This week, we are joined by owner/brewer of Narrow Gauge Brewing out of St. Louis, MO, Jeff Hardesty. We dicuss many things including:
- The Best New England Style IPA Poll from 2018.
- Meeting Jeff at Side Project Invitational 2022.
- St. Louis not being an IPA town?
- Looking at hazies from being cutting edge to mainstream.
- Thoughts on mass produced hazy IPA.
- Have hazy IPAs kept the craft sector stay afloat?
- Is New England still the influence for hazy IPA?
- Is the resurgence of West Coast IPA a response to anything?
- Jeff's thoghts on milkshake and lactose IPAs.
- Triple IPAs being brewed more and more.
- How the pandemic affected Narrow Gauge?
- Pricing on cans, raw goods and materials?
- Sensitivity to retail pricing.
- Narrow Gauge's lager program.
- Side pull talk.
- Big expansion news!
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