CRAFT BEER PODCAST NEWS EPISODE! Rob is back on the show and discusses the trend of craft beer fans either going big or going NA. Nick gives us an update on the co2 shortage, Dan brings in the Goose Island Bourbon County lineup announcement, and Ken ends the show chatting about Boulevard’s Seltzer outpacing it’s beer to the point where they need to stop brewing some beers. All of this and more during the August 5th News Segment of Better on Draft. Want us to cover articles? Send us the news to b...
Aug 08, 2022•43 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: Beer Guys Radio has been around since 2016, and has been giving you some of the best content in craft beer and interviews for the past six years. From Toppling Goliath to Great Lakes Brewing, Alesmith and Partake, Tim and Brian bring up some amazing content and interviews for you to check out. Listen as they hop onto our show to chat about some of the craft beers we drank when we first got into it, a little bit about their love of craft beer, and we compare Georgia to Mi...
Aug 06, 2022•1 hr 1 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST NEWS EPISODE! Diving into the news segment Ken talks about a Paste Magazine Op-Ed about surrendering to IPA dominance, Nick scares us with the current CO2 shortage in New England and Europe, Dan discusses the drop in barrel sales for craft beer in the most recent quarters, and Wendy walks us down memory lane of discontinued beers that we’ll never get to try again. Wendy's Article-14 Discontinued Beers You'll Never Drink Again https://www.mashed.com/883993/discontinued-beers-yo...
Aug 01, 2022•46 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: A last minute cancellation by our guest left us with an opening and Nick Cornell of SuperNatural Brewing came on to help us! Nick gives us a lesson in Brewpub ownership and laws, discusses the booze program at SuperNatural including their upcoming tastings, and how they’ve managed to continue to grow year over year by putting out amazing food, nightly entertainment, and delicious beer. We appreciate Nick for joining us last minute, and hope you can check out their facili...
Jul 30, 2022•50 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST NEWS EPISODE! This weeks news articles talk about the new Michigan laws about being able to have self service booze at venues. Nick talks about how prices are rising and we discuss if we’ve noticed it or how our buying habits have changed during COVID. Ken discusses a lawsuit about a brewery who the claimants say there is false advertisement, and Dan ends the news talking about the repeal of the 1834 Indian Trade and Intercourse Act in 2018 which is allowing for Native America...
Jul 18, 2022•43 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: An unfortunate health scare and live change required Ted to give up all alcohol, but that didn’t stop him from chasing after his plan. Join us in this journey of craft beer from competing on the Canadian version of Shark Tank, attempting to homebrew NA beer, and taking the inability to import craft NA products from Europe as a consumer, and starting an entire business out of it. Listen to how the beers are made, the similarities and differences between the processes, and...
Jul 16, 2022•53 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST NEWS EPISODE! This weeks news segment takes us both local and international. Tito discusses the new law to allow for alcohol at state colleges for their basketball, football, and hockey games. Nick asks us if we’d drink beer from recycled sewage water. Dan gives us an update on the Modern Times sale, and Ken follows it up with a VinePair article about if craft beer fans actually care these days about breweries selling out. Wendy ends the show with a study about beer being good...
Jul 11, 2022•52 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: It’s been five years since Eddie Stencel sat down with us to chat one on one about his brewery, and he was excited to catch us up. Since we last spoke, River Rouge Brewing has closed and he has since opened up Unexpected Craft Brewing Company. From an ordeal with the city of Royal Oak, changes to his brewing processes, and helping begin the Michigan Brewers Guild Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee, Eddie has been busy over the last few years. Take this as an opport...
Jul 09, 2022•1 hr 8 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST NEWS EPISODE! We start off the show introducing Tito, who will be our guest host for the next month or so. Tito has been so kind to sacrifice his Friday nights to join us. His article discusses the cheapest ingredients in beer today, Nick brings an article about a beer shoe with the collaboration between Reebok and Harpoon, Dan gets our first news introduction into the brewery buyout of Modern Times, Ken discusses if RTD’s are ready to take over Seltzers, and Wendy brings us a...
Jun 27, 2022•57 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: As we inch closer to our seven year anniversary we still want to make sure we give love to some of the amazing Michigan Beer Makers. We are off next week but this week we spoke to Ogma Brewing out of Jackson Michigan. Andrew and Holly give us a break down of what it was like to go from the idea to the grand opening on the biggest bar night of the year. Andrew talks about what he does within the brewery and Holly shows off her skills and what it takes to be a front of the...
