SHOW INFO: – The four hosts discuss the intricacies of how judging works, what the medals mean to beer fans, and if Michigan has fallen behind on the times. We also talk about the intricacies of giving away free beer in the USA. Sponsors: North Center Brewing – https://northcenterbrewing.com/ Zetouna Read more…
Segment one we come back to a Michigan Brewery who is starting their expansion into Florida, so we bring in Co-founder, Director of Sales & Marketing at Pigeon Hill Brewing Company Michael Brower to chat with us about the brewery including the grand opening of their new auxiliary taproom Read more…
The Michigan Hop Alliance is a large acreage farm up in Leelanau County which is one of the largest independent hop suppliers in the midwest. Some of the top breweries in the country look to Michigan Hops for the way they’re grown, so Mike comes on the show to talk Read more…
NOTE- Beginning of the show during the introductions Ken’s mic was static-y. It was fixed about 7 minutes in and was fine the rest of the show. We apologize that we weren’t able to fix it earlier. Segment 1 and 2 brought on a little bit of news as we Read more…
We start the interview with Jim Schleckser, author of Professional Drinking, a book about how to drink in a professional setting. We talk to him about wine tastings, how to approach networking events, and we begin to break down what the future holds during COVID networking sessions. Segment 2 we Read more…
Every once in a while you sit down with someone in the industry and you just let them talk. Dan Carey of New Glarus is that person. When he speaks, you listen. Dan joined us this week to talk about his humble beginnings, and how he’s made New Glarus and Read more…
With the internet back up, we bring in Buck and Cody from Grand Armory to talk about five years brewing in the state of Michigan, the hard times of a tourist town during COVID, and the future plans of distribution of beer! Cody helps Ken learn the difference between Read more…
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: Not even crappy weather knocking out Ken’s power could stop this episode from happening. A big thank you to Wayne of The Brewz Brothaz (See link to their podcast below) for providing me a space to set up my rig. Sadly we didn’t get the opportunity Read more…
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As we continue to branch off into more non-local non-Michigan breweries, we bring in Jason Brewer (yes, real name) from Listermann Brewing to chat about their well sought after beers, the future of distribution, and working from the ground up at the brewery. We try a few of their Read more…
