Good Beer Hunting

EP-244 Mike Willis of West Craft Specialty Imports

16 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When we think of beer from north of the American border, classic names like Molson or Labatt may easily come to mind. But as in the U.S., there has be...

SL-014 Protest Beer "Fuck PG&E" Unleashes Fury of Internet Trolls

12 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If you're a regular Sightlines reader, you may have come across a story we published on Nov. 1 called "A Show of Hands – Breweries Take Political an...

OL-002 Mark Spence Reads The Second Entry from "Beer is Offal," Called "Load of Baloney"

11 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The is GBH Out Loud, and I'm Ashley Rodriguez. Today, you'll hear Mark Spence read the second entry of his blog, Beer is Offal, called "Load of Balone...

EP-243 Em Sauter of Pints and Panels

09 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There are so many ways you can engage with the beer world on a professional level—but few are more ambitious that attempting to become a Master Cice...

CL-039 Beca Grimm's LiveJournal Password is Probably a Saves The Day Reference

07 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There's always more to every story you read. As a writer, I'm perpetually intrigued by the choices other writers make—what to include, what to cut—...

EP-242 Mark Legenza of On Tour Brewing

02 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today's guest is one of the most unassuming brewery owners in Chicago: Mark Legenza of On Tour Brewing Company. On Tour is located in the brewery dist...

CL-038 Bryan Roth Asks For a Third Time

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today I'm going to catch up with our Sightlines editor and lead contributor, Bryan Roth. It's been a busy couple of years for Bryan, but this past wee...

EP-241 Hayes Humphreys and Jason Oliver of Devils Backbone

26 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What happens to a brewery when a game-changing opportunity comes along? There have been 11 buyouts of American breweries by Anheuser-Busch InBev since...

CL-037 J. Nikol Jackson-Beckham Pulls the Thread

24 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If you're part of the beer world, you've probably heard folklore about our Founding Fathers—the men who signed the Constitution, the first American ...

EP-240 Theresa Bale of Temescal Brewing

19 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Good Beer Hunting Podcast. I'm Ashley Rodriguez.  I remember the very first time I went to Temescal Brewing in Oakland, California. I ...

CL-036 Luke Robertson Opens the World's Tiniest Pop-Up

18 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Good Beer Hunting Collective podcast, the show where members of our team interview each other to get a behind-the-scenes look at our fa...

EP-239 Greg Wells of We Are Beer

12 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I remember the first London Craft Beer Festival like it was yesterday. It was actually six years ago, but I distinctly recall the excited atmosphere, ...

OL-001 Mark Spence Reads The First Entry from his Blog Called, "Beer is Offal"

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is GBH Out Loud, a new series where we invite authors and staff members to read their favorite articles out loud, and provide tidbits and secret ...

EP-238 Sarah Bennett, beer and food writer

05 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Take it from me: Journalism, as a career, is a difficult one to hold in 2019's socio, political, and economic climate. For some though, like today's g...

FF-025 Jim Plachy makes skin contact, is an acclaimed brewer

03 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another Fervent Few episode of the Good Beer Hunting podcast where myself, Jim Plachy, and GBH's strategic director, Michael Kiser, catch u...

EP-237 Amie Fields of Botanist & Barrel Cidery & Winery

28 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Hard seltzer aside, conversations around the alcohol industry still tend to circle the trio of beer, wine, and spirits. Flavored malt beverages, like ...

CL-035 Evan Rail Questions a Budweiser by Any Other Name

27 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For this Collective episode, I'm talking to writer Evan Rail. Evan is based in Prague, and has become more active with Good Beer Hunting as we increas...

CL-034 David Faris Gets Kicked Out of His Apartment, Starts a Politics Podcast

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What does beer have to do with politics?  It's a simple enough question. And some would argue that beer has nothing to do with politics—the two sho...

EP-236 Austin, Texas Roundtable

21 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode is a bit of an ensemble cast. With the limited time I had in Austin, Texas, I wanted to get some quick and clear perspective on the ci...

