Cincy Brewcast

I wanted to catch back up with Adam Cowan out at The Old Firehouse to see how things have changed as the world around them has kept on growing and evolving. How do you maintain what makes you special while still keeping things fresh and exciting? It's an episode packed full of great insights, a couple of my family members, and a beer or two to make sure it's all fun!

It's been a while since we sat down at Rolling Mill Brewing Company, in fact, the last time we were here they didn't even have beer yet! We sit down this week to explore not just what they've been up to: but we were joined by Middletown's newest craft beer event, Hops In The Hangar. We wanted to figure out exactly what this beer/aviation themed festival is all about!

Sonder Brewing Company is much more than just another place in Cincinnati to grab a beer. Much like their name's meaning, Sonder is a collection of stories - from the beer, the food, and more importantly - the people that have made it possible. On this episode of Cincy Brewcast we sit down on a muggy, rainy night to chat with the founding crew about what it's all about. We drink a few beers and find out why you need to be planning your visit to Sonder already, before they even open.

How do you sit down with three brilliant breweries and not drift into a crazy conversation about what it means to spontaneously ferment a beer, and the naming conventions of Pilsners, Kolschs and Lambics? We might have missed a million topics we could have talked about, but the one we landed on is a really interesting one!

We take an episode to sit down with Garrett and Luke from Streetside Brewery to explore one of my favorite sides of their personality - the sour side. They're cranking out some incredible Barrel Aged Sour beers, and we wanted to explore what makes them tackle such an unpredictable side of brewing. We even found some time to taste a few of their upcoming projects!

Partially my fault, for not sitting down at Fifty West in a while, and partially Fifty West's fault for having so much going on with their brewery... there's a lot to talk about when you talk about what's been happening here! We talk the punch out, world beer cup, and even the "road to craft" for Bobby Slattery. It's an action packed episode of Cincy Brewcast, that's for sure! We even managed time to drink a beer while we made our podcast magic.

Guests This Episode

— Bobby Slattery

From The Beer Fridge

— Fifty West - Punch You In The EyePA

The story of Cincinnati beer is one of growth right now, but what that term means is vastly different for each of our breweries. This episode we'll sit down with Bob and Betty from Fibonacci to talk about their growth, and expansion with the addition of Fib Farm to Fibonacci. What's it all mean? We'll dig in and find out - and also drink a couple beers in the process.

It's been a while since we last sat down with March First (their taproom hadn't even opened, yet). We dove in with them on all the details about the ways having a distillery and brewery together make things easier and harder on the brewing team. We explore what the future holds for this fantastic taproom, including some major expansion plans that are taking shape.

I was joined this week by Ben Conniff, host of the upcoming Craft Crew podcast to talk about what's happening in local craft beer right now. We drank a few beers, and explored all the releases and events that we could squeeze into an hour.