The Brewing Network Presents - The Session

What is your definition of "local brewery"? If the answer is simply tied to geography, get ready to expand that idea a bit more, as Kelsey and Matthew from Exhibit 'A' Brewing Company join this episode of The Session! The brewers at Exhibit 'A' have made it their mission to use as much locally grown grain as possible in their beers, and that commitment to quality is paying off in the end product. Plus, they love cats, so you know JP was happy to talk to them! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oregon is known for great beer and wine, but their cider scene deserves some of the spotlight, too. Dave Takish, from 2 Towns Ciderhouse in Corvallis, joins The Session to talk about all things cider! He goes into some cider history, cidermaking methods, apple varieties - and much more. It was a great talk, paired with even better 2 Towns Cider. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Producing great-tasting, consistent sour beer is tough, but the folks at Alesong Brewing and Blending make it seem easy! Maybe it's the numerous awards they have won at the Great American Beer Festival, or their approach to ingredients and blending. Whatever the secret is, you can count on Alesong to release some fantastic beers. We had a great time chatting and drinking beers with Doug and Brian Coombs, and trying to learn a bit more on what makes a great mixed fermentation beer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bit of paradise comes to The Session, as Hana Koa brewing joins us for a chat and a few beers! Lagers seem to be the topic of the day, as we discuss the drinking habits of Hana Koa customers. Don't worry, there's some hazy beer talk as well! There was even some mild singing involved ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From homebrewers to craft beer brewers, Bailey and Chris opened Crusader Brewing to bring great beer to their community. Located in Bakersfield, CA, Crusader aims to produce beer that engages the local beer drinker, and hopefully drags them away from macro beer in the process. We chat about how they are doing just this - and more - on today's show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legendary homebrew guru John Palmer joined the cast of The Session to bring us back to our homebrewing roots! With the help of Dr. Homebrew co-host Brian Schar, John jumps in-depth into several homebrewing fundamentals that we should all know in order to brew good beer, and some stuff that we don't need to worry about as much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

California has a rich beer brewing history - from kicking the whole "micro beer" phase off, to housing some of the most influential breweries on the market today. Now, We can say we have a 100% gluten-free brewery within our borders! Buck Wild Brewing, out of Oakland CA, is California's first and only all gluten-free brewery. Not Gluten-reduced ... gluten-free. That's a big deal. Today we chat with Mike, founder of Buck Wild, to learn more about his journey into homebrewing, and how that led him to open his own place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vista, CA might just be flying under your craft beer radar, folks. Five Suits Brewing is part of the larger San Diego beer scene, and the city of Vista was just named "Best Craft Beer Community" by fellow beer drinkers. Nick, brewer and owner of Five Suits, walks us through a few of his more popular beers, and discusses how the breweries in this small-ish town have built Vista into a great place to have a beer in! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's no shortage of good beer in New Mexico, and to prove that, we chat with John and Tyler from Rowley Farmhouse Ales, out of Santa Fe. Rowley has been playing with a number of unique yeast strains and beer styles, dialing in their processes and recipes, all while making drinkable, tasty beer. The Rowley boys clue us in on their beer-making philosophy, and what it takes to make it in the beer world of Santa Fe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sure, middle America is basically LagerTown USA, but not all beers being produced out there have to fit within that cold-stored mold. The boys at McFleshman's Brewing are churning out some well-crafted English ales, in addition to their lager line up. We talk about how offering a wide variety of both German and English-style beers has been for the community, as well as what it's like to run several beer engines at the pub. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listening to The Brewing Network won't get you much, but it WILL get you a ton of great brewing information, and sometimes that's enough. In fact, it was just what Chad needed to open Grey Wolf Brewing in Norco, CA. Drawing on his homebrewing knowledge - and probably a ton of information from TBN - Chad is turning his community into a craft beer center, one drinker at a time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If the military taught Joshua Romaker one thing, it's how to overcome obstacles. From his early days as a homebrewer, to his unique ways of generating enough money to open his brewery, not much held Joshua down. On today's show, we learn a bit more about The Star Spangled Brewing Company, Josh's head brewer Allen, and the beer style they are trying to create. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liquid Gravity Brewing is the brain-child of Brendan Gough. Coming from such breweries as Central Coast and Firestone-Walker, Brendan achieved his goal of opening his own space in January of 2020. Then the lockdown hit, spinning his plans off into deep space. We chat with Brendan about his journey into craft, how he approaches tailoring recipes to his unique setup, and what the pandemic meant to him and how he course-corrected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Portland is home to one of the best beer scenes in the country. So how does a brewery make a name for itself in the land of Craft? Today we chat with Adam and Andrew from Old Town Brewing to talk about just that. From IPAs to Red Ales to Pilsner, Old Town is turning out some great craft beer in the Pacific NW! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ronin Fermentation Project, buried deep in the Sierras of California, is the passion project of Charlie Johnson. Charlie joined Teresa and JP to chat about his craft beer timeline, traveling during COVID, and how to find success making beer in a small town nobody has ever heard of. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The world of Sake and the world of Beer tend to run parallel at times. They both are steeped in tradition, and they both have their fair share of folks who want those traditions to stay the same. Then there are brewers like Josh, who come in and try to shake things up a bit. Josh started Setting Sun Sake to introduce sake to the beer world, and his approach seems to be working. Come and learn about how sake is made, and why Josh wants to upset the sake cart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brewing in Arizona presents it's challenges, but Luke and the team at Wren House are doing some great things out in the desert. Of course there are the standard hazy IPAs, and we taste a couple of those on the show, but there is also enough room up on the beer board for a steady stream of lagers. Luke cluses us in on the production of these beers, and how things are going for this young-ish Arizona brewery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric Baumann is the brewer/distiller/owner of Karrikin Spirits. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, Karrikin is pushing out some great beers, while also innovation on their spirits side. We talk with Eric about what got him into beer, how he made his journey back home to Cinci, and how you market cocktails in a can when they aren't really cocktails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joran and Shawn - the two guys behind Halfway Crooks Beer - come from two very different backgrounds, but somehow still managed to meet up and combine their passion for lagers (and weird beer labels) into something magical. Sully and JP chat about lager beer, brewery vibes, and having an inviting brand that the sole purpose is to push lagers unto the masses. Lagers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From his early days in the craft beer scene, Dave McLean had always been interested in the malting process. Fast forward 20 years, and dave is now heading up a craft malt house in Alameda, Ca, providing freshly malted grain to brewers and distillers nationwide. How important is fresh malt? Are there any funny puns to be made in the malt world? How erotic can ice cream really be? Find out all these answers and more on this episode of The Session! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices