Naptown Pintcast

Under the menacing gaze of Snowball and Binky, four Maryland craft beer industry participants talk shop about beer laws in 2019. No stink bugs or shame cups were harmed in the making of this episode.

Lagering, Make It Funky, second locations, things that break, and the fame and fortune that accompanies brewing, with Jeff Ramirez.

Hear the story of True Respite and weigh-in on the debate of our lifetimes -- Gone in 60 Seconds vs. Fast and the Furious. (Features a cameo from Christian Layke of Silver Branch.)

Visit FOODBEERREVIVE.COM for tickets to Revive!, presented by the Brewers Association of Maryland, on August 25 at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City.

“We have been very fortunate to make a lot of friends in the brewing community, and that's something we're very proud of and something that we're going to protect.”

“I think we’re trying to do something bigger here that’s an extension of what we always wanted to do, and that’s be part of our community, be a community hub, a gathering place for people in the community to be proud of, and us to be proud of our neighborhood,” Kevin Blodger, head brewer.

Hollie Stephenson's career started in international relations before she hung up her suit for beer school. Now, years later, Hollie is not only one of the nicest people you'll ever meet in the business, she's also the head brewer at Guinness in Maryland.

“In craft beer you have to have passion and business sense. You can’t have one without the other.”

What inspired the flavor profile behind the Seas the Bay IPA? Why is Ty called Taco Ty? How did the Schooner Woodwind get started? Learn the answers to these questions and more on this episode of the Naptown Pintcast.

While most Maryland beer drinkers are familiar with Diamondback Brewing Co.'s bustling taproom located in Locust Point's McHenry Row in South Baltimore, its opening back in 2016 was actually a "re-introduction" of Diamondback to the area and the Maryland craft beer scene.