Cheers To Beers

By Jess Keller Poole

What's Cheers To Beers about?

Cheers to Beers: the Seattle Beer School podcast. Hosts Jess and Shawna talk to beer lovers and professionals across the land to share a pint with and discuss what we’re drinking, industry insights, and everything craft beer. Grab a beer and join us!

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Cheers To Beers episodes:

08.17.2023
Union Strong Rage Corner
Jess and Shawna talk industry changes in Washington and California, show union support and rage about BS.
07.18.2023
FEED DROP! Grit and Grain Episode 52
Jess and Shawna on the Grit and Grain podcast! Give them a follow, sub, and check out their network for more of their episodes and locally produced podcasts: channel253.com
03.08.2023
Yakima Chief Hops ft. Cat Wiest, Tiffany Pitra, and Kelly Lohrmeyer
Jess and Shawna interview the ladies of Yakima Chief Hops about the history of Yakima farms, how the Pink Boots hop blend is developed, and hop education. Brought to you by the Pink Boots Society. Links: https://www.yakimachief.com/pink-boots-blend.html https://www.pinkbootssociety.org/pink-boots-brew/
03.08.2023
Pink Boots Society ft. Teri Farhendorf and Blanca Quintero
Jess and Shawna talk to the founder of Pink Boots Society, Teri Farhendorf and President of the committee, Blanca Quintero, about the past and present of Pink Boots.
12.09.2022
CelllleBraTION Thyme COMEON!
We’re Back! Just in time for the end of the year! So you KNOW we’re drinking Sierra Nevada Celebration. Join us in discussing the year for Seattle Beer School and the beer industry as a whole. Come hang out with us...
02.03.2022
Bia Hoi! ft. Mark Dredge
Jess and Shawna chat with Mark Dredge, author of A Brief History of Lager, about Vietnamese lager and beer culture. Mark collaborated with Lowercase Brewing to brew a Hanoi-inspired, low ABV, rice lager. We do a blind tasting of it, talk...
11.30.2021
Kölsch Ale ft. Arno, Früh Brewery
Part 2 on our series about Kölsch sponsored by the Goethe Pop Up in Seattle. “Kolsch is the only language you can drink” Jess and Shawna interview Arno of Fruh Brewery in Cologne, Germany and talk beer culture in America vs Germany,...
10.29.2021
Talking Smack While Sober
Jess and Shawna try non-alcoholic beers so you don't have to. Plus! A spicy Seattle Gossip Corner, Tales from Behind the Bar, and Jess' signature mocktail. “Exploring Seattle’s Booming Beer Scene” "Past Meets Presence - A Voyage to Seattle's Ballard Brewery District"
09.24.2021
Kölsch-Style Ale ft. Barry Chan, Lucky Envelope Brewing
Jess and Shawna talk to Barry Chan from Lucky Envelope about his collaboration on a Kölsch style ale with Lowercase Brewing. We talk about the lack of good Kölsch style beers in the US, using dry yeast in brewing, the...
06.03.2021
Summer Beer Challenge
Jess and Shawna pick their respective top 3 summer beers and discuss why and how they are ideal for beating the heat.
05.20.2021
A Note On Things (Misogyny)
Reflecting on the most recent social media blowup on how women are treated in the industry.
05.05.2021
Half Pint 9 - Modelo Time
F*uck, Marry, Kill, brewery addition, the best Mexican imports, what a Mexican lager even is, and don't be racist on Cinco de Mayo. Past Meets Presence Articles: https://bit.ly/33j82Lw https://bit.ly/3xMZ6vP
04.15.2021
Half Pint 8 - What’s in a Collab?
That which we call a beer by any other name would taste as sweet.
03.31.2021
Number 6 with Cheese ft. Sean and Corey of N6WC
Jess and Shawna are joined by Sean and Corey of Number Six with Cheese! To talk about different light beers across the US and share our best Drunchies moments. We're drinking Rainier, PBR, Modelo, and Montucky and Jess is eating...
03.17.2021
Sticky Hands! Hops Galore!
Representation matters! Black people love beer! Drink more west coast IPAs! Jess and Shawna are joined by Chanell Williams aka @hopsgalore to talk representation in the industry, beer influencers, LA vs Seattle, and the box set VHS of Titanic that changed...
03.04.2021
XOXO Seattle Gossip Girls
Seattle Gossip Corner but make it the whole episode. There'a all sorts of shenanigans in the beer world right now: co-opting trauma to sell beer, diet beers, and outrageous lawsuits. Grab a beer and join us!
02.18.2021
Super Bad Commericals
Jess and Shawna rate the super bowl beer commercials, hate on theme park beers, and introduce a new segment, Seattle Gossip Corner.
02.03.2021
The Cider ’Sode ft. Caitlin Braam, Yonder Cider
