Recording at Top Hops Beer Shop, Jimmy is joined by Bill Shufel, the founder of Athletic Brewing , a non-alcoholic beer company. Some of his early supporters are around the table as well: Ted Kenny of Top Hops , Dan Lamonaca of Beer Karma , and Josh Bernstein the author of Drink Better Beer . Top Hops started serving beers from Athletic Brewing when they didn’t have a liquor license, but what began as a consequence of circumstance has become an intentional choice to serve non-alcoholic beer on t...
Jan 04, 2020•46 min•Ep. 515
Jimmy welcomes the Beer Table team for a surprise tasting of 10 Belgian Trappist Ales. Justin Phillips, Gavin Murphy, Noah Levin, and Evan Rose are in the studio to share the history and flavor profiles of these beers as well as to discuss the naming of dubbels and tripels, the smell of De Dolle's beer, the kinds of beer that abbeys made hundreds of years ago, the popular image of monks with beer, and drinking Belgian abbey ales as opposed to cocktails at a bar. Beer List: Trappistes Rochefort 1...
Dec 17, 2019•53 min•Ep. 514
This week Jimmy talks about starting a beer brand in New York City with Gage Siegel of Non Sequitur Beer Project , Tara Hankinson and Johnny Osborne of Talea Beer Co ., and Eric Shulz of Little Blind Beer . Hear them discuss barriers to entry in the New York brewing scene, supporting immigrants through beer, building brands that reach more women, holding tastings at Bloomingdale's and Elle Magazine, the way millennials want brands that share their values, and the use of art on a beer can. They a...
Dec 11, 2019•53 min•Ep. 513
Christian Weber of Common Roots Brewing and Melanie Fronhofer of Fronhofer Design return to talk about how Common Roots has recovered from the fire at the brewery. They discuss keeping everyone employed during the rebuild, designing a canning line, holding a workshop on rebuilding pumps, improving the sustainability of the brewery, and night skiing. They also ask if there is American "lambic" and try the last batch of beer to survive the fire, a coolship founder farmhouse bottle conditioned ale....
Dec 06, 2019•59 min•Ep. 512
This week on Beer Sessions, Jimmy welcomes Josh Bernstein to talk about his latest book Drink Better Beer . Jason Sahler of Strong Rope Brewery and Drew Kostic of Circa Brewing join them in the studio as well. The group begins by talking about quality control, before moving on to the special moments that propelled them into beer, and diving into a discussion about food pairings. Their conversation continues to return to industry trends, as the guests remember forgotten styles and seek to identit...
Nov 29, 2019•50 min•Ep. 511
In this Cider Week NYC bonus episode, Jimmy hosts Eleanor Leger of Eden Cider ; Dan Wilson of Slyboro Cider House and Hick’s Ochard; and Cathryn Gaylord, a farm apprentice at Eve’s Cidery . Jimmy awards Eleanor with the third annual Scion Award to honor her leadership in the cider industry. Dan and Eleanor discuss their decade long journey making orchard-to-glass cider, which has spanned various styles, changes in language, and marketing mechanisms, while Cathryn offers a fresh take on industry ...
Nov 25, 2019•59 min•Ep. 510
After the Shelton Brothers' festival in Buffalo, Jimmy debriefs with Joel Shelton and BR Royla of Shelton Brothers; Amber Watts and Ron Extract of Garden Path Fermentation; Casey Wellman of Brouwerij De Ranke; Xavier Bailleux of Au Baron; Stefano Marin of Casa Bruja; Pete Lengel-Fushimi of KCBC; and Miguel Rivas, The Beer Trekker. Hear them talk about the beer scene in South America, the philosophy of the festival, using a local malt source, Belgian beer culture, their thoughts on saison, and th...
Nov 19, 2019•51 min•Ep. 509
In celebration of New York City's Cider Week, Jimmy talks to Melissa Madden of Good Life Farm ; Rachel Freier of New York Cider Weeks ; Maria Kennedy who writes the blog Cider with Maria ; Jahil Maplestone of Descendant Cider Company ; and Page Fiori and Gennaro Fiori of Boutique Wines, Spirits and Cider . They discuss why the Finger Lakes are the promised land for growing apples, the debate about the word heritage, the demand for New York State cider, the complicated history of land in New York...
