Thank you for tuning into our 100th episode of The Full Pint Podcast. We are joined this week by our friend, Dom Cook aka Doochie, founder of Beer Kulture. We talk about many things with Dooch including:
- Doochie's inspiration to try good beer.
- Doochie's start in the beer industry.
- The Florida craft beer scene early on.
- Educating others about flavors.
- Thoughts on the latest trends in beer.
- Participating in "Beer Twitter"
- What is Beer Kulture?
- Balancing dad life with beer life.
And much more!
This podcast is sponsored by the California Craft Beer Summit. Please visit http://cacraftbeersummit.com
Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com
Please visit TheFullPint.com for daily craft beer news, reviews, event information and more!
We are back from vacation and are joined by our friend Scott Wood, Founder/Brewer at Courtyard Brewing in New Orleans, Louisiana. We talk about many topics including:
- Scott's start in the alcohol business.
- Scott's late start into craft beer.
- Leaving San Diego for New Orleans.
- Filling the void of IPAs.
- How Scott found a loophole in Louisiana liquor laws that helped him open.
- Serving guest beers alongside house beers.
- The pressures from the bigger players in New Orleans.
- Collaborating
- Meeting Kyle at Horus Aged Ales.
- Balancing dad life with beer life.
And much much more!
This podcast is sponsored by the California Craft Beer Summit. Please visit http://cacraftbeersummit.com
Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com
Please visit TheFullPint.com for daily craft beer news, reviews, event information and more!
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We are joined by longtime friend of the show, Owner of El Segundo Brewing, Rob Croxall. Items of discussion include:
- El Segundo Brewing hitting 7 years
- Staying CLEAR
- The Cerveza Fresca series
- Packaging talk
- Distro talk
- Notable collaborations
- Barleywine
- Broken Skull IPA
- Three Weavers / CanArchy news
- Brut IPA
And much more!
This podcast is sponsored by the California Craft Beer Summit. Please visit http://cacraftbeersummit.com
Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com
Please visit TheFullPint.com for daily craft beer news, reviews, event information and more!
We are joined by legendary award winning homebrewer turned pro brewer Kelsey McNair. Kelsey is the founder/head brewer of North Park Beer Co. He recently made news for a beer he made for San Diego comic con. We talk about many things including:
- The story leading up to the opening of North Park Beer Co.
- The legend of Hop Fu IPA
- Sourcing hops as a new brewery
- What is North Park
- Why choose North Park
- Handling beer crawlers
- Thoughts on satellite tasting rooms and the San Diego Ignitor program
- NPBC's 2nd Anniversary Hazy IPA
- Is can shock a thing?
- San Diego not going all in on hazy
- Thoughts on BJCP and GABF judging hazy
- Thoughts on Alpine Beer Co.
- The charcoal activated glitter
- Where is SD beer going
This podcast is sponsored by the California Craft Beer Summit. Please visit http://cacraftbeersummit.com
Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com
Please visit TheFullPint.com for daily craft beer news, reviews, event information and more!
This week, we are joined by "Dr. J" Nikol Jackson-Beckham, the newly appointed Diversity Ambassador at The Brewers Association. We have a nice chat about diversity within the craft beer industry and on the retail side.
- What led up to being appointed as The Brewers Association Diversity Ambassador?
- Dr. J's day job.
- Perspective on craft beer not being inclusive enough or not inclusive at all.
- Story from Danny on the formation of The Full Pint!
- Going to Fests and tasting rooms with Jonny Fullpint!
- Is the BA being proactive or reactive?
- Are their certain areas of the country that are less inclusive?
And much more!
This podcast is sponsored by the California Craft Beer Summit. Please visit http://cacraftbeersummit.com
Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com
Please visit TheFullPint.com for daily craft beer news, reviews, event information and more!
We are joined this week by Zack Christofferson, co-owner and brewer of Chain Reaction Brewing in Denver, Colorado. We talk about many things including:
- The events leading up to the opening of Chain Reaction
- Starting off on home brewing equipment and brewing around the clock
- Having support within Colorado by the veterans
- Chain Reactions current lineup and pilot batches
- Inheriting Lone Tree's old system
- The tough competition in Denver and Colorado
- How weed culture has affected the beer scene
- Pressures from the larger breweries
- Zack's mobile disability
- The five and ten year vision for Chain Reaction
- GABF Reform
- Balancing beer and family life.
Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com
Please visit TheFullPint.com for daily craft beer news, reviews, event information and more!
This week, we are joined by owner/brewer of Mraz Brewing, Mike Mraz in El Dorado Hills, CA. We talk about many things including:
- How Mraz Brewing started.
- Winning big at the California State Fair
- The new wave of breweries in the Sacramento area
- Thoughts on Brut IPA
- Thoughts on Pastry Stout
- Thoughts on Milkshake IPAs
- Mike's love of Belgians and Saisons
- How the big players in California affect breweries his size.
- The risk nano breweries face
- Approach to participating in festivals.
Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com
Please visit TheFullPint.com for daily craft beer news, reviews, event information and more!
We are joined by quite possibly the first farmhouse brewer in the US, out of Tarpon Springs, FL, Bob Sylvester of Saint Somewhere Brewing. We talk about many topics including:
- How Bob started Saint Somewhere Brewing
- How Saint Somewhere was funded
- How the Florida market took to a farmhouse brewery.
- Linking up with Shelton Brothers
- Thoughts on beer trends in the State of Florida
- Brand loyalty
- Plans to stay afloat in the current market.
- Farmhouse AF details
And much more!
Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com
This podcast is sponsored by Hopsy.beer. Please visit TheFullPint.com for daily craft beer news, reviews, event information and more!
This week, we speak with friend of the show and host of RocknRoll Beer Guy Podcast Eddy Torres about his career as a Road Warrior in the beer industry. Eddy has been a craft beer sales rep for Brown Distribution, Modern Times and more. Items of discussion include:
- How he became a beer sales rep.
- Early years of craft beer in Florida.
- Joining Cigar City Brewing
- Educating customers and retailers on good beer.
- Taking a leap to the West Coast
- Repping Modern Times in a new city
- The shock and challenge of working at Iron Triangle Brewing
And much more!
This podcast is sponsored by Hopsy.beer. Please visit TheFullPint.com for daily craft beer news, reviews, event information and more!
This week we are change it up a bit and chat with the President of the California Homebrewers Association, Andy Carter. We run down a list of topics one would want to know about home brewing.
- Getting the itch to home brew.
- Starting off
- What kind of equipment to buy
- Mastering a few batches
- Using clone recipies
- Creating your own recipies
- Moving to "all grain"
- The itch to buy more equipment
- Joining a club
- Enterting competitions
- Thinking about going pro.
And much more
This podcast is sponsored by Hopsy.beer. Please visit TheFullPint.com for daily craft beer news, reviews, event information and more!
We are back from our Jet Ski Party with JC Hill over at Alvarado Street Brewery in Monterey, CA. We talk about many current topics including:
- Introduction to Alvarado Street Brewery
- Approach to brand identity and beer identity
- Lager's current role in beer
- Designing cool cans
- Managing collaborations
- The old guard vs. new guard in Northern California
- Secondary / black markets.
And much more!
We move up the California Coast this week with our guest Jack Dyer, owner/co-founder of Topa Topa Brewing in Ventura, CA. Topa Topa is finding great success just turning 3 years old. Items of discussion include:
- South Jersey / Philadelphia roots
- Introduction to Topa Topa Brewing
- Ventura / Oxnard beer scene.
- Tasting room demographics in Ventura.
- The Thomas Fires
- The approach to the beer lineup
- Current packaging situation.
- Brut IPA
- Kids and dogs in the tasting room!
- And much more!
This podcast is sponsored by Hopsy.beer. Please visit TheFullPint.com for daily craft beer news, reviews, event information and more!
We are joined by industry veteran and new owner and brewer at Urban Roots Brewing & Smokehouse in Sacramento, CA. Peter has just opened his doors to Urban Roots and shares the long and winding road to get there. We discuss the following:
- Peter's brewing resume
- His shift to Brewery Supply Group
- Nut Rolls?
- The Legacy of Odonata Brewing
- Planning Urban Roots Brewing & Smokehouse
- The risks considered in opening a brewery in 2018.