Jess and Shawna talk to Caitlin Braam of Yonder Cider Co about everything cider! We talk what semi-sweet cider actually means, Miller Lite with green olives, and ciderkins. @yondercider | yondercider.com @fastpennyspirits | fastpennyspirits.com
01.20.2021
Beer Horoscopes
Jess and Shawna review craft beer in 2020 and make predictions for 2021. In this episode talk how the Seattle beer scene dealt with the pandemic, the best beers of 2020, and Ken Grossman in the 80s Check out Beer Kulture: @beerkulture beerkulture.com
12.17.2020
Mild Madness ft. Dave Riddile
Jess is joined by Dave Riddile (No Anchor, Here Today, Good Beer Hunting) and Shawna joins virtually via text message. We are drinking Machine House Dark Mild. This episode we are drinking Machine House Dark Mild and talking about starting a...
12.03.2020
Half Pint 7 - Don’t Be a Sellout
Get ready for a classic Jess and Shawna rant (but make it mini). In this ep we talk ABinBev being fucking sneaky with their sellout beer agenda, sketchy Beer venture capital groups, and journalism in the social media age.
11.19.2020
Happy Danksgiving
Drink West Coast IPAs and be Dankful. The Beer Kitchen: The Art and Science of Cooking and Pairing with Beer by Melissa Cole The Oxford Companion to Beer
10.30.2020
Witches be Brewin
The history of witch imagery, how it's related to women brewing, and spoiler alert, the patriarchy and colonialism ruins the party again. Happy Halloween!
10.22.2020
Anastomosis ft. Michael Dempster
A Lit, Theatre, Film Major Walk into a Brewery... Jess and Shawna chat with Michael Dempster of Mirage Beer. We talk capturing wild cultures in a traveling coolship, a love for both saison and NEIPA, the infamous labels, how it's radicalized...
09.30.2020
Bav and Franc ft. Ben Howe of Otherlands
wtf is the difference between Bav(arian) beer and Franc(onian) beer? Jess and Shawna try to find the answer. Plus! We get the inside scoop on a call in with Ben Howe from Otherlands Beer.
09.16.2020
Live! From Pilsnerfest 2020
A small group of us gathered to Pilsnerfest with masks and at a safe distance. These are their stories. Featuring: Otherlands Kellerbier, a speaker phone catch up with Shawna, and another round of 16 CanDolls. Hail Pilsner.
09.02.2020
Ayinger Jahrhundert ft. John Marti and Shawna Cormier
Shawna's joining me on the pod to interview our friend and head brewer at Lowercase Brewing, John Marti. We're drinking Ayinger Jahrhundert Bavarian Pilsner and talking the difference between Franconian and Bavarian styles, bartending as an introvert, how John's basically...
08.19.2020
How Do You Do, Fellow Homebrewers?
"The noun for disingenuous is fuckin' liars". Jess and Shawna give advice about homebrewing and vent about industry bullshit. AHA videos: https://www.homebrewcon.org/ AHA educator: Amanda Burkemper
08.05.2020
The Art of Beer 3 ft. Casey Callahan
I talk with graphic designer and illustrator Casey Callahan over a NE Lager, a collaboration with Lowercase Brewing and Seattle Beer School ft. Casey's design! We chat about breweries giving credit to artists, how to navigate the beer industry as...
07.22.2020
Grocery Store Beers
What good beer can you find at the grocery store? Spoiler alert: you have to check the date codes. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://youtu.be/7V5hZFTc1ZM
07.08.2020
Drink Good IPAs and DO THE WORK
Shawna's back on the pod! Recording live from Tucson, AZ We're drinking various IPAs, I got myself a Standard Brewing hazy and Seapine double IPA. Because we just needed a little comfort in taking on some topics. We get into Cicerone-level knowledge...
06.24.2020
Lagers and Bullsh*t (and lagers and bullsh*t)
My guest today is captain of the ship at Bottleworks, Brandon Wiley! And we're drinking different lagers because we're tired, damnit, and just want to kick it and gossip with friends. Brandon: Stoup German Pils Jess: Machine House x Lowercase London Lager New...
03.18.2020
The Art of Beer 2 ft. Ryan Williams
The Art of Beer is an on going series where I drink and chat with artists who work with breweries. For The Art of Beer 2 I'm joined by Ryan Williams, the artist from Holy Mountain Brewing in Seattle, WA. Ryan Williams:...
02.28.2020
Our Friend Brett ft. Ken Sorensen
This 'sode I'm joined by head brewer of Standard Brewing, Ken(do) Sorensen and we're talking all about Brett(anomyces)! We are drinking Old Money from Standard and the OG of the OGs, Orval. We're talking the "cross-section of magic and science", a new...
02.04.2020
Big Whales
