This is part one of a two-part feature from New York City Beer Week. This was recorded at The Well in Brooklyn, just a week or so before the city announced a state of emergency because of COVID-19. We're now releasing these episodes in an entirely new context—keep that in mind as you listen. But many of the topics are timeless and will continue to be valuable long after this pandemic has passed and New York City comes back to life.

This is our second year hosting these talks at The Well—and it's a great opportunity to take stock of things as local NYC brewers, brewers from upstate, and some from far away all come together for an increasingly exciting series of events, special releases, and festivals for the week.

This year, NYC Beer Week fell at the exact same time as GBH's annual Uppers & Downers festival in February, so I wasn't personally able to make the trip and host the panels. But I'm glad to say we got a couple of local hosts we greatly admire in my stead.

The first session is hosted by the prolific and chatty Joshua Bernstein, an author that's been published on Good Beer Hunting. He's one of my personal favorite voices in beer—Josh is a phenomenal conversationalist and endlessly curious. He hosts a panel with friends from Civil Society in Florida, Interboro in Brooklyn, Dancing Gnomeout of Pittsburgh, Modist from Minneapolis, and Rockwell out of St. Louis.

This our first recording from New York City Beer Week, hosted by Joshua Bernstein. Listen in.