America. Even though Oktoberfest season is later in the year, planning for the popular beer brand release is underway much earlier. It's an important tradition in making sure that everything they do...

We are so excited to be kicking off our third season of The Brewery Underground Podcast, featuring Hofbräuhaus of America. This episode has been one we have been trying to nail down for a long time. Our two guests: Steve Ksycki | CEO HBA & Import Division President & Jerry Bishop- Regional Sales Manager for Ohio/Michigan/KY/TN. These gentlemen have been part of Hofbräuhaus USA for many yea...

Welcome to Episode 107. This is the last episode of Season 2 where we give away our annual BUPA awards for 10 different beer style categories from 2025. Liz from Everyday I'm Bubbling and Tom and Brad from The Hilltappers joined us for this episode, to discuss the styles we gave awards to and to share some beer stories from 2025. We also gave a few more BUPA awards away for some other categories,...

As we release this episode on Christmas Day, we hope everyone has a Merry Christmas! Here at the Brewery Underground Podcast, we do love our top ten lists. This year, Scott and Steve spent a lot of time visiting new breweries. Now, we have to rate our favorite ones. This list wasn't easy! It never is. With so many to choose from. We broke down all the things that make a brewery so special. The spa...

We are celebrating the holiday season at The Brewery Underground Podcast. Scott, Steve, and our good friend Chris Finen are here to discuss our Top Ten Craft Beers of 2025! We made our list and checked it twice! Now it's time to find out who made the cut! This wasn't easy! Many beer styles to choose from. It's a hard job, but someone has to do it. Join us on as we all had different choices. What w...

In Part 2 with our interview with Sean Jones, we continue our discussion about Untappd. We further discuss each of our criteria for what we rate a beer. What deserves a 5.0 rating? What are our starting points for an above average beer? What is the minimum score we give beer in order to have it again? We talk Untappd badges, levels of badges, will Sean get a badge for reaching 50,000 unique check-...

We love talking about Untappd. It's a controversial tool in the craft beer world, and a tool that we use pretty much everyday, as we check in and rate our beers. We met a guy who has mastered Untappd and has the most check ins that we've ever seen or even heard about. Sean Jones is his name and we are all extremely impressed with his numbers - which by the way- have increased by 360 since we recor...

We're calling this a bonus episode, as we had so much content with Jonathan and Robert from Cedar Glade Brews, while we were at their brewery recording our 100th episode with Mitch and Rich of The Foamy Heads. We just kept the party and recording going as we drank beer, shared stories - including our desert island beers, and just enjoyed being in good company. As we sample a variety beers - Jo...

Happy Thanksgiving!!! We hope you enjoy this earlier in the day released episode - while you're cracking a beer at 8AM. (It's a holiday - you're allowed) The Foamy Heads and The Brewery Underground Podcast kept the night going after our 100th Episode collab. This was an extra special episode (both parts 1 and 2), because immediately after we recorded our 100th episode at Cedar Glade Br...

This is a re-release of Episode 10 that we have remastered the audio on, and an episode we talk about all the time, because Carl was so great. We like to do this from time to time, just to bring some of our early episodes back to the surface. We weren't doing video back then, so unfortunately that's not available, but this episode is worth a listen anyway. Carl Meier from Black Abbey Brewi...

Welcome to Episode 100! We celebrate our 100th episode of The Brewery Underground Podcast at the same time as The Foamy Head's 100th episode, so we HAD to celebrate together. We recorded this episode at Cedar Glade Brews in Murfreesboro, TN and we could not be more appreciative of them to host us, and roll out the red carpet for us. Jonathan and Robert treated is exceptionally well and treated...

Everything you didn't know about Malts! This is the theme of Part 2 of our episode with Brent Manning, Co-Founder of Riverbend Malt House in Asheville, North Carolina. We had so many questions about the impact malts have in the craft beer industry. It doesn't just stop there. They also work with distilleries (there is a Tennessee connection) Riverbend Malt House came to be in 2011. Since that time...

Asheville, North Carolina, is a favorite destination for craft beer lovers. It is also the home of Riverbend Malt House. Co-Founder, Certified Cicerone Brent Manning joins us. In this episode, Brent walked us through how once upon a time, the conversation started of working with local farmers. Taking their barley and creating custom flavors for breweries. Really a win for everyone!   Brent describ...

Amy Parks, VP of Business Development for Craftapped joins us. You will love her passion and enthusiasm for wanting to bring the craft beer community together. Craftapped is a social craft beer beverage club that started in Minnesota. They have expanded to many other states, including Tennessee. Amy talks all about the Craftapped app at places such as breweries, cideries, distilleries, and restaur...

East Nashville Beer Works opened a second location in 2024 in Lebanon, TN. They just recently celebrated a one- year anniversary. We went to go talk with owner Anthony Davis about how things are going. Sitting up on the Mezzanine, Anthony shared with us about the massive effort that has gone into making this location successful. From being family friendly with a lot of things to do for everyone (t...

Welcome to Part 2 of our Common John Beer Fest episode where we partnered up with Rich and Mitch of The Foamy Heads. In this episode we talk to Mike from Broadcast Brewing, from Nashville, TN and Matt Love who is the founder of Hop Passport. Mike talks about how he got started in craft beer and how he started his brewery, brew days being his favorite part of the day, how he likes his taproom to be...

The Foamy Underground teamed up once again. This time it's at the Common John Beer Fest in Manchester, TN. We joined Mitch and Rich from the Foamy Heads on September 20, 2025, to experience one of the best Beer Fests around - labeled as 'The Last Beer Fest on Earth....Maybe'. We talked to Jon Pritt, who is Chief Festival Office for Common John Brewing Company, Parker Loudermilk, who is the owner o...

We continue talking with Michael Williams of Great Lakes Brewery. He's focusing on brand development these days. Steve and Scott had to find out the big question. Can we get Great Lakes Beer to Tennessee? Is there hope for us? The Brewers Association recently released data regarding tariffs and breweries. Has Great Lakes Brewing Company seen any impact? Christmas is still a few months away. At Gre...