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The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 95 - Common John Beer fest - Collab with The Foamy Heads - Part 2Welcome to Part 2 of our Common John Beer Fest episode where we partnered up with Rich and Mitch of The Foamy Heads.In this episode we talk to Mike from Broadcast Brewing, from Nashville, TN and Matt Love who is the founder of Hop Passport.Mike talks about how he got started in craft beer and how he started his brewery, brew days being his favorite part of the day, how he likes his taproom to be communal and people meeting each other for the first time over beer.
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The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 94 - Common John Beer Fest - Collab with The Foamy Heads - Part 1The Foamy Underground teamed up once again. This time it's at the Common John Beer Fest in Manchester, TN. We joined Mitch and Rich from the Foamy Heads on September 20, 2025, to experience one of the best Beer Fests around - labeled as 'The Last Beer Fest on Earth....Maybe'.We talked to Jon Pritt, who is Chief Festival Office for Common John Brewing Company, Parker Loudermilk, who is the owner of Fait La Force Force Brewing, Michelle Rumrill, who is a beer ambassador and was pouring for Marble Fox Brewing Company, and Chad Mueller who...
2025-10-092h 23The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 93- Great Lakes Brewing Company - Part 2We continue talking with Michael Williams of Great Lakes Brewery. He's focusing on brand development these days.Steve and Scott had to find out the big question. Can we get Great Lakes Beer to Tennessee? Is there hope for us?The Brewers Association recently released data regarding tariffs and breweries. Has Great Lakes Brewing Company seen any impact?Christmas is still a few months away. At Great Lakes Brewing, a long-standing tradition is happening soon! Michael shares with us why this specialty beer is...
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The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresThe History of Oktoberfest with Scott MertieThis was originally Episode 39 of our Podcast, and since it's Oktoberfest season and it officially starts on September 20th, we decided to re-release it.We recorded this episode at Blackstone Brewing Co. in Nashville, TN and we were joined by the person who might know the most about Oktoberfest - Scott Mertie.Scott is the owner of Nashville Brewing Co. in Nashville, TN and all of their beers are made with all German ingredients and brewed in the style of German beers.Their Festbier is one of...
2025-09-201h 08The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 91 - The Brewers Association with Matt GaciochThe Brewers Association is a nonprofit trade organization based in the U.S. that supports and promotes small and independent American craft brewers.In this episode of Brewery Underground, Steve and Scott sit down with Matt Gacioch, staff economist at the Brewers Association, to dig into the numbers, trends, and future of craft beer. Matt breaks down the Brewers Association’s role in supporting independent breweries, shares insights from the 2025 mid-year production survey, and explains how consumer shifts, tariffs, and “beyond beer” products are shaping the industry.From the rise of non...
2025-09-1851 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 90- Oktoberfest Season MontageWelcome to Episode 90 of The Brewery Underground Podcast! Since it's Oktoberfest season, we thought we'd comprise a montage of clips from previous episodes, where we talked specifically about Oktoberfest beers and the season.In this episode we feature clips from our conversations with The Hilltappers, Esoteric Brewing Company, Johnson City Brewing Company, Hoppin' Frog Brewery and Steve and Scott have their own discussion about it.This is our favorite time of the year for beer, hence wanting to do a little something different for...
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The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 89 - Xul Beer Company and Southern Grist Brewing Company Discussion Collab with The Foamy Heads2 of Nashville's craft beer podcast teams come together once again. The Foamy Heads and The Brewery Underground Podcast team up to talk about a HUGE acquisition in the Nashville craft beer scene.Xul Beer Company has purchased Southern Grist Brewing Company, and it's something we all wanted to get together and discuss.This was more or less an impromptu episode (hence dropping it on a different day than we normally do) as the news had just broken, and Rich had the great idea of us all getting on the mics to talk about it.
2025-09-061h 11The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 88 - Johnson City Brewing CompanyThere are a lot of great places in Tennessee to drink craft beer. Among them, is Johnson City Brewing Company, in Johnson City, Tennessee. We caught up with Owner Eric Latham, and Head Brewer Anna McKay to talk about what they do. Eric has been brewing the beer for a long time. Anna, was recently promoted to her position after having spent years working her way up the ladder. Oktoberfest season has arrived. Johnson City Brewing has several variations of this annual beer. We wanted to find out about...
2025-09-041h 18The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode - 87 - Summer TravelsThe winds of change are blowing through Nashville this summer! Talk about an action-packed episode. We have news on Southern Grist Brewing Company being taken over by Xul Brewing Company out of Knoxville. We will share all the details of what we know so far!That's not all! Bearded Iris has also been acquired by a very large brewery from Memphis!Stoke Haus Brewing and Barbeque is new to the Nashville brewery scene. But the two guys running it have been around for a while. Scott attended the soft...
2025-08-281h 27The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 86 - Hoppin' Frog Brewery - Part 2Part 2 of our interview with Fred, John and Zachary of Hoppin' Frog Brewery, picks up where we left off. The importance of making sure the beer tastes like it says it does, is extremely important to Hoppin' Frog. A chocolate covered strawberry Stout should taste exactly like that! Steve describes the one he had, and you can almost taste it yourself!Did you know Hoppin' Frog Brewery has distributed to 22 states and 40 foreign countries? From Denmark to Hong Kong to Hawaii and so many more.We have a great conversation...
2025-08-2146 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 85 - Hoppin' Frog Brewery - Part 1Fred Karm, John Humphrey and Zachary Bastin joined us from Hoppin' Frog Brewery out of Akron, OH and we couldn't have had more fun.Interviews like this is why we love doing this podcast!We start off talking about Oktoberfest season and Oktoberfest beers, including a story about Hoppin' Frog winning a blind tasting, (which included 18 different Oktoberfest beers), with their Oktoberfest Froggy Style Lager. Hoppin' Frog Brewery is about to celebrate their 19th Anniversary on September 1st, which is a testament to their leadership, their team, and of course the beer and...
