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About the art, culture, economics and business of beer and brewing with hosts Jeff Alworth (The Beer Bible, The Secrets of Master Brewers) and Oregon State University economics professor Patrick Emerson.
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Show 154: American Cask Ale Showing Signs of Life from 2022-02-10T18:28:41
What do Portland’s Level Brewing, Foreland, Upright, Steeplejack, and Away Days have in common? They form a growing list of breweries championing honest, proper cask ale. For decades breweries have...
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Show 153: Back in the Saddle (pt. 2) from 2022-01-24T18:12:32
Today we’re going to be doing a bit more retrospective podcasting. In October, Jeff went on a national book tour—that’s the reason we had to put our podcasting on hold. Well, Jeff saw and learned m...
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Show 152: Back in the Saddle (pt. 1) from 2022-01-13T00:47:54
Since all has been quiet for months here at the Beervana Podcast, we’ve missed a lot of important happenings. As a part of getting caught up, we thought it would be good to review the key events of...
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Audioblog: Blogs And The State of Media in 2022 from 2022-01-11T20:22:41
Media in general has gone through a massive transition in the past decade with the rise of social media, the death of magazines, the arrival of podcasting, and, lately, a sort-of return to blogging...
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Audioblog: New Collab: “Prague-Style” Tmavý from 2022-01-07T21:31:15
Prague’s U Flek? makes the iconic Czech dark lager, so much so they eschew terms like tmavý and cerne. Their’s is a “Flekovský ležák.” In my latest collaboration, this time with Zoiglhaus, we shoot...
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Audioblog: Beervana Community 2022 Relaunch from 2021-12-30T20:00:54
Back for a second year, and this time we plan to get it absolutely right.
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Audioblog: The Vienna Dialogues from 2021-12-08T18:50:41
I was pleased to see his eyebrows shoot up during his first sip, and I caught him murmur “this is good” as he placed the glass back on the bar.
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Audioblog: Re-imagining a Classic from 2021-11-30T19:31:20
The Wiener has landed! Just before Thanksgiving, pFriem debuted their version of a 19th-century Vienna lager like Anton Dreher would have made. It was a tremendous beer, and I’m delighted to say I ...
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Audioblog: Lagers And Quads (and IPAs) In Atlanta from 2021-11-12T18:49:27
When we talk about great beer cities, the name Atlanta rarely comes up. After a visit to five excellent breweries in town—New Realm, Bold Monk, Monday Night, Halfway Crooks, and Elsewhere—I was con...
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Audioblog: Kirin Just Bought Bell's Brewery. Why Is Bell's Concealing That Fact? from 2021-11-10T23:18:57
Larry Bell announced that he was selling his 36-year-old brewery, Michigan’s Bell’s, today. The language was weird and somewhat concealed the actual details. Yet unlike so many bloodless M&A announ...
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Show 151: Live in Baltimore! from 2021-10-26T21:44:46
On today's show, we beam into Jeff’s book tour and take you to a live recording of a stop he made at Guinness’s Open Gate Brewery in Baltimore, MD. This was a planned stop on the tour, and Jeff, br...
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Show 150: Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Gloom of Night from 2021-10-10T23:30:01
In a rather shocking development, the mailbag overfloweth! Long-time readers know that our begging for comments is a regular feature of the show, and we’ve been supported by a few reliable regular ...
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Audioblog: All the Changes in the New Beer Bible from 2021-09-21T22:08:41
The Beer Bible 2nd Edition will be available a week from today. Here’s the skinny on everything that’s new. It’s a lot!
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Show 149: The Nonstop Thrills of Brown Ale from 2021-09-16T17:47:22
Not long ago, listener Dan Cuzzocreo wrote us with this request: “I've really enjoyed the episodes you have done on a particular beer style. I'd love to hear more episodes in this vein, especially ...
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Audioblog - Beer's Rosetta Stone: National Tradition from 2021-09-14T18:40:27
Writers and brewers have identified most of the useful frameworks we use to understand beer. An important one, often hinted at but never fully explored, is national tradition. It’s never been more ...
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Show 148: Beeronomics - The Worker Crunch from 2021-09-10T15:40:47
If you speak to anyone in the service industry these days, the conversation eventually turns to the ongoing worker shortage. Increasingly, people don’t want to work as restaurant servers or dishwas...
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Show 147: Making of a Classic - Guinness Draught from 2021-08-25T18:52:16
Today we’re going to try something new. Over on his blog, Jeff has an ongoing series called “Making of a Classic,” which investigates why certain beers have become world standards over the decades....
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Audioblog: The Making of a Classic - Pliny the Elder from 2021-08-18T17:34:06
Pliny was a bright light in the fog. Despite its hurricane of flavors, it was more focused, refined, and elegant than other IPAs of the day. With the benefit of time, we can see that it reset expec...
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Show 146: Portland's Best Breweries from 2021-08-11T18:11:05
Each year, people traveling to Portland reach out to Jeff for advice about which breweries to visit. Starting in 2018 he thought it would be easier just to write a post on his website with his reco...
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Audioblog: “Coronavirus Diaries” Now Available as a Book from 2021-08-09T17:50:28
Of all the interesting stuff that has appeared at this site over the past 15 years, nothing was more important than the forty-odd posts from brewers and one cidermaker that constitute the Coronavir...
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Audioblog: An Epilogue for Henry Weinhard’s Private Reserve from 2021-08-05T18:09:19
On Monday, Molson Coors announced it was ceasing production of a bunch of minor brands it owned, including one that hurts Oregonians’ hearts: Henry Weinhard’s Private Reserve. It was a beer that he...
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Audioblog: Real Talk About Covid from 2021-08-02T18:00:37
Three months ago, we were all excited to be entering a time when life could go back to something approaching normal following 15 months of a pandemic. But now cases are spiking again, and it’s time...
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Show 145: NW IPA Smackdown! Finals from 2021-07-28T21:11:33
No doubt all the listeners have tuned in today for the thrilling conclusion of the Beervana Show IPA Smackdown! You’ll recall that last week we assembled a range of Oregon and Washington IPAs and t...
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Audioblog: Addition Without Subtraction; How Women Enrich Beer from 2021-07-26T19:26:39
In the latest article in the Sightglass Series, I’ve spoken to a number of women in the beer industry to highlight how their creative expressions have changed the way we make, market, write about, ...
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Show 144 - NW IPA Smackdown! from 2021-07-21T18:11
Today we have a Beaver vs Evergreen State IPA showdown, tasted blind, for what will surely be the most coveted award in the beer world. Yes, in Show 144 we have the first annual Northwest IPA Smack...
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Audioblog: The Soul of a Beer Reincarnate from 2021-07-15T19:01:58
Every beer contains a whiff of history. Traditional Berliner weisse, which went extinct in the mid-aughts before enjoying a revival years later, contains more than a whiff. Yesterday, at Portland’s...
