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

Welcome to Episode #72, where we invite our friends Nick Rotruck and Joe Crockett from the Hop In, We're Drinking! Podcast, to join us. Nick comes to us from West Virginia and Joe comes all the way from Hawaii. Nick and Joe label their podcast as "the podcast about nothing", but don't let them fool you, they have great content and great guests, including home brewers, head brewers and even the Hom...

It takes more than 1 day to celebrate the Foamy Heads 6th Anniversary. Let's call it an Anniversary WEEK! Sounds good to us. If Part 1 left you wanting more, here is Part 2 of our interview with Mitch and Rich of the Foamy Heads, as we continue to celebrate the 6th Anniversary of their Podcast. In this episode Steve starts by asking about their podcast during Covid, and how the local beer scen...

Happy 6th Anniversary to our friends The Foamy Heads! Mitch and Rich form the dynamic duo that make up the Foamy Heads Podcast, and are a force in this craft beer world. We got together with Mitch and Rich and did an episode to celebrate them for doing their podcast for 6 years. Not only did we chime in to wish them a Happy Anniversary, but several of their friends sent surprise messages, wishing...

We continue our conversation discussing the Fermentation Sciences Program at Appalachian State University with Dr. Brett Taubman and soon to be graduate Stephen Moxley. What exactly is fermentation? Dr. Taubman breaks it down for us and discusses a book he has coming out.  Craft beer has been a major focus for them. But with so many changes the past few years, there is a different area of the ferm...

The Fermentation Sciences program at Appalachian State University is headed up by Dr. Brett Taubman. He joined us to discuss what students can expect when they enroll in this 4-year program. Stephen Moxley will soon be graduating. We got his perspective of what he’s learned in Fermentation, Chemistry, Biology, and Brewing. What is next for him and future graduates? Dr Taubman weighs in on the evol...

Welcome to Part 2 of our episode with Kramer Deans. In this episode Kramer gives several reasons why taking a first date to a brewery is a good idea. (We concur) We ask Kramer about ways breweries and the beer community can be more diverse and inclusive - including working with local black owned businesses and artists. We also talk about the new season of "The Beerded Tastings", which is...

We have local craft beer royalty in the house!! Kramer Deans : AKA The Beered Brotha wears a lot of hats in the craft beer community around Nashville, and we got to have a great discussion with him in this episode. Kramer is the Taproom Manager at Crazy Gnome Brewery, a fellow Podcaster - with his Podcast called "The Beerded Tastings", a YouTuber, an entrepreneur and is full of tons of craft beer...

We're always looking for a reason to drink craft beer and since it's close to St. Patrick's Day - that gave us a reason to do just that and record it. Steve and Scott discuss a couple of recent trips they just came back from. Our good buddies Chris Finen and Michael Stokes join us to talk about some of our favorite Irish Red Ales and Irish Stouts, plus Steve breaks out a very festive hat that you'...

If you haven’t heard, Crazy Gnome Brewery is soon moving from the current location on Main Street, to Kirkland Avenue in East Nashville. Owner Grayson Miller met up with us to talk all about the new brewery location. Lot of great things happening. Much bigger space – including the taproom, additional seating, parking, a food menu. Plus, expansion means Crazy Gnome is getting into the canning busin...

In this episode we talk about the differences between CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout) and KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout). We have A LOT of discussion about KBS and how they like to maintain integrity within the series. Steve and Scott mention a couple of the Founders barrel aged beers that really have stood out to us, and Jeremy and John go in detail about some of their barrel aged processes, the t...

We are extremely proud to bring you this episode with Founders Brewing Company. We had the pleasure of interviewing Jeremy Kosmicki, who is the Brewmaster and John Gautraud, who is the Brewery Experience Manager. We talked about the history of Founders as well as their histories with the brewery. Where the Founders name came from, where do the ideas and inspirations come from for some of their bee...

In his first podcast interview ever, John Eibl Jr. the head brewer at Marble Fox Brewing in Nashville joins us to talk all about this brewery he owns with his father, John Eibl Sr. Marble Fox will be celebrating its second anniversary come June. John tells us all about the various beers served up (including a few we tried during the podcast) and the process he goes through. Although fairly new on...