2025-08-1446 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 84 -The 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings Vintage Baseball Team - Part 2We continue our chat with Dave "Juggles" Fischer and Dan "Mudder" Thomas of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings Vintage Baseball Team.These guys are in a baseball league that follows the rules of the game as it was played back in the day.They share stories of traveling to other major league ballparks across the country. We had to find out if these guys enjoy craft beer, or the beer that has been around for decades. We all love baseball...
2025-08-071h 06The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 83 -The 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings Vintage Baseball Team - Part 1One of our passions, besides craft beer and breweries, is America's favorite pastime, Major League Baseball! The Cincinnati Reds have the oldest team in Major League Baseball, formed in 1869. (known then as the Red Stockings)Our guests this week, Dave "Juggles" Fischer and Dan "Mudder" Thomas are part of a league that still play the game by the rules of when it all first got started. They are members of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings Vintage Baseball Team.You will hear all about those rules, the uniforms they wear when...
2025-07-311h 12The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 82 - Esoteric Brewing CompanyThere are many great places to visit in Cincinnati, Ohio, for craft beer. Among them, Esoteric Brewing CompanyHead Brewer Anique Thomas and Assistant Brand Manager John Reece joined us on this episode. We had the opportunity to meet them both on a recent visit. We wanted to find out more about who is behind putting Esoteric on the map as a minority- owned brewery in the area.Having opened in the challenging year of 2020, John Reece discusses how far they have come in...
2025-07-241h 22The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 81 - 2025 Preds Beer Fest 2025 With The Foamy HeadsPreds Beer Fest 2025 is in the books! Our friends, The Foamy Heads, invited us to do a joint podcast with them at this year's Preds Beer Fest. This is an event that Mitch and Rich have done for several years, and it was a treat to share the mics with them.This is the actual place and event that we met these guys, 1 year ago. If you go back and listen to their 2024 Preds Beer Fest episode, we show up at the end.We have been homies ever since, and it's...
2025-07-171h 07The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 80 - The Hilltappers Part 2If we left you wanting more of the Hilltappers after the last episode - well here it is - the conclusion of our discussion with Tom and Brad of the Hilltappers.In this episode we talk about starting their social media account, and what their process is for adding photos to it when they go to a brewery, has anyone ever confused them or called them by the wrong name? (maybe for a whole weekend?).We also talk about some of their favorite breweries in Louisville - including a Top 5 list that they brought, the...
2025-07-1052 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 79 - The Hilltappers Part 1Tom Peterson and Brad Knoop are known as The Hilltappers, and they joined us on this episode for a fantastic time.These guys are a dynamic duo of craft beer drinkers, who hail from Louisville, KY (Looavul) but will drink craft beer anywhere.They are so awesome that they brought their own intro music, visual aids and a special cooler to the podcast.We've gotten to know Brad and Tom over the past year and have drank a lot of beer with them on several different occasions, at a ton of different breweries...
2025-07-031h 05The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 78 - Our Top Five New Beers and Breweries (so far) for 2025We covered a lot in this podcast episode! Scott recently took a trip to Germany. He talked about his visit to places around that country serving up some tasty beer. Is craft beer as big in Germany as it is here in the United States? While Scott was out of the country. Steve held things down in Nashville. Catching up with some great people we have met through the beer community and visiting local breweries.Nashville BrewPass has become a great partner with breweries...
2025-06-261h 35The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 77 - Singer/Songwriter Tyler BooneThis podcast episode is from Garden Groove Recording Space in East Nashville. It was our pleasure to interview Singer/Songwriter Tyler Boone. He currently has a new single out (Put the Hurt on Me), one of the many songs he's recorded over the years. Having opened for recording artists like Sheryl Crow and Hootie & The Blowfish, music has been a big part of his life for a while. Music isn't his only passion! Boone's Beer is his very first craft beer, recently released. What's the story behind the beer...
2025-06-192h 10The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 76 - Cleveland Takeover 2025From May 21st thru May 24th, Steve and Scott traveled from Cincinnati and made more stops in Ohio including Akron, Cleveland, Columbus and Louisville, all before returning to Nashville.We met up with friends and family along the way. We fought the weather on the drive up (it rained cats and dogs), we saw camels, frogs, cats, beasts and who knows what other kind of animals we didn't even notice. (no zebras were spotted here)The ultimate reason for going to Cleveland was to visit Great Lakes Brewing Company. We previously had Michael Williams on...
2025-06-121h 38The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 75 - Cincinnati Takeover 2025From May 16th thru May 20th, Steve and Scott embarked on their annual baseball and beer trip to Cincinnati, OH. This year was a little different though, as we added additional cities after Cincinnati.Let's not get ahead of ourselves though, as this episode is only focused on the Cincinnati leg of the trip, the next episode will be about the cities that came after.Apologies for such a long episode, but we weren't going to turn this into 3 or 4 parts.
2025-06-052h 20The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresGreat Lakes Brewing Company Part 2 - (Re-Release of Episode 48)After having just visited Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland, OH on May 22, 2025, we wanted to re-release both episodes we recorded with Michael Williams from Great Lakes Brewing, from November 2024.Michael is an Advanced Cicerone, Historian, and is involved in Marketing and many other things at the brewery.We got to meet Michael on this recent trip to Cleveland, and it was a pleasure to get to. Not only did we meet Michael but we got to meet Scott also, who gave us a great tour around the brewery...
2025-06-0447 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresGreat Lakes Brewing Company Part 1 - (Re-Release of Episode 47)After having just visited Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland, OH on May 22, 2025, we wanted to re-release both episodes we recorded with Michael Williams from Great Lakes Brewing, from November 2024.Michael is an Advanced Cicerone, Historian, and is involved in Marketing and many other things at the brewery.We got to meet Michael on this recent trip to Cleveland, and it was a pleasure to get to. Not only did we meet Michael but we got to meet Scott also, who gave us a great tour around the brewery...