- Not compromising on what's being brewed and how it's being sold to customers.
- Relationship with Sante Adairius Rustic Ales in Capitola
- Lagerbier and much much more!
This podcast is sponsored by Eat Drink Vegan and Hopsy.beer. Please visit TheFullPint.com for daily craft beer news, reviews, event information and more!
We are joined by owner/founder/brewer of Santa Fe New Mexico's Rowley Farmhouse Ales, John Rowley. John shares his strong and fun views on many topics such as:
- An introduction of Rowley Farmhouse Ales
- His love of Saison / Farmhouse Ales
- John's inspiration for making mixed culture beers
- The Sante Fe Beer Scene
- Is he forced to brew/serve IPA?
- Thoughts on BeerAdvocate, RateBeer and Untappd
And much more!
This podcast is sponsored by Eat Drink Vegan and Hopsy.beer. Please visit TheFullPint.com for daily craft beer news, reviews, event information and more!
We are joined by Southern California Craft Beer OG "Dr." Bill Sysak of Wild Barrel Brewing. Doc shares his transition from Stone Brewing as their craft beer ambassador to Co-Founder and CEO of a new brewery in North County San Diego. Items of discussion include:
- How Danny and Bill met.
- The "Dr." Moniker
- An introduction to Wild Barrel Brewing
- Starting off with Kettle Sours
- Selecting San Diego County for a new brewery
- Picking a core lineup that pleases the geeks and new drinkers.
- The San Diego IPA.
- Running the beverage program at Stone Brewing
- Stone's place in the beer geek world
- Imperial Stouts
And much more!
This podcast is sponsored by Eat Drink Vegan and Hopsy.beer. Please visit TheFullPint.com for daily craft beer news, reviews, event information and more!
We are joined by industry legend Chris Black of Falling Rock Tap House in Denver, CO. We chat about many things related to the current climate of the craft beer industry and the current state of the pub business with Chris including:
- A recap on Chris putting Oskar Blues on blast for opening up a destination in Downtown Denver.
- Avery Brewing's minority sale.
- Thoughts on Colorado being over saturated?
- The current health of Falling Rock Tap House and the day to day happenings.
- Brand loyalty, permanent tap handles.
- How Stone and Russian River fit into the Hazy IPA and short attention span market.
- And much more!
This podcast is sponsored by Eat Drink Vegan and Hopsy.beer. Please visit TheFullPint.com for daily craft beer news, reviews, event information and more!
On the heels of all the Green Flash Brewing controversy, we are joined by legendary brewer, founder and former owner of Alpine Beer Co., Pat McIlhenny. We rundown the entire timeline of the relationship between Pat, his company Alpine Beer Co. and Green Flash from 2013 all the way to the present. Items of discussion include:
- Preliminary talks with Cold Springs Brewing out of Minnesota in 2013.
- Limited distribution and relationship with Artisan Distribution.
- 2013 contract brewing relationship with Green Flash.
- The outright acquisition of Alpine Beer Co. to Green Flash Brewing.
- The initial batches of Alpine beer brewed at Green Flash.
- Green Flash Brewing's tactic for selling Alpine Beer.
- Pat's new role post merger.
- Controversy surrounding two different facilities producing Alpine Beer Co. and the Asterisk.
- The lengthy process on attempting to scale up Alpine recipies.
- Thoughts on Green Flash announcing East Coast expansion, including the Alpine brand.
- Chuck Silva leaving Green Flash.
- Why Duet never returned to its original form?
- What happened with Nelson?
- Green Flash putting 120 day date codes on Alpine Beers.
- Green Flash changing West Coast IPA.
- Thoughts on the two beers Green Flash decided to can from the Alpine portfolio.
- Green Flash Brewing layoffs in 2017.
- And much more.
This podcast is sponsored by hopsy.beer and brought to you by TheFullPint.com, a craft beer website with daily news updates, beer reviews and opinion articles.
This week we are joined by owner and head brewer James Long of Barbarian Brewing out of Boise, ID. Items of discussion include:
- James transition from being an ER nurse to brewery owner and operator.
- Finding a name for a new brewery.
