The Brewing Network Presents | The Session

Bakersfield has been experiencing a massive growth in the craft beer scene over these last few years, and today we chat with one of those breweries that keeps pushing things forward - Temblor Brewing Company. The folks at Temblor have a knack for using ingredients in an evenly-handed way, and that shows in the beers they produce! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Graham has appeared on The Session in the past to tell us the best ways to homebrew on the cheap. However, we felt it was time to get him back on to go the other way and tell us all the cool high-end homebrew gadgets on the market today! Before we get to that, though, JP and Chris chat about Chris' hike up to the peak of Mt. Whitney, where he and business partner Olin, brewed a batch of pale...

Non-alcoholic beer has been pretty straight-forward for decades. Light lagers with nothing really to them. The team at Athletic Brewing set out to change that back in 2018, and they haven't looked back since. Creating flavorful craft beers with no alcohol is the mission, and Athletic is making that mission a success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Located in Raytown, Missouri, Crane Brewing Company has been turning out creative beers since 2015. On today's show, we chat with Chris Meyers, co-founder of Crane Brewing, to learn a bit about his brewing background, what crazy beers they are dreaming up, and how Crane is involved in supporting their local community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Out of the shadows of The Rare Barrel steps Berkeley's latest craft brewery ... Hello Friend! Located on the "clean side" of The Rare Barrel brewery, Hello Friend is driving loads and loads of non-soured beer into the hands of the masses here in the Bay Area. Today, we chat with Stephan and Tommy of Hello Friend, to find out just what it takes to keep the sour side sour and the clean side clean. P...

Having an abundance of lagers in the market might be new to some of us, but for the state of Kansas, it's just called "the menu". So how does a brewery choose to pair down their craft offerings and target the Standard American Lager market in a state that practically drinks nothing but those styles of beers? The boys from Kansas Territory Brewing join JP on this week's show to talk about that choi...

The city of Bend, Oregon, is somewhat of a mecca of craft beer in the Pacific Northwest. Smack dab in the middle of that scene is Tony Lawrence, owner and brewer at Boneyard Beer. Tony has been in the game since the '90's, and has seen the social kaleidoscope change what beer is back and forth over the years, but that hasn't changed his views on what makes beer BEER. Tony chats with us about hist...

What is your definition of "local brewery"? If the answer is simply tied to geography, get ready to expand that idea a bit more, as Kelsey and Matthew from Exhibit 'A' Brewing Company join this episode of The Session! The brewers at Exhibit 'A' have made it their mission to use as much locally grown grain as possible in their beers, and that commitment to quality is paying off in the end product....

Oregon is known for great beer and wine, but their cider scene deserves some of the spotlight, too. Dave Takish, from 2 Towns Ciderhouse in Corvallis, joins The Session to talk about all things cider! He goes into some cider history, cidermaking methods, apple varieties - and much more. It was a great talk, paired with even better 2 Towns Cider. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

Producing great-tasting, consistent sour beer is tough, but the folks at Alesong Brewing and Blending make it seem easy! Maybe it's the numerous awards they have won at the Great American Beer Festival, or their approach to ingredients and blending. Whatever the secret is, you can count on Alesong to release some fantastic beers. We had a great time chatting and drinking beers with Doug and Brian...

A bit of paradise comes to The Session, as Hana Koa brewing joins us for a chat and a few beers! Lagers seem to be the topic of the day, as we discuss the drinking habits of Hana Koa customers. Don't worry, there's some hazy beer talk as well! There was even some mild singing involved ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From homebrewers to craft beer brewers, Bailey and Chris opened Crusader Brewing to bring great beer to their community. Located in Bakersfield, CA, Crusader aims to produce beer that engages the local beer drinker, and hopefully drags them away from macro beer in the process. We chat about how they are doing just this - and more - on today's show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

Legendary homebrew guru John Palmer joined the cast of The Session to bring us back to our homebrewing roots! With the help of Dr. Homebrew co-host Brian Schar, John jumps in-depth into several homebrewing fundamentals that we should all know in order to brew good beer, and some stuff that we don't need to worry about as much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

California has a rich beer brewing history - from kicking the whole "micro beer" phase off, to housing some of the most influential breweries on the market today. Now, We can say we have a 100% gluten-free brewery within our borders! Buck Wild Brewing, out of Oakland CA, is California's first and only all gluten-free brewery. Not Gluten-reduced ... gluten-free. That's a big deal. Today we chat wit...

