On this special On The Road edition of The Session, we head to San Diego, CA. to visit with our old friend Derek Gallanosa at GOAL Brewing. Derek has accumulated quite the stash of awards in his career, formerly at Moksa Brewing and now with the year old GOAL. Tune in to learn all about his new brewery!

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On this episode of The Session we are joined by Brewmaster Alex Tweet and VP of Sales Mathew Barry from Fieldwork Brewing Company. In a surprising twist for our host, Justin Crossley, we are here to talk about non-alcoholic beers! And Fieldwork's creations are damn good! Tune in and find out how this world class craft brewery is making the best non-alcoholic brews we've ever had and why they're important in today's craft beer market.

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On this special episode of The Session we welcome the legendary Greg Koch, Founder of Stone Brewing, back to the show to discuss his latest project. But this time it's not beer...it's Music! Listen in to a fascinating conversation about where Greg has been since the sale of Stone, and learn about his new album and accompanying graphic novel.

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On this episode of The Session we welcome Morgan Territory Brewing from Tracy, CA. to the show. Brewmaster Craig Cauwels and Head Brewer James Noah join us in the Hop Grenade studio to discuss their multi-award winning beers and the story of how Morgan Territory came to be.

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Author and beer journalist Breandán Kearney joins The Session to discuss his new book, Hidden Beers of Belgium. The book also features incredible photography of the people, places and beer from photographer Ashley Joanna. Breandán has spent the greater part of a decade learning about and immersing himself in Belgian beer culture and has uncovered some if its greatest stories, along with incredible beer and breweries. Follow along as he takes us through a part of this journey as we learn about the laughter and tears that tell these tales, and even a story about beer made from water run though the bodies of the dead... You don't want to miss this one!

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Brewmaster Nick Mamere from Bartlett Hall and Bartlett Brewing Company joins us on The Session to discuss his award winning dark ales and Belgian style brews.

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Bart Watson, Chief Economist for the Brewers Association joins The Session to discuss the 2024 mid-year craft beer survey results.

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Founder and Brewer Joh Gillooly and Co-Founder Eric Ortega from Brix Factory Brewing join us this week on The Session. John and Eric have both been in the craft beer industry for years before venturing out on their own to start Brix Factory. Learn about their journey, the great beers, and how John really feels about the state of the industry.

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In this second installment of our trip to the 2024 Firestone Walker Invitational in Paso Robles, CA. we change things up a bit topic-wise. For this discussion we decided to cover some of the things that breweries do other than beer, like community outreach, partnerships, causes, and involvement in things that their customers care about.

So we enlisted Natalie Cilurzo from Russian River Brewing in California, DJ MCCready from Mountain Culture in New South Wales, Australia, and Bob Kunz from Highland Park in Los Angeles. Listen in as we discuss it all live from the Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival.

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At long last, one of our favorite breweries, Original Pattern, out of Oakland, CA. joins us on The Session. We talk about our recent collaboration beer, The Session IPA, and taste through several amazing brews and styles with Head Brewer Andy Crocker, Senior Brewer Evan Collins, and Co-Director of Sales, Virginia Vaughn.

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