Nov 12, 2019•56 min•Ep. 508
This week, Jimmy sits down to talk about Justin Kennedy 's new book The Bucket List: Beer: 1,000 Adventures, Pubs, Breweries, Festivals with Katherine Kyle of Blind Tiger , Evan Watson of Plan Bee , and Justin Kennedy himself. They discuss their personal beer bucket lists, Michael Jackson's writings on beer, Kennedy's previous book The Scratch & Sniff Guide to Beer: A Beer Lover's Companion, the Shelton Brothers' Festival, the beer scene in Maine, and the idea of never meeting your heroes. B...
Nov 07, 2019•54 min•Ep. 507
Jimmy travels to Blind Bat Brewery in Centerport, Long Island to talk about the Choose L.I. initiative, which is encouraging investment in local farms and makers. That includes farm breweries as well as seafood! Jimmy is joined by Augie Ruckdeshel from the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development & Planning ; Check Westfall, the owner of Thatch Island Oyster Farms ; Paul Dluglokencky the founder of Blind Bat Brewery; Jamie Adams of Saint James Brewery ; and Anthony and Melissa Caggi...
Oct 29, 2019•48 min•Ep. 506
This week Jimmy talks all things Rye with journalist Liza Weisstuch , Tom Potter of The New York Distilling Company , Daric Schlesselman of Van Brunt Stillhouse , Christopher Briar Williams of Coppersea Distillery , and Raphael Lyon of Enlightenment Wines Meadery . Hear them discuss the role of rye in New York State history, drinking tap water in different regions, and how terroir affects rye. Beer List: Half Acre's Oktoberfest Join Heritage Radio Network on Monday, November 11th, for a raucous ...
Oct 23, 2019•54 min•Ep. 505
Jimmy sits down with Joe Grimm of Grimm Artisanal Ales , Sebastian Sauer of Freigeist , and Joel Shelton of Shelton Brothers . Hear them discuss carbonic maceration, a hat called a bollenhut, and how they use labels to market their beer. Beer List: Grimm's Gathering Quetsch Plums Grimm's Gathering Red Currants & Peaches Grimm's Tracery Join Heritage Radio Network on Monday, November 11th, for a raucous feast to toast a decade of food radio . Our tenth anniversary bacchanal is a rare gatherin...
Oct 17, 2019•57 min•Ep. 504
This week, Jimmy talks all things cider with Ron Sansone of Spoke + Spy Ciderworks ; Gidon Coll of Original Sin Cider ; Paige Flori of Boutique Wines, Spirits and Cider ; Tyler Graham of Kings Highway ; Petra Paredez of Petee's Pie ; and apple photographer William Mullan . Hear them discuss the market for single varietal ciders, the unidentified apple varieties living in the Hudson Valley, and the founding fathers' love of cider. Beer List: Original Sin's Fuji Unfiltered Cider Original Sin's McI...
Oct 10, 2019•52 min•Ep. 503
Jimmy sits with visiting guests 2 days before the 10th annual Pig Island NYC event in red hook, brooklyn. He is joined by Heritage pig farmer Tank Jackson, from Holy City Hogs ; Phil Wingo, from Pork Mafia ; & Mauro Chiefari, the reigning brisket king of NYC, from Juicy Lucy BBQ in Staten Island. Together they discuss how BBQ is collaborative and how low and slow wood smoking is like baking. Plus, Heritage Pigs. Beer Sessions Radio is powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art...
Oct 03, 2019•57 min•Ep. 502
In a crowded studio, Jimmy talks about the Shelton Brothers ' upcoming festival in Buffalo, NY with Joel Shelton and BR Royla of Shelton Brothers, Peeter Keek of Põhjala Brewery , Bobby Carlo of Barrier Brewing Company , Yvan De Baets of Brasserie De La Senne , and Jamie Cruickshank of Naparbier . Hear them discuss the brewing culture in Belgium, Estonia, and Spain; what The Festival means to them; and treating yeast as human being. Beer List: Põhjala and To Øl's Taanilinn Põhjala's Torm Barrier...
