Surly Brewery - Washington Beer Talk #30

Surly Brewery is the last brewery on the Minneapolis tour and the biggest brewery I’ve talked to yet. At well over a 100,000 barrels, they smash most of the other small breweries and blast through the legal barrel limits for selling growlers and self distribution. What’s insane though is that Surly is really only 12 years old. What sets them apart from other breweries? Let’s listen to Ben Smith, Head Brewer at their massive production facility and tourist attracting brewpub to find out

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberOctober 12, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, minneapolis, beer, willows lodgeComment

Head Flyer Brewing - Washington Beer Talk #29

We’re nearing the end of the Minneapolis journey. This week we have Head Flyer, a new brewery at only about a year and a half old. Neil is a straight shooter who plays it by the books. I see if, after a couple of beers, I can goad some real talk out of him, like how his young brewery pulled together funding for their beautiful tap room or how he manages juggling his young children, running the brewery, working his day job, and keeping up with his Netflix queue. Sweat on his brow, I’m sure he was ready for a nice chance to breath, sit down with a beer, and to have an easy little chat about brews. Sorry, not today. Let’s see if we can sweat some answers out of him.

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberOctober 5, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, minneapolis, beer, willows lodge, sumerian, woodinville beer, WoodinvilleComment

Burning Brothers - Washington Beer Talk #28

Tom and Dane are the Burning Brothers, ex flame swallowers turned gluten free beer brewers. Dane missed the day, but standing in for him is Dominic, the sales manager and together with Tom we here about the advantages and disadvantages of being a gluten free brewery

Sumerian Brewery - Washington Beer Talk #27

Mark and Holly talk about growing a brewery to production scale and who they would marry, bang, and kill along the way!

Cycling Cicerone, PodcastAndrew BieberSeptember 21, 2018craft beer, podcast, bike, minneapolis, beer, willows lodge, sumerian, woodinville beer, WoodinvilleComment

Woodinville Revisited and Willows Lodge

This week I visited Willows Lodge, right in the heart of Woodinville’s wine and beer country. The beer scene out there has changed a lot in just a short year and there is more to explore!

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