Jun 25, 2022•42 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: The Drinking While Black Series was started in 2021 as a panel for black beer fans to come together to discuss what it is like to be in the community, the positives and negatives that have come from it, and what can breweries, festival owners, and fans alike do to be inclusive and promote equity and not just equality. 2022 Brought in Aaron Hose, documentarian and creator of the One Pint at a Time Film to co-host with Better on Draft’s Robear, as they bring in influencers...
Jun 18, 2022•2 hr 1 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: Every once in a while along comes an interview in which you wish you had hours more to chat with the guest. Julia Herz career in craft beer is so long we only scratched the surface. Julia discusses the importance of inclusion, how homebrew clubs can do their part to reach out to more people, and she discusses the positives and negatives of craft beer culture including how to be a better partner in homebrewing. Her advocation in the industry is one many people know, and w...
Jun 13, 2022•1 hr 2 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: With just under ten years of being in business, Big Lake Brewing out of the Tulip Town of Holland Michigan send Zachary onto the show to talk about craft beer marketing, The Haze Craze Weekend, and getting into the local homebrew community and how some of their flagship beers have come from homebrew competitions they’ve helped host. We put Zachary to the test on what beer has a higher rating between Sparti Parti and Haze & Blue, and he discusses the importance of com...
Jun 11, 2022•56 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST NEWS EPISODE! With the last minute cancellation of the guest, Rob, Dan, Ken, and Wendy all hopped on after a few week hiatus to talk about some of the major news headlines that have appeared over the last few weeks we haven’t had a chance to talk about. As a reminder in these show notes, none of us are financial advisors and none of this is financial advice. Ken talks about Athletic Brewing IPO and investing in other alcoholic brands. Rob wants to discuss the Ube fruit and oth...
Jun 04, 2022•1 hr 19 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: A few months in the making, Sean of Bella Snow sits down Friday evening to talk about a missing segment of the market he feels he will work well in, which is the low ABV market. Sean explains where the idea came from, his original target market, and the people who are actually drinking his beer. He goes on to discuss the styles that has been selling the best, and the future of his brewery including introducing online sales, and a taproom with not just low ABV beers, but ...
May 16, 2022•56 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: Starting in 2009, Clown Shoes has made quite the name for themselves in the craft beer scene with their amazing beers and amazing bottle and can art. In 2017 they were acquired by Mass Bay Brewing Company, which you may know as the brewers of Harpoon, which allowed this gypsy brewer to have a permanent home and structure to continue making their amazing beer. Over the past few years they have been working on attracting new craft beer fans and bringing back older fans wit...
May 14, 2022•56 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST NEWS EPISODE! This weeks craft beer news has Wendy taking a deep dive into the massive beer shortage about to happen and the laws and red-tape hurting bars in Quebec. Ken asks if you’d sell your future for a win today when discussing the request in law changes in Minnesota from their brewers guild, and finally Dan discusses how war time in Russia could lead a hop shortage for their brewers and the effects it could have on businesses whose only crime is to just operate in Russi...
May 02, 2022•44 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: Kindsey Bernhard began her passion project simply due to the extra at home time during COVID. She came up with the idea for Boys are from Marzen and has interviewed some of the industries biggest giants in craft beer including Em Sauter, Julia Herz, and Dr. J Nikol Jackson-Beckham. She also writes for Porch Drinking and is continuing to chase her dream in the beer industry. Join us as we put her in the interview chair for once and hear why Boys are from Marzen is a much ...
Apr 30, 2022•59 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST NEWS EPISODE! This week Better on Draft discusses the news and articles that have been roaming through the craft beer world. Wendy discusses Trend Spotting from Kevin McGee, Anderson Valley Brewing’s President. Ken discusses the future of NA beverages including NA RTD’s. Rob discusses the benefits of what a union could bring to breweries. And Dan asks if draft beer is a sustainable business model going forward. All this and more on this weeks episode of the Better on Draft Cra...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 5 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: Hosted by the Frankenmuth Jaycees, the world expo of beer happens the 3rd weekend of May yearly. This mixed celebration of professional beer making competition and festival allows for brewers across the world to flex their brewing prowess to a festival also known for its fun and exciting atmosphere. James Boyd joins us to discuss how the judging works, how the festival benefits non-profits, and even answers the questions about last years sticker shock that attendees were...
Apr 23, 2022•55 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST NEWS EPISODE! The news of this week has had some ups and downs. Dan brings us an article about the WrestleMania bump Stone Cold Steve Austin’s beer got, Wendy and Ken discuss the top 50 breweries of 2021 and the sales metrics going into 2022, and Nick brings his quirky PBR article about an Easter Keg Hunt. Have an article you want us to discuss on the show? Join our group on Facebook! Wendy's Article- Has Craft Beer Recovered Since The Pandemic? - https://www.msn.com/en-us/new...
Apr 18, 2022•53 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: A journey that started in 2013, Miranda and Kyle Carbaugh, founders of Wiley Roots join us to talk about their different beer lanes from Ice Cream Truckz and the Zodiac Series, Miranda talks about being the Baroness of Big Picture Planning, and Kyle helps us understand the feelings he got getting a medal at GABF in year one. Averaging over 100 new beers a year, this couple help take us through the journey that is Greely Colorado’s own, Wiley Roots. Sponsors: North Center...
Apr 16, 2022•59 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: From 805 to Union Jack, Merlin Milk Stout to Parabola, Firestone Walker is known for so many of its award winning beers, but what if I told you there is more about them you didn’t know? Join Dan, Nick, Ken and Rob as they sit down in their virtual taproom to talk to Califronia’s second largest brewery, Firestone Walker. Sam Tierney, head brewer of their R&D brewhouse The Propagator joins us to talk about the technical parts of brewing, the many differences in the sys...
Apr 11, 2022•59 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: What happens when you chat with the 5th largest craft brewery in the United States, the largest in Texas with over one hundred years of history? Shiner Beer joins Dan, Nick, Ken, and Rob in our virtual taproom to talk about this historic Texas Brewery. Matt Pechman, the Head of Marketing takes us on a tour of his long history of selling alcohol from getting his first industry job from pouring a perfect pour of Guinness, to selling Jay-Z’s wine. Nick Weiland, the Sr Brand...
Apr 09, 2022•1 hr
CRAFT BEER PODCAST NEWS EPISODE! Wendy's Article- Beer Company Scams People Out Of Money, Claims April Fools Joke - https://boingboing.net/2022/04/01/beer-company-scams-people-out-of-their-money-calls-it-april-fools-joke.html Nick's Article- Busch Light Introduces 'Pee In A Busch Kit' - https://www.foodbeast.com/news/pee-in-a-busch-kit/ Ken's Article - Stone Brewing Awarded $56M In Trademark Lawsuit - https://www.foodandwine.com/news/stone-brewing-wins-lawsuit-keystone-light-molson-coors Dan's A...
Apr 04, 2022•29 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: Dusan of Live Oak Brewing joins us to talk about their upcoming 25th year in brewing, the methods that make them different, and why people come to their brewery from amazing beers to a professional 13 hole disc golf course! Just be careful of the cliff! Listen to this and more as we learn from Dusan some technical things that go on down there and what he enjoys about being in the brewing business. Sponsors: North Center Brewing - https://northcenterbrewing.com/ Zetouna L...
Apr 02, 2022•53 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: Don't listen to Ken by the way, I don't think he knows his numbers quite yet as he messes up quite often the episode number. It's been a minute since we've had a half episode, but we were given the opportunity to chat with Talia Spera, VP of Festivals and Live Events for Next Glass, and Grace Weitz, Managing Editor for Hop Culture, about the upcoming 5th edition of Beers without Beards. We talk a little bit about their history in the business, what the upcoming event wil...
Mar 26, 2022•22 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST INFO: A little video difficulties, a little audio difficulties, but we still managed to get in a great conversation with Dayne Bartscht, Rex Rexroat, and Eric Plata, representing Ferndale Project (and Eastern Market Brewing, and a litany of other organizations and collaborations). Dayne, Rex, and Eric give us a rundown of what's happened since their opening right before COVID, Eric gives us his plan for 2022 to help grow the brand, and Rex breaks down his history of brewing. W...
Mar 26, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Typically posted to our Tik Tok and Instagram, this audio-only episode of The Chase is inspired by the TV Gameshow 'The Chase'. This episode Dan and Nick challenge Rob to see who is the smarter trivia minds. Make sure to follow our Tik Tok and Instagram to see future videos and make sure to stay tuned as we will have guests on with CASH prizes! Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/betterondraft Untappd - https://www.untappd.com/bodpodcast YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/betterondraft Instagra...
Mar 21, 2022•8 min
CRAFT BEER PODCAST NEWS EPISODE! Rob's Article- Surly Brewing eyeing Ohio and Michigan to expand and open another brewery - https://www.brewbound.com/news/minneapolis-surly-brewing-eyes-michigan-or-ohio-for-new-brewery Nick's Article- Coors Creates Beer Lollipops - https://www.foodandwine.com/news/coors-light-beer-lollipops Ken's Article - Fun Topic- What events do you make sure to crack open a few nice beers? Dan's Article - Stone claims losses of 9 figures due to Keystone marketing Changes - h...
Mar 21, 2022•47 min
