UnCapped Podcast

Adam Frey, owner of Frey’s Brewing Company, stopped by the studio to talk about his newly opened tasting room. We also discussed the close to two year hiatus that the brewery took and what happened. Today’s podcast is presented by Roasthouse Pub in Frederick.

We met up with Dwayne Kratt, Sr. Director of State Government Affairs for Diageo, at the Guinness Open Gate Brewery. We discussed his testimony on behalf of Guinness before the Maryland House of Delegates and Senate, and their support for the bill put fourth by the Brewer’s Association of Maryland. Today’s podcast is presented by Roasthouse Pub in Frederick.

“The only thing silent about Peter Franchot is the T at the end of my name.” Over the last couple of years we have spoken with Comptroller Peter Franchot several times about legislation to reform alcohol laws in Maryland. This year we are discussing legislation that has been introduced to strip the comptroller’s office of the responsibility of regulating alcohol, tobacco, and fuel. The comptroller...

Micheal Clements, founder and brewmaster of Idiom Brewing Co., stopped by the studio to talk about his recently-opened brewery along Carroll Creek in downtown Frederick, Maryland. Listen in to learn how he went from home-brewing to opening his own brewery and everything you could possibly want to know about idioms. Micheal also let us in on their plans for expansion.

Colin Marshall (co-founder), Tom Foster (co-founder & brewmaser), and Zack Kaiser (Sales and Marketing) stopped by the studio to update us on their Baltimore based brewery. Last year Diamond Beer started to place an emphasis on “slow beer” and started producing several lagers and barrel aged beers. We also their upcoming collaboration with Guinness and they explained to Chris what raw ale is.

We headed out to Baltimore to talk to Max Lents, co-founder of Baltimore Spirits Co, about bort. What is bort you ask? Well you will just have to listen and find out. We also discussed their name change and settling into their new distillery. As an added bonus we were joined by the elusive Eli Breitburg-Smith, BSC’s other co-founder. We also had a brief discussion about their upcoming collaboratio...

Wes Hogentogler, president and founder of the GO-BREW home brew club, and Greg Parnas, a local brewery attorney in the DMV area, legislative counsel for Marylanders for Better Beer and Wine Laws, and a contributing writer to dcbeer.com, visited the studio to talk about Marylanders for Better Beer and Wine Laws. MBBWL is a grass roots organization with the goal of reforming Maryland’s alcohol laws.

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This week Chris is joined in studio by Michael Tonsmeire, one of the founders of Sapwood Cellars, located in Columbia, Maryland. Before opening Sapwood Michael was well know for his blog The Mad Fermentationist and the book he authored, American Sour Beers.

For our first episode recorded in 2019 Chris was joined by special guest host Keith Marcoux of Olde Mother Brewing Co. to talk with Joe Jalette and Colin McGuire of the band DoubleMotorcycle (the guys behind our intro music!). We talk about the collaboration beer that Olde Mother and UnCapped brewed for the release of Double Motorcycle’s new album, Chris making Colin drink beer he doesn’t like, an...

This episode was recorded during a special event at Waverly Brewing Company during Baltimore Beer Week. We gathered several breweries from Baltimore area and one from Montgomery County. Everyone was asked to read the best of the worst reviews that their brewery has received. An Ode to the 1 star review, An Evening of Strong Opinions was born! This episode contains explicit language.

Intellectual property attorney Hank Abromson stopped by the studio to help us understand trademark and copyright issue as they pertain to beer names and artwork. He explained to use how to determine the protections that are provided by fair use and parody.

Brendan & Bailey O’Leary, founder of True Respite Brewing Company, returned to the studio to pick up where we left off in their first visit. We discussed the proper hockey team to root for, the upcoming first can release, and how it has been running a brewery.

Brooke Brown and Ryan Sulchek came by the studio to talk about cocktails. Brooke is mixologist and runs the company she created, Bashes by Brooke Brown a business that event coordinates, business consultant, and hosts mixology classes around Southern MD. Ryan is the owner of Araza Natural Purees, they offer a line of frozen and aseptic fruit purees. We talked about making cocktails, smoking out th...

Chris was joined in studio by two of the three founder of Checkerspot Brewing Company. Judy Neff and Steve Marsh discussed the opening of their Baltimore based brewery, using local ingredients, and how they got into brewing.

In this bonus and out of order episode we are joined by the co-founders of McClintock Distilling for their 2nd annual anniversary episode. Braeden Bumpers and Tyler Hegamyer stopped by to talk about their 2nd Anniversary party taking place on December 1 from noon till 8pm. Chris was also given an early taste of their Matchstick Bourbon, which will be released at the party along with a Spiced Pear...

Co-founders of Frederick’s newest brewery (for the time being), Joe Idoni and Jack Sheppard joined us in the studio for episode 109. We discussed their brewery, sour beers, and shared cat custody.

Several of our friends stopped by the studio to talk about a collaboration beer with Geotze’s Candy Company and to fill us in on what they have going on. Ken Praay (Monument Brewing Co), Tim Scouten (Goonda Beersmiths), and Rob Goss (Whitey’s Liquors) all teamed up to make a milk stout inspired by Geotze’s Caramel Cream candies.

It has been two years since the we recorded the first Uncapped. Our guests for episode 001 were Keith Marcoux and Nick Wilson from Olde Mother Brewing Company to talk about their brewery turning one. Keith joined us in the studio to reminisce about two years of Uncapped and three years of Olde Mother.

Do you Know what shochu is? We sure didn't. Taka Amano, founder of American Shochu Company, was kind enough to stop by the studio and teach us everything we needed to know. Presented by Roasthouse Pub

Scott Harris, founder and general manager of Catoctin Creek Distillery, stops by to talk about his Purcellville, Virginia, operation.

Avery Strachan, of Waverly Brewing Co. and Brendan O’Leary, of True Respite stop by to discuss issues pertaining to the Supporters of MD Brewing PAC and their VIB – Very Important Beers fundraiser event.

Chad D'Amore, founder of CoFestCo, and Brad Murphy join us in the studio to talk about CoFestCo’s Hops & Harvest Festival and brewery Maryland tours.

Mark Osborne, founder and owner of Adroit Theory Brewing, stops by the studio to talk about his Loudon County, Virginia, operation. Presented by Roasthouse Pub and supported by Craft Alliance Packaging Solutions