Vista, CA might just be flying under your craft beer radar, folks. Five Suits Brewing is part of the larger San Diego beer scene, and the city of Vista was just named "Best Craft Beer Community" by fellow beer drinkers. Nick, brewer and owner of Five Suits, walks us through a few of his more popular beers, and discusses how the breweries in this small-ish town have built Vista into a great place t...

There's no shortage of good beer in New Mexico, and to prove that, we chat with John and Tyler from Rowley Farmhouse Ales, out of Santa Fe. Rowley has been playing with a number of unique yeast strains and beer styles, dialing in their processes and recipes, all while making drinkable, tasty beer. The Rowley boys clue us in on their beer-making philosophy, and what it takes to make it in the beer...

Sure, middle America is basically LagerTown USA, but not all beers being produced out there have to fit within that cold-stored mold. The boys at McFleshman's Brewing are churning out some well-crafted English ales, in addition to their lager line up. We talk about how offering a wide variety of both German and English-style beers has been for the community, as well as what it's like to run severa...

Listening to The Brewing Network won't get you much, but it WILL get you a ton of great brewing information, and sometimes that's enough. In fact, it was just what Chad needed to open Grey Wolf Brewing in Norco, CA. Drawing on his homebrewing knowledge - and probably a ton of information from TBN - Chad is turning his community into a craft beer center, one drinker at a time. Learn more about your...

If the military taught Joshua Romaker one thing, it's how to overcome obstacles. From his early days as a homebrewer, to his unique ways of generating enough money to open his brewery, not much held Joshua down. On today's show, we learn a bit more about The Star Spangled Brewing Company, Josh's head brewer Allen, and the beer style they are trying to create. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Liquid Gravity Brewing is the brain-child of Brendan Gough. Coming from such breweries as Central Coast and Firestone-Walker, Brendan achieved his goal of opening his own space in January of 2020. Then the lockdown hit, spinning his plans off into deep space. We chat with Brendan about his journey into craft, how he approaches tailoring recipes to his unique setup, and what the pandemic meant to h...

Portland is home to one of the best beer scenes in the country. So how does a brewery make a name for itself in the land of Craft? Today we chat with Adam and Andrew from Old Town Brewing to talk about just that. From IPAs to Red Ales to Pilsner, Old Town is turning out some great craft beer in the Pacific NW! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ronin Fermentation Project, buried deep in the Sierras of California, is the passion project of Charlie Johnson. Charlie joined Teresa and JP to chat about his craft beer timeline, traveling during COVID, and how to find success making beer in a small town nobody has ever heard of. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The world of Sake and the world of Beer tend to run parallel at times. They both are steeped in tradition, and they both have their fair share of folks who want those traditions to stay the same. Then there are brewers like Josh, who come in and try to shake things up a bit. Josh started Setting Sun Sake to introduce sake to the beer world, and his approach seems to be working. Come and learn abou...

Brewing in Arizona presents it's challenges, but Luke and the team at Wren House are doing some great things out in the desert. Of course there are the standard hazy IPAs, and we taste a couple of those on the show, but there is also enough room up on the beer board for a steady stream of lagers. Luke cluses us in on the production of these beers, and how things are going for this young-ish Arizon...

Eric Baumann is the brewer/distiller/owner of Karrikin Spirits. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, Karrikin is pushing out some great beers, while also innovation on their spirits side. We talk with Eric about what got him into beer, how he made his journey back home to Cinci, and how you market cocktails in a can when they aren't really cocktails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...