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Show 143: Pub Talk from 2021-07-13T17:55:58
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Beervana Show has been on a five-week hiatus, and during that time, the old mailbag has fattened up. On today’s show, we’re going to turn to you and answer ques...
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Audioblog: Gems from Local Breweries from 2021-07-12T17:02:39
As my perambulations take me around the beautiful sort-of post-Covid City of Roses, I have been finding a number of great beers to try. Today we have a look at stouts at Assembly, hoppy wild ales a...
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Audioblog: Is this Beer Any Good from 2021-07-09T16:49:50
We love good beer, finding good beer, talking about good beer. But identifying what that “good” is in beer—that’s a lot harder. Truly great beers are defined by subjective, often subtle elements of...
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Show 142: Unicorns in Portland from 2021-07-01T19:38:35
We are delighted to be back in a brewery! On today’s show, we are visiting Unicorn Brewing with owner Zach Vestal. We’ve been impressed with the tiny brewery’s beer over the past year, and wanted t...
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Audioblog: The Substance of Heat from 2021-06-29T17:24:28
Following each new disruption, I keep looking for a return. Normalcy can’t be that hard to restore. Yet each disruption carries darker connotations than the event itself. I feel the need to publicl...
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Audioblog: Beer Sherpa: Hazy Pale, the Stealth Style Winning my Heart from 2021-06-04T17:47:45
I will tell you a secret. It’s controversial and you will resist this information, but it’s true: hazy pale ales are better and more reliably good than their bigger IPA brothers. As summer heats up...
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Audioblog: Do Americans Drink Too Much? from 2021-06-03T18:22:31
A provocative piece in this month’s Atlantic argues that “America has a drinking problem.” But does it? The evidence paints a fuller, more prosaic picture: things have been very stable for a decade...
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Show 141: The Technologies That Shaped Beer from 2021-05-12T17:52:05
Last week we spoke to Nick Harris of Berkeley Labs about the ways in which bioengineering may remake brewing. That’s the latest example of technology’s impact on brewing, but it’s far from unusual....
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Audioblog: RTD, IRC, FMB: What the Hell is Happening to “Beer?” from 2021-05-10T21:48:06
Seltzers, canned cocktails, hard teas, flavored malt beverages: these represent a complex regulatory stew of products but may in many cases be called “beer.” Once a small enough market it didn’t ma...
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Audioblog: Upright’s Small Composition from 2021-05-06T18:05:11
One of the country's best breweries continues to turn out incredible beer in relative obscurity. Taste Midnight Reflection, however, and you'll see why Portland's Upright really is that good.
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Show 140: Next Gen Yeasts with Nick Harris from 2021-05-05T18:11:01
For Show 140 we have a fascinating discussion about the scientific frontiers of brewing. Nick Harris, one of three founders of Berkeley Yeast, joins us today. Founded by scientists from UC Berkeley...
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Audioblog: The Future of Yeast from 2021-05-04T17:48:32
After revolutions in hop breeding and product development and micromalting, yeast is getting its moment in the sun. A proliferating number of yeast labs offer organic and genetically-modified strai...
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Audioblog: Why Celebrate Underrepresented Breweries--and a Programming Note from 2021-04-30T16:47:30
Celebrating the breweries owned and operated by underrepresented groups in no way diminishes the accomplishment of White, male brewers. Our celebration of Tonya Cornett does not come at Ken Grossma...
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Audioblog: Our Minds on New Experiences from 2021-04-28T18:23:08
The past year has been so tough because it forced us into bubbles of stasis. We are creative, social beings who crave the way new experiences rewire our brains. We hunger to mix our minds with othe...
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Audioblog: Diverse Breweries Database from 2021-04-26T22:34:32
An embryonic start on a resource for finding breweries led by underrepresented groups.
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Audioblog: Beer Sherpa Briefly: Is West the Best? from 2021-04-22T19:15:19
Hazy IPAs are the style that launched a thousand breweries. Yet their fusty old predecessors haven’t been banished entirely, and Fremont’s new release, Ollie, shows why.
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Show 139: The Barrel-Aged Bonanza Cometh from 2021-04-21T19:10:39
The Covid pandemic, for all its ravages, did create a few positive opportunities. A year ago, as breweries looked at their empty tanks and blank brewing schedules, many launched long-term projects ...
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Audioblog: Covid Reveals the Importance of Fan Service from 2021-04-20T18:12:31
Breweries managed to survive the pandemic far more ably than anyone expected a year ago. They did it by retrenching and focusing on core customers rather than chasing those tantalizing customer jus...
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Show 138: Kölsch! from 2021-04-15T17:42:21
The blossoms have begun to scent the air, which is turning warmer and drier, all sure signs that winter is going. That means more time drinking lighter, more summery beer. On today’s show, we’ll di...
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Audioblog: What if The Craft Beer Story is Wrong? from 2021-04-13T18:42:32
A new documentary looks at craft brewing through a familiar lens—scrappy, unorthodox risk-takers setting out to make their mark. The movie brings in founding figures and places their story in a fam...
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Audioblog: Hammer and Stitch Makes a Covid Debut from 2021-04-08T18:38:15
Hammer and Stitch has been open seven months, but debuted in October, just as the pandemic entered its most debilitating phase. For most people venturing out with the spring sunshine, it is a brand...
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Audioblog: The Complex, 500-Year-Old Story of Reinheitsgebot from 2021-04-06T17:14:01
Audioblog: The Complex, 500-Year-Old Story of Reinheitsgebot by Jeff Alworth & Patrick Emerson
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Audioblog: Beer Sherpa Notes: Tasty New Releases from 2021-04-02T18:25:16
Today I offer three beers that really impressed me. But they also made me aware of the trajectory their breweries are traveling. With Squeezy Rider, Neon Lights, and Bird-Day #1, we have liquid met...
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Audioblog: The Making of a Classic: Guinness Draft from 2021-03-31T18:53:50
Guinness is treated as a beer as often as a brewery, as if it is a single, immutable force. Like Pacifico or Heineken, naming the company names the beer. Yet the beer we think of when we name the b...
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Brief Podcast/Show Programing Note from 2021-03-29T16:48:55
Brief Podcast/Show Programing Note by Jeff Alworth & Patrick Emerson
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Audioblog: What if We Called them "Farmhouse IPAs?" from 2021-03-26T16:49:28
They’re fruity, expressive, and fun to drink, yet thanks to poor style-branding, people avoid them. A modest proposal: just call saisons IPAs. Okay, maybe “farmhouse” IPAs.
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Audioblog: Breakside Blends Stouts from 2021-03-24T18:45:36
With the release of two new stouts, Breakside debuts a new approach to barrel-aging. Borrowing a page from the wild ale playbook, they blend not just different vintages, but different beers to crea...
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Audioblog: Oregon Beer Tax Hike Dead ... For Now from 2021-03-22T16:46:16
We learned over the weekend that the proposed beer tax hike in Oregon, the one that would have given us a tax twice as expensive as any other state’s, has been pulled. Now backers want to set up a ...