Oct 01, 2019•58 min•Ep. 501
For the 500th episode of Beer Sessions, Jimmy discusses the business of food and beverage with Matt Archambault of Fifth Hammer Brewing and Brewed in New York, brothers Danny and Luke Bruckert of Groundlings Pizza, and Shinobu Kato of Kato Sake Works. Hear them talk about pairing food with beer and sake, how the food truck culture in New York compares to Portland, and the state of sake in America. Beer List: Kato Sake Works' Pilot Batch 60% Calrose Fifth Hammer Brewing Company's Sonic Architectu...
Sep 24, 2019•54 min•Ep. 500
This week, Jimmy talks homebrewing with Jeff Lyons of Keg & Lantern Brewing , Brett Taylor of Wild East Brewing , and John Lapolla of Bitter and Esters . Hear their thoughts on what makes the homebrewing scene in New York City different, how homebrew shops have changed over time, and the best way to talk to a homebrewer when you don't like their beer. Beer List: Keg & Lantern's The Other Way of Stopping Keg & Lantern's Saphir Pils Hornindal Citra Homebrewing, Jeff Lyons, Brett Taylor...
Sep 17, 2019•53 min•Ep. 499
On the heels of the tenth annual Pig Island Festival, Jimmy sits down with chefs Danny Mena of La Lonchería and Cenobio Canalizo of Morgan’s Brooklyn Barbecue , and spirits importer Arik Torren of Fidencio Mezcal. They talk about what inspired their Pig Island dishes, Danny’s new book, Made in Mexico: The Cookbook , the challenges of importing authentic Mexican ingredients, the unique subtleties of Mexico City’s cuisine unique among Mexican food, and how different agave varietals and different r...
Sep 10, 2019•52 min•Ep. 498
Long Island City is home to six breweries, all in a two-mile radius. Five of them joined Jimmy in the studio: Kaitlyn Acosta of LIC Beer Project , Pat Fondiller of Alewife Brewing , Mark Hirst of Big aLICe Brewing , Laszlo Fodor of ICONYC , and Matt Archambault of Fifth Hammer Brewing and the Emmy Award-winning TV series Brewed in New York . They shout out their fellow LIC brewery, Rockaway Brewing Company , talk about local yeast strains, and take Jimmy on a virtual tour of the trail, including...
Sep 03, 2019•51 min•Ep. 497
Sara Hagerty of Origin Malt in Columbus, Ohio and Ivan Dedek of LIC Beer Project join Jimmy to talk about the annual Beers With(out) Beards event, LIC Beer Project’s American craft lager made with Origin’s two-row barley malt, how specialty crops like barley can revive agricultural communities, and why they predict that beer lovers will one day say “I can’t wait for Marden season!” Beer Sessions Radio is powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priva...
Aug 29, 2019•45 min•Ep. 496
The day after the 9th Annual NYC Brewers Choice, a.k.a. the Slow Grains edition, Jimmy sat down with some of the Northeast’s leaders in the regional grain market. Maltster Andrea Stanley of Valley Malt , June Russell of GrowNYC Grains , Barry Labendz of working-farm brewery Kent Falls, and Evan Watson of Plan Bee Farm Brewery tell the backstory on reviving regional grains in the Northeast with malt and beer, their work getting regional malt into New York City-area breweries, and the power of int...
Aug 27, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 495
Jimmy’s got a full studio, with seven guests from across New York City’s craft beer scene: Mickey Alexander of Taproom 307, Kaitlyn LeLoup of Interboro, Chris Maestro of Bier Wax, Alex Munoz of Harlem Hops, Matt Negron of Uptown Beer Society, Juan Perez of Bar 180 and Bar 177, and Joel Suarez of The Sampler. They talk with Jimmy about Not My Pres, the third in their Pres series collaboration, which brings the flavors of popular beers like Presidente and Dos Equis to local craft beer. They talk a...
Aug 20, 2019•52 min•Ep. 494
Joel Shelton of Shelton Brothers Imports , Pete Lengyel of KCBC brewing , and brewer Ulrike Genz of Berlin’s Brauerei Schneeeule (Snowy Owl Brewery) join Jimmy to compare notes. Tune in to hear their conversation about American versus German beers, kettle versus slow sours, ugly fruit versus fruit puree, and Ulrike’s work reviving traditional 200-year-old methods for making Berliner Weißes or, as Napoleon called it, “the champagne of the north.” Beer List: Brauerei Schneeeule’s Kennedy Brauerei ...
