Washington Beer Talk is a podcast where the Cycling Cicerone sits down with brewers and talks shop about beer, their brewery, and the industry at large. If you ever wanted a peek inside the minds of your favorite brewers and breweries, then give it a listen. Available in most places you can get podcasts!
The cider industry is quite different than Beer and of course brewing cider is a little bit simpler than beer, as Josh explains.
Austin Rood and I of Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery chat about what Co-ops really are and how to spread the word of the worlds best business model!
I stole this thumbnail straight from Zeek’s Website, just like their pizza stole my heart with grocery store cost beer delivery. Josh Snyder and Tommy Brooks talk about bringing good beer to Zeek’s pizza in this unusual departure from the normal WBT format
Jason Shrum steps up to the plate today to tell the story of the brewery’s founding.
Adam Robbings introduces us to a Ballard neighborhood powerhouse, continuing this series on Ballard Breweries
Lara Zahaba introduces us to Stoup Brewing, a Ballard neighborhood staple. We talk pride month, branding and about her co-founders Robin and Brad
Great Burn is a forest fire inspired brewery built in memorial. Check out Greg Howard’s story of three brothers
Metier Brewery is a brewery with a purpose. Meet Rodney, Bob, and Dreux, 3 of the folks who helped create Metier. We talk about the business side in this episode.
Burke Gilman reflects on the early day trials of getting a brewery open. This young brewery still has fresh wounds.
Metier Brewery is a brewery with a purpose. Meet Rodney, Bob, and Dreux, 3 of the folks who helped create Metier.
Mead is the best way to taste the land you're on. Nani Moon does mead best.
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I wouldn’t be anywhere without my family, so big fat shout out to my first Patrons, Kennan Bieber, Terri Bieber, and Claire Bieber and also CraftBeerBoot. I wonder who that could be. I’m glad you love the Podcast!
The Cycling Certified Cicerone has a quick announcement. We’re moving episodes to Wednesday and oh yeah, we have a Patreon now where you can get access to bonus episodes and sweet sweet swag! Check it out! at Patreon.com/CyclingCicerone
A brand new production scale brewery in Woodinville. Do they think they think they have what it takes to break into this crowded market?
A Flyfishing themed brewery. You don’t need to join the mug club to join them on their yearly fly fishing excursion
https://flycasterbrewing.com/
Post Doc is over in Redmond. It started with a joke - the obvious answer to what you do with your life when you are post doc is open a brewery. That is just what Tom and Debbie, along with their respective partners, decided to do. The post docs expertise in chemistry helps give capital P Post Doc the upper hand. But what do you do when your landlord tells you they plan on demoing your building when the light rail comes to town. Get the answer in this two part series. Episode 1 of 2
Spindletap is an interesting Houston phenomenon. Their hazy IPA catapulted them to the spotlight and they have been living the high life ever since. Rushing from release to release, with their IIPAs making up for their non IPAs, they feature on average at least one “I” per beer. They use their giant space to their advantage to throw big events. They even used their huge warehouse, shared with a friendly neighborhood oil logistics company, to stage relief supplies for hurricane Ike. True Houston super stars.
Back in Texas, we chat with JJ and Paul of Under the Radar Brewery. This brewery is right in the middle of Houston and is a little special. With the founders and owners taking a step away from the brewery, Head Brewer JJ and Manager Paul, seamlessly step in to keep the beer flowing strong!
Matt, Head of Brewing Operations, switches off with Sara to continue the conversation about Fremont Brewery. He shares details about breaking into the beer world without having to found a brewery all on your own
Sara Nelson, champion of the environment, fierce guardian of brewery independence, and co-founder of Fremont Brewery tells the compelling tale of creating Washington’s 3rd largest brewery I acknowledge
Jennifer from No Label last week pointed me towards her old homebrewing buddy, Aaron, who now runs beer operations at Saint Arnold Brewery. Saint Arnold is the oldest craft brewery in Texas, an order of magnitude larger than No Label, and a Houston cultural staple. Aaron has been in the beer business for years shares what it is like climbing the beer ladder.
