The Full Pint Podcast

Derek Gallanosa returns to the show to talk about his latest venture as the head brewer of Moksa Brewing in Rocklin, CA. We talk about many things including:

- Derek's transition from Abnormal Beer Co. to Moksa Brewing.

- The H-Word.

- Debate on secondary and trade markets.

And much more.

This podcast is sponsored by hopsy.beer and brought to you by TheFullPint.com, a craft beer website with daily news updates, beer reviews and opinion articles.

Balancing dad life while being in the beer industry.

- The rundown of all of Grant's restaurants and breweries.

- Starting out in the unchartered territory of North County San Diego.

- How Stone and Lost Abbey helped Grant grow his businesses.

- The change in gastropub landscape over the years.

And much much more!

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We are joined by legendary, awarding winning brewer and owner of Bagby Beer Company, Jeff Bagby. Items of discussion include:

- Jeff working his way up the ranks in San Diego Beer.

- Brewing every classic style in the English and Belgian beer book.

- Thoughts on the recent news of Green Flash shutting down the new Virginia location.

- The current health of San Diego beer.

- Competition being tougher for GABF.

And much more!

We are joined by co-founder of Ale Asylum Brewing in Madison Wisconsin. We talk about the following topics:

- How Ale Asylum got started.

- Ale Asylum adhering to German Purity laws.

- The story behind Hopalicious.

- How Wisconsin approaches IPA

- The year of the craft lager

- Expansion strategy

And much more!

We are joined this week by the man behind many-a-brand, Christian Helms of Helms Workshop in Austin, TX. Christian and his creative agency are behind many of the most beautiful and well thought out craft beer brands and labels. Items we discuss include:

- Who/what Helms Workshop is.

- Some of Helms most notable clients.

- The process of launching a brand from the ground up.

- The process of rebranding a well established brewery.

- Handling bad ideas from clients.

And much more!

This week, we are joined by co-founder Bobby Fitzgerald of Gunwhale Ales in Costa Mesa, CA. Gunwhale Ales is a fairly young brewery with a focused lineup of beers crafted to drink by the sea. Items of discussion include:

- How Gunwale Ales was born and what the term Gunwales means.

- Their approach to their region based lineup.

- The risk in opening in a very expensive area of California.

- Keeping up with demand and getting handles at bars.

- Hot takes on the latest beer trends.

And much more!

We are joined by longtime friend and head brewer Brian Herbertson aka Herbie at Simmzy's Pub in Burbank. We talk about many brewing related topics including:

- Herbie's latest role over at Simmy's Brewpub in Burbank, CA.

- The comradery in the budding Burbank beer scene

- Herbie's homebrewing journey starting back in the 90's

- And much more

This podcast is brought to you by TheFullPint.com, a craft beer website with daily news updates, beer reviews and opinion articles.

In light of the recent news about Stone Brewing suing MillerCoors over the STONE trademark, we invited Eugene Pak, who practices law specializing in Craft Beer intellectual property cases.

We discuss the following:

- The big news regarding Stone's lawsuit against MillerCoors

- Other notable cases surrounding beer marketing and branding

And much more!

This podcast is brought to you by TheFullPint.com, a craft beer website with daily news updates, beer reviews and opinion articles.

This week we are joined by 2 of the 3 founders of Aslin Beer Co. out of Virginia. Andrew and Kai share their journey in starting a very small brewery and subsequently catching fire. Items we discuss include:

- Aslin's beautiful packaging.

- Inspiration for brewing IPAs.

- Dealing with negative online feedback.

- What lead to their tasting room closing.

- And much more!

This podcast is brought to you by TheFullPint.com, a craft beer website with daily news updates, beer reviews and opinion articles.

This week, we are joined by owner / brewer Matt Garcia of Homage Brewing. Homage is a very young brewery out of Pomona California, brewing hoppy ales, mixed fermentation and barrel aged sour ales. We talk about the following items:

- Homage's beginnings

- Decision to open up in Pomona of all places

- The choice to do crowdfunding at the beginning. 

- And much more!

This podcast is brought to you by TheFullPint.com, a craft beer website with daily news updates, beer reviews and opinion articles.