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Show 137: David Walker on Firestone Walker's 25th Anniversary from 2021-03-17T21:45:03
Today we speak to David Walker of Firestone Walker. The California brewery turns 25 this year, and its own evolution, from a brewery specializing in an English pale ale made on a modified Burton un...
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Show 136: How Taxes Shape Beer from 2021-03-11T22:06:23
Oh my, do we have some fun for you today. We’re breathless with excitement over today’s topic: taxes. A new bill arrived in the Oregon legislature to tax breweries at twice the level of the next hi...
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Audioblog: Beer Sherpa, Special Tmavé Edition from 2021-03-10T19:48:05
Every now and again, an explorer will follow a path deep into a thicket before finally tracing their way back out. The Sherpa has lately been following American-brewed Czech tmavés deep into the un...
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Show 135: Well, How Did We Get Here? from 2021-03-04T19:51:54
Following last week's discussion about the way craft beer has changed since the first major acquisition, of Goose Island in 2011, we started thinking about the grander scope of craft brewing. How d...
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Audioblog: Be Wary Evaluating the Deschutes/Boneyard Deal from 2021-03-04T19:14:14
Yesterday Bend’s Deschutes Brewery announced it was buying in-town rival Boneyard. Beware hot takes about how happy the marriage will be: the devil in these kinds of deals involves details we can’t...
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Audioblog: How a Hop Earns its Name from 2021-03-03T19:00:08
One of the more remarkable stories in the beer world is the incredibly long process of developing a viable commercial hop variety, and the long odds any single seed has of becoming a winner. In the...
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Audioblog: The New Beer Tax is an Attack on Breweries from 2021-02-26T16:00:32
Oregon legislators have introduced a new beer tax that would make the state the most-taxed in the country—at a level nearly twice as high as the next state, and more than ten times the national med...
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Show 134: Chicago Tribune Journalist Josh Noel from 2021-02-24T21:19:42
Chicago Tribune reporter Josh Noel joins us for today's show. Josh has been writing about beer for the Tribune since 2009, and in 2018 published one of the most deeply-reported books ever written o...
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Audioblog: The Oracle of Oregon Predicts (Badly) from 2021-02-24T01:52:02
I am bad at predicting future events—often spectacularly, hilariously so. What’s a good anniversary without a good roasting? To that end, I have a looked back to see what what I predicted about gli...
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Audioblog: Beervana at Fifteen from 2021-02-22T20:21:19
This week Beervana turns fifteen. Throughout the week I’ll be posting some lighthearted material looking back, and today we kick things off with a quick look back. It turns out this blog almost per...
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Beervana Audioblog: The Occasional Pleasures of Mass Market Lager from 2021-02-18T19:28:07
Mass market lagers aren’t, let’s be honest, especially interesting beers. They are often made by giant corporations in equally giant plants. But drinking them—in that act we might locate some pleas...
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Beervana Audioblog: How Will We Understand The Craft Era? from 2021-02-16T19:34:08
So many forces are now scrambling the beer industry—including Covid, which may change it forever—that the very meaning of “craft beer” is up for grabs. It may help to consider the era through diffe...
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Beervana Audioblog: Pelican at 25; A Brewer's Brewery from 2021-02-12T17:28:58
In May, Pelican Brewery turns 25. For the whole of its life, it has reflected the vision of its longtime brewer, Darron Welch. Yet unlike so many legacy breweries, Pelican is growing and thriving. ...
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Show 133: Branding Expert and Mascot Artist Jordan Wilson (pt 2) from 2021-02-11T18:14:40
Today we continue our exploration of graphic design and branding with Jordan Wilson. In today's show, Jordan uses examples of his own work with Old Town, 54-40, and Foreland to illustrate how brand...
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Beervana Audioblog: Beer Sherpa Notes, February 10 from 2021-02-10T19:20:06
Having been neglectful about actual, tasty beer, I offer a round-up of recent discoveries, both in trends and individual beers.
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Beervana audioblog: Bailey's Taproom and the Importance of Good Pubs from 2021-02-09T17:27:13
The Covid pandemic has been especially brutal on downtown businesses, and last week claimed one of the most important independent bars in Portland, Bailey’s Taproom. It counts as its legacy a host ...
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Show 132: Branding Expert and Mascot Artist Jordan Wilson (pt 1) from 2021-02-04T00:15:54
Today we unveil a new logo for the show featuring our newly identified mascot “Maris Otter.” On today’s show we’re going to talk branding and design with Maris’s creator, Jordan Wilson. Jordan is a...
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Beervana Audioblog: Genny Cream Ale from 2021-02-03T16:42:33
American brewers invented cream ale as a way to cheaply combat the rise of pale lager. It was neither creamy nor especially ale-like, and it wasn’t until well after Prohibition that breweries found...
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Show 131: Berliner Weisse from 2021-01-29T16:50:49
You may recall a recent podcast extra in which Jeff and I sampled beer sent from New England—and these included a milkshake sour the brewery described as “Berliner weisse.” But was it? Today we’re ...
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Audioblog: The Making of a Classic: Rodenbach Grand Cru from 2021-01-27T00:18:11
Located in the West Flanders city of Roeselare, Rodenbach has been making dark ales for 200 years in a brewery that inspires the reverence of an old church. The brewery’s history, their process, an...
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Show 130: Home Delivery and the New Covid Businesses from 2021-01-20T19:30:58
Today we’re going to welcome a guest to discuss a new business model that developed as a reaction to the Covid pandemic. Casey Armstrong is behind Road Beers, a direct-to-consumer delivery service ...
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Beervana Audioblog: The Return of the Tied House from 2021-01-19T20:14:51
For decades, Americans have been warned of the dangers of the “tied houses” and the sterling virtues of a three-tiered system of production, distribution, and retail. But is this all hogwash? Craft...
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Beervana Audioblog: The Cultural Triumph of Craft Beer from 2021-01-15T17:14:39
The sense about craft beer right now, with assaults from a global pandemic and hard seltzer, is often morose. In purely financial terms, beer seems to be sputtering. But as a cultural force, it has...
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Beervana Audioblog: Portland Brewing, 1986-2021 from 2021-01-13T00:51:45
On February 5, 2021, Portland Brewing will close its doors for the last time. The brewery’s closure marks the end of that scrappy, DIY era of craft brewing. And while it’s sad, a review of what Por...
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Beervana Audioblog: Welcoming New Partners: pFriem and Reuben's from 2021-01-06T18:57:14
Today I welcome two new partners to the blog—but these aren’t ordinary advertisers. Together, pFriem, Reuben’s Brews and I plan to try a new model that strengthens rather than cheapens reader exper...
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Show 129: Drinking Through the Pandemic from 2021-01-06T00:32:28
Darkness has fallen. Winter has come. And amid these cold, dark tidings, a pandemic rages. Jeff and I talk often about how we’re coping—which of course means thinking about which beers will allay w...