I hate making excuses, but the mic Aaron was wearing was picking up some interesting background music from a totally unknown source (if I had to guess, earbuds playing softly in his pocket) and as a result, his audio is pretty doctored to have the music removed. I figured I’d get ahead of that one now so you can know of my shame.
This week is my first favorite brewery and the star of my home town, No Label Brewery out in Katy (a suburb of Houston). It’s the only brewery this far out west of and is the 3rd oldest in H-town. Jennifer Royo, co founder, joins me today while I wax nostalgic about Texas and gives us her take on the industry. She and husband Brian started a family around the same time as they started they brewery, so she also talks a bit about the juggling act of raising a young family and a young brewery at the same time.
Dave joins the Cycling Cicerone and talks about open Peddler Brewery over in Ballard. We talk about lager beers, wholesaling, and combining passions! Bikes and beers? For some reason that one sounds familiar!
Populuxe is a killer brewery that has grown a ton since it’s start in 2013, but despite that, it’s still the smallest brewery in Ballard and certainly close to the smallest in Seattle! Peter Charbonnier shares.
Outlander is going through a time of turmoil! We caught them right after the founders sold the brewery to a pair of enterprising first time entrepreneurs. An experienced assistant brewer rises to the top. With the founders out of the picture, the new owners Angela and Johnny have to figure out how to run a brewery with Jason’s help
I bop down to Greely, Colorado and try out a mainstay brewery of the ranching town. WeldWorks talks about ABinBev stealing hop contracts, barrel aged beers, hazy IPAs, and more!
Back to Minneapolis for a bit. Ryan Petz, co founder and CEO of Fulton Brewery talks about contract brewing
Time for a Bellingham staple: Chuckanut. Will and Mari show off what a legacy of brewing can do to make killer lagers
Continuing the Bellingham Washington Series is Illuminati. A winery turned brewery that took some serious lobbying to make possible. Bill answers Marry Bang Kill: Sierra Nevada, Fullers, and Reuben’s?
The family that brews together, stays together… that’s how that phrase goes right? Chad and Coleen are a brewing family. Wander is their 20 barrel brew house that is several steps larger than others just starting out. Wander was designed from the get go to be a production scale brewery. Chad tells us how he and Coleen juggle their growing family while their brewery grows into it’s bones.
Wander was an especially noisy brewery and I experimented with some new noise removal processes. Like what you hear? Leave a comment!
Aslan Brewery is an organic brewery and a B Corporation focused on their triple bottom line - People and Planet then finally Profit. Jack Lamb and his co-founders started Aslan much like any other brewery, but despite the self-imposed, margin-slashing decision to go certified organic, they grew quickly to be one of Washington’s top 25 largest breweries. Lamb is on a mission to make beer be the first thing when you hear Aslan, not a lion from the other side of a wardrobe. And yes, I ask him right off the bat how a guy named Lamb went straight for the lion themed brewery.
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
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.
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
Mark and Holly talk about growing a brewery to production scale and who they would marry, bang, and kill along the way!
Matt and Matt share some seriously good advice and banter their way through telling me all about Lake Monster Brewery back in Minneapolis
Geoff Middleton gives us the small brewery scoop and lets us play with the dogos.
Lakes and Legends is a brewery almost as big as a city block. They specialize in farmhouse Belgian Styles. Jason Glowinski tells us all about it in this weeks Washington Beer Talk
Franco, joined by Hannah, tells us all about Flat Earth Brewery in St Paul. Built out in the old Hamm’s brewery, this place has quite the story.
Casey Neill talks about the journey to stardom in this special episode of Washington Beer Talk. Join Casey Neill and The Norway Rats at the Gigantic Bicycle Fest August 24-26!
Glen and Paul talk about mountain biking, rock climbing, and grape growing in this episode where we compare and contrast beer and wine. Join them at the Gigantic Bicycle Fest August 24-26!
Shawn and Dick give us the tale of two besties gone into business together. There's laughter, there's tears, and in the end there's beers
Indeed is brewery two on the Minnesota Bike Tour. We chat with Kelly Moritz about women in the brewery, and what it takes to head up the marketing department at this well developed brewery!
Tin Whiskers is the first brewery in the list of breweries that graciously allowed me to crash in in the Twin Cities. Tin Whiskers is a metallurgical phenomenon but also an Electrical themed brewery. Jeff explains!
Lucky Envelope is my favorite brewery in all of Ballard. They brew culturally inspired beer from any culture that inspires them and they do a damn good job!
Part 2: Chainline Brewery is a 4 year old, quickly growing, bike-themed, lager focused brewery. Check them out this week on the Cycling Cicerone’s Washington Beer Talk
Chainline Brewery is a 4 year old, quickly growing, bike-themed, lager focused brewery. Check them out this week on the Cycling Cicerone’s Washington Beer Talk
Lazy Boy Brewery is the oldest brewery so far on this podcast at a whopping 12 years. It doesn’t sound like all that much, but it adds up to a pretty interesting story!
Cliff, of Vashon Brewery, shares his experience making the switch from a production only brewery to a local brewpub. The only one on Vashon Island
Lantern Brewing makes Belgian and French styles, but owner Chris won’t tell you that, preferring instead to eschew the concept of styles completely, and if he had his way, you would to.
Ghost Fish is a gluten free only brewery. Brewer Jason goes over the history, the pitfalls, and the special circumstances that surround gluten free beer
Washington Beer Talk #11 - Join the Cycling Cicerone and Pam Brulotte, the president of the Washington Brewers Guild as we talk about the guild and what it does.
Odd Otter is a part of the thriving Tacoma beer community. Its haunted… possibly
Dirty Couch is a tiny little brewery with no tap room hidden in the sketchy part of Ballard. Hear what the owners have to say about running a sour beer only brewery
The Cycling Cicerone Visits Columbia City's Flying Lion Brewery. It's a tight space but worth the squeeze, this week on Washington Beer Talk
The Cycling Cicerone visits Flying Bike, a cooperative brewery in Greenwood, Seattle, for this episode of Washington Beer Talk
This week on Washington Beer Talk, the Cycling Cicerone rides out to Snohomish where a surprising community of brewers has emerged within biking distance of Seattle. Scrappy Punk is the smallest of these. Owner, brewer, and scrappy punk, Greg sits down to talk shop.
Mollusk is brewpub that is more than meets the eye. Brewers Cody and Carey brew to keep up with the demands of the brewpub but also get to pump out a staggering amount of fun and deliciously weird beers too.
Southern Star Brewery in episode 3 of Washington Beer Talk! Hear what it takes to run a regional brewery in Texas.
A peek inside Figurehead Brewery. The Cycling Cicerone brewery podcast explores this small staple of the Magnolia neighborhood in Seattle Washington
Lucky Envelope is my favorite brewery in all of Ballard. They brew culturally inspired beer from any culture that inspires them and they do a damn good job!
Part 2: Chainline Brewery is a 4 year old, quickly growing, bike-themed, lager focused brewery. Check them out this week on the Cycling Cicerone’s Washington Beer Talk
Chainline Brewery is a 4 year old, quickly growing, bike-themed, lager focused brewery. Check them out this week on the Cycling Cicerone’s Washington Beer Talk
Lazy Boy Brewery is the oldest brewery so far on this podcast at a whopping 12 years. It doesn’t sound like all that much, but it adds up to a pretty interesting story!
Cliff, of Vashon Brewery, shares his experience making the switch from a production only brewery to a local brewpub. The only one on Vashon Island
Lantern Brewing makes Belgian and French styles, but owner Chris won’t tell you that, preferring instead to eschew the concept of styles completely, and if he had his way, you would to.
Ghost Fish is a gluten free only brewery. Brewer Jason goes over the history, the pitfalls, and the special circumstances that surround gluten free beer
Washington Beer Talk #11 - Join the Cycling Cicerone and Pam Brulotte, the president of the Washington Brewers Guild as we talk about the guild and what it does.
Odd Otter is a part of the thriving Tacoma beer community. Its haunted… possibly
Dirty Couch is a tiny little brewery with no tap room hidden in the sketchy part of Ballard. Hear what the owners have to say about running a sour beer only brewery
Because Janet Lightner helped start Boundary Bay, she has been in the beer industry longer than almost everyone. She started off in the restaurant biz, so she brought a ton to the table of this Bellingham Brewpub