Episode 74 of InterBrews was recorded at New Republic Brewing Company in College Station. John Januskey, Logan Respess and Dean Brundage were our guests and we talked about a little bit of everything. Logan wowed us with his indepth yeast knowledge. John talked about the brewery’s roots and gave a rundown of all their delicious beers as well as a beer and food pairing combo with Go Go Apple Squeeze furnished by Cassie.. Dean gave us philosophical as well as financial advice on opening a business and gave a few book recommendations as well as insight into the brewery’s musical guest. Of course we disscused the 4th Anniversary Throwdown on May 2 and that you can tickets at www.interbrews.com/newrepublicanniversary We hope you enjoy listening to the podcast as much as we enjoyed recording it. Big Thanks to Cassie Stroud and TD Mike Herrera for all the help. This is InterBrews

Episode 73 of InterBrews was recorded at Texian Brewing Company in Richmond, TX. Josh and Caleb are proud to debut 2 new beers to the Texian lineup. First is Donkey Lady, an American Sour aged on Granny Smith apples and spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. This beer took host Josh Stewart back to summer days in the kitchens watching his grandmother make fried apple pies. The second beer is The Liberty, a 100% Brett IPA. This is a beer for deep contemplation and sell examination with huge ripe fruit (peach, apricot and citrus) flavors. We also talked a man’s experience with IVF, The Iron Sheik doc and unraveled many of life’s mysteries. Enjoy the show, This is InterBrews.

Episode 72 was recorded at Texas Beer Refinery with Ryan Rhodes, Steve Flynn and John Hearn. We got the low down on their founding and their delicious beers in cluding the Mexican IPA and the Bayou City Brown. We found out that John went to The University of Arkansas (WPS) and that it IS possible to brew a beer with crawfish. Check out their tap room dates and hours, watch for upcoming events at the brewery and look for the ready to go growlers in a HEB near you. This is InterBrews.

Episode 71 of the podcast was recorded at Whole Foods Market Brewing Company. Our guest was none other than Scott Metzger, founder of Freetail Brewpub and Brewery in San Antonio, TX. Scott was in Houston for a Freetail blitz of Houston as they are now distributing to the Bayou City. We talked about Scott’s background, his love for San Antonio and puffy tacos as well as his envolvement in the Texas political process and his role with the Texas Craft Brewers Guild. We also talk trash about respective city’s basketball teams and much much more. Also a huge thanks to Dave Ohmer and Whole Foods Brewing Company for allowing us to record the podcast at their place. Get some Freetail beer now in Houston and enjoy the show. This is InterBrews.

Here is a short nugget of a podcast from Southern Star’s 7th Anniversary Celebration. Congrats on 7 great years of beer and fun.

The 2015 Houston Firkin Fest is in the books. If you missed it you can feel like part of it by listening to this episode of InterBrews. This was an All Star lineup of Houston Craft Beer and they all helped to make the 2015 Houston Firkin Fest a phenomenal success. Here is the line up.

This Bonus Nugget of InterBrews is a conversation I had with Rockwell Grill’s Melinda Mayes to promote the 2015 Cypress Pub Crawl. Go HERE to get your tickets and listen to this mini-podcast to hear Melinda explain the awesome cause (Daniella’s Wish) the pub crawl is raising money for and all the details you need to have a great time on Saturday.

Episode 69 was recorded on St Patty’s Day at Big Thicket Distillery. Josh along with TD Mike and Social Schomburg traveled out to Conroe, TX to visit Dan Bass and get into the “spirit” of distilling. Dan explained the process of making the spirits the Big Thicket way and showed how the process differs and relates to beer. We also tried their award wining Dog Trot Vodka, their Boomtown Whiskey and Bourbon. It was a super awesome time that broadened our horizons and cleared our sinuses. This is InterBrews

Episode 68 of InterBrews was recorded on Tuesday March 3 at Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company. Alan Ward, Brewmaster at Brigadoon Brewing Company and Buffalo Bayou’s Carl Norberg and Rassul Zarinfar sat down to discuss The 2015 Houston Firkin Fest, a Cock Ale Challenge, why Rassul is not even close to being at his Wit’s end, what Carl does as a weekend hobby and much much more.

Episode 67 was recorded in Brenham, TX at Brazos Valley Brewing Company. Jeremy Bass, Josh Bass and Josh “Ponch” Estrada were our guests on the podcast. On cold and blustery day we warmed our souls with Big Spoon Tres Leches Stout and 7 Spanish Angels Coffee Brown Ale. We also sampled the super drinkable and perfectly well balanced Golden Ale and got our dailey recommended allowence of vitamin C (Cascade, Columbus and Centennial hops) with The Cause IPA. Also on this episode is the debut of “Totally Random Topic” and the guys discuss the Culture Map article on Saint Arnold founder Brock Wagner. All this and much more await. This is InterBrews.