Good Beer Hunting
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
CL-002 GBH Collective — Spain, Arizona Wilderness, White Labs, Mountain Goat, and conspiracy theories
21 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another episode of the GBH Collective where we bring you the stories behind the stories from our writers and photographers all over th...
EP-116 Kai Leszkowicz of Aslin Beer Company
18 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Like so many other breweries, the team at Aslin Beer Company is new to the industry, part of roughly 500 breweries that opened in 2015 and more than 3...
MU-001 — Score: Victory Brewing Company's Prima Pils
15 Mar 2017
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-115 Uppers & Downers Hangover Party
11 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is our annual hangover party podcast, an event we host here at the studio in the wake of Upper & Downers, our coffee beer festival. Pe...
CL-001 GBH Collective — Iceland, Highland Brewing, Berlin, Copenhagen, Suarez, Chemistry of Mouthfeel, and Vietnam
08 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I've got something a little new for you this time around. This is an episode devoted to the GBH Collective, thats the writers and photographers we hav...
EP-114 Pete Brown, author and consultant
03 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is one of those serendipitous run-ins I sometimes have with a fellow writer, in this case someone I've followed for some time, but never...
EP-113 Logan Plant and Paul Jones at Rate Beer Best
18 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
At Rate Beer Best, it became clear that this was the year the British breweries would assert themselves among the best in the world. Many of the best ...
EP-112 Chase Healey of American Solera
10 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the tradition of American Wild Ales, a name like American Solera might sound fundamental—but it's a relative newcomer for brewer/founder Chase He...
EP-111 Sandy Vox of Jewel-Osco
03 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Craft beer drinkers are finding better and better beers available in more places than ever before. And a big reason for that is large-format stores li...
EP-110 Pete Brissenden of The Bottle Shop in London
28 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week's conversation is potentially one of the most enjoyable and insightful conversations I've had since I started working in beer. I spend a lot...
EP-109 BJ Pichman of Forbidden Root
21 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
BJ Pichman is the head brewer at Forbidden Root brewpub, Chicago's "botanic beer" producer. As a homebrewer, he found a niche brewing pilot batches fo...
EP-108 Dan Grzeca of Ground Up Press
14 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is an artist and commercial screenprinter here in Chicago. We've worked with him numerous times through GBH making posters and hosti...
EP-107 New Holland Brewing Co.
06 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I spent the break up in Michigan, with my wife's family in Grand Rapids like we do every year. But this year the city felt completely different. So ma...
EP-106 Paul Vander Heide of Vandermill Cider
30 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We're sitting down with Paul Vander-Heide of Vandermill Cider out of Michigan. I first met Paul back when he was a tiny little cider mill in Spring La...
EP-105 Robert Lobovsky of Pilsner Urquell
17 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is a really interesting discussion with one of the most influential people in international beer—Robert Lobovsky of Pilsner Urquell....
EP-104 Stu McKinlay of Yeastie Boys
10 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest hails from Wellington, New Zealand. Stu McKinlay—along his business partner, Sam Possenniskie—founded Yeastie Boys in 2008. Stu had ...
EP-103 Central State Brewing with Jake Koeneman, Josh Hambright, and Chris Bly
03 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Back in April of 2014, I got an email from Jake Koeneman, Josh Hambright, and Chris Bly about a concept they were starting up in Indianapolis called C...
EP-102 Thomas Larsen of Ska Brewing + Stephen Mance of Half Acre Beer Co.
19 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode is devoted to an entirely different collaboration. This one is between Thomas Larsen of Ska Brewing from Durango Colorado, and Ste...
EP-101 Michael Salvatore of Heritage Bicycles
12 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Michael Salvatore of Heritage Bicycles in Chicago. He's an entrepreneur with a sort of gutsy, intuitive, creative approach to creatin...
EP-100 Ria Neri of Four letter Word Coffee + Whiner Beer Co.
05 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest has been working in Chicago beer for a long time now, but her journey is anything but typical, and it doesn't follow a straight line at ...
EP-099 James Rylance of Redchurch Brewery in London
22 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We're only a couple of episodes in to exploring the UK's craft beer culture on this podcast, but already stories are beginning to emerge that I wouldn...
EP-098 Nile Zacherele of Mad Fritz Brewing Co. and David Arthur Vineyards
15 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're going to talk about origin beers. There's increasing discussion in niche beer circles about the accuracy of some of our beer vernacular....
