The Brewing Network Presents | The Session

This week on The Session we welcome Charlie Brodell, Head Brewer at Bent Paddle Brewing Co. from Duluth, MN. Charlie talks to us about their traditional styles, as well as a few new beers from their Unfusion Program. Tune in and learn about the great beers of Bent Paddle! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on The Session, we welcome back our old friend Shaun \"Sully\" O\'Sullivan from the 21st Amendment Brewery, along with Fieldwork Brewing Company, to talk about their new collaboration beer, \"A Terrible Idea\" hazy IPA. The two breweries discuss their collaboration, why they chose hazy IPA as a style, and what you can expect from their newest craft beer. Learn more about your ad choices....

This week on The Session we welcome Armistice Brewing Company from Richmond, CA. This brother and sister duo teamed up to provide a local taproom experience for their community and offer the freshest beer possible. After homebrewing for years and winning multiple prestigious awards, Alex and Gregory Zobel decided to take their passion for great beer to the next level and opened Armistice. Tune in...

In this episode of The Session we speak to Ryan Holmes from Imperfect Produce about his beer project. Imperfect Produce fights food waste by finding a home for ‘ugly’ produce. They source it directly from farms and deliver it to customers’ doors for 30-50% less than grocery store prices. Ryan teamed up with local brewers to use their produce in unique beers as well. Learn about how the beer projec...

Nate Seale, head brewer at Family Business Beer Co., joins The Session to chat about the Texas craft beer scene, how to make his own beers stand out in an over-saturate market, and how having an actor as the owner of the brewery presents it\'s own new set of challenges. Family Business Beer Co. is owned by Jenson Ackles, of \"Supernatural\" fame, and has become somewhat of a pilgrimage for many fa...

On this episode of The Session, Mary and Ross Hudspeth from Four Generals brewing in Renton, Washington joined us to talk about our favorite subject ... lagers! They sent us three lagers, an English Bitter, a Milk Stout, and of course ... a hazy IPA. It was enough beer to keep the style curmudgeons happy while still getting some progressive information out there. Which is rare. Learn more about yo...

John Brand, owner and brewer over at Open Outcry Brewing in the Southside of Chicago, was our guest for this episode of The Session. Leaving his former life in the fast-paced world of futures trading to open a brewery,  John sent us a few examples of his handiwork, and clued us in on the world of Chicago, his neighborhood, and why he wouldn\'t dream of being anywhere else. Learn more about your ad...

The Bay Area has loads of great brewers, and no club represents that better than Club DOZE. A few DOZErs took home awards at the National Homebrew Competition, so we wanted to sit down with them to talk about their beers, their strategies, and hopefully get some recipes. Vito Delucci took Silver in Australian Sparkling Ale, and Sean Monahan won Bronze in American Barleywine - both were in studio f...

Craft Beer in Japan is on the rise, and today we talk to an expat who is helping that rise: Gareth Burns of Be Easy Brewing. Our old buddy Ry Beville, of the Japan Beer Times, brought Gareth and his brewer Masahiro - along with their \"everything\" gal Chika, all the way out from Northern Japan just for this show! Gareth was stationed in Japan and fell in love with not only his surroundings, but t...

This week on The Session, we welcome Lakefront Brewery from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Sibling founders, Russ and Jim Klisch, start the interview with tales of the early days of the brewery, which was founded in 1987. We\'ll learn about their days as homebrewers and what is was like to start one of the first craft breweries in the U.S. Later we are joined by Brewer Tyler Senz and Special Projects and...

The Great Mitch Steele returns to The Session! Just 5 months after opening New Realm Brewing in Atlanta, Mitch is back on the air with us, and we couldn\'t wait to crack open the beers he sent. Mitch talked a bit about why he chose Atlanta, his thoughts on hop blends, and how it feels to be brewing Pilsners and not just hoppy beers. It was a great show, for sure! Learn more about your ad choices....

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Normally on The Session, we talk with brewers about the challenges they faced in gathering funds, securing a location, or even in working with their particular city. On today\'s show, we are joined by our good buddy/friend Dave Marliave from Flat Tail Brewing up in Corvallis, Oregon. Dave came all the way down to the studio to tell us about his issues in dealing with a couple of topics that we\'ve...

