Greg welcomes Jackie Mallory, Founder of The Beeroness, to the Virtual Happy Hour. Jackie Dodd-Mallory is an award-winning beer and food writer and photographer based in Seattle, Washington. She has been seen on The Today Show, Lifetime Network, CBS News, as well as interviewed in print publications across the globe for her innovative take on combining food and beer. She also writes about beer and food for several online and print publications and is the author of three best-selling cooking with beer cookbooks. She runs TheBeeroness.com and is on social media @TheBeeroness.

Greg Avola welcomes Barry Holmes, CEO of The Bruery & Offshoot Beer Co. to the Virtual Happy Hour. The Bruery was founded in 2008 in Orange County, California by Master Cicerone, Patrick Rue. To this day the talented team of Bruers push the envelope on what beer can be to create memorable tastes, irrespective of traditional beer styles. The Bruery and Offshoot beers can be found in twenty-five states throughout the country but they are mostly known for their Society memberships and Direct-to-Consumer offerings in California and Washington, D.C.

For this Virtual Happy Hour, Greg Avola is joined by Jonny Garrett and Brad Evans, Founders of the Craft Beer Channel, the multi-award-winning Youtube channel dedicated to great beer, food and travel. Since 2013 the pair have made over 400 episodes, varying from feature-length documentaries about the New England scene to style guides and quick homebrew tips – all involving interviews with some of the biggest names in craft beer. They've made films all over the world and in doing so gained 85,000 subscribers and over 4.3 million views.

Greg welcomes Alyssa Thorpe (AKA SouthernBeerGirl), Head Brewer at Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery to the Virtual Happy Hour!

Alyssa started her passion for making beer as a home brewer in 2015 with a 5 gallon set up in her 3rd floor apartment. After winning best of show and numerous medals for her beer she decided to pursue a professional brewing career. Since then, she has attended Regis University where she studied Applied Craft Brewing, and worked as a brewer at numerous award winning breweries in the Denver area. She is now the head brewer of Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery, a central Denver brewery making a wide range of styles from traditional German beers to experimental sours and everything in between. Alyssa has also been successful as a beer influencer through Instagram and Facebook under the name Southern Beer Girl, where she shares her brewing journey and encourages diversity within the brewing industry.

Greg welcomes the Good Beer Hunting crew to this Virtual Happy Hour!

Greg Avola welcomes Michael Oxton, owner & Co-Founder of Night Shift Brewing to the Virtual Happy Hour. Michael has grown Night Shift from 200 barrels produced in 2012 to an anticipated 50,000 barrels in 2020. His business is now a variety of branches - beer production, Taprooms (one in Everett, one in Boston), beer gardens, distributing, and coffee roasting. Among other things, Michael runs the Night Shift marketing and coffee teams. On a personal level, Michael lives with his wife Samantha, son Benjamin, and daughter Hazel in Wayland, MA. He's lived most of his life in MA, outside of four years in Maine (Bowdoin '07) and seven months teaching English in a small Chilean fishing village. Outside of Night Shift, Michael serves as Board Member of Easter Seals MA, a non-profit dedicated to children and adults with disabilities. In his free time, Michael is usually found reading, hiking, or working on his next loaf of sourdough bread.

This segment was recorded as a live broadcast on Untappd TV on September 17, 2020. To watch the full original version with video, visit untappd.tv

Greg Avola is joined by Brady Lindquist and Ryan Salsman, Co-Hosts of the Brew Chat podcast. Brady is a man of many talents, a photographer (@bradysbrews) and podcaster (@brewchatpodcast) with a passion for craft beer and collaboration. He's made it his mission to interview others about their own creative pursuits – while tasting a craft beer or two along the way. Ryan is a self-described taproom enthusiast, and spends his time geeking out as his alter ego, the Tap Traveler. He's written about over 100 breweries in Minnesota and writes about each one he visits worldwide.

This segment was recorded as a live broadcast on Untappd TV on September 15, 2020. To watch the full original version with video, visit untappd.tv

Greg Avola chats with JC Tetreault, Co-Founder of Trillium Brewing Company. Trillium's celebratory ales were first crafted to commemorate his marriage to co-founder, Esther Tetreault. This initial effort has evolved into building a community and hospitality-driven approach that centers on experiencing complimentary beers. JC constantly strives to realize his founding vision of a modern New England farmhouse brewery that incorporates local farming, flavors, and a sense of community into all things Trillium.

This segment was recorded as a live broadcast on Untappd TV on September 8, 2020. To watch the full original version with video, visit untappd.tv

Greg Avola welcomes Eugenia Brown to the Virtual Happy Hour! Eugenia is a Cicerone Certified Beer Server, Founder of Beer Chick LLC, and beer influencer who uses her platform to celebrate, empower, and connect people who share a love of beer. She is active in her community and is an advocate and champion for diversity and inclusion in all spaces and places. Her goal is to continue to change the narrative as a black woman in the craft beer industry and continue to elevate the voices of other women of color who enjoy drinking beer.

This segment was recorded as a live broadcast on Untappd TV on September 3, 2020. To watch the full original version with video, visit untappd.tv

Greg Avola is joined by John Walker, Co-Founder and Head Brewer of Athletic Brewing Company, based in Stratford, CT and in San Diego, CA. After spending seventeen years in New Mexico, John moved back to his home state, CT. John grew up in restaurants and continued his exploration in all things food and beverage in Santa Fe before landing a brewing position at Second Street Brewery. It was at Second St. brewery that John found his passion and career path in brewing, processes and fermentation science. Learning from an incredible brewmaster, team and brewing community in New Mexico, John was able to harness the skills and confidence he would need to join forces with Bill Shufelt, Athletic's founder, to create Athletic Brewing in 2017. Athletic Brewing is a pioneer in craft non-alcoholic brewing. At Athletic John helped re-imagine non-alcoholic beer into a fun, healthy, and full-flavored brew that celebrates all of the wonderful ingredients that craft beer lovers embrace for anyone to enjoy at any point on any day of the week. Now, Athletic Brewing's incredible team brews a full range of full-flavored craft non-alcoholic brews from Hazy IPA's to Smoked Wheats and from Fruited Sours to American Porters.

This segment was recorded as a live broadcast on Untappd TV on September 1, 2020. To watch the full original version with video, visit untappd.tv