Grit & Grain Podcast

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Grit & Grain Podcast episodes

April 14, 2023 Episode 41: Charles Finkel, Part 1
In the late 1960s, Oklahoman Charles Finkel thought the beer and wine scene sucked in his home state. He headed west as adventurists do landing in Washington state where his passion for all things fermented...
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56 min
April 07, 2023 Episode 40: Paul Whitcomb
Bremerton in the house! Grit & Grain Podcast sat down with our friend Paul Whitcomb of Silver City Brewery. Whitcomb grew up in Bremerton homebrewing with his dad when they weren’t attending every beer festival...
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1 hr 2 min
March 31, 2023 Episode 39: Diamatris Winston
“That’s what got me excited. The options people have and the new audiences that can be drawn in to drink beer. Not for the sake of getting drunk, but just that community around beer,” says...
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1 hr
March 24, 2023 Episode 38: Michael Dempster
What craft beer and comedy have in common is that artists drive them both. Michael Dempster is such an artist. Many years ago, Dempster left Gig Harbor to write comedy for various mediums on the...
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57 min
March 17, 2023 Episode 37: Doug Ellenberger
Stuff a napkin in your front shirt collar and put down that menu because the Grit and Grain is serving up some Doug Ellenberger this week! In 2001, Ellenberger packed up his 1987 Volvo Station...
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55 min
March 10, 2023 Episode 36: Colin Harvin
For nearly the past decade, Skagit Valley Malting has been providing brewers, distillers, and culinary artisans with a selection of single variety malts from Skagit Valley grown barley. Colin Harvin, who is the new Business...
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59 min
March 03, 2023 Episode 35: Eric Willard
From Tiny’s Organic farm hand to volunteering at Two Beers Brewing in 2009 to launching the first Seattle-based cidery since Prohibition and changing Washington state liquor laws, Eric Willard has also performed almost every job...
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1 hr 4 min
February 24, 2023 Episode 34: Rikki Welz
The first and only Advanced Cicerone in Washington state and assistant sensory scientist at John I. Haas Farms in Yakima, Ellensburg resident Rikki Welz brings her hop lab to the Grit & Grain Podcast. Employed...
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59 min
February 17, 2023 Episode 33: Ben Chase
Ben Chase is known for many glorious things in the Northwest beer world. For instance, when he pulls up to a brewery to grab beer for his Rainier Growlers, he’s often picking up beer for...
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58 min
February 10, 2023 Episode 32: Brian Strumke
Stillwater is the brainchild of Baltimore native Brian Strumke, whose past life as an internationally renowned electronica DJ and producer led him down a path to crafting some of the world’s most unique and highest-rated...
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1 hr 6 min

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Craft beer sales and brand manager — Matt McLaren, professional brewer and line cleaner — Bethany Carlsen, and bottle shop owner and operator — Ron Swarner explore and celebrate the craft beer…