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Episode 74 - Scott Vaccaro, Captain Lawrence Brewing

Hey folks, we went to Captain Lawrence's Sour'd in September festival on Saturday and drank a bunch of mouth-puckering sour ales. Before the fest started, we sat down with Captain Lawrence founder Scott Vaccaro and talked about the history of the brewery, the festival, and a bunch of other stuff. Check it out here!

(Next week's episode will also feature a brewer from the fest.)

As always, please email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at [email protected]. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS!

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Producer: Justin Kennedy  Engineer: Brian Casse  Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant

Episode 73 - Joe Watts, Folksbier Brauerei

Happy Labor Day, everybody! We have a brand new episode with our pal Joe Watts who's now brewing at Folksbier in Brooklyn. Before that Joe worked at some cool breweries up in Maine like Maine Beer Co. and Bunker. He tells us about his history of brewery jobs and why he's now happy to be back in Brooklyn. 

As always, please email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at [email protected]. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS!

You can now subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!!

Producer: Justin Kennedy  Engineer: Brian Casse  Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant

Episode 73 - Joe Watts, Folksbier Brauerei

Happy Labor Day, everybody! We have a brand new episode with our pal Joe Watts who's now brewing at Folksbier in Brooklyn. Before that Joe worked at some cool breweries up in Maine like Maine Beer Co. and Bunker. He tells us about his history of brewery jobs and why he's now happy to be back in Brooklyn. 

As always, please email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at [email protected]. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS!

You can now subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!!

Producer: Justin Kennedy  Engineer: Brian Casse  Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant

Episode 72 - Matt Levy, Peekskill Brewery

Brand new week, brand new show! Today we're talking to Matt Levy of the Peekskill Brewery in New York's Hudson Valley. Matt took over as head brewer when our pal Chief left Peekskill about a year ago to start his new venture, Industrial Arts. He previously worked at Captain Lawrence and at Michigan's famed sour ale factory, Jolly Pumpkin. We talk to Matt about his experience working in all these places and how he's handling the day to day at Peeskill. Also: a preview of Hudson Valley Craft Beer Week!

As always, please email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at [email protected]. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS!

You can now subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!!

Producer: Justin Kennedy  Engineer: Brian Casse  Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant

Episode 72 - Matt Levy, Peekskill Brewery

Brand new week, brand new show! Today we're talking to Matt Levy of the Peekskill Brewery in New York's Hudson Valley. Matt took over as head brewer when our pal Chief left Peekskill about a year ago to start his new venture, Industrial Arts. He previously worked at Captain Lawrence and at Michigan's famed sour ale factory, Jolly Pumpkin. We talk to Matt about his experience working in all these places and how he's handling the day to day at Peeskill. Also: a preview of Hudson Valley Craft Beer Week!

As always, please email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at [email protected]. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS!

You can now subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!!

Producer: Justin Kennedy  Engineer: Brian Casse  Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant

Episode 71 - More Mail! More Untappd! More Augie!

(Source: The New York Times.)

Hey y'all, another new episode this week sans guest. (This episode was taped immediately after Episode 68 so go back and listen to that one if you want before you listen here.) I can't remember exactly what we talked about but we covered a lot of territory including Untappd, more distribution, other reader and Facebook mail, and a few other things. Who knows, we may have even talk about cold fried chicken. (Seriously, click that link above for a recipe.)

As always, please email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at [email protected]. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS!

You can now subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!!

Producer: Justin Kennedy  Engineer: Brian Casse  Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant

Episode 71 - More Mail! More Untappd! More Augie!

(Source: The New York Times.)

Hey y'all, another new episode this week sans guest. (This episode was taped immediately after Episode 68 so go back and listen to that one if you want before you listen here.) I can't remember exactly what we talked about but we covered a lot of territory including Untappd, more distribution, other reader and Facebook mail, and a few other things. Who knows, we may have even talk about cold fried chicken. (Seriously, click that link above for a recipe.)

As always, please email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at [email protected]. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS!

You can now subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!!

Producer: Justin Kennedy  Engineer: Brian Casse  Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant

Episode 70 - Brian Kulbacki, Departed Soles Brewing Co.

Hey y'all and happy Monday! We're coming at your with a brand new episode with one of our Jersey City neighbors, Departed Soles. It's the project of Brian Kulbacki who left his family's funeral home business last year to open the brewery just steps away from our Barcade Jersey City homebase. We talked to Brian about his beers and why he chose to make an extra special gluten free one. 

As always, please email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at [email protected]. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS!

You can now subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!!

Producer: Justin Kennedy  Engineer: Brian Casse  Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant

Episode 70 - Brian Kulbacki, Departed Soles Brewing Co.

Hey y'all and happy Monday! We're coming at your with a brand new episode with one of our Jersey City neighbors, Departed Soles. It's the project of Brian Kulbacki who left his family's funeral home business last year to open the brewery just steps away from our Barcade Jersey City homebase. We talked to Brian about his beers and why he chose to make an extra special gluten free one. 

As always, please email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at [email protected]. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS!

You can now subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!!

Producer: Justin Kennedy  Engineer: Brian Casse  Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant

Episode 69 - Jimmy Ludwig (Happy Hour Guys) is Back

Today we're welcoming back our pal Jimmy Ludwig of The Happy Hour Guys. Jimmy was one of our first interviews way back in '015 when we started this thing and now he's back with some news and updates. He tells us about his collaboration beer with the Broadway smash Hamilton and about the second beer in the Broadway Brews series. (Hint: One of us is deeply involved.) We'll have Mark on soon, we promise.

As always, please email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at [email protected]. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS!

You can now subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!!

Producer: Justin Kennedy  Engineer: Brian Casse  Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant