The Full Pint Podcast

We are back with co-host Andy Carter, President of the California Home Brewers Association to discuss some of the latest important topics in craft beer including:

- The current chapter of the never ending can shortage.

- Rest in Peace Saint Archer.

- What is going on with Kings and Convicts?

- CANarchy's tradjectory over the past several years.

- CANarchy selling to Monster Beverage Corp.

- Brew Dog back in the news via the BBC.

And much more!

Link to BrewDog BBC Documentary

We'd like to thank our sponsor, Great Notion Brewing. Great Notion Brewing offers a variety of modern, cutting edge, culinary inspired beers: pastry stouts, hazy IPAs, smoothie sours. Every few weeks they have been adding states to their direct shipping list. Download their app on the app store, and check out with promocode FULLPINT10 for 10% off your next order.

Please check out these resources if you are a member of the craft beer industry and need help.

National Women's Law Center - https://nwlc.org/

Department of Fair Employment and Housing - https://www.dfeh.ca.gov/

Project When - https://projectwhen.org/resources/how-to-report-workplace-harassment-incidents/

We are joined by Matt Brynildson of Firestone Walker Brewing and Vinnie Cilurzo to talk about Pilsner and many other items including:

- What's the big idea here?

- STiVO pils and how it came to be.

- How this collab is different from the usual cool collabs.

- A refresher on PiVO Pilsner.

- A refresher on STS Pilsner.

- What pilsner means to the US drinker.

- The challenge in positioning pilsner as a great drink and not a cheap beer.

- How can lager beer be better positioned.

- Italian pilsner craze.

- Side pull talk.

- The confusion of Czech and Bohemian Pilsner.

- And much more!

We'd like to thank our sponsor, Great Notion Brewing. Great Notion Brewing offers a variety of modern, cutting edge, culinary inspired beers: pastry stouts, hazy IPAs, smoothie sours. Every few weeks they have been adding states to their direct shipping list. Download their app on the app store, and check out with promocode FULLPINT10 for 10% off your next order.

Please check out these resources if you are a member of the craft beer industry and need help.

National Women's Law Center - https://nwlc.org/

Department of Fair Employment and Housing - https://www.dfeh.ca.gov/

Project When - https://projectwhen.org/resources/how-to-report-workplace-harassment-incidents/

We are finishing out 2021 with our forward looking 2022 Prediction Show! Andy and Danny discuss and predict on the following beer topics:

- Quick Green Flash / Sweetwater news.

- Reaction to 2020/2021 Direct-To-Consumer sales.

- Who will be the last big craft sale?

- Market consolodation?

- The next-gen beer gimmick.

- To-go packaging?

- Direction of NA beer.

- National alcohol laws.

And much more!

We'd like to thank our sponsor The Bruery! Limited spots are still open for the 2022 Reserve Society. 12 large format beers of either barrel aged strong ale or wild and funky ales + mucho perks for $300. Follow the link for more details and to sign up now! LINK Please check out these resources if you are a member of the craft beer industry and need help.

National Women's Law Center - https://nwlc.org/

Department of Fair Employment and Housing - https://www.dfeh.ca.gov/

Project When - https://projectwhen.org/resources/how-to-report-workplace-harassment-incidents/

Andy and Danny are joined by longtime friend Doug Veliky, part time beer content creator, full time Chief Strategy Officer at Revolution Brewing where we take a look back at the year in beer. Items of discussion include:

- "Act 1 of COVID" behind us.

- The state of bottle shares.

- The state of festivals.

- RIP Falling Rock.

- The reckoning regarding beverage industry misconduct.

- Looking back on 2021 predictions.

- The yearly can shortage?

- Craft seltzer?

- The major fest players?

- Major mergers and acquisitions.

- Black IPA!

- West Coast IPA's present spot.

- Treehouse Brewing's trajectory.

- Craft lager's positioning.

- Barrel aged sours in cans.

And much more!

