Good Beer Hunting

KEYNOTE Steve Grossman Sierra Nevada Brewing Company On the Past, Present & Future of Craft Beer     Good Beer Hunting was thrilled to partner with Beavertown Brewery at their Extravaganza anniversary celebration this year to bring you some compelling discussions and presentations about the state of craft beer in 2017. A wide range of topics and personalities were available to discuss some of the more pressing, and exciting pursuits in beer. You can learn more about Beavertown's educational investments on their blog.

ART & CRAFT Why your brand is as important as your recipes Host:  Matthew Curtis, Good Beer Hunting Guest Speakers:  Nick Dwyer, Beavertown Brewery Michael Kiser, Good Beer Hunting   Good Beer Hunting was thrilled to partner with Beavertown Brewery at their Extravaganza anniversary celebration this year to bring you some compelling discussions and presentations about the state of craft beer in 2017. A wide range of topics and personalities were available to discuss some of the more pressing, and exciting pursuits in beer. You can learn more about Beavertown's educational investments on their blog.

FOREVER YOUNG (PART 1) Staying Relevant in the Modern Beer Landscape, Part 1 Host:  Michael Kiser, Good Beer Hunting Guest Speakers:  Kim Jordan, New Belgium Brewing Paul Jones, Cloudwater Brew Co.     Good Beer Hunting was thrilled to partner with Beavertown Brewery at their Extravaganza anniversary celebration this year to bring you some compelling discussions and presentations about the state of craft beer in 2017. A wide range of topics and personalities were available to discuss some of the more pressing, and exciting pursuits in beer. You can learn more about Beavertown's educational investments on their blog.

SOUR BEER AS A GENRE How do we update nomenclature to encompass an ever broadening set of styles? Host:  Michael Kiser, Good Beer Hunting Guest Speakers:  Pierre Tilquin, Gueuzerie Tilquin André Ek, Brekeriet Tomme Arthur, The Lost Abbey   Good Beer Hunting was thrilled to partner with Beavertown Brewery at their Extravaganza anniversary celebration this year to bring you some compelling discussions and presentations about the state of craft beer in 2017. A wide range of topics and personalities were available to discuss some of the more pressing, and exciting pursuits in beer. You can learn more about Beavertown's educational investments on their blog.

THE MODERN BEER PORTFOLIO Balancing a core range vs consumer demand for special releases Host:  Matthew Curtis, Good Beer Hunting Guest Speakers:  Cosmo Sutherland, Beavertown Brewery Evin O’Riordain, The Kernel Darron Anley, Siren Craft Brew   Good Beer Hunting was thrilled to partner with Beavertown Brewery at their Extravaganza anniversary celebration this year to bring you some compelling discussions and presentations about the state of craft beer in 2017. A wide range of topics and personalities were available to discuss some of the more pressing, and exciting pursuits in beer. You can learn more about Beavertown's educational investments on their blog.

KEYNOTE Logan Plant Beavertown Brewery The State of British Craft Beer in 2017   YOU CAN FIND THE ENTIRE #BEAVEREX17 LIBRARY HERE   Good Beer Hunting was thrilled to partner with Beavertown Brewery at their Extravaganza anniversary celebration this year to bring you some compelling discussions and presentations about the state of craft beer in 2017. A wide range of topics and personalities were available to discuss some of the more pressing, and exciting pursuits in beer. You can learn more about Beavertown's educational investments on their blog.

Today is a special kind of geekery, so pull out your lab coats, pocket protectors and hydrometers, because things are about to get nerdy. Especially when it comes to New England IPAs. One of the amazing things I’ve found covering the beer industry is the number of brilliant people who fill up the ranks of bartenders, brewers, biologists and more. It makes perfect sense within a profession that blends aspects of science and art, and when I find myself in the midst of a particularly engaging conversation that goes well beyond talking beer styles, ratings or trends du jour, it’s something I really value. Lucky for me, this podcast provides the opportunity to make such occurrences happen.  While I was recently passing through Washington DC, I met up with Michael Tonsmeire and Scott Janish, two highly-accomplished homebrewers who will soon go pro together with the launch of Sapwood Cellars. From my perspective, these are two of the smartest guys in the business, not just because they’ve made great homebrew, or in Michael’s case help launch barrel programs for commercial breweries, but because I know it - they’re two of the most public brewers who share recipes, research and in-depth insight through Michael’s Mad Fermentationist blog and at ScottJanish.com, where Scott puts in heavy lifting sorting through white papers and academic analysis related to beer. They’ve also literally written the book on their areas of expertise, with Michael behind the book, American Sour Beers, and Scott just recently announcing he’s writing one about the modern IPA. Whether you love or hate New England IPAs, I think the first half of our conversation will help you think about them differently, as Michael, Scott and I do a deep dive into recipes, chemistry and psychology of the trendy style. We’ll also hit on the challenges of opening a brewery in today’s market and what the DC and Maryland area can expect when Sapwood eventually opens. Grab a notebook or simply sit back and let the mentions of polyphenols wash over you.

Welcome to another episode of The Fervent Few podcast. Every few weeks we present you with this bonus episode of the GBH podcast where we chat with members of our subscriber community. The Fervent Few subscribe to GBH like a magazine making a monthly contribution via Patreon. Members join us in a forum to talk about a wide range of topics that doesn’t just stop at beer. And every week we pick one of these topics and present the community’s answers to readers in the form of an article posted to Good Beer Hunting. You can find out more information by visiting patreon.com/goodbeerhunting On this episode we talk to Mark Twig of the hopefully soon to open Canvas Brewery in Ireland. But first Michael Kiser and I chat about our upcoming getaway to the wilds of Wisconsin, the difference between taprooms and bars, and what went down at this year’s Great American Beer Festival.

This week, I chat with a couple that makes phenomenal cider in New Hampshire at Farnum Hill. It’s all orchard-based from their own land at Poverty Lane Orchards. In fact, it’s all made right there on-site in a repurposed barn.  Steve Wood and Louisa Spencer have made a life with their cider, but in recent years as the sort of pseudo-craft-cider boom has created both momentum and vulnerability in the cider category, things have gotten a bit out of whack. After all, what is craft cider if it’s not up to par with orchard-based traditional cider? It’s a bit like starting up a craft beer craze when you already have Hill Farmstead and Jester King around.   But that’s what’s happened in cider as these traditional orchardists have had to start competing alongside some fairly mundane cider in canned six packs. It’s a blessing and a curse. The size of the pie increases, but the consumer is more confused than ever before.  Despite that quandary, Farnum Hill is growing. They’re building an entirely new cider house next to the old barn, and hoping the future is as bright as it seems. I stopped by on a whim. I was simply in the area for a wedding this summer and wasn’t going to miss my chance to visit one of my favorite cider producers in the world. So this interview starts a bit spontaneously as Steve expected a chat, and I quickly realized that he and his partner Louisa needed to sit down and talk some things out. It starts abruptly and ends abruptly, but that’s what oral history sounds like. And I treasure this conversation.

Welcome to another episode of The Fervent Few podcast. Every few weeks we present you with this bonus episode of the GBH podcast where we chat with members of our subscriber community. The Fervent Few subscribe to GBH like a magazine making a monthly contribution via Patreon. Members join us in a forum to talk about a wide range of topics that doesn’t just stop at beer. And every week we pick one of these topics and present the community’s answers to readers in the form of an article posted to Good Beer Hunting. You can find out more information by visiting patreon.com/goodbeerhunting Today we’re going to call Dave Riddile of Collective Brewing Project in Ft. Worth Texas. They just got back from the beer meets wood festival in Portland Maine and Dave is fired up about their first major festival. But first lets catch up with Michael Kiser and hear about the first ever Good Beer Hunting Symposium that just took place recently in London.