Best Craft Beer Brewing Magazine Podcasts (2024)

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367: Humble Sea Sails the Calm, Clear Waters of Modern Lager Through the Fog of Today’s IPA 56:26

5d ago56:26

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The Humble Sea origin story told by cofounder and brewmaster Nick Pavlina is a common one: Avid homebrewer turns pro at the urging of family and friends. Yet that early experience with brewing, brewing, and brewing some more—on a one-barrel system—instilled a discipline for testing, evaluating, and adapting that stays with Humble Sea to this day. A…

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Ep55 — Max Vaughan of White Peak Distillery, Derbyshire 54:30

9d ago54:30

54:30

Like beer, whisky has always fascinated me. Maybe it’s because, like beer, it’s brewed, and before distillation the resulting wash (the distilling term for wort) undergoes a period of open fermentation, not unlike a wild or mixed fermentation beer. Or maybe it's because it’s simply delicious. Enough so to pique my curiosity and to discover more abo…

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366: St. Bernardus Uses Modern Tools and Ingredients to Stay True to Historic and Classic Recipes 1:20:35

12d ago1:20:35

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Carrying the weight of history and expectation poses a particular challenge for some European brewers, but nowhere is that more apparent than in the world of Belgian brewing. How, in the face of changing technology and consistently variable ingredients, does a brewer stay true to the ideas behind the classic recipes that underpin the core beers tha…

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365: Alex Lippens and the Team at Verzet Are on a Quest to Make the Best Oud Bruin in the World 1:10:49

19d ago1:10:49

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In Anzegem, Belgium, about 20 miles southwest of Ghent, Brouwerij ’t Verzet is no cover band. Sure, they could make some local waves by brewing up Citra-Mosaic hazy IPAs, but what would that mean to the strong brewing traditions in their corner of Flanders? Rather than play someone else’s tunes, could they instead take the familiar, culturally sign…

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Episode 54: What's New and Exciting with Malt? 49:59

25d ago49:59

49:59

Malt is the workhorse of every beer, but it doesn’t always get the close attention it deserves. I’ll talk with two people who are intimately involved in malt production and education, on both the large scale and the craft side. We’re talking about malt, both industrial and craft on this episode. From examining trends to learning about continuing ed…

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364: Lambic is Science, Not Sorcery, for Thomas Vandelanotte of Timmermans 1:32:59

26d ago1:32:59

1:32:59

Mythmaking and superstition may play a role in others brewers’ approaches to making lambic, but for Thomas Vandelanotte—brewmaster for Belgian breweries Timmermans, Bourgogne de Flandres, and Waterloo—science is a far better tool for achieving great-tasting beer that people want to drink over and over again. “I think it’s important, first of all, t…

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363: Jeremy Pryes of Idyll Forest and Pryes Brewing Explores the Wide Range of Flavors in Everything from Midwest IPA to Spontaneous Beers 1:23:42

1M ago1:23:42

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At last year’s Festival of Barrel-Aged Beers in Chicago, a relative newcomer grabbed both the silver and bronze medals in the Wild Beer Mixed Culture with Fruit category, immediately sending the crowd to flood the pouring table with requests for tastes. The brewery brand—Idyll Forest Artisan Ales—is the wild, mixed-culture passion project of Pryes …

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362: Tim Johnson of Barrel Theory Takes a Passion-Driven Approach to Hazy IPA and Fruited Sour Beers 1:10:17

1M ago1:10:17

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Tim Johnson of Barrel Theory in St. Paul, Minnesota, started brewing progressive styles of beer—hazy IPA, fruit beers, barrel-aged stouts, and more—out of necessity. As a beer lover and beer trader, it made sense to try his hand at these things he would trade for, both for the creative thrill of pursuing excellence in these styles, but also for mor…

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361: Austin’s Meanwhile is Making Bold Bets With Beautifully-Constructed Lagers and IPAs 1:06:06

2M ago1:06:06

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The world may know Austin’s Meanwhile for the GABF and World Beer Cup medals they’ve won, including golds for Helles and Pilsner, and silver for Secret Beach IPA. But the locals know it as a great beer garden with a playground for kids, an outdoor concert stage, a wide array of food trucks, and tasty beer that can be either dissected or just digest…

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360: Joe Lemnah of Burlington Beer Tests, Learns, and Tests Again to Optimize Hazy IPA with Personality 1:01:20

2M ago1:01:20

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For Joe Lemnah, going to work at a brewery was no reason to stop homebrewing. The same need to explore and understand that drove him to brew at home every week still informs his process of testing and learning, even a decade after opening Burlington Beer in Burlington, Vermont. In this episode, Lemnah focuses on the evolution and processes behind t…

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Episode 53 - Navigating Challenging Financial Times for Small Breweries 55:50

2M ago55:50

55:50

Keeping an eye on the bottom line has never been more important. From rising ingredient costs to a shift in consumer spending. On this episode of the BYO Nano Podcast we spend some time talking about best practices for your brewery’s ledger. Then will visit to South Dakota to hear from a nano brewer building a community through neighbor connections…

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359: Ryan Miller of Vermont’s Freak Folk Finds Unique Flavors in Layered Fermentations 1:08:46

2M ago1:08:46

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Ryan Miller and Lillian MacNamara—both experienced brewers and cofounders of Freak Folk Bier—are partners in business and life, making the brewery, as Miller says, “a love story interwoven with brewing.” Both share a love of saison, and Freak Folk began with a focus on special-release saisons that has since expanded into a broad selection of styles…

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358: Bill Cherry of Switchback Enjoys the Slow Burn of Learning Through Doing 1:20:28

