This week's Project BGR goes west.  We talked to Preston Hartman, founder of Colorado's Good River Beer Company. Tim and Aaron talked to Preston about how he got his start in home brewing. After winning over 100 medals in competition, he decided to "go pro" the environmental reasons behind the founding of Good River, plus his "real" job as an attorney for the state of Colorado. Good River Beer Company is committed to donating at least 2% of its profits to non-profit organizations dedicated to river conservation.   

On this week's Project BGR, perhaps appropriately enough, we're talking to Funky Buddha. Brand Manager John Linn joins us on this show. And since it's winter in the South, we're talking about First Snow, the brewery's popular coconut coffee porter.  We also get talking about beer laws in the South, and how Florida has opened up to craft. Also, how Funky Buddha got its name, and why legendary coach Don Shula is a fan.  If you like Project BGR, please subscribe on Stitcher, iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Leave a review, and tell a friend too!  Cheers, and we'll talk to you next time.

Time for another Project BGR.  This time, we're talking to Jason Kidwell, Sales Director, along with Andrew Dixon. We talked all things Troegs.  This interview was recorded at the 2016 Great American Beer Festival in Denver.  Cheers!

On this week's Project BGR, we're talking Houston beer with Eric Warner. He's the brewmaster for Karbach.  The popular Texas brewery/brewpub sits in a 19,000 square foot building with a 30-tap taproom.  We talk to Eric about the craft beer scene in Houston, the relaxing of the beer laws in Texas that's allowing more and more growth. We also talk pumpkin beers, and why they scaled back on their production this year. If you like the show, be sure to check out previous Project BGR episodes - subscribe and leave a review!  Cheers, and we'll talk to you next time. Note: This interview took place at the 2016 Great American Beer Festival in Denver. It happened prior to the announcement in November 2016 that Karbach was acquired by ABInbev. 

On this week's Project BGR, we're talking to legendary brewer Wayne Wambles, from Tampa's Cigar City Brewing. He was brewing up a collaboration with Decatur (Georgia's) Wild Heaven, and took a break to talk to us about his start in craft beer, his thinking behind Cigar City's creations, and a little bit about Hunahpu!     

Black Friday is more than just a day for all the insane shoppers to wake up early in the morning to stand in line or fight over the toy-du-jour. For beer nerds, it's become a special day - Bourbon County Brand Stout (BCBS) Release Day!  In honor of that, this week's Project BGR Craft Beer Podcast highlights Goose Island Beer Company. Tim and Aaron sat down with Jesse Valenciana, National Activation Manager and Paul Cade, Brewer during the 2016 Great American Beer Festival.  They talked about BCBS, how they keep up with the popularity and how they solved the strange infection issue. Plus, Goose Island's other brands. Jesse is a grilling expert and cookbook author, so we got into some food talk as well!  Thanks for listening to Project BGR. Stay tuned and subscribe - we've got more great interviews coming soon! Cheers. Note: Jesse's grilling information can be found on his website, ManBQue.com

What happens when your small brewpub wins a major national award? A lot of long days and nights trying to catch up to demand!  Of course, that's a good problem to have, and we caught up with the brewmaster of Prison City Pub and Brewery, Ben Maseo.  They were pouring at the 2016 Great American Beer Festival, weeks after Paste Magazine named their Mass Riot IPA the best American IPA, blind tasted with 246 others. They beat out some of the biggest names in the business to take home that award.  We talked to Ben about his start, the expansion of the brewery, and helping to make Auburn, New York a craft beer destination.

Project BGR gets a hold of Burial Beer Company on the cusp of their Atlanta debut. We talk to one of the owners of this Asheville brewery, Jess Reiser. She talks about the company's founding, their craft, and all about their unique can art.

Continuing our coverage of the 2016 Great American Beer Festival, Project BGR talks tp Alex Wallash, one of the founders of Berkeley, California's all sour beer company, The Rare Barrel.

Fresh off their silver medal win at the 2016 Great American Beer Fest, Project BGR sat down with Almanac Beer Company Founder Jesse Friedman and brewer/blender Phil Emerson.