EP-097 Josh Mowry + John Wyzkiewicz of Miskatonic Brewing
08 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode features one of Chicagoland's newest production breweries—Miskatonic in Darien, Illinois. My first memory of these guys was si...
EP-096 Ron Pattinson + Mike Siegel with Brewery Yard Stock Pale Ale
30 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A while back, when we were shooting Grit & Grain in the Goose Island barrel warehouse, there were a series of barrels set aside for a special project ...
EP-095 Shaun Hill of Hill Farmstead
23 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Longtime GBH readers may recall the article I wrote about Hill Farmstead back in January 2014. For GBH, and myself as a beer writer, it was a bit of a...
EP-094 Doreen Joy Barber of The Five Points Brewing Company.
17 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is perhaps someone who could be described as the "hardest working person in London's beer industry." As well as heading up Marketing, Ev...
EP-093 Charles Adler of Lost Arts + Kickstarter
10 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
My guess is you didn't see this one coming. Neither did I, honestly. Today we talk with Charles Adler, co-founder of Kickstarter and, most recently, t...
EP-092 Ryan Burk of Angry Orchard Cider
03 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is someone I've been waiting to interview for a couple years now. Since I first started the podcast, he was high on my list, but for on...
EP-091 Tomme Arthur of The Lost Abbey, Port Brewing, and Hop Concept
27 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is the stuff of legend—Tomme Arthur, the founder and brewmaster of Lost Abbey. He's a brewer associated with both San Diego's hop-...
EP-090 Drew Larson of Leaders Beverage
20 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Larson is one of those people that's everyone's favorite person. He's funny, smart, affable, and, other than brewers themselves, I don't think th...
EP-089 Sara Hagerty of Malteurop North America
12 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is going to be another deep dive into the world of brewing malts. We previously chatted with a micro maltster, Troubadour, in Fort Collins. That ...
EP-088 Nick Dwyer of Beavertown Brewery
31 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The landscape of the British beer industry has seen a seismic shift over the last few years as the influence of American craft beer culture has become...
EP-087 Dave Kahle of Breaktrhu Beverage
23 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
One of the amazing things about the beer industry diversifying like it has is that there are so many unique roles that simply didn't exist before. And...
EP-086 Craig Perman of Perman Wine Selections
16 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
For anyone who's been following GBH since the very beginning, today's guest will seem like a blast from the past. One of the first interviews I ever t...
EP-085 John Barley of Solemn Oath Brewery
09 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes it feels like every small craft brewery is in constant expansion—and the numbers back up that general sentiment. More capacity, bigger bre...
EP-084 Gary Gulley of Alarmist Brewing Co., Revisited
25 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We're 84 episodes in, and that means that some of the breweries we profiled when we first started this thing are a year or two old by now. And that's ...
EP-083 — Chris Hall of Brew By Numbers
18 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by our London Contributor, Matthew Curtis—For my first episode, I invited one of my best friends in the UK beer industry up to my apartment, ...
EP-082 Bill Covaleski of Victory Brewing Co.
11 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
So I'm just going to start by saying this might have been my favorite interview ever. Maybe it's the Pennsylvania connection, or maybe it's just Bill'...
EP-081 Andrew Nations of Great Raft Brewing
03 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is one of those chance encounters in the beer world where an online voice becomes a smile and and a handshake in person. Andrew Nation...
EP-080 Tom Korder + Eric Hobbs of Penrose Brewing
28 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ralph Waldo Emerson, the American transcendentalist, has an interesting way of describing what progress looks like — he paints a picture of a boat, ...
HYPE-002 Bourbon County Stout - The Science is (Mostly) In
25 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second GBHypecast, an episode devoted to helping a brewery share an important story that deserves to be told. This episode is about Goo...
EP-079 Lisa Zimmer of MillerCoors
14 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is one of those people that many industry folks know and love. As for the drinkers, well, depending on who you rub elbows with online, ...
EP-078 Jim Koch of Boston Beer Company
30 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I feel like the past 18 months have been a sort of reconciliation for craft beer drinkers and brewers, with a lot of folks focusing on beers that are ...
EP-077 Les Stewart and Chris Powers of Trophy Brewing Co.
23 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I was in North Carolina for a quick minute helping launch a start-up, and I had about a 2-hour window on my last night in Raleigh to record a podcast ...