The Karben4 Podcast: An Unhinged Brewery Tour

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin. The Karben4 Podcast regulars are joined by Joey and Ryan from Karben4 to brainstorm goals for 2024 and what their best and worst days in the brewery have been. They also discuss...wanking...? It's not as dirty as it sounds! Joey is the Lead Cellar at Karben4 and Ryan is the Packaging L...

Saturday, January 20 the Karben4 team is celebrating 11 years! Join them in the taproom, nab a tour if you'd like, try some new beer releases including a vertical of Priest, Prophet and King and watch the Packers! Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin. Cheers! Head to the Karben4 taproom and say hi.  Send questions or topic...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin. The Karben4 Podcast regulars are joined by Joey and Ryan from Karben4 to talk about the packaging and cellaring side of the business.  Not confusing at all having two Ryans and two Joes on one episode!  Joey is the Lead Cellar at Karben4. We learn about his journey to starting at K4 th...

The Karben4 guys are joined by Jeff Olson, founder of Awilden Distilling in Sun Prairie, WI. Jeff was the first production employee hired at K4 and has been there ever since. Jeff has been in both the brewing world and distilling world, so we dive into his best and worst days as a brewer and also as a distiller! Tune in to part 3 of 3 with Jeff Olson!   Head to the Karben4 taproom and Awildan tast...

The Karben4 guys are joined by Jeff Olson, founder of Awilden Distilling in Sun Prairie, WI. Jeff was the first production employee hired at K4 and has been there ever since. We hear about Jeff getting Awildan up and going and how he went from brewing beer to distilling spirits.  You can almost feel the joy from Joe when discussing the stability of spirits shelf life. There's a perception that dis...

The Karben4 guys are joined by Jeff Olson, founder of Awilden Distilling in Sun Prairie, WI. Jeff was the first production employee hired at K4 and has been there ever since. We get an intro to Jeff in this first episode with him and hear about his new tasting room and the whiskey he's making.  Head to the Karben4 taproom and Awildan tasting room to say hi.  Send questions or topic ideas (or just...

We wrap up this series ofThe Karben4 Podcast: An Unhinged Brewery Tour with Sam Green from Untitled Art / Octopi and Patrick Murphy from Five Cities (previously at Karben4) and chat about these guys' best and worst days at the brewery. Head to the Karben4 and Untitled Art/Octopi taprooms to say hi and indulge in the brews they've got on tap. And when you're visiting, use Destination Madison's 'Mad...

The moment you've all been waiting for! Part 2 of The Karben4 Podcast: An Unhinged Brewery Tour with Sam Green from Untitled Art / Octopi AND Patrick Murphy from Five Cities (previously at Karben4). In this episode we talk non-alcoholic brewing processes, how Octopi got rolling and then went through three or four expansions, Isaac from Octopi is  HUGE Star Wars fan, there are tanks imploding, pain...

Grab a beer and prepare to laugh your ass off with this episode of The Karben4 Podcast: An Unhinged Brewery Tour. Ryan and Joe from Karben4 are joined by Sam Green with Untitled Art / Octopi AND Patrick Murphy - who is now at Five Cities Brewing in Iowa - is back at the mic! Yes, there are a lot 'F bombs' - we apologize for Patrick.  Head to the Karben4 and Untitled Art/Octopi taprooms to say hi a...

Ryan and Joe from Karben4 Brewing are joined by Kyle from Craft Beverage Warehouse - the masterminds behind digital can printing. Kyle is an accountant, but we promise he isn't boring to listen to! Kyle tells us all about the process of printing can art. It's fascinating! We also learn a lot about recyling cans and how so many of us are doing it wrong! Head to the Karben4 taproom to say hi and ind...

Ryan and Joe from Karben4 Brewing are joined by Kyle from Craft Beverage Warehouse - the masterminds behind digital can printing. Kyle is an accountant, but we promise he isn't boring to listen to! Kyle tells us all about the process of printing can art. It's fascinating! We also learn a lot about recyling cans and how so many of us are doing it wrong! Head to the Karben4 taproom to say hi and ind...