Joining the long list of homebrewers-who-listened-to-The-Brewing-Network-and-turned-pro, Teresa Psuty from Crooked Lane Brewing Company came into the studio today to talk about all things Crooked Lane. Teresa cam from a biotech background, and after attending brewing school - as well as learning from some of the best brewers in the state - she decided to open her own place up in Auburn, CA. Crooke...

Old school meets new school on today\'s episode of The Session, as we chat with the fellas from Brunswick Bierworks in Toronto, Canada! Mike Laba, co-founder and VP, and Lodewijk Swinkles, Brewmaster, give us a rundown of what Brunswick is all about. Turns out, they are a brewery custom built for partner brewing and collaborations, which is something we\'ve never heard of before. Lodewijk is a 7th...

On this episode of The Session we take a turn toward the professional brewers and discuss California employment laws that affect your brewery. We are joined by legal expert Joel Van Parys from Carothers, DiSante and Freudenberger to help us wade through some of the common issues that arise with brewery employees. Learn about  best practices in hiring, day to day management, and even termination. I...

Deep in the heart of Virginia, John Hovermale and the crew at Escutcheon Brewing are hard at work making a wide variety of great-tasting beers of both the warm and cold fermented variety. John spent some time with us going through his beers, the history of the company, and just what the hell an \"escutcheon\" even is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russian River Brewing Company is back on The Session and we couldn\'t be happier! For the first time ever Natalie Cilurzo joins Vinnie in our studio and we\'re so happy to have her. The dynamic duo spend a ton of time with us talking about all thing Russian River, including their all new production brewery, currently under construction. We also dive into a few of the RR beers we\'ve come to know a...

This week on The Session we are joined by the legendary Speakeasy Ales and Lagers from San Francisco, CA. After operating as one of the longest running craft breweries in the U.S, Speakeasy had fallen on hard times recently, but has been revived anew and is back with the beer we\'ve come to know and love. Listen in as Clay Jordan, Director of Brewing Operations, tells us about the history of Speak...

This week on The Session we welcome Moksa Brewing Co. from Rocklin, CA. to the studio. Moksa is a very new craft brewery to the scene but has been making instant waves in the market. Tune in and learn from Head Brewer Derek Gallanosa, and Brewer Cory Meyer, about how they\'ve managed to hit the ground running and produce such great beers right out of the gate. We taste some of their first IPA\'s a...

This week on The Session we welcome Modern Times Beer to the studio! We are joined by Barrel Program Specialist, Alex Williams, and Head of Special Projects, Andrew Schwartz, to talk to us about their employee owned brewery and craft beer. We dive into their love of fresh craft lagers and their robust barrel program. Alex and Andrew tell us all about their special yeast cultures and various projec...

This week on The Session, we welcome Philipsburg Brewing Company from Philipsburg, MT to the studio! We are joined by Ben Johnson, Head Taproom Brewer, who brought us a TON of beer to taste. We learn about the many different styles they create, as well as their brand new small batch/barrel aged/sour series and get to be some of the first to taste the beer. We also learn about their many efforts to...

This week on The Session we are very proud to welcome the legendary Sierra Nevada Brewing Company into the studio with us! We are joined by Beer Content Manager Terrence Sullivan and Head Innovative Brewer James Conery. Terrence has a hand in just about everything with Sierra Nevada and James is in charge of new product development. We discuss the rise of Sierra Nevada and its legendary history in...

This week on The Session, Justin travels back to Fort Collins for another live webcast from The Hop Grenade Taproom. Jeffrey Callaway from the Colorado State University Fermentation Science and Technology program joins the show to talk about their professional brewing studies. Also on the program, we speak to Adam \"The Instigator\" about his project, Beer Fight Club. Learn more about your ad choi...

This week on The Session we feature Seismic Brewing Company. Brewmaster Andy Hooper joins us on the show to talk about classic styles of beer and sustainability practices that will lead the future of Craft Beer. Tune in and find out about Seismic\'s unique position in the industry to further research in sustainable brewing, as well as the wonderful styles of beer the brewery produces. We discuss A...