In this episode Jess and Shawna line up 4 different barrel aged big bois and test out how they've aged, whether or not they're good, and approximate why. Goose Island: Bourbon County Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout 2015 Fremont Brewing: Bourbon Barrel...
12.31.2019
The Art of Beer 1 ft. Connor McPherson
Welcome to a new Cheers to Beers series called The Art of Beer where I’m chatting with artists who work with breweries. This episode I'm joined by Connor McPherson of Aslan Brewing Company who has done their murals at all...
12.05.2019
Half Pint 5 - Why Do We Care About the Process?
Sheet cake stouts, who we were in high school, and fuck the patriarchy aka your aunties get drunk on saisons. PLUS - Letting go of the ego as a brewer and creator and how do you define success? Is it monetary?...
11.19.2019
Super Ultramega Hyperforce feat. Libby Borchert
We're back at The Masonry drinking Jester King! I'm joined by founder of Drunk Herstory and overall badass beer lady, Libby Borchert. Aaaaand we decided to get a whole magnum of farmhouse delight. In this ep we're talking about pineapple and...
10.30.2019
Spice Girls: The Pumpkin Ale Episode
Shawna and I drink all the pumpkin beers so you don’t have to. You’re welcome. Plus: the American history of gourds, a lost rural Californian language, and how far can we throw a pumpkin?! The beers we cover: 1. Dogfish Head Punkin’...
10.17.2019
Half Pint 4 - Beer with Wine Grapes and Wine without Grapes
Welcome to another Half Pint 'sode with Shawna Cormier We're delving into fermented fruit juice, secondary fermentation with fruit, non grape wine, and beer fermented with wine grapes. We're drinking and comparing a blueberry wine from Oyster River Wine Growers and...
10.08.2019
Live! From Pilsnerfest 2019
We are live on the scene of Pilsnerfest 2019 where the sun is shining, the pilsners are slamming, and there ain't a single IPA in sight. Follow Shawna and I as we interview some characters (including the CEO) on a...
09.09.2019
Wild Boiz (ft. Beachwood Blendery and Upright Brewing)
This episode is all about wild beers! I'm joined by Jeremy Rodriguez and Matt C. to talk Beachwood Blendery and Upright Brewing. We talk wine and beer crossovers, Lambic vs Methode Traditionnelle, is brett actually wild, and beer aged on...
08.18.2019
Half Pint 3 - Alcohol That Doesn’t Taste Like Alcohol ft. Shawna Cormier and Hard Seltzer
Half Pints are back! In the newest minisode, I introduce my new occasional co-host, Shawna Cormier. We talk about summer dranks and how there's a trend in both the beer world (and in the beverage industry in general) of how...
07.25.2019
Modern Times PDX
"I'm done when it stops being about bringing people together" Mike from Modern Times (currently PDX) and I drink a lot of MT beers. Including Black House Nitro Stout, Poly Rhythmo Pilsner, and Shrine of the Forsaken Gods (Jester King collab). Listen...
06.05.2019
Jester King Fantome del Rey
Cheers to Beers is back babbyyy! And we're jumping back in with a good ol' fashioned hang sesh. Join me and my industry (but more importantly close and beautiful) friends Samira and Matt as we drink Jester Kind Fantome del Rey +...
02.01.2018
Mother Earth BooKoo IPA
Waddup beer nerds we're back with a full length 'sode for ya! This episode was recorded in San Diego with my two closest friends from college (UCSB go gauchos), Bianca and Amanda. We are drinking the BooKoo IPA from Mother...
01.05.2018
Half Pint 2 - Underbergs and Weed
A brand new minisode comin' at you in 2018! Join your host, Jess Keller, and friend of the podcast Coel as we talk the relationship between weed and beer culture and the phenomenon that is Underbergs. Grab the last half of...
11.11.2017
Stoup Citra IPA
This week I am joined by fellow beer podcaster, Evan Pedrola (Beer and/or Movie) to chat over Stoup Brewing's Citra IPA. In this Seattle-centric episode we talk about PNW IPAs, zombie war hammers, and the way this city has changed...
10.19.2017
Half Pint 1 - Pumpkins, And Hazies, and Fresh Hops, Oh My!
Waddup Beer Fam! It's been a hot sec but Cheers to Beers is back, baby! Now introducing mini episodes called Half Pints, I'll be releasing these between full episodes as I get back into the podcasting game. The Half Pints...
04.06.2017
TRAPPIST-1 & Westmalle Tripel
It's a space themed episode with actual scientists! Remember when NASA released the news on a star called TRAPPIST-1 that has seven exoplanets orbiting it with some being potentially Earth-like? Yeah, I talk all about that with astronomers Jake and...