Aug 13, 2019•59 min•Ep. 493
This week, Jimmy turns from the art of brewing to the art of...art. He’s joined by author and writer Joshua M. Bernstein , AJ Keirans of the 16 Oz. Canvas podcast , and graphic designers Earl Holloway of KCBC and Daniel Birch of Barrier and Alewife Brewing . They talk about the expanding market for beer label art, the difference between designing for 750 ml bottles and for cans, their artistic inspirations, Easter eggs hidden in beer can art, and Can Jam. Beer List: KCBC’s Purgatorio Pilsner KCB...
Aug 06, 2019•52 min•Ep. 492
This week, Jimmy checks in with two of New York’s new breweries. Co-founder John Dantzler and sales director Keith Sansone of Torch & Crown Brewing Company join Jimmy to talk about how they got started. John explains how he and his co-founder went from childhood friends to homebrewers to business partners, their flagship beers, and learning the skills (chemistry know-how, business savvy) they needed to succeed. They’re also joined by Cortlandt Toczylowski, owner and head brewer of King’s Cou...
Jul 30, 2019•52 min•Ep. 491
This week, Jimmy crunches the numbers with Ted Kenny of Top Hops, Gage Siegel of Beer Menus and Nonsequitur Brewing Project, David Steinman of Craft Brew News, and Ethan Siegler, author of a recent study on Los Angeles beer consumer choice. They talk about what kind of beer data they’re interested in, the dominance of the “hazy IPA,” the geographic differences in craft beer offerings, highlights from Ethan’s thesis study, and what exactly the “mobility gap” is. Beer List: Flora’s Tiki, Pineapple...
Jul 24, 2019•57 min•Ep. 490
Jimmy talks malt with Jeff Lyons of Keg and Lantern and Max Ocean and Zane Coffey, co-founders of Catskill, NY’s Subversive Malting and Brewing. Tune in for a preview of NYC Brewer’s Choice 2019 and to learn more about the rise of New York’s malt industry, brewing tasty ingredient-driven beers, sourcing up-and-coming hop varieties, and the surprising smells of malting. Beer List: Subversive’s Drinkenbier Keller Lager Subversive’s Body Double IPA Keg and Lantern’s White Noise Pilsner Keg and Lant...
Jul 16, 2019•58 min•Ep. 489
This, week, Jimmy talks about the Good Beer Seal all-stars with the owners of three NYC beer bars: Andreina Uribe of The Bronx Beer Hall , Chris Maestro of BierWax in Prospect Heights, and Joel Suarez of The Sampler in Bushwick. They talk about bar and brewery collaboration, the important role of Good Beer retailers and bars in the craft scene, and taste a special early sneak peak of Sierra Nevada ’s fall seasonal Octoberfest. Beer List: Sierra Nevada’s Octoberfest, 2019 Fall Seasonal Sneak Peak...
Jul 09, 2019•48 min•Ep. 488
The teams behind Marz Community Brewing in Chicago and Mash Tun journal stopped by the studio on June 20 to talk with Jimmy before heading off to Mash Tun’s Issue #13 release party at KCBC . Joining Jimmy on air were founder of Marz Brewing and Mash Tun journal Ed Marszewski, Marz head brewer Tim Lange, former editor of BeerAdvocate and summer 2015 Beer Sessions co-host Ben Keene, KCBC’s Pete Lengyel, and photographer Miguel Rivas , who guest edited the latest issue of Mash Tun. They crack open ...
Jul 02, 2019•53 min•Ep. 487
Jimmy finds out more new beer and cider distributors in town with Lars Dahlhaus of Baldor Specialty Goods , Brown's Brewery of Troy, NY, Lisa and Rich Costagna from Bridge and Tunnel Brewery , and Jahil from Descendant Cider . It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help us keep broadcasting the most thought provoking, entertaining, and educational conversations happening in the wor...
Jun 25, 2019•54 min•Ep. 486