-Running a business alongside his family
- Picking Boise to start a brewery
- Starting off with a barrel aged sour program.
- Procuring barrels.
- Finding the balance in a sour ale.
And much more!
This podcast is sponsored by hopsy.beer and brought to you by TheFullPint.com, a craft beer website with daily news updates, beer reviews and opinion articles.
We are joined by co-founder of Ale Asylum Brewing in Madison Wisconsin. We talk about the following topics:
- How Ale Asylum got started.
- Ale Asylum adhering to German Purity laws.
- The story behind Hopalicious.
- How Wisconsin approaches IPA
- The year of the craft lager
- Expansion strategy
And much more!
This podcast is brought to you by TheFullPint.com, a craft beer website with daily news updates, beer reviews and opinion articles.
We are joined this week by the man behind many-a-brand, Christian Helms of Helms Workshop in Austin, TX. Christian and his creative agency are behind many of the most beautiful and well thought out craft beer brands and labels. Items we discuss include:
- Who/what Helms Workshop is.
- Some of Helms most notable clients.
- The process of launching a brand from the ground up.
- The process of rebranding a well established brewery.
- Handling bad ideas from clients.
- Thoughts on today's usage of typefaces.
- Thoughts on the current issue with juvenile and sexist beer labels.
And much more!
This week, we are joined by co-founder Bobby Fitzgerald of Gunwhale Ales in Costa Mesa, CA. Gunwhale Ales is a fairly young brewery with a focused lineup of beers crafted to drink by the sea. Items of discussion include:
- How Gunwale Ales was born and what the term Gunwales means.
- Their approach to their region based lineup.
- The risk in opening in a very expensive area of California.
- Short term and long term goals.
- Keeping up with demand and getting handles at bars.
- Participation in the newly formed OC Brewers Guild.
- Hot takes on the latest beer trends.
This podcast is brought to you by TheFullPint.com, a craft beer website with daily news updates, beer reviews and opinion articles.
We are joined by longtime friend and head brewer Brian Herbertson aka Herbie at Simmzy's Pub in Burbank. We talk about many brewing related topics including:
- Herbie's latest role over at Simmy's Brewpub in Burbank, CA.
- The comradery in the budding Burbank beer scene
- Herbie's homebrewing journey starting back in the 90's
- Advice on starting homebrewing for the first time
- Why homebrewers lean towards old world styles and style guidelines
- Poking holes in NEIPA and other fads
And much more!
This podcast is brought to you by TheFullPint.com, a craft beer website with daily news updates, beer reviews and opinion articles.
In light of the recent news about Stone Brewing suing MillerCoors over the STONE trademark, we invited Eugene Pak, who practices law specializing in Craft Beer intellectual property cases.
We discuss the following:
- The big news regarding Stone's lawsuit against MillerCoors
- Other notable cases surrounding beer marketing and branding
- Difficulty staying compliant
- Is regulation needed for the smallest brewers?
And much more!
This podcast is brought to you by TheFullPint.com, a craft beer website with daily news updates, beer reviews and opinion articles.
This week we are joined by 2 of the 3 founders of Aslin Beer Co. out of Virginia. Andrew and Kai share their journey in starting a very small brewery and subsequently catching fire. Items we discuss include:
- Aslin's beautiful packaging.
- Inspiration for brewing IPAs.
- Dealing with negative online feedback.
- What lead to their tasting room closing.
- Reaction to the South East blowing up.
- Dealing with supply and demand.
- The next big craze in craft beer?
- And much more!
This podcast is brought to you by TheFullPint.com, a craft beer website with daily news updates, beer reviews and opinion articles.
We are joined by award winning veteran pro brewer Todd Ashman. We talk about Todd's stories career all over the country and we touch on the following topics.
- Todd's transition from homebrewing to brewery supply sales
- Todd's transition from brewery supply to pro brewing.
- Pingpong'ing from Flossmoor Station to FiftyFifty.
- The history of Eclipse Imperial Stout and the hype surrounding it
- Barrel sourcing
- Being typecasted
- Today's brewing trends
- And much much more!
This podcast is brought to you by TheFullPint.com, a craft beer website with daily news updates, beer reviews and opinion articles.