The Full Pint Podcast

Returning to the show, owner and brewer of Highland Park Brewery, Bob Kunz. In part 1 of our interview we discuss many things including:

- Where we left off since our talk during season 1.

- Initial thoughts on Chinatown brewery and the contrast from The Herosillo.

- Fresh-chain operation.

- Epiphany on Chinatown Brewery's impact on the community.

- Attracting event go-ers in Los Angeles.

- Pivoting operations during COVID-19

- Shift from mobile canning to in house canning

- Evolution of West Coast IPA

And much much more!

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• El Segundo Brewing - Makers of some very fine hoppy ales near LAX, you can now pick up beers to go and even order online.

This week, we are joined by co-founder and CEO of Societe Brewing out of San Diego, Doug Constantiner. We discuss many things including:

- BBQ and smoking talk.

- Jumping in at year 7.

- Parting ways with co-founder Travis Smith.

- Societe's processes and continuity.

- Societe's distribution model.

- Signing on with Scout Distribution.

- Reluctantly moving to canning.

- Pupil IPA taking the crown of Best San Diego IPA.

And much more!

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• El Segundo Brewing - Makers of some very fine hoppy ales near LAX, you can now pick up beers to go and even order online.

This week, we are joined by CEO and Co-Founder of Great Notion Brewing, Pauly Reiter. We discuss many things with Pauly including:

- How Horus introduced Danny to Pauly and the gang.

- Memories of when Great Notion hit the scene.

- Suddenly being a famous hype brewery.

- The characters and branding behind Great Notion.

- The beers behind the brand.

- Social media effort.

- The fans and the haters.

- Stoners love sours?

- Running brew pubs.

- COVID 19 halting food service.

- Fitting into PDX beer.

- Travel and promotional schedule.

- The Great Notion Mobile App.

- Philly talk.

And much much more!

We'd like to thank the sponsors of this show, if you are interested in sponsoring this podcast, please drop us a note at [email protected].

• El Segundo Brewing - Makers of some very fine hoppy ales near LAX, you can now pick up beers to go and even order online.

We are dropping a very special bonus episode this week as a thank you to all of our loyal listeners and supporters who have stuck with us during these strange times. Today, we are joined by Edgar from BeerThugLife. We talk about many things including:

- Some BeerThugLife videos that caught Danny's attention.

- How Edgar started BeerThugLife.

- Chug videos and chug video culture on social media.

- The concepts and creative arts behind Edgar's videos.

- Being asked to collaborate with breweries on promotional videos and beers.

- Carefully accepting or denying collab requests.

- The term and responsibility of being a beer influencer. 

- Thoughts on the Los Angeles craft beer scene.

- Craft Beer presented in LA Latino culture.

- Edgar's crazy awesome kitchen that he films in.

- The future of beer festivals and beer events.

- Advice for upcoming beer influencers.

And much much more!

We'd like to thank the sponsors of this show, if you are interested in sponsoring this podcast, please drop us a note at [email protected].

• El Segundo Brewing - Makers of some very fine hoppy ales near LAX, you can now pick up beers to go and even order online.

This week, we have JC Hill of Alvarado St. Brewery out of Salinas, CA return to the show. We discuss many topics with JC including:

- JC recalls how business changed mid-March.

- Alvarado Street trying to keep their food business going for a minute during lockdown.

- Pivot to curbside and GSO delivery business.

- Thoughts on buying habits changing from 4pks to whole cases.

- Balance between new way of business and maintaining distribution.

- Participating in Other Half Brewing's All Together collaboration.

- Slowing down on fests and travel.

- Being hit up to do virtual collabs.

- What does the rest of 2020 look like for ASB?

- Alvarado Streets IPA tendencies. 

- Update on Yeast of Eden.

And much much more!

Thank you all for sticking with us in these insane times. We will be dropping more episodes to catch up on what we've missed.

We'd like to thank the sponsors of this show, if you are interested in sponsoring this podcast, please drop us a note at [email protected].

• El Segundo Brewing - Makers of some very fine hoppy ales near LAX, also check out their new digs, The Slice and Pint.

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Loyal listeners of The Full Pint Podcast, apologies for the irregular show schedule, we are doing our best to provide an entertaining listen while being mindful of our current situation. This week, we are joined by the very entertaining John Rowley of Rowley Farmhouse Ales, where we attempt to provide an upbeat take on the current intersection of craft beer and COVID-19. We talk about the following:

- When did coronavirus first affect John personally and professionally.

