Drink Beer, Think Beer With John Holl
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Drink Beer, Think Beer With John Holl
Drink Beer, Think Beer is a weekly conversation with brewers, growers, and other brewing industry professionals that explores the art, culture, and business of craft beer. Hosted by John Holl and recorded on location, this podcast gets to the bottom of every pint and offers insight into the dynamic...
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A Brewery Challenges the Government Over Labeling
This week the show welcomes Ron Extract of Garden Path Fermentation for a conversation on mixed fermentation ales, mead, cider, wine, and taking on th...
A Homebrewer Wins Big on Jeopardy!
John Weikert is well known in homebrewing circles. As a writer, a judge, and as a brewer, he has garnered accolades across the country, and is beloved...
A Mid-winter View from the Yakima Valley
We’re not quite in the dead of winter, but it feels like it – at least from the home office – so I wanted to think about warmer weather, growth, life,...
When it Comes to All About Beer Here's What to Expect in 2026
This episode drops on the last day of 2025 so I’ve invited my colleague and All About Beer co-owner Andy Crouch on to talk about the year that was fo...
Alex Kidd reads A Visit From St. Nicholas
Alex Kidd recites the words of poet Clement Clarke Moore and A Visit from St. Nicholas.
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The 2025 Year in Beer
It's our annual year in beer show with a panel of writers who share insight after countless interviews, pints, trips, and brewery visits. Listen in as...
How Hop Selection Dials in IPA
This week it’s a conversation with David Lin of Comrade Brewing in Colorado. From adapting the brewery over the years, to dialing in IPAs through hop...
Lauren Woods Limbach Has Her Last Word
After nearly 30 years at New Belgium Brewing Co., where she had a hand in creating some of the most important wood-aged beers in the country, Lauren W...
Randy Mosher Reflects on the Siebel Institute Moving From Chicago
Late last week the Siebel Institute, the venerable brewing school in Chicago announced that it would be leaving the city and re-opening in Montreal. T...
Sierra Nevada's Second Generation Talks Celly Drippins and the Future
When Brian Grossman started working for the brewery his father co-founded he expected to be making beer right away. Instead he was put to work scrubbi...
Properly Evaluating an Extra Special Bitter
This week, it’s a conversation with Betsy Lay of Lady Justice Brewing in Denver. We talk about the evolution of ESB including some thoughts on Sierra...
Having FoBAB FOMO? Mike Pallen of Mikerphone is Here to Help
Mike Pallen of Mikerphone Brewing talks about brewing stouts, barrel-aging, and festival season in Chicago.
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Bonus: Seen Through a Glass with Lew Bryson
A bonus episode this week as we're pleased to bring you Seen Through a Glass, a podcast produced and hosted by Lew Bryson.
Here's what he has t...
Heavy Seas Charts a New Path Forward
Hugh Sisson of Heavy Seas returns to the program to talk about the brewery joining B3, a collective of brewers. He also touches on the importance of h...
A Beer Drinking Milestone Decades in the Making
The beer world is filled with achievements. A few weeks back the Great American Beer Festival handed out its annual awards. Around Denver there were o...
From the Brewhouse to the C-Suite: The Leadership Challenge
Making great beer is one challenge; running a successful brewery is another. As today’s industry faces tighter margins, shifting consumer trends, and...
Selling Lager in the Age of Moderation
The Year of the Lager has been predicted for decades, and it is finally coming true. And the timing couldn’t be better. Drinking habits continue to sh...
Where to Drink Beer in Denver (2025 Great American Beer Preview)
It’s just about that time of year again when the beer faithful travel to Denver for the Great American Beer Festival. But truth be told, there’s so mu...
Neil Witte Wants You to Think About Beer Pours
Neil Witte wants you to start thinking about how your beer is poured. The Master Cicerone, brewery consultant, educator, and draft technician has long...
The Importance of the Beer Culture Center
The Beer Culture Center was founded by Liz Garibay, a long-time museum professional. When she sketched it out in 2013 she wanted it to be a place th...
Making the Long Drive for Fresh Hops: Offset Bier Focuses on Community and Flavor
In Park City, Utah, Offset Bier is doing big things. In a state with laws that can make it tough to be a brewer, Conor Brown, the brewery founder, is...
Reassessing a Career in Brewing
We’re at a curious point in American brewing. Some talented brewers are choosing to walk away from a career they have loved. It’s not a bad thing, jus...
Barrel pH1 Arrives at Off Color Brewing
We’re talking about barrels, branding, and business with John Laffler of Off Color Brewing. This is insight from the Chicago brewer that you’re not go...
What Brewing Historical Beers Tells Us About Modern Brewing
For more Drink Beer, Think Beer check out All About Beer.
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Drinking Beer for a Good Cause
Drinking Beer can do good for the world. Rick Lyke of Pints for Prostates is here to talk about his organization and the evolution of the Denver Rare...
Looking Forward to Fresh Hop Season
San Diego has long been a den of craft beer ingenuity. On this episode I’m talking with Daniel Cady of TapRoom Brewery about his approach to hops in b...
The Evolution of an India Pale Ale
Beer recipes are always evolving. Recently, a group got together to faithfully rebrew a west coast IPA that happened to be the original version of Swa...
Striving for Perfection in Beer
This week it’s a wide-ranging conversation on the persuit of perfection when it comes to beer. Ryan McCay of Living Waters in Tennessee is here to sha...
The Life and Death of TRVE Brewing
This week, we say goodbye to Trve Brewing, one of the great beer success stories of the early 2010s that captured headlines and fans thanks to it’s mu...
Recipe Development: Creativity and Inspiration
A discussion about what can drive good recipe development and new ideas for creativity in beer making. We will go over the "how" and "why" of making n...
How Craft Beer, and IPAs in Particular, are Changing the Hop Industry
Farm owner Diane Gooding, Liz Bauer of Garston Hops and Alex Nowell, Mellotone Beer Project brewer and CLS Farms consultant, discuss how the partnersh...
What Does it Mean to be Local (Part 2)
What does it mean to be local, and what are the small things businesses do to have a true sense of self in that space?
This is a continuation of...
Diving into the Meaning of "Local" (part 1)
What does it mean to be local, and what are the small things businesses do to have a true sense of self in that space? A few weeks back Wheatland Spri...
As Asheville Rebuilds, Highland Brewing Continues to Evolve
This week it’s a look under the hood of Highland Brewing in Asheville. The venerable institution has been going strong for more than 30 years and has...
The Key to Crafting World Class Barrel-aged Beer
Three of the country's best barrel-aging brewers get together for a candid conversation about what goes into the craft. It's art, science, and a commi...
The Tables are Turned with John Holl in the Guest Seat
Ashleigh Carter of Bierstadt Lagerhaus interviews John Holl.
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The State of Little Beer 2025
Every year at Little Beer editor John Holl gets to host a panel with great brewers about how they brew small and what the consumer appetite is like fo...
The Intersection of Art and Beer
Em Sauter of the All About Beer Podcast and Pints and Panels moderates a conversation on beer and art.
She is joined by Eric Tennant, founder h...
May is Mild Month. A Trio of Brewers Celebrate English Ales.
May is mild month, so this week’s episode features a panel on traditional English styles recorded at Little Beer V, the great festival hosted by Good...
Talking 30 Years of Allagash Brewing With Rob Tod
A conversation with Rob Tod of Allagash Brewing. This year the Portland, Maine brewery marks 30 years in business.
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