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Beervana Audioblog: The Warmth of a Winter Pub from 2021-01-04T19:13:19
A moment passing through a warm, cheery pub brought back vivid memories of cozy evenings I’ve missed the past nine months. As 2021 dawns, I kindle the hope we’ll be drinking together sometime this ...
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Beervana Audioblog: The Beer of the Year from 2020-12-31T20:02:09
I don’t pretend the beer I’ve chosen for 2020 is the “best”—that kind of designation is a fool’s errand. But this year’s selection is a perfect example of where American brewing is at this moment, ...
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Beervana Audioblog: A Year to Mourn, a Year to Remember from 2020-12-30T16:56
Everyone is dying to leave 2020 behind, to forget its traumas and tragedies, and allow themselves to look forward with a glimmer of hope. Despite the pain, however, much about the year should be re...
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Show 128: Barrel Aging with Alesong from 2020-12-16T22:28:25
Alesong's Matt Van Wyk, one of three men behind Alesong Brewing in Eugene, Oregon, joins us on today's show. Alesong recently won two medals at the GABF to add to the six they’ve already won. The b...
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Show 127: All You Need to Know about Kveik But Were Afraid to Ask from 2020-12-08T19:11:05
On today’s show we’re going to delve into one of the hottest old things in beer—kveik yeast. These old farmhouse strains of yeast have been around for generations—and longer—as brewers in Western N...
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Show 126: Archivist Tiah Edmunson-Morton from 2020-11-19T00:48:56
On today’s show we are going to discuss one of the most interesting projects in the beer world, the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archive. On hand is the architect of that project and its archivist, Tiah...
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Podcast ESC - Extra Special Crap! from 2020-11-15T01:53:10
Today we do something we swore we never would--sit around drinking beer. But wait!--there's a method to our madness. A Boston listener sent us some very special beer from New England, and we taste ...
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Show 125: What the GABF Winners Tell Us from 2020-11-05T19:29:42
On October 16, the GABF awarded 271 medals to 240 breweries in their annual competition. On today's show, we look at those winners and see what patterns we can discern. Do different states and regi...
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Show 124: Virtual Austin Tour with Ruvani De Silva from 2020-10-29T17:44:43
Today we go on another virtual tour, this time to the warm, brisket-scented city of Austin, Texas. Our tour guide for today’s travel is Ruvani De Silva, whom you may know by her social media handle...
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Show 123: As the IPA Evolves from 2020-10-09T00:39:46
The broad category of IPAs is at the center of craft brewing, and as such it’s always changing. Over the past several months, we have been noticing a shift in the buzziest member of the IPA family,...
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Show 122: Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn Brewing from 2020-10-01T17:33:51
We welcome a true luminary to today's show. Garrett Oliver has been Brooklyn Brewery's brewmaster since 1994. He’s written books, judged beer, and been an ambassador for American craft brewing. His...
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Show 121: Oktoberfest from 2020-09-17T00:02:04
In any normal year, Munich’s Theresienwiese fairground would have been the site of much activity this week, as workers prepared for a party. Before the pandemic struck, the 187th annual Oktoberfest...
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Show 120: A Beeronomics Perspective on Distribution from 2020-09-09T22:39:18
Over the past two weeks we’ve been unpacking distribution with Craig Mullarky, a wholesaler in Bellingham, WA. We wanted to hear a distributor talk about distribution from his perspective. Yet this...
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Show 119: The Secrets of Distribution (Pt. 2) from 2020-09-02T18:46:57
In the American three-tier system, the distributor sits in the middle of the process, somewhat hidden, but absolutely central. Today we have Craig Mullarky of Sound Beverage Distributors in Belling...
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Show 118: The Secrets of Distribution (Pt 1) from 2020-08-26T17:35:28
In the American three-tier system, the distributor or wholesaler is literally and figuratively in the middle of the process, somewhat hidden, but absolutely central. Today we have Craig Mullarky of...
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Podcast Extra: State Brewers Guild Leaders from 2020-08-21T16:19:11
This week Jeff spoke with the directors of a number of brewers guilds across the country to discuss what was happening to breweries in their areas as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. We discussed...
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Show 117: Virtual Chicago with Chalonda White from 2020-08-13T01:00:22
Even though we’re pinned down during the pandemic, we continue to indulge our sense of wanderlust with the second of our “virtual tours.” Today we're off to Chicago, where Chalonda White, aka Afro ...
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Show 116: Cream Ale and Other Summer Quenchers from 2020-08-05T23:52:26
The long, warm days of summer are upon us, which means it’s time to do one of our regular examinations of seasonal tipples. Today we’ll consider summer beers, with a special focus on an American cl...
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Show 115: Virtual Tour of San Diego With Beth Demmon from 2020-07-28T22:00:10
Periodically, we have tried to visit beer-centric places and report what we’ve found. That is now out of the question, but our wanderlust is no less active. So today we start a series of virtual to...
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Show 114: Hops, Hops, Hops! from 2020-07-21T20:38:06
We have recently been shining a light on lagers—and pilsners especially—which is all right and appropriate. But it means we have not been focusing on our other love, those glorious Northwest hops t...
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Show 113: Kevin Davey Talks Lager from 2020-07-08T00:36:45
On Show 113 we have a special guest: Kevin Davey, the head brewer at Portland’s Wayfinder Brewery. Wayfinder specializes in lagers, and attentive listeners will recall that it won our Great Oregon ...
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Show 112: Great Pilsner Taste-Off Grand Finale from 2020-06-23T22:44:11
In Show 111 and 112 we try something new: The Great Pilsner Taste-Off, a battle royale of all the very best pilsners in the state of Oregon. Over the course of these shows we conduct blind tastings...
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Show 111: Great Pilsner Taste-Off, Part 1 from 2020-06-16T18:11:04
In Show 111 and 112 we try something new: The Great Pilsner Taste-Off, a battle royale of all the very best pilsners in the state of Oregon. Over the course of these shows we conduct blind tastings...
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Show 110: Oud Bruin from 2020-05-26T22:33:21
On today’s show we head to Belgian Flanders today and dig into one of the most interesting categories of beer in the world: brown ales. It is a style both changing and, surprisingly, expanding, and...
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Show 109: Breakside Brewing at Ten from 2020-05-18T22:21:10
We have a special show for you today as we sit down to visit with Breakside founder Scott Lawrence and his brewmaster Ben Edmunds to celebrate the brewery's 10th anniversary. Jeff talks with Scott ...
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Show 108: A Triumphant Return from 2020-05-04T19:55:34
On today’s show we’re going to play a little catch-up and offer a round table of topics. Among the issues we’ll touch on are a bit of Coronavirus Beeronomics, “entertainment” and the dubious new Ne...
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Show 107: Desert Island (or Pandemic) Beer from 2020-04-09T18:10:56
On today’s show we’re going to attempt to distract ourselves from all this pandemic business by thinking about some nice, tasty beer—but, since the virus is dominating all our attention, we thought...