2025-06-0448 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresThrowback Edition: Honeytree Meadery - Dru Sousan & Ross Welbon: Replay of Episode 41We are really excited to bring you this episode. We had a lot of fun and learned a lot and we hope you enjoy it.Dru and Ross own the Honeytree Meadery in Nashville, TN and it's a phenomenal place. In this episode, you're going to learn what mead is, how it's made, misconceptions about mead, what makes Honeytree's mead different than most (if not all) other meads in the WORLD. You're going to learn a lot about bees and how important they are - not just for making...
2025-05-291h 16The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresThrowback Edition: Deep South Growlers: Replay of Episode 29Greg and Abbey Anderton joined us. We did this show on location from Deep South Growlers in south Nashville. Deep South has two locations in Middle Tennessee. We discussed what brings people into their taproom. The process for selecting the beers, ciders and seltzers you see on the menu. Oh yeah! Scott plays a part in what they sometimes decide to make available!This was a great conversation with two people we have known for a few years.Cheers!
2025-05-2259 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 74 - Brewers Association RankingsThe Brewers Association came out with its ranking of the Top 50 Breweries in the United States. Who tops the list? Who is gaining momentum? We discuss this, along with many of the breweries we've either paid a visit to or had beer from.Scott & Steve talk about their upcoming trip to Ohio. Including an effort in trying to get a very big brewery to distribute their beer in Tennessee.PB & J beers have become popular at some breweries. We talked about whether they are here to stay.
2025-05-151h 06The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 73 - Hop In, We're Drinking! With Nick Rotruck and Joe Crockett Part 2Welcome to Part 2 of our interview with Joe and Nick from the Hop In, We're Drinking! Podcast. (A podcast about nothing)In this episode we start by discussing one of the most famous West Coast IPA's - Pliny the Elder.Untappd is a subject we have brought up many times on this podcast, and this episode is no different. We all discuss our opinions of Untappd and how we use it. Considering Joe is in Hawaii and Nick is in West Virginia - we ask the guys what the craft beer scene is...
2025-05-0859 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 72 - Hop In, We're Drinking! With Nick Rotruck and Joe Crockett Part 1Welcome to Episode #72, where we invite our friends Nick Rotruck and Joe Crockett from the Hop In, We're Drinking! Podcast, to join us.Nick comes to us from West Virginia and Joe comes all the way from Hawaii.Nick and Joe label their podcast as "the podcast about nothing", but don't let them fool you, they have great content and great guests, including home brewers, head brewers and even the Homebrewers Association of America.In this episode we talk to the guys about how they started their podcast, where the idea came from...
2025-05-0157 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 71 - The Foamy Heads 6th Anniversary Part 2It takes more than 1 day to celebrate the Foamy Heads 6th Anniversary. Let's call it an Anniversary WEEK! Sounds good to us.If Part 1 left you wanting more, here is Part 2 of our interview with Mitch and Rich of the Foamy Heads, as we continue to celebrate the 6th Anniversary of their Podcast.In this episode Steve starts by asking about their podcast during Covid, and how the local beer scene looked during that time.We also present the 3rd of 3 tribute videos from...
2025-04-241h 15The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 70 - The Foamy Heads 6th Anniversary Part 1Happy 6th Anniversary to our friends The Foamy Heads! Mitch and Rich form the dynamic duo that make up the Foamy Heads Podcast, and are a force in this craft beer world.We got together with Mitch and Rich and did an episode to celebrate them for doing their podcast for 6 years.Not only did we chime in to wish them a Happy Anniversary, but several of their friends sent surprise messages, wishing them well, that we got to play for them.
2025-04-171h 21The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 69 - Dr. Brett Taubman and Stephen Moxley from Appalachian State University Fermentation Sciences Program – Part 2We continue our conversation discussing the Fermentation Sciences Program at Appalachian State University with Dr. Brett Taubman and soon to be graduate Stephen Moxley. What exactly is fermentation? Dr. Taubman breaks it down for us and discusses a book he has coming out. Craft beer has been a major focus for them. But with so many changes the past few years, there is a different area of the fermentation program that has gained in popularity among students.Speaking of craft beer, Stephen offered up s...
2025-04-1046 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 68 - Dr. Brett Taubman and Stephen Moxley from Appalachian State University Fermentation Sciences Program – Part 1The Fermentation Sciences program at Appalachian State University is headed up by Dr. Brett Taubman. He joined us to discuss what students can expect when they enroll in this 4-year program. Stephen Moxley will soon be graduating. We got his perspective of what he’s learned in Fermentation, Chemistry, Biology, and Brewing. What is next for him and future graduates? Dr Taubman weighs in on the evolution of it all.We were thrilled to learn how this program was started years ago, and how successful it has been....
2025-04-0341 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 67 - Kramer Deans - The Beerded Brotha Part 2Welcome to Part 2 of our episode with Kramer Deans.In this episode Kramer gives several reasons why taking a first date to a brewery is a good idea. (We concur)We ask Kramer about ways breweries and the beer community can be more diverse and inclusive - including working with local black owned businesses and artists.We also talk about the new season of "The Beerded Tastings", which is Kramer's Podcast, that is about educating and introducing black people into the craft beer world, while learning about his guest's stories as they drink...
2025-03-2745 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 66 - Kramer Deans - The Beerded Brotha Part 1We have local craft beer royalty in the house!!Kramer Deans : AKA The Beered Brotha wears a lot of hats in the craft beer community around Nashville, and we got to have a great discussion with him in this episode. Kramer is the Taproom Manager at Crazy Gnome Brewery, a fellow Podcaster - with his Podcast called "The Beerded Tastings", a YouTuber, an entrepreneur and is full of tons of craft beer knowledge.Kramer is also an advocate for diversity in the craft beer industry and promotes and supports black owned businesses.
