Hopped: Sound On 🔊

In this episode of The Hop Show, Javi chats with Corissa Hernandez, co-founder of Baja-inspired craft beer bar, Xelas in Boyle Heights, and authentic-chic Guadalajara-inspired bar and restaurant, Nativo in Highland Park.

Javi and Corissa dive into her Latinx roots and how it’s inspired her journey, putting together culturally authentic food and beverage programs, embracing the local neighborhood community, creating safe spaces for females in bars, pivoting experiential hospitality experiences for the pandemic, and so much more!

As always, you can follow Javi on Instagram at @javibrews. And you can follow Corissa on Instagram, as well as Xelas and Nativo.

We’re back for part 2 of our Dr. Andy’s Pale Ale brew experiment! Laurie, Tyler and Andy try the now finished and carbed beers blindly IRL, to see if there are any distinguishable differences between the three. As a reminder, they each brewed the same pale ale recipe on their own respective systems. Stayed tuned after the episode for some fun bonus content!

Thanks as always for listening! Please like, subscribe, review and follow on your favorite podcast platform. Follow us on Instagram @brewduppodcast.

We’d like to thank our sponsors Simi Valley Homebrew Shop, The American Homebrewers Association, and BSG HandCraft.

This week Laurie and Tyler have the honor to chat with Brittany Brouhard (Pronounced “Brew Hard”) who is opening her own brewery, Naughty Pine Brewing Co. out in Westlake Village, CA in 2021. Many will know her from her days crafting German style crispies at Enegren Brewing Co in Moorpark, CA.

Thanks as always for listening! Please like, subscribe, review and follow on your favorite podcast platform. Follow us on Instagram @brewduppodcast.

We’d like to thank our sponsors Simi Valley Homebrew Shop, The American Homebrewers Association, and BSG HandCraft.

Laurie and Tyler reminisce about their Pink Boots Hop Blend collab brew day at Brewjeria with Esme and Lulu! Esme is the assistant brewer at Brewjeria and Lulu is a beertender at Brewjeria, 1/2 of @twosomebreweries and fellow Cervecera. The girls also try some Pinks Boots beers from Trademark, Frogtown, Claremont Craft Ales, and Common Space!

Thanks as always for listening! Please like, subscribe, review and follow on your favorite podcast platform. Follow us on Instagram @brewduppodcast.

We’d like to thank our sponsors Simi Valley Homebrew Shop, The American Homebrewers Association, and BSG HandCraft.

In this episode of The Hop Show, Javi chats with Chalonda White of Afro.Beer.Chick, a Chicago-based craft beer blogger and host of the This Chick Talks Beer podcast.

Javi and Chalonda dive into her journey into craft beer, why she started Afro.Beer.Chick and Chicks Talk Beer, talking shit on Twitter, holding breweries socially accountable, the role of women in beer, her bourbon project, The Neat Pour, and much much more!

As always, you can follow Javi on Instagram at @javibrews. And you can learn more about Chalonda on Instagram, Twitter, or on her website.

Macleod Ale is easily one of the best breweries in LA County so we were super pumped to sit down with Jennifer Boase, co-owner of Macleod Ale and Van Nuys Beer Co. for a candid chat over a curated flight of cask and draft ales. We learn the amazing story of how the brewery started and have fun comparing the beers.

Thanks as always for listening! Please like, subscribe, review and follow on your favorite podcast platform. Follow us on Instagram @brewduppodcast.

We’d like to thank our sponsors Simi Valley Homebrew Shop, The American Homebrewers Association, and BSG HandCraft.

This week Laurie and Tyler had the pleasure to speak with homebrew legend, Andy Carter. He is the current president of the California Homebrewers Association and contributor to both the Brulosophy Podcast and The Full Pint Podcast. The three discuss plans for a homebrew experiment they will put into action for part one of this two-part series!

Thanks as always for listening! Please like, subscribe, review and follow on your favorite podcast platform. Follow us on Instagram @brewduppodcast.

We’d like to thank our sponsors Simi Valley Homebrew Shop, The American Homebrewers Association, and BSG Craft Brewing.

This week Laurie and Tyler discuss a massive trend in commercial brewing and homebrewing alike; the Hard Seltzer!

Thanks as always for listening! Please like, subscribe, review and follow us on your favorite podcast platform. Follow us on Instagram @brewduppodcast.

We’d like to thank our sponsors Simi Valley Homebrew Shop, The American Homebrewers Association, and BSG Craft Brewing.

In this episode of Hop Talk, Gary chats with Jimmy Smith who is the beer buyer at The Glendale Tap, one of the best beer bars in Los Angeles.

Jimmy talks us through how he got into craft beer and broke into the industry, what it takes to keep a beer program at the top of its game in 2021, what he’s seeing in up and coming beer trends, pairing hype food popups with craft beer, and our current collaboration on The Hop Box.

Listen in and you can purchase your Hop Box right here (while supplies last), and follow Jimmy at @beersenseila and The Glendale Tap at @glendaletap.

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On this episode of Brew’d Up! Laurie and Tyler discuss their brew day experience with none other than, The Grainfather! Hot Take: It’s sexy as hell and has so many features! The Grainfather is an incredible piece of homebrew equipment, shout out to BSG HandCraft for the hookup.

Thanks as always for listening! Please like, subscribe, review, and follow on your favorite podcast platform.

Follow us on Instagram @brewduppodcast.

We’d like to thank our sponsors Simi Valley Homebrew Shop, The American Homebrewers Association, and BSG HandCraft.