Our friend Doug is in the middle of a fundraiser for Lurie's Children's Hospital in Chicago. Please visit Doug's Instagram, @BeerAficiando to get in on the amazing beer raffles and follow this link to learn about the charity work Doug and his wife are working on and the story behind this effort. LINK

We'd like to thank our sponsor The Bruery! Limited spots are still open for the 2022 Reserve Society. 12 large format beers of either barrel aged strong ale or wild and funky ales + mucho perks for $300. Follow the link for more details and to sign up now! LINK Please check out these resources if you are a member of the craft beer industry and need help.

National Women's Law Center - https://nwlc.org/

Department of Fair Employment and Housing - https://www.dfeh.ca.gov/

Project When - https://projectwhen.org/resources/how-to-report-workplace-harassment-incidents/

We are joined by co-founder of Ogopogo Brewing, Jason De La Torre from San Gabriel, CA. We discuss many things including:

- Meeting Jason at The DRINKERS HALL OF FAME.

- The dive bar scene in the San Gabriel Valley.

- What does Ogopogo mean?

- How the brewery came to be.

- Jason's starts at Saint Archer and Golden Road Brewing working the lab.

- Other beer influcences.

- How was San Gabriel California picked.

- Diversity of the tasting room.

- Working with LA Brewers Guild.

- The big five way collab.

- Packaging and distro plans.

- Philosphy on can art.

- Brewmaster Guillermo!

And much more!

We'd like to thank our sponsor The Bruery! Limited spots are still open for the 2022 Reserve Society. 12 large format beers of either barrel aged strong ale or wild and funky ales + mucho perks for $300. Follow the link for more details and to sign up now! LINK Please check out these resources if you are a member of the craft beer industry and need help.

National Women's Law Center - https://nwlc.org/

Department of Fair Employment and Housing - https://www.dfeh.ca.gov/

Project When - https://projectwhen.org/resources/how-to-report-workplace-harassment-incidents/

This week, we are joined by Alero of WARCLOUD Brewing. We sit down with Alero and discuss many things including:

- Who/what/why is WARCLOUD.

- Beginnings in homebrewing.

- Inspiration from commercial beers and brewers.

- The plan to open up a commercial brewery at the edge of Los Angles County.

- Experiennce doinng Barrel and Flow.

- The generosity and inspiraton of J. Wakefield Brewing.

- Deciding to have in house food versus food vendors.

- Art and NFT talk.

Check out WARCLOUD on Twitter by clicking this LINK!

And much more!

We'd like to thank our sponsor The Bruery! Limited spots are still open for the 2022 Reserve Society. 12 large format beers of either barrel aged strong ale or wild and funky ales + mucho perks for $300. Follow the link for more details and to sign up now! LINK Please check out these resources if you are a member of the craft beer industry and need help.

National Women's Law Center - https://nwlc.org/

Department of Fair Employment and Housing - https://www.dfeh.ca.gov/

Project When - https://projectwhen.org/resources/how-to-report-workplace-harassment-incidents/

We are joined by Co-Host Andy and discuss many fun topical items about our life in beer, including:

- Pilsner Urquell influencing?

- Sierra Nevada Celebration - Bottles or Cans?

- Bell's Oberon franchise talk continues.

- Might Oberon be the next Voodoo Ranger (we talked about this before the sale lol)

- The big push for barrel aged beers, membership reups and Black Friday sales.

- Danny discusses his trip to Boston and Portland, ME.

- Shoutout to San Diego Beer Week

- Horus Aged Meads?

And much more!

We'd like to thank our sponsor The Bruery! Limited spots are still open for the 2022 Reserve Society. 12 large format beers of either barrel aged strong ale or wild and funky ales + mucho perks for $300. Follow the link for more details and to sign up now! LINK Please check out these resources if you are a member of the craft beer industry and need help.

National Women's Law Center - https://nwlc.org/

Department of Fair Employment and Housing - https://www.dfeh.ca.gov/

Project When - https://projectwhen.org/resources/how-to-report-workplace-harassment-incidents/

We are joined by the famous father son duo Pat and Shawn behind Mcilhenney Brewing in Alpine, CA. We discuss the following:

- Waking up from a fever dream where Pat and Shawn lost their brewery in Alpine but then got it back in the end.