2025-03-2050 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 65 - St. Patrick's Day / Irish Beer TalkWe're always looking for a reason to drink craft beer and since it's close to St. Patrick's Day - that gave us a reason to do just that and record it.Steve and Scott discuss a couple of recent trips they just came back from. Our good buddies Chris Finen and Michael Stokes join us to talk about some of our favorite Irish Red Ales and Irish Stouts, plus Steve breaks out a very festive hat that you'll want to see the video of.There is plenty of Guinness conversation including fun facts, our opinions...
2025-03-131h 14The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 64 – Crazy Gnome Brewery The SequelIf you haven’t heard, Crazy Gnome Brewery is soon moving from the current location on Main Street, to Kirkland Avenue in East Nashville.Owner Grayson Miller met up with us to talk all about the new brewery location. Lot of great things happening. Much bigger space – including the taproom, additional seating, parking, a food menu. Plus, expansion means Crazy Gnome is getting into the canning business. We gave Grayson something "special" that you may actually see one day at Crazy Gnome. He's a fantastic interview and love the opportunity to al...
2025-03-061h 17The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 63 - Founders Brewing Company Part 2In this episode we talk about the differences between CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout) and KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout).We have A LOT of discussion about KBS and how they like to maintain integrity within the series. Steve and Scott mention a couple of the Founders barrel aged beers that really have stood out to us, and Jeremy and John go in detail about some of their barrel aged processes, the thoughts behind it, and what they like to put in bourbon barrels.Does Founders have a recommended time that you should age your...
2025-02-2740 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 62 - Founders Brewing Company Part 1We are extremely proud to bring you this episode with Founders Brewing Company.We had the pleasure of interviewing Jeremy Kosmicki, who is the Brewmaster and John Gautraud, who is the Brewery Experience Manager.We talked about the history of Founders as well as their histories with the brewery. Where the Founders name came from, where do the ideas and inspirations come from for some of their beers, Beer City USA (Grand Rapids, MI) and the pride they have for their city and a lot more!We...
2025-02-2045 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 61 – Marble Fox Brewing CompanyIn his first podcast interview ever, John Eibl Jr. the head brewer at Marble Fox Brewing in Nashville joins us to talk all about this brewery he owns with his father, John Eibl Sr.Marble Fox will be celebrating its second anniversary come June. John tells us all about the various beers served up (including a few we tried during the podcast) and the process he goes through.Although fairly new on the brewery scene, Marble Fox has been very active in its can distribution. Something John says has...
2025-02-131h 09The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 60 - Common John Brewing Company - With LeBron Haggard Part 2LeBron Haggard returns! The owner of Common John Brewing in Manchester, Tennessee is here to talk about why you should come to his brewery for breakfast! You heard right! That, along with the diversity of beer on the menu is all part of the brewery experience of this family-owned operation.
We went down memory lane to find out who helped him get started when Common John was in the planning stages.
How about the connection between Common John Brewing and the Bonnaroo Music Festival held annually in Manchester.
2025-02-0647 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 59 - Common John Brewing Company - With LeBron Haggard - Part 1Ever been to Manchester, Tennessee? LeBron Haggard, owner of Common John Brewing is a lifelong resident. He's been brewing beer at this family run operation for a long time.
Common John Brewing has been tearing up the craft beer scene. We loved getting the chance to hear all about how things have come together over the years. Discussing his decision to start his own business. What it has done for the small community of Manchester and just how much they have grown.
LeBron kept us wanting to hear more...
2025-01-3045 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 58 - Eric Latham - President of the Tennessee Craft Brewers Guild and Owner of Johnson City Brewing Company Part 2In Part 2 of our episode with Eric Latham we further discuss the TN Craft Brewers Guild and Johnson City Brewing Company.
Eric tells us how the TN Craft Brewers Guild is funded, who can become a member, what is the TN Ale Trail, what are benefits of being a member of the Guild and a lot more.
Eric has a great story about how he opened Johnson City Brewing Company, and it's not your typical story.
We also chat about some of Johnson City beers that they brew, beer distribution...
2025-01-2340 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 57 - Eric Latham - President of the Tennessee Craft Brewers Guild and Owner of Johnson City Brewing Company Part 1We're always looking to bring you new angles and perspectives within the craft beer world and this episode is another example of that.
Eric Latham is the President of the TN Craft Brewers Guild and owner of Johnson City Brewing Company out of Johnson City, TN.
The TN Craft Brewers Guild is an organized group of breweries across Tennessee that form an alliance to help push legislation to benefit TN Craft Brewers and other beverages, to work with farmers to use local materials, to help each other with their businesses and to socialize with other...
2025-01-1641 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 56 - Tribute to 2024Our friend Joel Geier from The Brewery Travels Podcast joins us. He spent 2024 visiting a lot of breweries across America! We asked about some of his favorite stops along the way. The statistics he's kept track of and what he has planned for 2025.
There are a lot of changes happening in the craft beer industry with breweries offering many other choices now for people. What are some of those he's seen at places?
Joel also has a book available now on Amazon called Flights Across America: A Brewery Lover's...
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The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 55 - 2024 Year in Review / 1st Annual BUPA Awards (Start of Season 2)Welcome to 2025 and to Season 2 of the Brewery Underground Podcast!
Even though it's a new year we had to review 2024 and hand out a few awards.
We start this episode with some of our Year in Review stats from Untappd, including how many unique beers we each checked in, our most checked in style, how many badges we collected and more.
We came up with the BUPA's for some of our favorite beers in specific beer styles. We handed out a total of 52 total awards with some breweries walking away with multiple BUPA's.
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2025-01-021h 02The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 54 - Top 10 New Breweries We Visited in 2024. Season One FinaleThis is our final episode of 2024. Season One comes to a conclusion with our Top 10 New Breweries List that we visited in 2024.
Steve and Scott each have their own lists and we countdown from #10 to #1. Do we have any of the same breweries on our lists? Was it easy to come up with just 10? What was the criteria we used in determining these lists? All of those questions will be answered in this episode.
In addition to our breweries lists Steve also has some BREAKING NEWS but you have...
2024-12-261h 23The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 53 - Thanksgiving Weekend Recap 2024 and Steve's Summer of Ciders and Seltzers Tour Summary with Special Guest and Correspondent - Liz from Everyday I'm BubblingIn this episode you're going to hear how busy Steve has been over the summer and since Thanksgiving. He summarizes his "Summer of Cider and Seltzer Tour" and his recent trip to Cincinnati over the Thanksgiving holiday. Our podcast also gets taken over by our good friend and future podcaster - Liz from Everyday I'm Bubbling.
He first discusses his Cincinnati trip where he was met up with by Liz on 3 different occasions at multiples locations. They discuss their meetups and all of the great beers they had and breweries they visited - including a magical gas...
2024-12-191h 34The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 52 - Flights Across America: A Brewery Lover's Journal with Joel GeierJoel Geier is all in on craft beer and has written a book called "Flights Across America". It's available starting today. He joined us to talk about his journey across all 50 states and over 1000 breweries!
Joel talks about why he decided to write a book. His detailed notes for this venture, which is a great resource for those who planning a craft beer destination. Plus, how long it took to complete this project.
Cheers!
2024-12-171h 02The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 51 - Cheers to 2024 Beers!We made our list and checked it twice! Now time to find out which beers are naughty or nice. Scott, Steve, and our good friend Chris Finen, met up to talk about our top ten favorite beers of 2024. But what about some we didn't like? Those also made the list. As did others we put in some special categories.
In what felt like the Grinch that stole Christmas. We did a blind taste test of some beer none of us ever tried, or had back in the day when we didn't know any better. This episode was...
2024-12-121h 18The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 50 - East Nashville Beer Works with Anthony Davis - Part 2Welcome back for Part 2 of our episode with Anthony Davis of East Nashville Beer Works.
In this episode we talk to Anthony some more about the new taproom, about his staff, their food menu, just how family friendly their taprooms are, their core beers, a Home Alone pop-up theme at one of their locations for the holidays, the Music City Brew Hop, parking at their locations, an example of community that Anthony was a part of, a story about how the name East Nashville Beer Works came to be and so much more.
We're excited...
2024-12-0543 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 49 - East Nashville Beer Works with Anthony Davis - Part 1Anthony Davis is the President of East Nashville Beer Works, and he joined us for a great interview.
East Nashville Beer Works now has 2 locations - one in Nashville, TN and their brand new one in Lebanon, TN.
We sipped on some of ENBW's core beers and talked to Anthony about these beers as well as some others. We also discussed when they got started, how important it is for them to have family friendly taprooms - and what that entails, how they stay current with the beer trends, where you can find their beer...
2024-11-2744 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 48 - Great Lakes Brewing Company with Michael Williams Part 2Michael Williams of Great Lakes Brewing Company returns. Michael is the Historian and Advanced Cicerone of this family run operation. Lot of thought and planning goes into creating their beer. Including Christmas Ale. He talked about why this one is so popular.
Great Lakes Beer isn't available on the store shelves in Tennessee. But they have expanded across the country. Will 2025 be when it that happens? What else is tap for them in the year ahead? Tune in and find out!
Cheers!
2024-11-2147 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 47 - Great Lakes Brewing Company with Michael Williams Part 1There are a lot of great breweries across the United States. Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland, Ohio is among them. There was so much to discuss with Michael Williams, Historian and Advanced Cicerone with Great Lakes, this turned into a two-part episode.
Great Lakes serves up a lot of great beer! We tried some during this episode! Michael told us all about how this fantastic brewery got started and how far they have come since the beginning. The origin behind some of the beer names and the styles.
Cheers!
2024-11-1448 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 46 - 1st Year Anniversary!Scott and Steve are normally the ones asking the questions. On this episode, we are put on “the hot seat”.
We went to the home of our friends Tom and Frankie Shumacker. They wanted the "inside scoop" on how we go about doing this podcast.
We had a fun debate over flights vs pints. Lightning round questions of topics you wouldn’t expect "is a hot dog considered a sandwich"? Plus, Scott's idea for a unique beer and so much more!
Thanks for listening!
Cheers!
2024-11-071h 45The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 45 - The Foamy Heads and Fait La Force Brewing Part 2Welcome to Part 2 of this episode that we did with our homies the Foamy Heads - Rich and Mitch - who are another podcast duo out of Nashville, TN. We recorded this on the patio at Fail La Force Brewing in Nashville.
This episode continues the discussion we had about the state of craft breweries and craft beer, after we've seen several local breweries close recently. We also had some shared bottles we broke out with surprise appearances by Lone Star and Old Style beers.
We had a great discussion about what...
2024-10-3157 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 44 - The Foamy Heads and Fait La Force Brewing Part 1This was an episode we did with our homies the Foamy Heads - Rich and Mitch - who are another podcast duo out of Nashville, TN. We recorded this on the patio at Fail La Force Brewing in Nashville.
We came together for this episode over the fact that we wanted to discuss the state of craft breweries and craft beer, after we've seen several local breweries close recently.
We had a great discussion about what are some of the things that are contributing to brewery closings - is it the beer...
2024-10-2456 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 43 - Our Music City Brew Hop AdventureSteve and Scott got to experience the Music City Brew Hop first hand on Friday 9/27/24 in Nashville, TN.
This episode describes our Brewery Adventures on the West Loop of Music City Brew Hop's tour. We rode to 5 of their 6 stops and went to 5 of the 7 breweries on this loop.
We started at Tennessee Brew Works then proceeded to Fait La Force Brewing, Jackalope Brewing Company, Diskin Cider and ended at Marble Fox Brewing Company.
We talk about our experience on the trolley and how great our driver Mel was and how the trolley...
2024-10-0349 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 42 - Honeytree Meadery - Dru Sousan & Ross WelbonWe are really excited to bring you this episode. We had a lot of fun and learned a lot and we hope you enjoy it.
Dru and Ross own the Honeytree Meadery in Nashville, TN and it's a phenomenal place.
In this episode, you're going to learn what mead is, how it's made, misconceptions about mead, what makes Honeytree's mead different than most (if not all) other meads in the WORLD. You're going to learn a lot about bees and how important they are - not just for making mead - but for the environment.
2024-09-261h 16The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 41 - Pints For Prostates - Rick LykeRick Lyke is the Founder of Pints for Prostates and he joined us for an interview on 9/12/24.
Pints for Prostates is a grassroots campaign that raises awareness about prostate cancer and the importance of early detection.
Rick himself was diagnosed with prostate cancer at the age of 47 and was successfully treated, after a friend of his encouraged him to get tested, even though he had no symptoms.
Pints for Prostates attends over 100 events across the U.S. annually, including the Denver Rare Beer Tasting on October 10th 2024. At these events men, transgender women...
2024-09-191h 08The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 40 - The Best of Oktoberfest!Here we are! Celebrating the season that is Oktoberfest! In this action-packed episode, Scott and Steve try variations of Oktoberfest beer and rank our favorite!
We're joined by Grayson Miller of Crazy Gnome Brewery in Nashville. He tells us what Oktoberfest season means to him. Joel Geier of The Brewery Travels Podcast checks in to discuss some really fantastic Oktoberfest events across the country. Then our "Special Correspondent" Liz, known in the beer community as "Everyday I'm Bubbling" is here to tell us all about the largest Oktoberfest event in the United States, held...
2024-09-121h 12The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 39 - History of Oktoberfest beer with Scott Mertie.Scott Mertie of Nashville Brewing Company returns to the podcast to talk about Oktoberfest beer. His knowledge, insight and passion on how this beer first got started many years ago is extremely fascinating. Scott has traveled to where it all began in Munich, Germany, the home of the largest Oktoberfest event in the world.
We recorded this episode on location from Blackstone Brewing Company. It was a fun conversation learning about the history of all things "Oktoberfest" and why it remains such a popular choice with beer lovers.
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2024-09-051h 08The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 38 - Our Favorite Craft Beer AND Food PlacesSteve and Scott are back with our good buddy Chris Finen, who is an honorary member of the Brewery Underground Podcast. Chris joined us last on episodes 32 and 33 when we talked to Adam from Music City Brew Hop.
This episode has us talking about some of our favorite local places (mostly) that we like for craft beer AND food. We talk mostly about taprooms, restaurants and brewpubs but we toss in a few breweries as well (it's in our name).
We also talk a little bit about our rating systems for Untappd.
This...
2024-08-2959 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 37 - "Story Time" with Keith and Coop.From Porch Beers USA, of the beer community, Keith and Coop make their return to the podcast where they talk about a passion for helping charitable organizations. in addition, these guys travel the country finding the best breweries and have some really funny stories about unique things they've encountered from the road. Including alcohol laws that are often different in state to state.
We had a blast chatting with them!
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2024-08-2241 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 36 - MadTree BrewingCincinnati, Ohio is home to a lot of great breweries. MadTree Brewing is among them. One of the biggest in the area. Ryan Blevins & Brittany Frey joins us to talk about everything MadTree. Ryan is Director of Brewing Operations. Brittany, The Head Brewer.
With two locations, they are getting ready to open up another. Ryan and Brittany are here to tell us how they go about creating some really tasty craft beer. Plus, with the ever-changing landscape in the drinking world, some other non-craft beer offerings which have become pretty popular.
MadTree has achieved a...
2024-08-1557 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 35 - Divide & Conquer!Steve and Scott discuss our 2 separate Brewery and Travel Adventures during the same time period. Steve traveled to Western Michigan as Scott was in North Carolina.
From July 18th thru July 26th, we both visited multiple breweries in different parts of the country and I'm sure we boosted the local economy in both areas.
Steve was in Holland, Comstock Park and Grand Rapids Michigan conquering Big Lake Brewing, The Mitten Brewing Company, Perrin Brewing Company, and Our Brewing Company. Not to mention an outdoor charity music festival where he drank some beer from New Holland...
2024-08-081h 00The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 34 -Porch Beers USAOur buddies from the beer community, Keith and Coop of Porch Beers USA, checked in with on us 4th of July weekend from their home state of Delaware!
Keith and Coop have traveled the country in search of some of the greatest craft beer and breweries! Including here in Nashville! They have covered a lot of ground and driven many miles! These guys are passionate about what they do and pretty darn funny too!
We shared a lot of laughs and got some fun insight into how they go about all these road trips.
2024-08-0144 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 33 - Music City Brew Hop Part 2Welcome to Part 2 of this episode with Adam Smith from Music City Brew Hop. In this episode we talk to Adam about how he started Music City Brew Hop, Christmas light tours, the different ways you can buy tickets for the trolley, the criteria to drive a trolley (it's not Duck Boat experience, BTW), and pricing for the trolley including a discount code if you're thinking about riding the Music City Brew Hop.
This really was a lot of fun with a lot of laughs - while at the same time we continued to learn about Adam's...
2024-07-2542 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 32 - Music City Brew Hop Part 1This week we talked to Adam Smith who is the owner of Music City Brew Hop in Nashville, TN. What an unbelievable guest Adam was. So much so - that we ended up with enough content for 2 episodes. This is Part 1 where we talk about what exactly the Music City Brew Hop is, how it got started, how many breweries and which ones do they stop at, what days and hours they operate, is it a party bus, is there a woo girl policy and A LOT more! We definitely learned a lot talking to Adam about his business.
2024-07-1845 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 31.5 - Week Recap from 7/2/24 thru 7/6/24Bonus Episode! We had this short recording we did on 7/10 that recapped our week of recording 2 episodes, joining 2 live virtual happy hours and meeting up with some great people that were brewery hopping in Nashville from Louisville. We couldn't find a good place to put this so it lives as its own episode (or at least a partial one). It's 8 minutes long including the music so we don't want to hear that you didn't have time to listen to it. :) Cheers!
2024-07-1308 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 31 - Cincinnati Takeover Edition!We are thrilled to be joined by our friend Liz from Cincinnati. Known in the craft beer community as
Everyday I'm Bubbling (@everyday_im_bubbling) • Instagram photos and videos
We talk about the craft beer scene in Cincinnati and discuss some of our favorite breweries and many others we need to check out.
Liz highlights some of the great events around town worth attending. Last but not least, the famous chili in the area! This was a really fun episode!
Cheers!
2024-07-111h 05The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 30 - Brewery Travels with Joel GeierHappy 4th of July, everyone! Here is our newest episode with Joel Geier from Brewery Travels. We talk to Joel about his epic brewery travels with over 1300 breweries visited, his process for when he visits a brewery, the book he's writing, the podcast he's involved with, what he plans on doing in the future, Untappd and a so much more. In the time between when we recorded this episode and its release - Joel has visited his 50th state (Alaska) and his 500th city! Congratulations to him for that and all of his other achievements.
Because this...
2024-07-041h 10The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 29 - Deep South GrowlersGreg and Abbey Anderton joined us. We did this show on location from Deep South Growlers in south Nashville. Deep South has two locations in Middle Tennessee.
We discussed what brings people into their taproom. The process for selecting the beers, ciders and seltzers you see on the menu. Oh yeah! Scott plays a part in what they sometimes decide to make available!
This was a great conversation with two people we have known for a few years.
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2024-06-2759 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 28 - Cyanide CiderSteve and Scott recorded on location at the brand-new and beautiful Cyanide Cider in Nashville, TN. Cyanide Cider is so new that they haven't had their soft or grand openings yet - at the time this podcast drops. Grayson Miller was nice enough to sit back down with us again to talk about this newest venture of his. You may remember Grayson from Episode 5, as he is also the owner of Crazy Gnome Brewery in Nashville.
We got to sample 2 brand new ciders directly from the tanks that were great. We discuss how and when the cidery...
2024-06-2056 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 27 - Top Breweries and Beers of 2024 (So Far)
Here we go again. We’re calling this one our Top Breweries and Beers of 2024 (So Far). We discuss our favorite breweries that we visited this year, our favorite beers and beer styles that we’ve had, and we even tell a few stories. Plus, we announce Steve’s Cider and Seltzer Summer Tour of 2024. We had fun doing this one and we actually kept it under an hour. Leave us some feedback if you listen to it, we love to see those things.
2024-06-1359 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 26 - Cincinnati Trip 2024 Recap
Steve and Scott recap their recent Brewery Adventures from Cincinnati, that they had over Memorial Day Weekend 2024. We visited 16 breweries in 5 days, went to 2 Cincinnati Reds games, met up with some fellow beer connoisseurs and beer community friends from Cleveland, OH. They also drank a bottle of whiskey, had Skyline Chili, discovered a miraculous BBQ sandwich, rode a trolly and had our first beer draft. Have a listen to this episode, it’s a little long but we enjoyed discussing our adventures and there really wasn’t much to take out. We hope you enjoy this episode and feel free...
2024-06-051h 18The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 25 - Best of Podcast 2024 (So Far) Part 2We bring you another edition of the best of the Brewery Underground podcast featuring interviews from Black Abbey Brewing Company, The Beer Babes, Rhizome Productions, Rhinegeist Brewery and Nashville Brewing Company.
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2024-05-2841 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 24 - Best of Podcast 2024 (So Far) Part 1Scott and Steve are "on assignment" this week! Therefore, we bring you interviews with some of our previous guests in a best of episode.
2024-05-2140 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 23 - Whiskey (Brewery) Underground PodcastThe Brewery Underground Podcast was taken over by the "Whiskey" Underground Podcast for a little change of pace.
We talked to our friends Aaron Porter and Jonathan Hays about how they got started in the Bourbon world, how they like to drink bourbon, the size of their collections, the current state of bourbon, what bottles they would recommend for someone starting a collection and even a little fun trivia at the end. We also discussed some Scotch and Tennessee and Irish Whiskeys.
This was a lot of fun, and we didn't want it to end...
2024-05-161h 13The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 22 - Tennfold Brewing
Chad Mueller and Mike Morbitzer are behind the great craft beer you will find at Tennfold Brewing. Located in Donelson, Tennessee, not far from downtown Nashville.
These two knowledgeable guys can recommend what food to pair with your craft beer. Who inspired them along the way? Plus, creating a beer in honor of the brave men and women who proudly serve at a Nashville Fire Department.
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2024-05-091h 02The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 21 - Braxton Brewing Company with Jake Rouse - Part 2Scott and Steve are back with the second part of their interview with Jake Rouse, Co-Owner of Braxton Brewery in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
Braxton has a lot of plans for future growth. Is Nashville included? What business challenges have they faced? What celebrities have visited their breweries? Did Taylor Swift stop by? Tune in and find out.
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2024-05-0240 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 20 - Braxton Brewing Company with Jake Rouse - Part 1We are pleased to be joined by Jake Rouse, Co-Owner of Braxton Brewery in Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky. Braxton is one of the largest breweries in the area and they aren't slowing down.
In this first of a two-part episode, you will hear him discuss the partnership they have formed with a local ice cream chain. The plan for a new brewery opening soon, and how they are keeping up with the ever-changing landscape in the craft beer industry.
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2024-04-2541 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 19 - Kendall JosephKendall Joseph from Rhizome Productions in Nashville checks in about something that makes us jealous. In 2023, he set out to visit every brewery in Tennessee. This was one heck of a goal in trying to accomplish.
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2024-04-1953 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 18 - Half Batch Brewing CompanyHendersonville, Tennessee is the place to be if you like craft beer. Nate Newton, owner of Half Batch Brewing, started brewing beer when he was in college. He joins us to talk about the success he's been able to achieve so far and what it's taken to reach that goal.
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2024-04-111h 07The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 17 - Scott Mertie from Nashville Brewing Company Part 2Scott Mertie of Nashville Brewing Company returns for Part 2 of our conversation that we did from Blackstone Brewing on St. Patrick’s Day.
Scott talks to us about his very large beer can collection that started when he was a kid. His travel to other countries and what he’s encountered with the beer scene. His opinion about “beer ratings”.
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2024-04-0445 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 16 - Scott Mertie from Nashville Brewing Company Part 1We are pleased to be joined in this two-part episode by Scott Mertie of Nashville Brewing Company. Nashville Brewing Company | Nashville Lager Beer | Nashville Breweries
This was our first podcast recorded on location from Blackstone Brewing on St. Patrick's Day
Scott has a wealth of knowledge about the rich history of beer in Nashville. He has many stories to tell, and we had a great discussion about the past, present and future.
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2024-03-2844 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 15 - Chris Shields from Rhinegeist Brewery Part 2Chris Shields, The Director of Education for Rhinegeist Brewery in Cincinnati, Ohio returns for part 2 of this series.
He talks with us about the involvement they have this year being a part of Cincinnati Reds "Opening Day" festivities. The evolution of Barrel Aged beers for Rhinegeist. The outreach they do for many charitable events in the community.
2024-03-211h 07The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 14 - Chris Shields from Rhinegeist Brewery Part 1Chris Shields, The Director of Education for Rhinegeist Brewery in Cincinnati, Ohio joins us and gives a history lesson on where the brewery is located. Why is the rooftop so popular? And did they really once fit a Dinosaur Skeleton inside the brewery? That and so much more in the first of a two-part episode!
2024-03-141h 00The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 13 - Drunks of the Round TableWhat happens when friends get together and discuss craft beer? We call this "The Drunks of the Round Table" episode. Join us as we talk about our favorite beers and breweries and have some great laughs!
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2024-02-241h 03The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 12 - Rhizome Productions
Rhizome Productions Rhizome Productions has been holding craft beer festivals and other events in Nashville since 2011. We are joined by Founder and President Matt Leff and Event Manager Kendall Joseph as they talk about what they do and the ever-changing landscape in craft beer.
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2024-02-2056 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 11 - Beer Babes FamilyJoin us as we talk to a fantastic group of ladies known as the “Beer Babes”. Beer Babes Family
They bring their passion to the show and discuss initiatives of helping women in the craft beer industry throughout the country! We think you will be impressed by their effort!
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2024-02-2052 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 10 - Carl Meier from Black Abbey Brewing CompanyBlack Abbey Brewing Home – Black Abbey Brewery (blackabbeybrewing.com) in Nashville has been serving up craft beer since 2013. Owner Carl Meier joins us to talk about how he got started. Chatting about the success of his business and the state of the craft beer industry.
You will love this episode! Carl has a lot of great stories. We enjoyed his sense of humor, knowledge and passion for craft beer,
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2024-02-201h 10The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 9 - Melanie Pierce from BrewbiesMelanie Pierce, the founder of Brewbies Brewbies | Nashville, TN joins us to discuss an upcoming craft beer festival in Nashville that raises money for breast cancer awareness. She has a fantastic story of bringing people together for a great cause.
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2024-02-2043 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 8 - Billy Flynn from Dog Road Brewery
The first episode 0f 2024. Billy Flynn of family-owned Dog Road Brewery Age Verification | Dog Road Brewery in Murfreesboro, Tennessee joins us to talk about his efforts getting into the craft beer industry. How he got started. The name behind the Brewery. Where things stand now and plans down the road.
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2024-02-2049 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 7 - Recent Brewery Trips, Top Ten List of Our Favorite Beers of 2023Our last show of the year! We talk about some of our recent trips to breweries around Nashville. Do people drink beer for breakfast? What is the fascination with pineapple on pizza? Our top ten list of favorite beers in 2023.
2024-02-201h 02The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 6 - Holiday EditionThe holiday edition! As the year is coming to a close. We rate our new and favorite Breweries of 2023. Discuss an APP where you can rate your beer. '
Plus, discussing our all-time favorite Christmas movies! We think you’ll like this one.
2024-02-201h 04The Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 5 - Grayson Miller from Crazy Gnome Brewery
On this edition, we talk to Grayson Miller of Crazy Gnome Brewery Home | Crazy Gnome Brewery (cgbrewing.com) in Nashville.
You will hear his story of getting started in the business. The challenges faced in 2020 when their building got hit by a tornado, and then covid happened! Where they are now and what the future holds.
Steve & Scott discuss their latest brewery adventures. Plus, the first time drinking a pickle beer!
Enjoy!
2024-02-2054 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 4 - Dark Shadow Brewing CompanyFeatures a fantastic interview with the family who started Dark Shadow Brewing in Nashville Nashville Beer | Dark Shadow Brewing Co.
They have a wonderful story to share about how their business came together. We think you will enjoy it!
2024-02-1953 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 3 - Favorite Pumpkin Beers and Latest Brewery AdventuresOn this edition, Steve and Scott discuss their favorite pumpkin beers and recommendations. They also talk a little football. A Cincinnati Brewery closing a location. Plus, our latest Brewery Adventures!
2024-02-1941 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 2 - Chris Dolan from Bassline Brewing CompanyChris Dolan of Bassline Brewing in Nashville joins us to talk about how he got started in the brewery business. His role at Bassline and what the future holds. Sit back, relax and enjoy this great interview.
2024-02-1953 minThe Brewery Underground Podcast : Craft Beer Stories and AdventuresEpisode 1 - Top 10 Reasons for Visiting a Brewery, Focus of our Website, Future PodcastsWelcome to our Podcast Episode 1! Steve & Scott discuss what brought this podcast together. The focus of our website. Our Top 10 reasons for visiting a Brewery. Plus, what you can expect to hear in future podcasts! Take a listen and enjoy!
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