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Show 106: Pod in the Time of Coronavirus from 2020-03-26T17:26:01
On pod 106, Patrick and Jeff assess the ramifications to the economy and beer industry of the coronavirus sweeping across the globe in late March. Patrick offers some high-fiber macroeconomics, and...
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Show 105: Glassware from 2020-03-20T18:56:09
If you step into a beer hall in Cologne, you’ll be handed a stange of kölsch. Your bitter will come in a pint glass in London. And in Brussels you might be handed a tulip glass. On today’s show, we...
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Show 104: Ben Edmunds on the Oregon Beer Awards from 2020-03-11T21:59:24
In Show 104, we have a special guest in the studio to talk about the Oregon Beer Awards, which recently announced winners for the 2020 competition. He his Ben Edmunds, the competition director of t...
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Show 103: Whether and When to Age Beer from 2020-02-27T19:21:35
On episode 103, we take a look at a topic of some confusion: aging beer. A decade ago, everyone was doing it, and aged bottles were fetching hundreds of dollars online. Modern juicy IPAs have re-se...
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Pod 102: The Birth of Mixed-Fermentation Saisons from 2020-02-21T17:05:41
In episode 102 we look at a style that seems like a revival of something much older, but is in fact a modern invention: mixed fermentation saisons. These beers, made by regular fermentation combine...
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Pod 101: Considering Hard Seltzers from 2020-02-14T16:52:25
On today’s podcast, we address a trend that has changed direction of the industry and has breweries quaking in their rubber boots: seltzer. Introduced just four years ago, the segment has grown int...
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Pod 100: An Evening with John Harris (LIVE) from 2020-02-05T01:36:14
A slightly dodgy mic didn't dampen our excitement in having John Harris join us live at his brewery, Ecliptic, for our 100th episode. The mic problem cleared up after about ten minutes, and we had ...
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Pod 99: Economist Josh Lehner from 2020-01-24T17:46:36
In a special edition of Beeronomics, we’ll be welcoming Josh Lehner of the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis. Josh looks at a number of indicators affecting the state, and one of his special inter...
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Pod 98: Future Oregon Projects with Ezra Johnson-Greenough from 2020-01-16T23:03:18
Today we have a special guest in studio: Ezra Johnson-Greenough, the founder and contributor at the industry website The New School. Ezra is perhaps the most well-connected voice covering beer in O...
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Podcast 97: What Makes a Good Beer City? from 2020-01-10T19:33:17
Today we’re going to look at a topic of perennial interest: good beer cities. For at least three decades, American municipalities have been heavily invested in touting themselves as great beer dest...
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Pod 96: It's the End of the Decade (and we feel fine) from 2020-01-03T19:19:20
As we record this podcast, it is the last day of the decade—at least as decades are popularly tracked. A lot happened in the 2010s, from changing fortunes in the craft and mass market segments, the...
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Pod 95: Bière de Noël from 2019-12-19T23:19:03
We are just a few days away from the Christian celebration of Christmas—a big deal in many countries, including of course Belgium. And as with so much, this little country does things differently w...
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Pod 94: The Anatomy of Flavor from 2019-12-12T18:30:28
When we taste a beer and our brain tells us “chocolate” or “grapefruit,” what’s happening? Flavor is a composite of what our bodies tell us—our hardware, so to speak—and what our brains do in synth...
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Pod 93: Jason Barbee and the Joy of Simple Beers from 2019-11-22T21:04:21
In episode 93 we were delighted to welcome Level Brewing's Jason Barbee. Jason has impressed us with his love of small, simple beers, and especially those from the British tradition. His brewery, L...
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Podcast 92: Making Sense of the Portland Beerpocalypse from 2019-11-15T01:39:28
Portland has seen ten brewery closures or sales in the past year--and one was even announced while we were recording this podcast! In Episode 92, Patrick, our resident beeronomist, offers us ways t...
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Pod 91: The Wondrous World of Lithuanian Beer from 2019-11-07T23:29:27
In episode 91, we conclude Jeff's travels to Europe with perhaps his most interesting stop. Lithuania has one of the most unusual beer cultures in Europe, one that emerges from the country's simila...
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Pod 90: Talking Lager with Mark Dredge from 2019-10-31T18:11:02
In today's episode, we have an interview with UK writer Mark Dredge about his new book: A Brief History of Lager: 500 Years of the World's Favourite Beer. Mark has gone deep and discusses things we...
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Pod 89: On the Ground in Vienna, Krakow, and Berlin from 2019-10-24T17:34:20
Today we are going to continue on with Jeff through his European travels. After he left Belgium, he made stops in Vienna, Krakow (Poland),and Berlin. In pod 89, Jeff will let us know what’s shaking...
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Pod 88: Belgium Rediscovers Its Roots from 2019-10-19T01:30:28
Jeff returns from Europe with fantastic and wonderful tales. In today's pod, he describes how Belgian brewers have reacted to the craft beer incursion--by rediscovering their ancient heritage. He d...
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Pod 87 - An American Beer Writer in England from 2019-10-01T23:45:10
Jeff phones in from Belgium to discuss the adventures he had in the country he just left: England. He discusses the state of heritage brewers, craft brewers and cask ales. Patrick drinks beer.
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Pod 86 - Miles Jenner of Harvey's from 2019-09-23T22:45:42
Jeff travels to Lewes in East Sussex, UK to talk to Head Brewer Miles Jenner of Harvey's. Patrick holds down the fort in Portland and through the miracle of modern technology, they communicate!
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Pod 85: Harvest Season Podcasting from 2019-09-05T17:21:15
In today's pod, we discuss the hop harvest season, a major acquisition in Europe, and unexpected acquisition in America, and an expected acquisition that didn't happen. All that plus the announceme...
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Podcast 84: Van Havig Tells the Truth from 2019-08-30T00:45:04
Gigantic Brewing's Van Havig joins Patrick and Jeff in episode 84. Van is one of the most transparent brewers in beer, and he offers his unvarnished opinions about Vienna malt, brewing kölsch, runn...
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Pod 83: Japanese Craft Beer and Cider from 2019-08-21T17:13:05
In this episode, we are joined by Japanese beer expert Red Gillen and cidermaker Nat West to discuss the blossoming world of craft beer and cider in Japan. We discuss the history and development of...
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Pod 82: Pale Ales from 2019-08-13T18:47:07
Pity the poor pale ale, once the king of craft styles. Since IPAs supplanted pales in 2011, they have fallen further and further from the center of the beery discussion--but they remain one of the ...
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Podcast 81: What We Did On Our Summer Vacation from 2019-08-08T20:01:38
Over the past month, Patrick and Jeff have been rambling around the country on a vacation. In today's episode, they tell us about the delights they found, including a secluded little brewery in the...
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Pod 80: Bend Spotlight - Paul Arney (Ale Apothecary) from 2019-07-23T23:47:57
We conclude our tour with one of the most interesting people in beer: Paul Arney of Ale Apothecary. Paul's approach is incredibly hands-on, with a focus on wood (even the mash tun is wooden!). Paul...