Ryan, Zak and Joe from Karben4 Brewing are joined by Kyle and Tom from Young Blood Beer Company. Young Blood launched Saturday Beer Co. which is available in Milwaukee and Madison, and is the brand of their's that offers consistent beers that are always around. We find out Kyle's worst day as a brewer was the week we recorded...apparently packaging is a b!tch. A wise man named Chris Riphenburg onc...

Ryan, Zak and Joe from Karben4 Brewing are joined by Kyle and Tom from Young Blood Beer Company. On today's episode, we get the Tom's backstory and how he came to opening up Plain Spoke Cocktail Company and then co-founding Young Blood Beer Company.  Young Blood recently opened a second location in Madison in the Northstreet Collective so we get the insight into how that space differs from the dow...

Ryan, Zak and Joe from Karben4 Brewing are joined by Kyle and Tom from Young Blood Beer Company. On today's episode, we get the story of Kyle - Head Brewer for Young Blood.  We're very lucky that he's stuck around so long...he wasn't paid for the first couple months after the brewery opened!  No worries...it was a mistake and corrected! Kyle started in homebrewing with his dad and when he when he...

Ryan, Zak and Joe are joined once again by Clint from Working Draft Beer Company and Kirby from Wisconsin Brewing Company / Lake Louie. What's coming up with these three breweries? What are they focusing on right now? Hear about Kirby's playground at the ballpark in Oconomowoc, and Working Draft's hopes for a more expansive patio space. Get the stories right here on when these brewers all knew the...

WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING WITH CRAFT BEER RIGHT NOW?!?! We've got the right individuals around the table to talk about what's going on in the brewing industry. Ryan, Zak and Joe are joined by Clint from Working Draft Beer Company and Kirby from Wisconsin Brewing Company / Lake Louie. How are guests drinking beer in the taprooms - sampling versus sticking to what they like and drinking that.  The...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  Bringing together the brilliant minds of Madison's brewing industry and beyond, Ryan Koga, Zak Koga and Joe Walts from Karben4 are joined in this episode by the legend - Kirby Nelson - of Wisconsin Brewing Company and Lake Louie and the best damn brewer of lagers - Clint Lohman - from...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  Bringing together the brilliant minds of Madison's brewing industry and beyond, Ryan Koga, Zak Koga and Joe Walts from Karben4 are joined in this episode by the legend - Kirby Nelson - of Wisconsin Brewing Company and Lake Louie and the best damn brewer of lagers - Clint Lohman - from...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  Join Ryan, Zak and Joe, along with special guest, Chris Murphy - affectionately called "Murph" - back for Part 2. Chris is a man of many talents. In addition to his sculpting projects, many of his creations can be seen at the Madison Children's Museum.  Chris has thoughts on the best...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  Join Ryan, Zak and Joe, along with special guest, Chris Murphy - affectionately called "Murph". Chris is a Master Electrician, artist, sculptor and world traveler and the stories he has about working with breweries all around the world is fascinating! Chris and Ryan met in 2013 when C...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  Join Ryan, Zak and Joe to dive into what the beer industry might look like in the coming years. What trends are going to fade away and what is here to stay?  And just what makes Ale Asylum's Oktillion so tasty??  Hopalicious sales are keeping steady and Ambergeddon is next on the rele...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  You've heard co-founder Zak Koga's voice pop into a few episodes, but on this week's episode we get into Zak's story and how he came into the brewing industry with starting up K4. Zak was a civil engineer pre-Karben4, managing a multi-million dollar project in Milwaukee. He was also l...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  Quality over quantity has been a part of Ryan and Zak's mission at Karben4 since the beginning, and that still rings true.  Dean Coffey, co-founder of the former Ale Asylum in Madison, joins us again to talk the importance of quality beer being most important to a craft brewery. And i...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  Ale Asylum's Hopalicious is back and being brewed at Karben4! Dean Coffey, co-founder of the former Ale Asylum in Madison, joins us again to dive deeper into Hopalicious and how this top selling beer has remained the same or changed over time. Joe is ecstatic to have Hopalicious back...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  Hopalicious is back baby! The guys at Karben4 are working with Dean Coffey and Otto Dilba, co-founders of the former Ale Asylum in Madison, WI, to make this Ale Asylum staple (and others to come!). Check out PART 2 of this hilarious conversation! K4 has acquired these brands, and the...