2M ago1:20:28

1:20:28

Innovation in beer has been accelerating for the past decade as breweries—excited by new styles and techniques, and feeding a culture of newness incentivized by social apps—churn out a relentless quantity of new beers in new formats with new labels. However, to hear Bill Cherry tell it, the choices he’s made at Switchback over the past two decades …

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357: Von Trapp Makes Conscious Process Choices For Lager Quality and Drinkability 1:02:06

3M ago1:02:06

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While popular movies tell finite stories, the real lives of the people they feature don’t stop when the final credits roll. So, it was up to the von Trapp family—whose story was told with huge dramatic license in The Sound of Music—to write their own next chapters. They did so by establishing a popular, Austrian-inspired family lodge in northern Ve…

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Ep54 — An Open Discussion About Sustainability in Beer 1:05:40

3M ago1:05:40

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How important is the role of sustainability in brewing? How does beer actually get made sustainably when it’s an incredibly energy-intensive process to actually get your beer from the farm to your glass? And how does the industry avoid greenwashing as it attempts to be more responsible about its impact on our climate and the environment? All these …

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356: House Rules! Cameron Fisher of Crafthaus Is On a Cold (IPA) Streak 1:04:03

3M ago1:04:03

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Welcome to Las Vegas, craft brewers! In this final of three CBC preview episodes, Crafthaus head brewer Cameron Fisher joins to discuss their approach to making cold IPA (and more) in the desert of Southern Nevada. Whether it’s Czech-style lager served on a Lukr faucet in their Arts District taproom or a throwback hoppy red ale poured with love fro…

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355: RipeLocker Enables a Fresh Approach to Brewing with Wet Hops 45:12

3M ago45:12

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This special fresh hop–focused episode of the podcast is brought to you interruption-free by the the freshness experts at RipeLocker. RipeLocker has patented a radically innovative storage solution to revolutionize the post-harvest industry with technology to extend the shelf-life of perishables such as fresh hops while preserving quality and taste…

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Episode 52 - Unlocking the Secrets of Yeast 52:53

3M ago52:53

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Let’s take an exploration into yeast. From fermentation through history, to unlocking new secrets and strains, a world-renowned expert is here on this episode to share his insight and knowledge to give us all a better understanding of beer. Dr. Martin Zarnkow is the Head of Research and Development at the Research Center at Weihenstephan for Brewin…

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354: No Limits! Dave Pascual of Big Dogs Plays His Medal-Winning Cards Close to the Vest 1:04:38

3M ago1:04:38

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Dave Pascual, head brewer for longtime Las Vegas brewery Big Dog’s, takes a methodical approach to running the brewhouse, even if it doesn’t feel out-of-the-ordinary to this longtime brewer. Running a clean and organized brewery is just how it’s done. Despite how obvious some of these little things may appear, it’s the sum of all those professional…

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353: Viva Las Vegas! Able Baker's Matt Marino Goes "All In" on Modern West Coast IPA 1:07:15

3M ago1:07:15

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In this first of a three-episode miniseries on Las Vegas brewers, timed to give you more local knowledge as you head to the desert for this year’s Craft Brewer’s Conference, Able Baker Director of Brewing Matt Marino discusses his evolving approach to modern West coast IPA and hazy session IPA. Through the conversation, he touches on: brewing overs…

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367: Humble Sea Sails the Calm, Clear Waters of Modern Lager Through the Fog of Today’s IPA 56:26

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Ep55 — Max Vaughan of White Peak Distillery, Derbyshire 54:30

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366: St. Bernardus Uses Modern Tools and Ingredients to Stay True to Historic and Classic Recipes 1:20:35

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365: Alex Lippens and the Team at Verzet Are on a Quest to Make the Best Oud Bruin in the World 1:10:49

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Episode 54: What's New and Exciting with Malt? 49:59

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364: Lambic is Science, Not Sorcery, for Thomas Vandelanotte of Timmermans 1:32:59

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363: Jeremy Pryes of Idyll Forest and Pryes Brewing Explores the Wide Range of Flavors in Everything from Midwest IPA to Spontaneous Beers 1:23:42

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362: Tim Johnson of Barrel Theory Takes a Passion-Driven Approach to Hazy IPA and Fruited Sour Beers 1:10:17

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361: Austin’s Meanwhile is Making Bold Bets With Beautifully-Constructed Lagers and IPAs 1:06:06

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360: Joe Lemnah of Burlington Beer Tests, Learns, and Tests Again to Optimize Hazy IPA with Personality 1:01:20

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Episode 53 - Navigating Challenging Financial Times for Small Breweries 55:50

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359: Ryan Miller of Vermont’s Freak Folk Finds Unique Flavors in Layered Fermentations 1:08:46

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358: Bill Cherry of Switchback Enjoys the Slow Burn of Learning Through Doing 1:20:28

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357: Von Trapp Makes Conscious Process Choices For Lager Quality and Drinkability 1:02:06

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Ep54 — An Open Discussion About Sustainability in Beer 1:05:40

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356: House Rules! Cameron Fisher of Crafthaus Is On a Cold (IPA) Streak 1:04:03

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355: RipeLocker Enables a Fresh Approach to Brewing with Wet Hops 45:12

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Episode 52 - Unlocking the Secrets of Yeast 52:53

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354: No Limits! Dave Pascual of Big Dogs Plays His Medal-Winning Cards Close to the Vest 1:04:38

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353: Viva Las Vegas! Able Baker's Matt Marino Goes "All In" on Modern West Coast IPA 1:07:15

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