CL-033 Gray Chapman Learns About Cities, One Spirit at at Time

19 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I live in Chicago, and there's this liquor—maybe some of you have heard of it—called Malort, which is made from wormwood. If you ask anyone in Chi...

EP-235 Josh Hare of Hops and Grain

14 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today's guest was a must-see during our time in Austin, Texas. Josh Hare is the lone founder of Hops and Grain Brewing. He's an avid cyclist, and a ma...

Into the Wild: Austin

13 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the third episode of Into the Wild—part of our six-city tour across the U.S. this year with New Belgium Brewing. I'm Ashley Rodriguez, an...

EP-234 Chad Henderson of NoDa Brewing Company

07 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Founders' All Day IPA. Firestone Walker's 805 Blonde Ale. Victory's Golden Monkey Tripel. These are all examples of brands that have shaped bottom lin...

CL-032 Lily Waite Uses All The Salt and Butter

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Good Beer Hunting Collective podcast, the show where members of our team interview each other to get the behind-the-scenes look at some...

EP-233 Patrick Jones of Pilot Beer

31 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Even if you barely dip your toe in the shark-infested waters of Beer Twitter, there's a chance you've heard of Pilot Beer. You don't even have to foll...

SL-013 There's More to Beer Than Hops, You Know

27 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Sightlines podcast from Good Beer Hunting. I'm Bryan Roth.  If there were ever a defining slogan to sum up the past decade in American...

EP-232 Lucia Solis of Luxia Coffee Solutions

24 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Coffee starts its life as the seed of a cherry. You wouldn't think that when you look at a bag of beans, but there's a whole process that coffee goes ...

EP-231 Sam Gilbert of Temescal Brewing

17 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There are easy topics brewery owners love to talk about to promote themselves: interesting beer releases, charity work, GABF awards, or cheeky packagi...

CL-031 Sean McEmerson is Afraid You Won't Understand a Word He Says

16 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

One of my favorite things about industries like ours (beer, wine, food and drink) is the sense of community that springs up around them. People find o...

Introducing Electing to Drink

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we bring you an episode of Good Beer Hunting's newest show, Electing to Drink. Hosted by author and professor David Faris and produced by GBH, ...

Into The Wild: Bay Area

10 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the second episode of Into the Wild—part of our six-city tour across the U.S. with New Belgium Brewing this year.  This episode comes ou...

CL-030 Stan Hieronymus has a lot of bottle openers to tell you about

08 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Good Beer Hunting Collective podcast, the show where members of our team interview each other to get a behind-the-scenes look at some o...

SL-012 Under The Influencers

07 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Craft beer has always had an uncomfortable relationship with marketing, Instagram and social media, and things like hype, status, and influencers. It'...

EP-230 Adam Warrington of O'Douls

03 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today's conversation is another deep dive into a product that fits into the emerging "Better For You" category of low calorie beer and non-alcoholic b...

FF-024 Jim Plachy is so farm team he can't get into the beer cave

31 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another Fervent Few episode of the Good Beer Hunting podcast where myself, Jim Plachy, and GBH's strategic director, Michael Kiser, catch u...

EP-229 Caitlin Landesberg of Sufferfest

27 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If you haven't noticed, the world is starting to think about the role that craft beer plays in a healthy lifestyle. Is this a reaction to the Pastry S...

CL-029 Evan Rail hopes, after all, that the beer is really good

24 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Good Beer Hunting Collective podcast, the show where members of our team interview each other to get the behind the scenes look at some...

EP-228 Rob and Keely Landerman of Woodland Empire

20 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What's the balance between being a bit "punk" and also being a responsible business owner? You can probably find examples from a variety of companies ...

FF-023 Jim Plachy is too expensive and stabs himself in the hand

17 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another Fervent Few episode of the Good Beer Hunting podcast where myself, Jim Plachy, and GBH's strategic director, Michael Kiser, catch u...

EP-227 Obadiah Poundage with Mike Siegel and Ron Pattinson

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode is the second we've done with this duo of Mike Siegel of Goose Island and Ron Pattinson, beer historian, writer, and a collaborator on...

