It's the Beer Talking

Hosts Jeff Baker and Jason Strempek are joined this week by Jason Stuffle and Dan Hament of the Green Mountain Mashers homebrew club. The club, based in northwestern Vermont, aims to create a fun and inclusive space for homebrewers to connect and share their passion.

Listen as Stuffle and Hament talk about the club, their homebrewing history, the Greg Noonan Memorial Homebrew Competition and the importance of inclusion in the beer scene.

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This week on It's the Beer Talking, join hosts Jeff Baker and Jason Strempek as they interview one of the original craft beer brewers: Ken Grossman, Founder / CEO of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.

Hear the history of Sierra Nevada in Ken's own words as he takes you through the brewery's conception, development and finally to the creation of their first East Coast location in Asheville, North Carolina. This family business has been through it all.

Jeff and Jason are joined by Todd Haire of Foam Brewers and Bill Mares of House of Fermentology to talk about their various exploits in the world of beer brewing.

What's in the Fridge: This week, Jeff and Jason pop open some hybrid beers made with grapes! First a Dogfish Head Midas Touch Ancient Ale and a beer from Brasserie des Trois Dames in Switzerland called L'Amoureuse.

This week on It's the Beer Talking, we bring you a special bonus episode featuring Brandon Greenwood from YeeHaw Brewing Company out of Johnson City, Tennessee. They discuss how Brandon's chemistry background contributes to beer-making, his favorite beer and food pairings, barrel aging, Tennessee's unique liquor laws and the beer tourism market down south.

What's in the Fridge: Jeff and Jason pop open a Southern Tier Raspberry White Wheat Beer and a Green Flash Passion Fruit Kicker.

Billy Brigham of PourSmith Draught Services and Justin Gould, Chief Beer Officer of Farmhouse Tap & Grill talked with hosts Jeff Baker and Jason Strempek about how they work to maintain draft lines and share some of their worst horror stories!

What's in the Fridge: This week, Jeff and Jason try a couple Double IPAs, both from Stone Brewing Co., Megawheat Double IPA and Jindia Pale Ale.

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This week on It's the Beer Talking, Jeff and Jason sit down with Michael Saklad and Pat Fondiller from Smuttynose Brewing Company out of Hampton, NH.

What's in the Fridge: This week the hosts try Smuttynose East Coast Common Lager and Stone Ripper from Stone Brewing from San Diego.

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In part two of our Make the Cut Homebrew Challenge series, hosts Jeff and Jason talk with more guests who attended the competition at 14th Star Brewery in St. Albans on Sunday January 29, 2017.

What's in the Fridge: This week, the hosts try a King Titus porter from Maine Beer Company in Freeport Maine and a Ballast Point Brewing Company Coconut Victory at Sea.

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In this special hour-long episode of It's the Beer Talking, hosts Jeff and Jason attend the 3rd Annual Make The Cut Homebrew Challenge at 14th Star Brewery in St. Albans.

What's in the Fridge: Jeff, Jason and co-producer Ryan Chaffin try a few beers from the 14th Star fridge. They try "Valor Ale", a hoppy amber beer, and "Tribute", a double IPA.

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This week, Jeff and Jason talk with Jamal Robinson and Andy Schwartz from Stony Creek Brewery in Connecticut.

Then, they open the fridge and pull out a Revolution Brewing Anti-Hero IPA out of Chicago and a Funky Buddha Sweet Potato Casserole from Oakland Park, Florida.

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Jeff and Jason are back and joined by Adam Krakowski and Howie Corbin from Yankee Brew News. What's in the Fridge this week? It's Queen City Brewery's Pint Street Barrel Project Saison Aged in a Red Wine Puncheon With Indigenous Brett and Backacre Beermakers' Sour Golden Ale. For more info, find us on Facebook and Twitter @thebeertalkin!