The Full Pint Podcast

We are joined by tenured employee and current Specialty Brand Manager at New Belgium Brewing, Andrew Emerton. We discuss many items including:

- What Andrew's current role at NBB looks like.

- How the marketing guy interfaces with the artist.

- Rotating and refreshing certain brands.

- A look back at Lips of Faith Series.

- The legacy of Felix and Oscar.

- The current climate in bars, restaurants and liquor stores.

- Price points on perceived premium products.

- The importance of social media.

And much much more!

This podcast is sponsored by The Full Pint Shop. Grab tshirts, hats, glasses and more to support the beer fam.

Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com

Danny and Jonny Fullpint take questions from you, the loyal listener of The Full Pint Podcast. We dig deep into the mailbag to answer social media submitted questions on topics such as:

- Brut IPA

- The $100 dollar bottle of beer.

- The difference between the $12 and $22 4-Pack of IPA

- Why don't more people call out garbage beer?

- What does it take for a small startup to be successful?

- Why do we have to be quiet about bad beer and bad service?

- Why don't breweries focus more on education?

- Lactose in beer.

- Why doesn't beer media call out bad beer?

- When will people stop s#itting on the latest style of IPA?

- How much does temperature play into the quality of beer?

And much much more!

This podcast is sponsored by New Belgium Brewing, please visit http://newbelgiumbrewing.com to learn about their lineup and where to find their beer.

Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com

We are joined this week by Aaron Barkenhagen, owner of Bootlegger's Brewery out of Fullerton, CA. Aaron tells his tale of starting up his small brewery ten years ago in Orange County, CA leading up to having three diversely located tasting rooms. Items of discussion include:

- The story leading up to opening Bootlegger's.

- Intro to Bootlegger's core lineup.

- What inspired Aaron's core lineup.

- Running a business with his wife.

- The legacy of Knuckle Sandwich

- Scaling up recipies once Bootlegger's first expanded.

- Not immediately reacting to trends but remaining interesting to customers.

- A look at the Orange County beer scene.

- The increasing challenges of distribution.

- Running three tasting rooms in three vastly different locations.

And much more.

This podcast is sponsored by New Belgium Brewing, please visit http://newbelgiumbrewing.com to learn about their lineup and where to find their beer.

Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com

We are joined by CEO of HenHouse Brewing Collin McDonnell. Collin McDonnell is a very passionate and outspoken member of the craft beer industry. We talk about many topics including:

- Collin's membership to #BeerTwitter

- HenHouse Brewing's story.

- HenHouse moving to fermentation focused beers.

- Being in Russian River's backyard.

- The touchy subject of Lagunitas

- The current state of beer distributing and the local movement.

- Brut IPA

And tons more!

This podcast is sponsored by The Full Pint Shop. Grab tshirts, hats, glasses and more to support the beer fam.

Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com

We are joined by longtime friend of the show, PR/Media specialist Nickie Peña from the Paradeigm agency. We discuss the upcoming San Diego Beer Week 2018 and many other topics surrounding the San Diego Beer culture.

Items of discussion include:

- What is San Diego Beer Week and why should anyone care.

- Some must attend events for SDBW.

- Meeting some local "beer-leberites."

- Some new breweries worth checking out.

- Some new-ish, not quite old-ish breweries worth checking out.

- Thoughts on the "old guard" breweries of San Diego.

- Touring legendary North Park.

- Staying safe

And much much more!

This podcast is sponsored by The Full Pint Shop. Grab tshirts, hats, glasses and more to support the beer fam.

Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com

We continue our chat with Author and Chicago area columnist Josh Noel. Items we cover:

- AB Craft in social situations.

- Transparency in labeling

- OctFest's place in the craft beer world.

- Not all craft brewers being on board with the BA mission.

- Bourbon County Stout's place in 2018

- A look back on The High End's acquisitions. 

- Monday morning quarter-backing with Cigar City Left Hand, and Firestone Walker.

- Thoughts on CANarchy.

And much more.

This podcast is sponsored by The Full Pint Shop. Grab tshirts, hats, glasses and more to support the beer fam.

Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com

We are joined by longtime Chicago based writer and author of Barrel Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business. In part 1 of our discussion, we talk about:

- How Josh began writing and when he pivoted to covering beer in the Chicago area.

- Jumping head first into writing about Goose Island's sale to Anheuser-Busch in 2011.

- AB giving Josh access to key stakeholders of the Goose Island transaction.

- The key member of AB's team Josh was not given access to.

- Possibility of a second book or new editions.

- Tracking the taste of Goose Island beers post acquisition.

- Danny's experience with post-acquisition AB beers.

And much more!

This podcast is sponsored by The Full Pint Shop. Grab tshirts, hats, glasses and more to support the beer fam.

Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com

We are joined by industry veteran, owner of Octopi Brewing and co-owner of Untitled Art Brewing Isaac Showaki out of Waunakee, WI. We have a great chat with topics including:

- Danny's story of linking up with Levi Funk and Isaac.

- Isaac's journey into craft beer.

- Pivoting from Chicago to Wisconsin.

- The stigmas surrounding contract brewing.

- What makes Octopi different from the rest.

- Meeting Levi Funk and eventually creating Untitled Art Brewing.

- Contract clients pushing the limits of creativity.

- Expansion plans.

- Sourcing cans.

- Adapting to breweries and one-offs.

- Wisconsin beer being old school. 

- Making Octopi a destination brewery.

And much more!

his podcast is sponsored by The Full Pint Shop. Grab tshirts, hats, glasses and more to support the beer fam.

Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com

We are joined by one of the nerdiest beer geeks in all of the land, CFO of Revolution Brewing, Doug Veliky. 

- How Doug and his wife rescued The Full Pint this summer.

- The intersection of being a number cruncher, photographer and a beer geek.

- The story behind Revolution Brewing.

- Revolution Brewing's rise in the midwest region.

- Approach to expansion.

- Moving to all cans.

- Putting a spotlight on the Deep Woods Series.

- Midwest's love of big barrel aged beers.

- Competing against Lagunitas and Goose Island.

- The Independent Seal

- Instagram culture

And much more!

This podcast is sponsored by The Full Pint Shop. Grab tshirts, hats, glasses and more to support the beer fam.

Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com

We are joined by head brewer at J. Wakefield Brewing, Maria Cabré. Maria shares the story going from working in the hospitality industry to professionally brewing beer.

We discuss the following:

- Maria's story of going from baking to homebrewing

- Meeting Jonathan Wakefield in the homebrewing scene

- Helping J. Wakefield Brewing startup

- Going from a support role to a brewing role

- Being portrayed as a superhero in Wakefield marketing and branding

- Inspiring other women to work in craft beer

- Florida beer scene reputation

- Exploding fruit cans

- Constant travel for collabs

- Balancing mom life with beer life.

And much more!

This podcast is sponsored by The Full Pint Shop. Grab tshirts, hats, glasses and more to support the beer fam.

Music for The Full Pint Podcast provided by our pal Ben Tuttle, check him out at tenderbubbles.com