Hāpi Festival and Symposium — Matt Tarpey of The Veil

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Garage Project's Hāpi Festival and Symposium was held earlier this year in the lead-up to New Zealand's hop harvest. The symposium and festival form ...

Hāpi Festival and Symposium — Andrew Bell of The Bruery

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Garage Project's Hāpi Festival and Symposium was held earlier this year in the lead-up to New Zealand's hop harvest. The symposium and festival form ...

Hāpi Festival and Symposium — J.C. Hill of Alvarado Street Brewery

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Garage Project's Hāpi Festival and Symposium was held earlier this year in the lead-up to New Zealand's hop harvest. The symposium and festival form ...

Hāpi Festival and Symposium — Jos Ruffell of the Garage Project

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Garage Project's Hāpi Festival and Symposium was held earlier this year in the lead-up to New Zealand's hop harvest. The symposium and festival form ...

EP-226 Gareth Williams and Bradley Cummings of Tiny Rebel Brewing

06 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Like all of the U.K., Wales has a long, rich history of brewing. The Welsh brewing industry has pretty much had the same fortunes, too—peaking in th...

CL-028 Bryan Roth learns that everyone's got a barrel guy

03 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Barrel aging beer is like stepping back in time. But over the last few years, more and more breweries are turning to the historic practice, using it a...

EP-225 Dan Love and Chris Baker of Mother Earth Brewing

29 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's no longer a surprise these days when a brewery announces it's opening another location. Secondary production facilities and taprooms aren't ubiqu...

CL-027 Don't steal a turkey leg from Steph Byce

26 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Steph Byce was one of the first people I met when I started hanging out with the folks at Good Beer Hunting. I was judging an Irish Coffee Competition...

EP-224 Teagan Thompson and Zach Ruskin on Cannabis in Beer

22 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

To outsiders, the cannabis industry might seem like a mysterious machine. The myriad regulatory rules, the constantly changing legalities, and the com...

FF-022 Jim Plachy goes to Tulsa, starts a lifestyle brand

18 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another Fervent Few episode of the Good Beer Hunting podcast where myself, Jim Plachy, and GBH's strategic director, Michael Kiser, catch u...

EP-223 Fish Scales of Nappy Roots

15 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

At this point in the American beer scene, a love for IPAs, Wheat Ales, Stouts, and Saisons comes from all over. Our friends and parents. Our neighbors...

CL-026 Alyssa Pereira and Clara Rice on Resilience, craft beer's largest collaboration

12 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Before I started working at Good Beer Hunting, I was a pretty avid reader, and the stories that resonated with me most were the stories that were more...

MU-016 Hudson Valley Brewing Hiding Place

11 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our resident composer for the podcast and our commercial video work, Andrew Thiboldeaux, is writing original scores devoted to beers he finds fascinat...

EP-222 Colin Whitcomb of Canary Coffee Bar

08 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Every year, hundreds of baristas come together for the United States Coffee Championships. The competitions are heavily anticipated, with folks prepar...

EP-221 Adam Paysse of Floodland Brewing

01 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It started when i went to the website. "FLOODLAND BREWING" it read in all caps at the top. "Floodland is a brewery in Seattle" below. A spot to enter ...

CL-025 Kristen Foster drinks a beer with one hand, chops down a tree with the other

29 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Good Beer Hunting Collective Podcast, the show where members of our team interview each other to get the behind the scenes look at some...

Into The Wild: Seattle

28 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're bringing you a special episode from our Into the Wild tour with New Belgium Brewing. This is a tour focused on wild, sour, and otherw...

EP-220 Oscar Wong and Leah Wong Ashburn of Highland Brewing Co.

25 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The life of an American brewery feels like it exists on a scale like one of our pets. In the same way cat and dog years move at a factor faster than h...

SL-011 What does growth look like in a slowing beer industry?

23 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As of right now—May 2019—there are about 7,500 breweries in the United States. From 2016-2018, the Brewers Association counted about two new brewe...

