Seen Through A Glass

Wonderful Williamsport! Beautiful Billtown! With an interview with Chris Kuriga and Quinn Kirk of Therapy Brewing in my pocket, I decided to do a best of Williamsport episode. It took two very full days to get it done: one distillery, five breweries, five bars, two coffee roasters, a restaurant, and a hotel. Whew. 

Enjoy! Next up: I'm staying home and doing a Millheim episode!

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Glow by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au

You can’t do a central Pennsylvania drinks and food show without taking in the Pennsylvania Farm Show, the nation's largest indoor farm exposition. We'll have a famous Farm Show milkshake and find out where to get them the rest of the year, learn about Pennsylvania's #1 cash crop, and of course, talk to a winemaker and a brewer. It's also a hometown episode for me: we talk to Elk Creek Café chef Daniel Cutshall (who did a cooking demo at the Farm Show), tell you about a day of dark beer at the Café, and welcome Millheim's new coffee shop. 

Enjoy! Next episode is all about eating and drinking in Williamsport!

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"Champ de tournesol by Komiku at https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

Glow by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au

We made a timpano for Christmas...it was an adventure! I interviewed Jason Ufema, the founder of Shy Bear Brewing in Lewistown, and then decided to make a Lewistown episode out of it by also visiting the Stonefly Cafe in Reedsville and Hungry Run Distillery. 

Enjoy! Next up: the Pennsylvania Farm Show episode!

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"Champ de tournesol by Komiku at https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

Glow by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au

For our last episode of 2022, I'll take you along to my anniversary at Pine Grove Hall and to the opening day anniversaries at Selin's Grove Brewing and Elk Creek Café & Aleworks. I'll sample a sparkling wine from Shade Mountain Winery, and a 12 year old beer from Sierra Nevada. And we get started on that promised series of interviews with the pioneer beer bar managers of Central PA: an interview with Dave Staab, who managed Zeno's Pub for over 35 years.  

Enjoy! Happy New Year!

This episode uses these sounds under the following license:

"Champ de tournesol by Komiku at https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

Auld Lang Syne by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com

All sounds sourced by STAG Music Librarian Nora Bryson, with our thanks.

It's the extra-special, double-sized, chockful of drinks HOLIDAY EPISODE!! We went to Hershey to talk with John Trogner about Tröegs Mad Elf ("It's goofy shit!" he says), one of the best holiday beers made anywhere. We talked to Lucy Rogers and Phil Jensen at Big Spring Spirits in Bellefonte about their beloved eggnog. Plus we have a whole bunch of stuff from this season's Mifflinburg Christkindlmarkt, including visits to Stamm House (to see Krampus!) and Rusty Rail Brewing.

Enjoy! Happy Holidays!

Our first producer interviews! I talk to Barrel 21 distiller Erica Unruh, and Charlie Schnable, co-founder of Barrel 21 and Otto's Pub & Brewery. Tim Bowser of Elk Creek and I take the Cadillac to visit Therapy Brewing, Rosko's Brew House, and Bald Birds Jersey Shore. We get a farm-raised, fresh-killed turkey for Thanksgiving (and all that that entails). And I get some education on gin. 

"Glow" by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au  

Both promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

This is Episode 1, the first real content episode. We’ll be talking about what it was like for me and my wife to adjust from drinking in the Philadelphia suburbs to drinking in central Pennsylvania. I’ll tell you about some cooking I did with local ingredients. Then we’ll visit a couple smaller breweries just across the Susquehanna from each other.  

This Pilot episode will tell you what Seen Through A Glass (STAG) is about, who I am, why I decided to do a podcast, and what you can expect in following episodes. The first real episode will drop in a few days. 

(Wow. I've learned a lot about editing since this episode. I'm going to leave it as is, though. Cheers! 28 May 2025)

This episode uses these sounds under the following license::

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"Champ de tournesol" by Komiku at https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

All sounds sourced by STAG Music Librarian Nora Bryson, with our thanks.

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