We are live Fridays at 7pm EST on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/betterondraft. With a short staff this week we bring in Michael and PJ from Saugatuck Brewing to chat about the changes in life since COVID, how they’re still pushing out kegs of beer, and what Michiganders look for from breweries Read more…
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: Wes and Josh from Odd Side Ales join us to chat about the revolution that is seltzer including Odd Side coming into the game hard. Josh gives us a run down on the transformation of his position during COVID from kegging to packaging nearly all products, Read more…
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: Debi joins us from www.tagabrew.com to tell us the story of how a little keepsake from a brewery turned into this multi-hundred brewery trend where people can go to a brewery and collect a little charm for their attendance. Tagabrew was founded on just promoting the Read more…
We are live Fridays at 7pm EST on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/betterondraft. Chris from The Mitten Brewing Company sits down to talk with us about opening up a brewery, expansion, and the different cultures of working during COVID in three very different cities across Michigan. He talks to us about the Read more…
We are live Fridays at 7pm EST on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/betterondraft. You can also download the Hot Mic app (Use code BOD, it is free) to watch us live if you do not have a Facebook! Still social distancing but it gives us a chance to bring Andrew in from Read more…
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: To no ones surprise, we were not back in the studio this week. Angie of Fermenta (https://fermentamichigan.org/) and Annette May of Fermenta and School Craft College (https://www.schoolcraft.edu/academics/culinary-arts-brewing-and-distillation-technology/brewing-and-distillation-technology) joined us live to talk about how we can do better to get women into the industry making delicious Read more…
Coming in a few minutes late (we won’t hold it against him) Scott Newman Bale joined us to talk about his first major job working for EA, coming to the states and meeting Joe, the cycle of liking and disliking beers, and we get a timer on when we can Read more…
We brought in Rep Pauline Wendzel of District 79 to chat about the slew of alcohol bills that are upcoming in the state legislature of Michigan, all tied together, and all reliant on each other. She talks about her love of sours and sneaks in some of her favorite breweries Read more…
We learned when John Mallett speaks, you listen because he’s about to drop some knowledge on you. We sat down with John for about an hour as we talked about everything from beer, brewery making, craft beer in the 90s, and we lay down the gauntlet challenge as he said Read more…
While our guest worked out some technical issues, we went live with just the hosts to talk about what is going on in Michigan as we prepare to re-open and enter the mixture of Phase 4/5 of our plan to flatten the curve. We were then excited to have Jason Read more…
