The Karben4 Podcast: An Unhinged Brewery Tour

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!). K4 has acquired these brands, and the current Karben4 location in Madison was Ale Asylu...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  The guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more at Karben4 Brewery  talk about the hop selection process out in Yakima Valley (the food is reason to go to hop selection on its own!).  Breweries pick times throughout the year to go select hops based on what variety they'r...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  The guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more at Karben4 Brewery talking about how the brewing industry is a collaborative one. When one of them needs equipment or ingredients, they help each other out. Joe recently had to borrow a one-barrel tank  from Working Draft B...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  The guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more at Karben4 Brewery have an exciting 10th episode! We catch up with Patrick Murphy who left K4 to go to Five Cities Brewing in Iowa and receive another visit from Chris Riphenburg, brewmaster at Topsy Turvy Brewery in Lake G...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  The guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more at Karben4 Brewery are joined by Chris Riphenburg, brewmaster at Topsy Turvy Brewery in Lake Geneva, WI. Chris was the OG head brewer at the former Ale Asylum (RIP).  Joe and Chris worked together at Ale Asylum and reminisc...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  The guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more at Karben4 Brewery talk about the best ways to buy your beer. How is the beer you're buying different stored in a cooler or stored on warm shelves?  What happens if you buy your beer cold, store it warm, and put it in the f...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  The guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more at Karben4 Brewery talk about where they're headed now that they've hit year 10. While getting 'back to basics' with some of their most popular beers making a return, contract brewing is also a big part of K4's story and st...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  The guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more at Karben4 Brewery dive into K4's internal business strategies. How does K4’s business strategy connect and relate to the wider industry strategy as it exists right now? How does contract brewing play into strategy?  What a...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  The guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more at Karben4 Brewery ask listeners and consumers to support local. Support the businesses that you want to stick around and survive, because COVID made that difficult for a lot of people.  Seek out quality as  well as the nov...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  The guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more at Karben4 Brewery celebrate 10 years of Karben4 and recap what got them to where they are today. (And Patrick has some news to share...) December 28, 2022 marked the 10-year Anniversary of Karben4's soft open, while Januar...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  The guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more at Karben4 Brewery talk about what's new and coming up at K4.  Don't even get Joe started on warm shelves or Oktoberfest beers coming out too soon!  Keep Karben4 Brewery's 10th Anniversary on your radar for January 2023.  F...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  The guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more at Karben4 Brewery talk current brewing trends, and how they're addressing those trends with their beer. There's a balance between bending to the beer drinking trends and saying "screw it, we're going to do our own thing."...

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin.  Get to know the guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more!  Where did these beer geeks come from? What are they brewing up at Karben4 Brewing right now? Learn how Karben4 is planning to celebrate their 10th anniversary! And more!   Follow Karben4 Brewing on the socials...