Episode 31: Chalonda and Nik White
This week we’re catching up with Chalonda and Nik White to check out the Chicago beer scene that they both represent so well. Chalonda White represents one of the freshest voices on craft beer. And her husband Nik White is an old school Chicago beer guy. Together, this dynamic husband and wife squad are helping push the craft beer […]
Episode 30: Ben Keene
On this season of the Beer Edge podcast, I’m talking with writers, brewers, and others about how COVID has impacted their local beer communities across the country and the world. We start today with writer, editor, and my friend, Ben Keene, the former editor of Beer Advocate Magazine. Ben moved out to Seattle a few years ago […]
Episode 29: 2020, A Year In Beer Part Two
We’re back with part 2 of our End of the Year Roundup with John Holl, Neil Witte, Carla Jean Lauter, and Josh Noel. In this episode, we discuss COVID’s impacts on the beer industry, whether beer bars will survive, and what Josh plans to sing when he joins us for karaoke in Maine when the […]
Episode 28: 2020, A Year In Beer Part One
Back in March, right before the long quarantine set in, my partner John Holl and I traveled up to Portland, Maine to speak at a beer conference. On the night before the conference, John and I hit up some of our favorite breweries around Portland, including Allagash where we ran into draft beer genius and longtime industry […]
Episode 27: Peter Bissell Part Deux
On this continuing episode of the Beer Edge podcast, Andy Crouch talks again with Peter Bissell of Bissell Brothers Brewing. In this episode, we dig a little deeper and wax a bit more philosophical about business, beer, and life. Bissell discusses his influences, both in the beer industry and business in general, the importance of […]
Episode 26: Peter Bissell Part One
On this episode of the Beer Edge podcast, Andy Crouch talks again with Peter Bissell of Bissell Brothers Brewing, one of the beer industry’s most interesting voices. Founded in 2013, with a mission to change people’s perceptions of what beer and the beer experience can be, while always staying dedicated to its home state of Maine, […]
Episode 24: Joey Redner Part Two
On this episode of the Beer Edge podcast, Andy Crouch talks again with Joey Redner of Cigar City Brewing about how Redner started to think about Cigar City’s future and what gave him second thoughts about navigating it alone. We go into detail about his thought process leading up to the sale of his brewery, his […]
Episode 24: Joey Redner Part One
On this episode of the Beer Edge podcast, Andy Crouch talks with Joey Redner of Cigar City Brewing about his beer journey from beer writer to Florida’s craft beer godfather. To tell his story, we’re spreading it out over two episodes. In this first episode, we start with the early days of Cigar City and work […]
Episode 23: Theresa McCulla
On this episode of the Beer Edge podcast, Andy Crouch talks with Theresa McCulla about Charlie Papazian’s brewing spoon. As the curator for the American Brewing History Initiative at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, McCulla spends her time trying to capture modern American brewing history and manifest it for the viewing public to experience […]
Episode 22: Garrett Oliver
On this episode of the Beer Edge podcast, Andy Crouch talks with Garrett Oliver, the long-time Brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery. Oliver has been on a bit of a media blitz in recent months following his announcement of the formation of the Michael Jackson Foundation for Brewing and Distilling. The foundation, as you will hear, will fund […]