MU-015 Brewery Bhavana Grove

21 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our resident composer for the podcast and our commercial video work, Andrew Thiboldeaux, is writing original scores devoted to beers he finds fascinat...

EP-219 Ric Rhinehart of the Coffee Price Crisis Response Initiative

18 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There's a big problem in coffee—we're not paying enough for it. With every clickbait article talking about how much you can save by cutting out your...

EP-218 Colin Gilhespy and Neil Kitching of Cave Direct

11 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In food and drink we often talk about the supply chain—the line we draw between the farm and the glass. The truth is, it's far more complicated, and...

SL-010 Did Untappd Really Throw Beer's Version of the Fyre Festival?

10 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On this GBH Sightlines episode, we're visiting with several people to get their perspectives and experiences following what some are calling beer's ow...

FF-021 Jim Plachy spoils the Avengers and is definitely not distracted.

08 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another Fervent Few episode of the Good Beer Hunting podcast where myself, Jim Plachy, and GBH's strategic director, Michael Kiser, catch u...

EP-217 Jaisen Freeman of Phusion Projects

04 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The world of beer is going through an identity crisis—it's changing the self-defined language of what's craft and what not seemingly every few years...

FFT-012: Interview and Q&A with Walt Dickinson, Wicked Weed Brewing

30 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

At this year's Foeder for Thought, the festival of wild and sour beers hosted by Green Bench Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg, Florida, the GBH team co-h...

FFT-011 Climate Spontaneity

30 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

At this year's Foeder for Thought, the festival of wild and sour beers hosted by Green Bench Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg, Florida, the GBH team co-h...

FFT-010: Interview and Q&A with Tim Clifford, Sainte Adairius

30 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

At this year's Foeder for Thought, the festival of wild and sour beers hosted by Green Bench Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg, Florida, the GBH team co-h...

FFT-009 The Wild Side of the Apple

30 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

At this year's Foeder for Thought, the festival of wild and sour beers hosted by Green Bench Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg, Florida, the GBH team co-h...

FFT-008 Interview and Q&A with Mitch Ermatinger, Speciation Artisan Ales

30 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

At this year's Foeder for Thought, the festival of wild and sour beers hosted by Green Bench Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg, Florida, the GBH team co-h...

FFT-007 Thinking Inside of the Package

30 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

At this year's Foeder for Thought, the festival of wild and sour beers hosted by Green Bench Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg, Florida, the GBH team co-h...

EP-216 Ian Roberts and Kevin Watson of Future Primitive Brewing

27 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today I'm going to introduce you to a brewery that basically just getting off the ground—it's still in its infancy. But the folks behind it, with ex...

SL-009 Why Won't Brewers Association President and CEO Bob Pease Answer Ecliptic Brewer Tim Sullivan on Twitter?

25 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There are lots of ways the business of beer extends far beyond what we find in bottles or cans. The social and cultural side of beer offers a glimpse ...

CL-024 Jonny Garrett is born to be wild

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For just over a year, Good Beer Hunting has focused on a variety of stories to highlight the evolution of wild and sour ale in America as part of our ...

NYC Beer Week Panel, Pt. 2

23 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For NYC Beer Week, in collaboration with The Well, Good Beer Hunting's Michael Kiser hosts a pair of panel discussions aimed at understanding the curr...

NYC Beer Week Panel, Pt. 1

23 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For NYC Beer Week, in collaboration with The Well, Good Beer Hunting's Michael Kiser hosts a pair of panel discussions aimed at understanding the curr...

EP-215 Chris Cohen of Old Devil Moon

20 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There's a case to be made that some of the most essential members of our craft beer communities aren't brewers, or writers, or distributors. They're p...

CL-023 Gray Chapman doesn't care who has the dankest IPA

17 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For generations, a lot about the story of beer has been filtered through advertising or experiences geared toward men. This is rapidly changing, and f...

MU-014 Half Acre Daisy Cutter

16 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our resident composer for the podcast and our commercial video work, Andrew Thiboldeaux, is writing original scores devoted to beers he finds fascinat...