- How New Mexico state law changed how Rowley Farmhouse Ales operates.

- How Rowley Farmhouse Ales was able to not do massive layoffs.

- Quick pivot from mostly draft to crowlers.

- Hypothetical scenarios based on how long stay-at-home orders last.

- Other areas of the supply chain that are being affected and how they are impacting business.

- Taking a look at some other breweries and states and how they are handling this.

- How Brewers Association handled CBC and World Beer Cup.

And much more!

We'd like to thank the sponsors of this show, if you are interested in sponsoring this podcast, please drop us a note at [email protected].

• El Segundo Brewing - Makers of some very fine hoppy ales near LAX, also check out their new digs, The Slice and Pint.

We continue our coverage of the intersection of the craft beer industry, craft beer drinkers and the COVID-19 Pandemic. Andy Carter, President of California Home Brewers Association returns to the mic to help us break it down. We discuss the following:

- What has changed over the course of the week.

- Big pivots from small breweries.

- Buzz worthy breweries delivering and doing online shipping.

- Alcohol regulations relaxed.

- Casualties, furloughs, layoffs, FIRE SALES!

- Buying beer in bulk.

- A look at Russian River Brewing's reaction.

- A look at Green Flash Brewing's reaction.

And tons more!

We'd like to thank the sponsors of this show, if you are interested in sponsoring this podcast, please drop us a note at [email protected].

• El Segundo Brewing - Makers of some very fine hoppy ales near LAX, also check out their new digs, The Slice and Pint.

We break away from our regular format to bring you a discussion regarding the intersection of the COVID-19 situation and the craft beer industry. We are joined by friend of the show and President of California Home Brewers Association Andy Carter to discuss the following:

- "Corona Virus" entering the lexicon early this year, stupid memes, etc.

- The entire world turned upside down last week.

- The tone of brewery social media.

- What does this mean for breweries that were running on fumes?

- Brewers Association's touch and go approach for CBC and World Beer Cup.

- Breaking down the impact on craft breweries by size.

- Is this a moment of reflection or pivoting for all breweries?

- Any bright side for consumers?

- Creative ways for breweries to survive the storm?

- How can beer drinkers still have fun?

- Revisiting your cellar and other cellar talk.

And much much more!

We'd like to thank the sponsors of this show, if you are interested in sponsoring this podcast, please drop us a note at [email protected].

• El Segundo Brewing - Makers of some very fine hoppy ales near LAX, also check out their new digs, The Slice and Pint.

This week, we sit down with Vice President of Operations of Cerveceria Mundial out of East Los Angeles, Ray Ricky Rivera. We discuss many things including:

- How Danny knows Cerveceria Mundial.

- Latino culture in Los Angeles.

- How East Los Angeles is portrayed in entertainment vs reality.

- Latino's and Craft Beer in Los Angeles.

- Modello Time Foo memes and macros marketing to Latinos.

- How Cerveceria Mundial ties in to all of this.

- CM's business model.

- Creating first beer.

- Running a startup with four people and no investment money.

- Expanding to a beverage company.

- Running opposite of other current business models.

- 3-5 year goals.

And much more!

We'd like to thank the sponsors of this show, if you are interested in sponsoring this podcast, please drop us a note at [email protected].

• El Segundo Brewing - Makers of some very fine hoppy ales near LAX, also check out their new digs, The Slice and Pint.

We sit down with co-founder and Head Brewer of Schoolhouse Brewing in Marietta, GA, Thomas Monti. We discuss many topics including:

- Thomas' beginnings in home brewing.

- Gypsy brewing in the south east.

- Thomas' beta version of Schoolhouse Brewing.

- The concept behind Schoolhouse Brewing.

- The layout of the brewery and tasting room.

- Being family and community friendly.

- Open Source recipe concept.

- Rotation nation.

- Customer education.

- Crispy bois.

- IPAs.

- The Georgia beer scene.

And much more!

We'd like to thank the sponsors of this show, if you are interested in sponsoring this podcast, please drop us a note at [email protected].

• El Segundo Brewing - Makers of some very fine hoppy ales near LAX, also check out their new digs, The Slice and Pint.