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Cheers To Beers episodes:

Union Strong Rage Corner

FEED DROP! Grit and Grain Episode 52

Yakima Chief Hops ft. Cat Wiest, Tiffany Pitra, and Kelly Lohrmeyer

Pink Boots Society ft. Teri Farhendorf and Blanca Quintero

CelllleBraTION Thyme COMEON!

Bia Hoi! ft. Mark Dredge

Kölsch Ale ft. Arno, Früh Brewery

Talking Smack While Sober

Kölsch-Style Ale ft. Barry Chan, Lucky Envelope Brewing

Summer Beer Challenge

A Note On Things (Misogyny)

Half Pint 9 - Modelo Time

Half Pint 8 - What’s in a Collab?

Number 6 with Cheese ft. Sean and Corey of N6WC

Sticky Hands! Hops Galore!

XOXO Seattle Gossip Girls

Super Bad Commericals

The Cider ’Sode ft. Caitlin Braam, Yonder Cider

Beer Horoscopes

Mild Madness ft. Dave Riddile

Half Pint 7 - Don’t Be a Sellout

Happy Danksgiving

Witches be Brewin

Anastomosis ft. Michael Dempster

Bav and Franc ft. Ben Howe of Otherlands

Live! From Pilsnerfest 2020

Ayinger Jahrhundert ft. John Marti and Shawna Cormier

How Do You Do, Fellow Homebrewers?

The Art of Beer 3 ft. Casey Callahan

Grocery Store Beers

Drink Good IPAs and DO THE WORK

Lagers and Bullsh*t (and lagers and bullsh*t)

The Art of Beer 2 ft. Ryan Williams

Our Friend Brett ft. Ken Sorensen

Big Whales

The Art of Beer 1 ft. Connor McPherson

Half Pint 5 - Why Do We Care About the Process?

Super Ultramega Hyperforce feat. Libby Borchert

Spice Girls: The Pumpkin Ale Episode

Half Pint 4 - Beer with Wine Grapes and Wine without Grapes

Live! From Pilsnerfest 2019

Wild Boiz (ft. Beachwood Blendery and Upright Brewing)

Half Pint 3 - Alcohol That Doesn’t Taste Like Alcohol ft. Shawna Cormier and Hard Seltzer

Modern Times PDX

Jester King Fantome del Rey

Mother Earth BooKoo IPA

Half Pint 2 - Underbergs and Weed

Stoup Citra IPA

Half Pint 1 - Pumpkins, And Hazies, and Fresh Hops, Oh My!

TRAPPIST-1 & Westmalle Tripel

Lagers and Bullsht (and lagers and bullsht)