EP-214 Stuart Winstone and Jasper Tupman of Yonder Brewing & Blending

13 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's fair to say that mixed fermentation is having a moment in the U.K. Natural wine is buzzing like craft beer once did, and its beer equivalent is s...

FF-020 Jim Plachy goes up and down, plays with fire

10 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another Fervent Few episode of the Good Beer Hunting podcast where myself, Jim Plachy, and GBH's strategic director, Michael Kiser, catch u...

Uppers & Downers Hangover Party

09 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode is our annual Hangover Party podcast, and event we host in the wake of Upper & Downers, our coffee, beer, culinary, and cocktail festi...

EP-213 Dan Gridley of Farm Boy Farms

06 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Let's take a trip. Let's get away from our warehouse districts and downtowns where so many of our favorite bars and breweries are found. We're going t...

SL-008 Craft Brew Alliance is Going Beyond Beer

04 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Look around the beer industry, and you'll see lots of things going on that are decidedly...not beer. With the success of flavored malt beverages, hard...

CL-022 Ben Keene on the evolution of BeerAdvocate

03 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Like so many other areas of publishing, things have changed in recent years for beer-focused media. While the stories told from all corners of the wor...

Our Neck of the Woods

02 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There's no getting around the fact that making beer is a science. But it can truly become special when it mixes with creativity and art. In today's ep...

EP-212 Greg Koch of Stone Brewing Co.

30 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

[Photo by Matthew Curtis] Few breweries can represent the past, present, and future of American craft beer the way Stone Brewing can. And it's co-foun...

Uppers & Downers Preview

27 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As many of you know, we're in the midst of Uppers & Downers week here in Chicago, celebrating more than five years of our coffee and beer culture coll...

EP-211 Tom Stainer of the Campaign for Real Ale

23 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I'm not sure how to introduce CAMRA. On the one hand, it's the biggest single-issue consumer interest group in the UK, the savior of British brewing t...

CL-021 Austin L. Ray is having a chard time.

20 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Whether you read the words or hear the voices of the Good Beer Hunting editorial staff, there's one guy working behind the scenes who doesn't often ge...

EP-210 Whit Baker and Sean McKinney of Ancillary Fermentation

16 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When it comes to running a business, partnerships are key. In the beer industry, that often shows up in leadership where one person may handle the boo...

SL-007 What the hell is going on in Maryland and Texas?

14 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What the hell is going in Maryland and Texas? You may have caught a bunch of coverage of these two states on GBH over the past year. Their state polit...

CL-020 Jesse Friedman is here to tell you it's not reefer madness

13 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the past year, there's been plenty of talk in the industry about how cannabis is going to impact drinking trends. There's been close attention paid...

EP-209 Ben Freeman and Graham O'Brien of Pressure Drop Brewing

09 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pressure Drop may have been founded during the early days of London's brewing renaissance, but its trajectory has been very different to many of its c...

SL-006 Eric Salazar is Building a New Barrel Program at Other Half

07 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What moves you? What is it that motivates your actions, beliefs, hopes, and dreams? There are all sorts of personal and professional ways to answer th...

CL-019 Matt Saincome is very real and very punk

06 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What's the right way to have sex with a dolphin? I'm sure you didn't expect that question to be posted on a beer-focused interview show, but here we a...

EP-208 Doug Triola and Brian Reed, Brewmaster (2018)

03 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today's guest are an unlikely due of a documentary film maker and a master cicerone. Doug Tivola is the director of Brewmaster - a documentary that tr...

Taprooms Vs. Everybody, Pt. 2

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a two-parter devoted to the intersection of taprooms and retailers as they increasingly find themselves in competition with each other...

Taprooms Vs. Everybody, Pt. 1

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a two-parter devoted to the intersection of taprooms and retailers as they increasingly find themselves in competition with each other...

FF-019 Jim Plachy goes national and rearranges flights

27 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another Fervent Few episode of the Good Beer Hunting podcast where myself, Jim Plachy, and GBH's strategic director, Michael Kiser, catch u...