Under My Host

Our guests are: Dave Pickerell, master distiller for Hillrock Estates, WhistlePig, Mount Vernon and Widow Jane; David Grega (O'Grega), winemaker and co-founder of Carlotta Cellars; Steve Gagner, Army Officer and brewer/founder of 14th Star Brewing company and Mutineer Magazine's Editor-in-Chief, Brian Kropf (Sniper)! Our guest have 2 things in common: they're all working in the beverage industry and they have all bravely served, serving in Steve Gagner's case, in the United States Military. This is the first of many shows I'll be doing for the project we are now calling Veterans in Craft (ViC)! Music: Juice - Keep It Moving

Our special guest is cocktail historian, Esquire columnist, and JBA-winning author, David Wondrich (pronounced: WondRICH, not WondRICK.... as per usual, ignore the way I pronounce Wondrich through Dave's entire show). Our guest hosts are: Greg Best, Rick Dobbs, Jeremiah Jason Blake and Dan Dunn!

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Our guests: Pawtucket, Rhode Island's Foolproof Brewing Company founder, Nick Garrison, and brewmaster, Damase Olsson. Our first craft producer from RI!... We talk a little about the craft beer scene in Rhode Island, the brewery and Foolproof's lineup.

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Our guest is Villicana Winery winemaker and RE:FIND Spirits distiller Alex Villicana. Alex joins us to talk about RE:FIND Spirits - top-shelf spirits distilled from Villicana Winery's saignée and saignée from other craft wineries in Paso Robles! Dave Stolte, illustrator and author of Home Bar Basics and Not-So-Basics, is our guest host.

Hands down, I am the worst at pronounciation...

CYNAR is CHEE-Nar not KEY-Nar

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Drew Fox, Dave Weglarz and Jared Rouben bring us up to speed on what's happening at 18th Street Brewing Company, StilL 630 Distillery, and Moody Tongue Brewing Company, respectively. We talk culinary brewing, seasonal beers, pairing food with beer & spirits, and much more.... A good time was had by all! Music: Juice - Keep It Moving

Our guests are Jen and John Kimmich of The Alchemist in Waterbury, Vermont. NOTE: you're a d-bag if you don't recycle, call John Kimmich up asking for his recipe for Heady Topper and/or call Cori out for every incorrect thing she said during this show.

Rough start on this one.... Corrections: Producer Tyler, not Producer Matt. The Alchemist is located in Waterbury, not Hardwick. Waterbury, Vermont is 2.5-3 HOURS outside of Boston, not 3 minutes! :::FACEPALM::: I've been a bit discombobulated since Matt's exit (compounded by some really cool UMH-related stuff that I can't share just yet), but I am pretty sure I've found my groove with my new guys now... Uh, I hope! More importantly, the Kimmichs are completely lovely and their Heady Topper is as good as everyone says it is! C.

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Caledonia Spirits founder and beekeeper,Todd Hardie & Caledonia Spirits distiller, Ryan Christiansen, are our guests. We hear how Todd's bees were affected by colony collapse and how Caledonia Spirits is strengthening their colonies (naturally) with Russian bees; we learn a bit about the raw, fermented, honey Caledonia uses to make their vodka and gins and what spirits Caledonia plans on releasing in the future. Our guest host is author of Apothecary Cocktails: Restorative Drink from Yesterday and Today, Warren Bobrow.

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Our guests are Sorel Liqueur founder, Jackie Summers, and Bill York, founder of Bitter End Bitters. We get a brief history on the guys, learn a bit about their companies, and find out how to successfully incorporate their products into cocktails or how to enjoy them alone - in Sorel's case. I'm not sure we fully understand how to work with bitters yet, but, after this show, we're less clueless than we were before. Our guest host is Warren Bobrow.

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Against the Grain co-founders, Jerry Gnagy and Sam Cruz, keep us in stitches this entire show. Between tears of laughter we drink AtG offerings, talk about past, present & future brews and what you should never expect from Against the Grain in the future. Our guest host is director, writer and producer of the craft beer documentary Crafting A Nation, Tom Kolicko.

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While we taste and talk about some of Half Acre's canned offerings, Gabriel Magliaro (founder of Half Acre Beer Company) tells us about Half Acre's start, their recent brewery expansion - including a beautiful new taproom and, of course, our favorite, collaborations. Our guest hosts include: Drew Fox of 18th Street Brewery and Justin Maynard of the Illinois Craft Brewer's Guild.

Note: after several beers into waiting for our super-duper, unfashionable late, guest host, we began recording. This may explain the awkward beginning.... (Sorry, Justin, had to get that last one in!)

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