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Pod 79: Bend Spotlight - Tony Lawrence (Boneyard) from 2019-07-16T17:37:44
In part four of our visit to Bend, Oregon, we talk to one of the more interesting and unique characters in Bend brewing, Tony Lawrence of Boneyard. Tony has a long history in brewing but got his st...
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Podcast 78: Bend Spotlight - Larry Sidor (Crux) from 2019-07-09T18:11:04
In part three of our visit to Bend, Oregon, we talk to a living legend in Brewing--Larry Sidor. Larry has been brewing beer since 1973 (!), when he worked for Olympia Brewing. He has had an incredi...
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Pod 77: Bend Spotlight - Gary Fish (Deschutes) from 2019-07-03T00:08:22
In the first of our spotlight interviews, we speak with the OG of Bend beer, Gary Fish--founder of Deschutes Brewery back in 1988. Gary talks about what it was like to get started, how the brewing ...
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Pod 76: All About Bend, Oregon from 2019-06-25T23:04:19
Patrick and Jeff recently made a trip to Bend, Oregon on one of their periodic explorations to beery cities. With a population of just 100,000, Bend punches way above its weight with two dozen brew...
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Pod 75: Firestone Walker's David Walker from 2019-06-18T23:37:12
When Firestone Walker started out more than two decades ago, it had an uber-traditional English brewing system and a slate of English-style ales. Over the years, it has changed, becoming one of the...
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Pod 74: Brewers Talk About Festivals from 2019-06-11T18:30:19
Jeff recently traveled to Paso Robles, CA to attend the Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest, one of the country's premier events. While he was there, Jeff interviewed six brewers in attendance....
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Pod 73: Upright Brewing's Alex Ganum from 2019-06-04T18:11:05
Today on the pod we have Alex Ganum in studio. Alex is the founder of Upright, which earlier this year celebrated its 10th anniversary. The brewery, known for its fidelity to European styles as wel...
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Pod 72: The Wisdom of Dick Cantwell from 2019-05-28T19:59:58
Dick Cantwell has been brewing for around three decades, and was one of three co-founders of Elysian Brewing in 1995. He was the lone dissenter when AB InBev offered to buy the company, and left th...
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Pod 71: Making and Enjoying Kettle-Soured Beers from 2019-05-21T18:11:07
As the weather starts to warm, our interests turn to summery offerings. One type that has gained popularity are lightly acidic sour beers, many times made with fruit. These beers are made from a pa...
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Pod 70: The First Haze Craze from 2019-05-14T19:34:41
We are in the midst of a haze craze in beer. But for Pacific Northwesterners, it's not the first. Starting in the 1980s and continuing for a decade, one style dominated brewing with pervasiveness n...
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Pod 69 - Mexican Lagers from 2019-05-08T05:44:50
Pod 69 - Mexican Lagers by Jeff Alworth & Patrick Emerson
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Pod 68 - The Widmer Way (With a Very Special Guest) from 2019-04-30T00:54:02
In episode 68 we discuss Jeff's new book, The Widmer Way, with a little help from a very special guest--one of the brothers that was the subject of the book.
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Pod 67 - All the News That's Fit to Pod from 2019-04-23T19:55:24
In the time since our last episode, four major events happened. Patrick and Jeff talk about these news items and discuss the ways they interact and inform one another. Plus, they reveal something n...
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Pod 66 - Dr. J from 2019-03-14T19:22:19
Jeff and Patrick interview J. Nikol Jackson-Beckham, a professor recently named the Brewers Associations Diversity Ambassador. Dr. J has been thinking about the intersection of power and beer since...
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Pod 65 - Trouble In Beervana from 2019-02-28T23:11:09
Jeff and Patrick discuss the recent spate of brewery, brew pub and craft beer bar closings in Portland Oregon and ruminate on what it portends for the rest of the country. Special attention is paid...
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Pod 64 - Benedictine Brewery (Mt. Angel Abbey) from 2018-12-14T22:17:33
Jeff and Patrick visit the Benedictine Brewery at Mt. Angel Abbey and sit down with Father Martin, the Procurator of the Abbey and the Head Brewer of the Brewery. They learn about the origins of th...
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Pod 63 - Monastic Beers from 2018-11-16T23:19:54
Jeff and Patrick discuss the ancient practice of monastic brewing and all its modern forms. They talk about the Belgian Trappists as well as brewing monasteries around the world.
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Pod 62 - Beeronomics: What Brewers Earn from 2018-10-26T18:19:51
Jeff and Patrick discuss Jeff's industry compensation survey and discuss the findings in the context of industry trends.
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Pod 61 - Athletic Brewing, Pioneers of Non-Alcoholic Craft Beer from 2018-09-26T21:26:20
Jeff and Patrick interview Bill Shufelt, Co-Founder, and John Walker, Co-Founder and Head Brewer of Athletic Brewing in Stratford, CT. Athletic is an entirely non-alcoholic craft beer company and ...
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Pod 60 - Good Beer Hunting's Michael Kiser from 2018-09-13T16:00:06
Jeff sits down with Michael Kiser, founder of Good Beer Hunting, the leading resource fo beer news on of off the internet. The discuss Michael's background, how he got into beer and how he has bui...
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Pod 59 - Ommegang: Brewing Belgium in the U.S. from 2018-08-30T21:03:52
Jeff and Patrick discuss the curious case of Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, NY. Now owned entirely by Duvel, its association with Belgian beer and sterling reputation for high quality make it un...
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Pod Special - OBF Preview 2018 from 2018-07-23T21:55:33
Jeff and Patrick discuss and preview the 2018 Oregon Brewers Festival, the annual mega-beer festival held in Portland, Oregon. They highlight beers to try, single out some more adventurous offerin...
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Pod 58 - The Sexy World of Beer Laws from 2018-07-12T18:31:03
Jeff and Patrick discuss the complicated world of beer laws and how they are evolving from post-prohibition era laws that dealt with few large breweries to modern laws to regulate the craft beer in...
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Pod 57 - The German Beer That Doesn't Taste German from 2018-06-12T22:38:10
Jeff and Patrick delve deeply into weissbier, the German wheat beer that is distinctly non-German: it is an ale, cloudy, feature yeast flavors, use wheat and are distinctly rustic. The origins and...
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Pod 56 - The Rise of Legal Cannabis from 2018-05-26T01:59:56
Jeff and Patrick interview Sally Alworth, co-founder of Luminous Botanicals, makers of the Universal Cannabis Tonic. They discuss the origins of the business, how Oregon went about creating a lega...
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Pod 55 - John Holl on the Media Landscape from 2018-05-04T21:06:10
Jeff sits down for a long-form interview with John Holl, Editor of Craft Beer and Brewing. They discuss the future of beer writing, beer-themed media and what's next in the beer media world. Patri...
