The Lager Room Guys Craft Beer Podcast

Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Pat Fondiller of Alewife Brewing in Sunnyside, NY. Pat talks about what it means to be a sales manager for craft breweries, the fun trip that has lead him to Alewife Brewing, the stops he made along the way, and plenty of other great stories...

Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinkers” this week are Jeff Gattens & Anthony Minervino of Four City Brewing in Orange, NJ. Jeff & Anthony talk about what made them fall in love with craft beer, the journey that brought the three of them (including their business partner Roger Apollon...

Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinkers” this week are Joe Granat & Kyle Park of Neshaminy Creek Brewing in Croydon, PA. Joe & Kyle talk about what got them into craft beer drinking, craft beer sales and the Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company! They talking a bunch about their Pennsylvania...

Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Al Gattullo - Al Gattullo Craft Beer Cast heard weekly on AM 970 The Answer! Al talks about his love of craft beer, sports and radio. They’ll be waxing nostalgic about many beer experiences, and a few other things as well! We review beer, di...

Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Mike Kivowitz - President and Founder of New Jersey Craft Beer! Mike tells us about how he got NJCB up and running, with a bit of the history going from its inception to where it is now. There are plenty of stories for him to share with us,...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 33. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Jon Henderson - President/Executive Producer of The Atlantic City Beer & Music Festival! John tells us about the history of the festival, how he developed it to becoming one of the biggest beer festivals...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 32. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinkers” this week are their two Illustrious Producers - Brian Altschul & Matt Potenski. Join them for some “informative hilarity” as they discuss craft beer and who knows what else! They will definitely be earning their “pay...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 31. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is PJ Windle - Co-Owner and Head Brewer of Ross Brewing in Port Monmouth, NJ! PJ tells us all about his love of craft beer, movies, hot sauce and being an entrepreneur. He talks about the path that lead him to R...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 30. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is John Companick - Co-Owner of Spellbound Brewing in Mount Holly, NJ! John tells us all about how he first got into craft beer, the path he took that lead him to opening Spellbound and some future plans for the...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 29. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Scott Wells - Co-Owner and Director Of Sales for Bolero Snort Brewing in Carlstadt, NJ! Scott tells us all about his days as a Chicken Parm Taste Tester, his love of cardigan sweaters and how he developed the...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 28. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Tom Mulvihill - The Beer Whisperer, Prolific Beer Drinker, Purveyor of Wisdom and All Around Good Guy! As he has before, Tom discusses his style of reviewing beer (and bourbon), as well as some interesting ch...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 27. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Gretchen Schmidhausler - Owner and Brewer of Little Dog Brewing in Neptune City, NJ! Gretchen talked about her journey in the brewing industry, what made her decide to open her own brewery and much more! We r...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 26. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Matt Czigler - Owner and Brewer of Czig Meister Brewing in Hackettstown, NJ! We talked about a bit of the history of Czig Meister Brewing (and about a bit of the brewing history of Matt Czigler), Czig’s brewi...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 25. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Alex Costantino - Co-Owner and Brewer of Old Hights Brewing in Hightstown, NJ! His business partner, Co-Owner and Brewer Brian Woodward joined us for the beginning of the show as well! Alex talks about Old Hi...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 24. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Ryan Dorchak - Owner of the Cloverleaf Tavern in Caldwell, NJ! The Cloverleaf Tavern was voted “#1 Craft Beer Bar In The Northeast”, at the same time being voted “#3 Craft Beer Bar In The Nation” by Craft Bee...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 23. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is John Holl - Journalist, Beer Writer, Author, host of the “Drink Beer, Think Beer” podcast & Co-Host Of “Steal This Beer”! John gives us his take on the craft beer industry. We discuss all of the wonderful...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 22. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Jesse Ferguson - Owner of Interboro Spirits & Ales in Brooklyn, NY! Jesse discusses his journey to where he is now in the craft beer industry, the interesting path he took prior to brewing and what made h...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 21. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer (Mead) Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Sergio Moutela - Owner of Melovino Meadery in Vauxhall, NJ! Brewer Matt Potenski joins the show as well. Sergio discusses what led him to decide to make mead, what his plans originally were prior to op...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 20. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Augie Carton - Owner of Carton Brewing in Atlantic Highlands, NJ! Augie discusses the upcoming cyberspace version of Extreme Beer Fest, as well as some of the beer that is involved in this year’s edition, and...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 19. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Nichole Pelletier - Co-Owner & Brew Master of Crooked Current Brewery in Pawtucket, RI! Nichole tells us about her culinary journey into brewing, how she and her partner got started in the craft brewing i...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 18. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Greg Taylor - Lead Brewer & Co-Founder of Source Brewing in Colts Neck, NJ! Greg tells us about his journey into brewing, other breweries he has worked with in the past and what Source Brewing’s plans are...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 17. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Tom Mulvihill - The Beer Whisperer, Prolific Beer Drinker, Purveyor of Wisdom and All Around Good Guy! Tom talks about his style of reviewing beer (and bourbon) and takes us on an interesting trip around the...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 16. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Jason Goldstein of Icarus Brewing in Lakewood, NJ! Jason talks about his journey from his first home brew to opening his brewery, and some styles of beer that he brews that push the boundaries a bit. We revie...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 15. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Rick Reed of Cricket Hill Brewing in Fairfield, NJ! Rick waxes nostalgic about how he originally got involved in brewing beer, and gives us a little history on the craft beer scene as it evolved in New Jersey...

Craft Beer Podcast - Episode 14. Listen as Jersey Johnny & The Beer Samurai bring you informative and entertaining podcasts about the world of craft beer. Our “Guest Drinker” this week is Kyle Michaud of Twelve Guns Brewing in Bristol, RI! Kyle tells us about the path he took to become an owner/brewer, as well as some interesting upcoming news for Twelve Guns Brewing. We review beer, discuss u...