LeBron Haggard returns! The owner of Common John Brewing in Manchester, Tennessee is here to talk about why you should come to his brewery for breakfast! You heard right! That, along with the diversity of beer on the menu is all part of the brewery experience of this family-owned operation. We went down memory lane to find out who helped him get started when Common John was in the planning stages....

Ever been to Manchester, Tennessee? LeBron Haggard, owner of Common John Brewing is a lifelong resident. He's been brewing beer at this family run operation for a long time. Common John Brewing has been tearing up the craft beer scene. We loved getting the chance to hear all about how things have come together over the years. Discussing his decision to start his own business. What it has done for...

In Part 2 of our episode with Eric Latham we further discuss the TN Craft Brewers Guild and Johnson City Brewing Company. Eric tells us how the TN Craft Brewers Guild is funded, who can become a member, what is the TN Ale Trail, what are benefits of being a member of the Guild and a lot more. Eric has a great story about how he opened Johnson City Brewing Company, and it's not your typical story....

We're always looking to bring you new angles and perspectives within the craft beer world and this episode is another example of that. Eric Latham is the President of the TN Craft Brewers Guild and owner of Johnson City Brewing Company out of Johnson City, TN. The TN Craft Brewers Guild is an organized group of breweries across Tennessee that form an alliance to help push legislation to benefit TN...

Our friend Joel Geier from The Brewery Travels Podcast joins us. He spent 2024 visiting a lot of breweries across America! We asked about some of his favorite stops along the way. The statistics he's kept track of and what he has planned for 2025. There are a lot of changes happening in the craft beer industry with breweries offering many other choices now for people. What are some of those he's s...

Welcome to 2025 and to Season 2 of the Brewery Underground Podcast! Even though it's a new year we had to review 2024 and hand out a few awards. We start this episode with some of our Year in Review stats from Untappd, including how many unique beers we each checked in, our most checked in style, how many badges we collected and more. We came up with the BUPA's for some of our favorite beers in sp...

This is our final episode of 2024. Season One comes to a conclusion with our Top 10 New Breweries List that we visited in 2024. Steve and Scott each have their own lists and we countdown from #10 to #1. Do we have any of the same breweries on our lists? Was it easy to come up with just 10? What was the criteria we used in determining these lists? All of those questions will be answered in this epi...

In this episode you're going to hear how busy Steve has been over the summer and since Thanksgiving. He summarizes his "Summer of Cider and Seltzer Tour" and his recent trip to Cincinnati over the Thanksgiving holiday. Our podcast also gets taken over by our good friend and future podcaster - Liz from Everyday I'm Bubbling. He first discusses his Cincinnati trip where he was met up with by Liz on...

Joel Geier is all in on craft beer and has written a book called "Flights Across America". It's available starting today. He joined us to talk about his journey across all 50 states and over 1000 breweries! Joel talks about why he decided to write a book. His detailed notes for this venture, which is a great resource for those who planning a craft beer destination. Plus, how long it took to comple...

We made our list and checked it twice! Now time to find out which beers are naughty or nice. Scott, Steve, and our good friend Chris Finen, met up to talk about our top ten favorite beers of 2024. But what about some we didn't like? Those also made the list. As did others we put in some special categories. In what felt like the Grinch that stole Christmas. We did a blind taste test of some beer no...

Welcome back for Part 2 of our episode with Anthony Davis of East Nashville Beer Works. In this episode we talk to Anthony some more about the new taproom, about his staff, their food menu, just how family friendly their taprooms are, their core beers, a Home Alone pop-up theme at one of their locations for the holidays, the Music City Brew Hop, parking at their locations, an example of community...

Anthony Davis is the President of East Nashville Beer Works, and he joined us for a great interview. East Nashville Beer Works now has 2 locations - one in Nashville, TN and their brand new one in Lebanon, TN. We sipped on some of ENBW's core beers and talked to Anthony about these beers as well as some others. We also discussed when they got started, how important it is for them to have family fr...

Michael Williams of Great Lakes Brewing Company returns. Michael is the Historian and Advanced Cicerone of this family run operation. Lot of thought and planning goes into creating their beer. Including Christmas Ale. He talked about why this one is so popular. Great Lakes Beer isn't available on the store shelves in Tennessee. But they have expanded across the country. Will 2025 be when it that h...