The Full Pint Podcast

We are joined by award winning veteran pro brewer Todd Ashman. We talk about Todd's stories career all over the country and we touch on the following topics.

- Todd's transition from homebrewing to brewery supply sales

- Todd's transition from brewery supply to pro brewing.

- Pingpong'ing from Flossmoor Station to FiftyFifty.

- And much much more!

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

We are joined this week by Eric Ruta, founder of Magnify Brewing in Fairfield, NJ. We get familiar with this young brewery and learn the following:

- How Magnify got started

- Challenges to opening in New Jersey

- How the NJ scene has changed in the last 10 years

- Balancing core beers with rotation beers

And much much more.

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

We are joined this week by legendary brewmaster Chuck Silva alongside his wife Mary Jo. While we recorded under less than ideal conditions, we touched on many interesting topics including:

- Chuck and MJ's decision to leave Green Flash Brewing

- Thoughts on Green Flash recipe changes

- Silva Brewing's mission statement

- The Central Coast craft beer market

- The Return of Silva Stout??

- And Much More

We are joined by owner/founder of Wren House Brewing Co. in Phoenix Arizona. Wren House Brewing Co. is a fairly new Southwest brewery making a big name right now. Items of discussion include:

- Being the new cool kid on the block

- The slow creation of a "beer scene" in Arizona

- Anxiety in starting up a brewery

- Barleywine and much more!

This week we are joined by longtime friend of the show, Conor Hunter. Conor of 2nd Craft Brewing, who takes us on his journey from quitting alcohol to being knee deep in the middle of the Southern California craft beer scene where he roasts coffee specific beer and designs for breweries.

Items of discussion include:

- Starting a micro coffee roasting company

- Popular and classic coffee beers on the market

- Craft Beer x Craft Coffee collaborations

- Mikkeller Raspberry Blush

And much more!

This week we are joined by Mark Fulton, formerly of Maine Beer Company and current at startup Reason Beer in Charlottesville, VA. Items of discussion include:

- Mark's brewing background

- His time at Maine Beer Company

- The starting core lineup of Reason

- Black IPA??

- Why Virginia is the hot new market and much much more!

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

We catch up with longtime friends Tyler King and Brian White of Brewery Rex. For those not familiar, Tyler King was the former Director of Brewing operations at The Bruery. Brian White is the hype man for Brewery Rex, and has worked at many different breweries here in California. Listen to the story of how Brewery Rex came to be 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 Jeffrey Stuffings, co-founder/owner of Jester King Brewery in Austin, TX. 

Items of discussion include:

- How Jester King started with clean farmhouse ales

- How the Texas market takes to the premium products and pricing

- The complex naming and labeling of Jester King beers

- Why people love their fruited sours

- And much 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 award decorated brewmaster of Firestone Walker Brewing, Matt Brynildson. On the heels of Firestone Walker's 21st Anniversary, we discuss many items including:

- Brewhouse expansion

- What does a brewmaster do day to day

- Recipe formulation

- IPA trends

- Parabola 2017 controversy

- Barleywine fandom

- What's in store for 2018

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

We are joined by beer-leberity comedy beer blogger, Alex Kidd of Don't Drink Beer. We discuss how DDB got started, randalling beer through hamburgers, defining shitlords, why pastry stouts and pastry hops are so hot right now and much much more.