- Launching as Mcilhenny Brewing in the second half of the pandemic.

- The type of beers that made Pat and Shawn famous.

- What has changed for them in the last ten years in terms of business.

- What is the hop procurement scene like now?

- It used to be fairly hard to get their beer before, how about now?

- Did the Mcilhenneys inspire a generation of IPA brewers?

- The inevitable mention of IPAs that are not clear...

- Have IPAs gotten too sweet overall and will they swing back to bitter?

- How is Mcilhenney Brewing able to keep such a diverse taplist?

- Stout, lager and barrel aged beer talk.

- What does the SD beer scene look like today and are they approached constantly for collabs from breweries they never heard of?

- SD Beer, the land of the satelite tasting room.

- Will we see another Mcilhenney Brewing spot down the hill?

And much more!

We'd like to thank our sponsor Pure Project, a small batch San Diego brewery making the finest barrel aged sours, stouts, hazy and clear IPAs. CA and NV residents can have Pure Project shipped directly. Listeners of The Full Pint podcast can receive 15% off their order by visiting purebrewing.org/fullpint.

We'd also like to thank our sponsor Radiant Beer Co., which is now fully opened in Anaheim. Please visit radiantbeer.com, sign up for their newsletter to receive 15% off your first tasting room visit.

Please check out these resources if you are a member of the craft beer industry and need help.

National Women's Law Center - https://nwlc.org/

Department of Fair Employment and Housing - https://www.dfeh.ca.gov/

Project When - https://projectwhen.org/resources/how-to-report-workplace-harassment-incidents/

We are joined by co-host Andy Carter of the California Homebrewers Association where we dicuss many beer related topics including:

- Predictions prior to Untappd festival.

- Hop Season.

- US hop harvest explained.

- The hop selection process.

- Wet hopped /fresh hop beers.

- An update on Stone Brewing's hazy IPA endevours.

- Deschutes working mainstream crossover.

- Dogfish Head and Sam Adams talk.

- Always stout season?

And much more!

We'd like to thank our sponsor Pure Project, a small batch San Diego brewery making the finest barrel aged sours, stouts, hazy and clear IPAs. CA and NV residents can have Pure Project shipped directly. Listeners of The Full Pint podcast can receive 15% off their order by visiting purebrewing.org/fullpint.

We'd also like to thank our sponsor Radiant Beer Co., which is now fully opened in Anaheim. Please visit radiantbeer.com, sign up for their newsletter to receive 15% off your first tasting room visit.

Please check out these resources if you are a member of the craft beer industry and need help.

National Women's Law Center - https://nwlc.org/

Department of Fair Employment and Housing - https://www.dfeh.ca.gov/

Project When - https://projectwhen.org/resources/how-to-report-workplace-harassment-incidents/

On the heels of the 2021 Great American Beer Festival, we are joined by longtime friend and head brewer of Radiant Beer Co., Andrew Bell. We discuss many things including:

- Early days in college, homebrewing and trading on Ratebeer.

- Going to school for finance.

- Starting at The Bruery at the ground level.

- Getting chops to run a production brewery.

- The Dream Team forms Radiant Beer Co.

- Entering and winning at the 2021 Great American Beer Festival.

- The art of nailing hazy hoppy beer.

- Slushy beers and soft serve?

- The Milko pour explained.

- Festbier or Märzen.

And much more!

We'd like to thank our sponsor Pure Project, a small batch San Diego brewery making the finest barrel aged sours, stouts, hazy and clear IPAs. CA and NV residents can have Pure Project shipped directly. Listeners of The Full Pint podcast can receive 15% off their order by visiting purebrewing.org/fullpint.

We'd also like to thank our sponsor Radiant Beer Co., which is now fully opened in Anaheim. Please visit radiantbeer.com, sign up for their newsletter to receive 15% off your first tasting room visit.

Please check out these resources if you are a member of the craft beer industry and need help.

National Women's Law Center - https://nwlc.org/

Department of Fair Employment and Housing - https://www.dfeh.ca.gov/

Project When - https://projectwhen.org/resources/how-to-report-workplace-harassment-incidents/