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Pod 54 - Behavioral Beeronomics from 2018-04-07T18:20:53
Patrick and Jeff explore the field of behavioral economics and discuss how the insights from this blend of economics and psychology could translate to the craft beer world.
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Pod 53 - Glitter Beer from 2018-03-23T05:51:20
Jeff and Patrick discuss the recent phenomenon of glitter beer. What is it, where did it come from, what does it signal about the fate of humanity? Glitter beers are admired and tasted and verdict...
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Pod 52 - Michael Jackson from 2018-02-23T23:13:09
Jeff and Patrick discuss the legendary British beer writer Michael Jackson: who he was, his writings and his impact on beer and the craft beer revolution.
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Pod 51 - Seattle Part 3: Fremont Brewing from 2018-01-26T21:59:13
Jeff and Patrick visit with Matt Lincecum, co-founder and co-owner of Fremont Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington. They discuss the new production brewery they recently opened in the Ballard nei...
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Pod 50 - Seattle Part 2: Reuben's Brews from 2018-01-20T19:07:21
Jeff and Patrick visit with Adam and Grace Robbings, founders and owners of Reuben's Brews in Seattle. They discuss the origins of the brewery, their approach to beer and their plans for the future.
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Pod 49 - Seattle from 2018-01-13T03:54:28
Jeff and Patrick travel to Seattle to discover the beer scene in the Emerald City. In an exercise in beer podcast verité they live pod from the breweries themselves as well as reflect after the fac...
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Pod 48 - An American Brewer in China from 2017-12-08T20:03:54
Jeff talks to Ben Love of Gigantic Brewing Company in Portland. Oregon who recently travelled to China with other North American craft brewers to collaborate with Chinese brewers and learn more abo...
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Pod 47 - Yes We Can! from 2017-11-17T22:31:59
Jeff and Patrick visit Hopworks Urban Brewing in Portland, Oregon to learn about the packaging side of craft beer. Hopworks has both a canning line and a bottling line and they discuss the advanta...
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Pod 46 - Autumn Hot Takes from 2017-11-03T23:17:39
Pod 46 - Autumn Hot Takes by Jeff Alworth & Patrick Emerson
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Pod 45 - Saison from 2017-09-29T23:18:08
Jeff and Patrick discuss everything Saison. What are they, where they came from, modern interpretations and the market viability and challenges of the style. They taste examples form DuPont, Fant...
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Pod 44 - Podcast Extra: Full Interview With Dan Kenary, CEO Harpoon Brewery from 2017-09-14T18:22
The full interwove between Jeff and Dan Kenary, co-founder and CEO of Harpoon Brewery in Boston, Massachusetts. (Dan is pictured on the right)
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Pod 44 - Case Study: Harpoon Brewery from 2017-09-14T18:19:29
Jeff and Patrick take a closer look at Harpoon Brewery in Boston Massachusetts, one of the earliest pioneers of craft brewing. Jeff sat down with Dan Kenary, co-founder and CEO, for an interview i...
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Pod 43 - New England IPAs from 2017-08-20T01:03:55
Jeff and Patrick engage in a marathon of tasting, assessing, and discussing the New England IPA phenomenon. They talk about the history of New England's beers and this recent development, mention a...
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Pod 42 - Summer Hot Takes from 2017-08-02T21:40:59
Pod 42 - Summer Hot Takes by Jeff Alworth & Patrick Emerson
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Pod 41 - Oregon Brewers Festival 2017 Preview and Trends from 2017-07-25T22:49:36
Jeff and Patrick preview the 2017 version of the Oregon Brewers Festival highlighting interesting and exciting beers, looking at trends and discussing all things OBF.
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Pod 40 - Secrets of the Master Brewers from 2017-06-06T15:51:57
Pod 40 - Secrets of the Master Brewers by Jeff Alworth & Patrick Emerson
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Pod 39 - Artisanal Malt from 2017-05-27T02:57:56
Jeff and Patrick discuss the next big thing in craft beer ingredients, artisanal malts. They discuss the techniques, the artistry, the beer and the economics of artisal malts and interview Seth Kl...
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Pod 38 - A History of IPA from 2017-05-05T21:23:11
Jeff and Patrick discuss the origins and evolution of IPA. They pay particular attention to the history of American IPAs since the mid-90s. They try seven different IPAs that represent different ...
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Pod 37 - Is Craft Beer Doomed? from 2017-04-18T22:23:36
Patrick and Jeff discuss the recent op-ed by Boston Beer's Jim Koch in the New York Times which sounds a warning about the future of craft beer in the face of consolidation among the macro brewers....
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Pod 36 - ¡Que Viva México! from 2017-03-25T19:45:29
Jeff and Patrick discuss Jeff's recent trip to Mexico where he got to learn about the craft beer scene in Mexico and interview Enrique Acevas brewer at Crveza Loba Artisinal in Guadalahara. They a...
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Pod 35 - A Visit with the Hop Master, Part 2 from 2017-02-20T00:22:54
In the second part of this podcast, Jeff and Patrick are given a tour of the OSU Fermentation Science program's brewery by Tom Shellhammer and they meet up with Jeff Clawson, Pilot Brewery Manager....
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Pod 35 - A Visit with the Hop Master, Part 1 from 2017-02-19T23:38:32
Jeff and Patrick pay a visit to Tom Shellhammer, Nor'Wester Professor of Fermentation Science at Oregon State University, to talk all things beer but particularly to learn more about hops. Tom disc...
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Pod 34 - Yeasty Boys from 2017-02-02T21:06:05
Jeff and Patrick visit Imperial Organic Yeast to find out how yeast is produced, the changes in brewing yeasts, the yeast business and what it means to be organic. They interview Jess Caudill, Owen...
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Pod 33 - The Value of a Superstar Brewer from 2017-01-07T02:46:54
Jeff and Patrick discuss the worth of superstar brewers, are they being paid their true value? They also take a look back at 2016 and look forward to 2017 in the word of beer.
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Pod 32 - Wild Ales Beyond Lambics from 2016-12-21T01:45:39
Jeff and Patrick follow up their deep dive of lambics to explore the world of wild ales beyond Belgium. They pay special attention to the various ways wild ales are made outside of the constraints...
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Pod 31 - Beeronomics 2: 5000 Breweries, M&A Mania and Scarcity in Beer from 2016-12-07T00:09:17
Patrick and Jeff return to Patrick's favorite topic: Beeronomics! They first talk about the evolution of U.S. breweries from over 4000 in the 19th century to 80 in the late 1970s to over 5000 toda...
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Pod 30 - The Mystery of Lambic from 2016-11-03T19:37:59
Jeff and Patrick solve the mystery of the lambic, the spontaneously fermented beer of Brussels. They talk to Frank Boon of Brouwerij Boon and Jean Van Roy of Cantillon about the process and art of...
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Pod 29 - Historic Beer Re-Creations from 2016-10-04T16:45:08
Jeff and Patrick take a deep dive into Stock Ale - an historic beer style recently revived by beer historian Ron Pattinson and Goose Island. They discuss the history of the style, the process of r...
