On a farm outside of the city of Austin, Texas you’ll find a brewery that is more reminiscent of the old-time farmhouse breweries than the modern production facilities of big brewers today. On-site well water and yeast that’s naturally occurring in the Texas Hill Country are used to make some of the most unique beers […]

“I think this would be a good time for a beer” -Franklin Delano Roosevelt, upon the signing of the Cullen-Harrison Act on March 21st, 1933, the precursor to the 21st Amendment and repeal of Prohibition on December 5th, 1933. Prohibition was a dark time for the United States. Temperance proponents seemed to have won the fight […]

Some say that craft beer is all about how big your brewery is, and some say it’s all about the ingredients. If you ask Zach Shumaker from ShuBrew in Zelienople, PA, he’ll probably say it’s all about the passion and love of brewing and making great beer. Zach, a US Marine in a previous […]

Welcome to Session 22 of the Craft Beer Showdown Podcast. In this episode I got the opportunity to sit down and talk with Drew Larson from the Cicerone Certification Program. For those of you that might not be aware, the Cicerone program is truly unique in the world of beer. In a world that is […]

Welcome to Session 21 of the Craft Beer Showdown. It’s been a few months since I published a episode and for that I do apologize for the delay. There was a sudden death in early January. After all that I just didn’t feel like doing a lot with my site and was a little more […]

Welcome to session 20 of the Craft Beer Showdown Podcast. In this episode I sat down again with my good friend Andy to pick his brain about some home brewing tips, tricks, and what he considers the top seven tips for home brewing success. I first talked to Andy about home brewing back in session […]

Welcome to session number 16 of the Craft Beer Showdown Podcast. You might notice this episode is a little out of order since we just finished session 19 with Troegs Brewing. Session 16 is both my favorite and most difficult Podcast to date. Technical difficulties plagued us throughout this episode and actually ended with Randy’s […]

Welcome to session 19 of the Craft Beer Showdown Podcast. In this session I got the chance to sit down with a friend of mine and talk about Troegs Brewing. Mike Watters is a regional sales rep for Troegs and knows more about them than just about anyone else at the brewery (except the brothers, […]

Welcome to session 18 of the Craft Beer Showdown Podcast. In this episode I got the chance to sit down with award-winning brewer Steve Sloan and talk all about his past brewing experience as well as his latest work at his brewery, Roundabout Brewery.  Steve was the 2012 GABF Large Brewpub Brewer of the […]

Welcome to session 17 of the Craft Beer Showdown Podcast. You might notice that we skipped session 16, but fear not, this was no drunken mistake. Session 16 has Randy Mosher featured and is still being worked on. Until it’s up and ready for consumption, I have another great Podcast for you. The band Reel […]