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Pod 28 - Women in Beer from 2016-09-19T22:34:58
Patrick and Jeff sit down for a roundtable discussion with women working in the beer industry. The women discuss their experiences, good and sometimes bad, and surface some interesting insights. Jo...
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Pod 27 - Alan Taylor - On Building a Brewpub, Brewing & His Beer from 2016-08-31T17:43:58
Pod 27 - Alan Taylor - On Building a Brewpub, Brewing & His Beer by Jeff Alworth & Patrick Emerson
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Pod 26 - 2016 OBF Preview from 2016-07-26T01:50:14
Jeff and Patrick discuss the 2016 Oregon Brewers Festival. They pick a number of beers to try, discuss trends and themes at this year's festival and whether they portend the future of American craf...
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Pod 25 - What Makes Big Breweries Tick? from 2016-06-25T00:36:05
Jeff and Patrick discuss Jeff's recent junkets to Guinness and Carlsberg breweries and what he learned about big breweries, the business of big beer and the future of big beer the the era of craft....
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Pod 24 - Beer Guide To Portland from 2016-06-08T23:01:56
Jeff and Patrick take listeners on a beer tour of Portland highlighting the best breweries for beer, quintessential Portland locales, historical breweries, places noted for good food, places with g...
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Pod 23 - Anniversary Edition: Best Beers in the World from 2016-05-12T20:05:14
Jeff and Patrick celebrate their one-year podcast anniversary by reveling the four best beers in the world...sort of. They engage in a lively discussion of what they love about beer and what beers...
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Pod 22 - ?eské Pivo from 2016-04-28T23:00:24
Jeff and Patrick discuss the amazing beer scene in the Czech Republic focusing on the history, the preservation of traditional brewing techniques and the amazing variety of beer. They try Budvar (...
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Pod 21 - How To Taste Beer from 2016-04-14T21:40:29
Pod 21 - How To Taste Beer by Jeff Alworth & Patrick Emerson
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Pod 20 - Mughal Cistern Beer from 2016-04-01T14:40:14
Jeff and Patrick discuss the fascinating and forgotten mughal cistern beer and its recent revival by the Mayavi brewery in India.
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Pod 19 - Beeronomics from 2016-03-17T22:16:34
Patrick and Jeff discuss the economics of beer, beer pricing and her "whales."
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Pod 18 - Barrel - Aged Beers from 2016-03-04T00:13:31
Jeff and Patrick describe the process of barrel aging beer. They talk about the historic role of wood barrels, the modern use of bourbon and wine barrels and the wild ales of Belgium. They discus...
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Pod 17 - Trappist Ales from 2016-02-04T18:20:06
Jeff and Patrick discuss the Trappist Ales of Belgium and beyond - their history, provenance and modern examples. They taste beer from Rochefort, Westmalle and Orval and discuss the wide variety o...
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Pod 16 - Is There A Craft Beer Bubble? from 2016-01-22T07:00:26
Patrick and Jeff discuss the rapid expansion of the craft beer market and discuss whether there is reason for concern that the market is overheated and heading for a crash.
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Pod 15 - How Porters and Stouts Conquered the World from 2016-01-08T04:45:27
Jeff and Patrick discuss the origin and history of the porter and stout styles and how, aided by improvements in malts and the advent of steam power, they grew to become the first global super-styl...
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Pod 14 - Flavors in Beer: From Brewhouse to Bottle from 2015-12-10T23:19:50
Jeff and Patrick discuss how flavors in beer are created during the the brewing process and sample examples of malty, hoppy and yeasty beers along the way. As a bonus they solve the mystery of the...
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Pod 13 - Winter Ales from 2015-11-20T22:54:16
Jeff and Patrick discuss the seasonal emergence of Winter Ales and talk about the traditions of winter beer in England and Belgium. Examples of Belgian of American winter ales are sampled and disc...
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Pod 12 - Cider Made Simple from 2015-10-29T20:11:55
Jeff and Patrick take a foray into the world of cider to commemorate the official launch of Jeff's new book "Cider Made Simple" from Chronicle Books. They discuss the origins of cider, how cider i...
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Pod 11 - Das Bier aus Deutschland from 2015-10-16T23:30:28
Jeff and Patrick take you on a beer tour of Germany, discussing the major brewing regions, styles and beers. They sample eight different German beers and discuss both well-known and lesser-known s...
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Pod 10 - Who Is Afraid Of Big Beer? from 2015-10-01T20:46:24
Patrick and Jeff discuss the recent news of potential mergers amongst marco brewers, the recent spate of acquisitions and the infusion of private capital into craft brewing and what it all means fo...
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Pod 9 - Fresh Hop Beers from 2015-09-09T22:51:03
Jeff and Patrick visit Breakside Brewery to discuss the history, evolution and culture of fresh hop beers and the fresh hop beer season in the Pacific Northwest. With fist ever live guest! - Ben E...
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Pod 8 - The Beer Bible from 2015-08-18T22:04:24
Jeff and Patrick discuss Jeff's new book "The Beer Bible" and share memories of their trip to England and Scotland as Jeff conducted research of the book.
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Pod 7 - The Extraordinary Red Ales of Flanders from 2015-08-06T22:01:39
Jeff and Patrick discuss the incredible red beers of flanders and the economic challenges inherent in making such a complex and nuanced beer. What characterizes a Flanders Red and how do they taste...
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Pod 6 - Lessons From the Oregon Brewers Festival from 2015-07-24T22:31:25
Jeff and Patrick discuss the lessons of the 2015 Oregon Brewers Festival. They cover what makes Oregon and Portland (Beervana) special, what the OBF tells us about the evolution of beer and their ...
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Pod Special - 2015 Oregon Brewers Festival Preview from 2015-07-17T21:27:53
Jeff and Patrick preview the 2015 Oregon Brewers Festival, discussing the history of the festival, the evolution of styles over the years and offer their festival-going advice.
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Pod 5 - The Malternate Universe from 2015-07-08T23:02:29
Jeff and Patrick venture afield into the world of 'progressive adult beverages,' the fastest growing segment of the overall beer market. They discuss the business, economics and beer-ish-ness of t...
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Pod 4 - Session IPA from 2015-06-25T22:39:37
Jeff and Patrick discuss the emergence of the "Session IPA" style. Is it a thing? They discuss brewing techniques, economics, nomenclature and more.
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Pod 3 - Birra Italiana from 2015-06-11T21:35:25
Jeff and Patrick discuss the rapidly expanding craft beer scene in Italy and sample some exceptional offerings from Birrificio Italiano.
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Pod 2 - Rise of Craft Lagers from 2015-05-29T23:28:22
Jeff and Patrick discuss the emergence of lagers, and Pilsner in particular, in American craft brewing.
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Pod 1 - Parti - Gyle from 2015-05-16T00:09:10
Jeff and Patrick explore the mysterious and arcane brewing practice of parti-gyle brewing and discuss why it still exists.
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