Pabst is a brand that says to itself often - "Let's go have fun!" They push the boundaries of beverages and marketing. They do what they like when they want. Get an inside look into how such a brand has stood the test of time for generations of beer drinkers. Brad shares the history of one of the most iconic beer brands around. Find out how Frederick Pabst got started making beer. And what's with that blue ribbon, anyway? Brad is the Project Manager for Liquid Innovation. He's the brains behind ...
Aug 19, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 34
Former NASCAR driver, Michael Waltrip, opens a brewery with a few friends after brainstorming the idea while drinking wine in Napa. Waltrip won the famous Daytona 500 race twice, leading to the "Two-Time" beer brand out of the Michael Waltrip Brewing Company. Bristol Motor Speedway is the home to an infamous Michael Waltrip crash. When people tell Michael that day must have been awful, he replies, "No. It was a great day because I walked away alive!" Opening a brewery in Bristol, VA seems like a...
Aug 12, 2021•57 min•Ep. 33
The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery fits its name as Charlotte's oldest brewery. (Charlotte is located in Mecklenburg County, for all you geography illiterate.) OMB also specializes in brewing classic German beers. They were inspired by local German breweries that have one beer on tap. You can literally walk into one of those and just order a beer, like they do in the movies. There's also a bit of a rivalry between towns on local beer, depending on what town you're in. Follow The Olde Mecklenburg Brewe...
Aug 05, 2021•57 min•Ep. 32
Named after Micah’s favorite named farm equipment, Gravity Box really dives deep into the agricultural motif. There’s a literal gravity box on the back of their bar. Their tap handles are antique shovel handles, hammers, and assorted tools. After moving back to Mauston from the beer Mecca of Milwaukee, Micah started homebrewing to fill his void of local quality beer. The closest brewery at the time was half an hour away. Micah received validation from friends and family that his beer was good. S...
Jul 29, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 31
From Wisconsin to Colorado and back to Wisconsin, Brad Stillmank learned about beer and brewing from some great beer cities! Out of a true determination to bring his home brewing hobby and formal brewing education to life, Brad contract brewed until he built a network of Stillmank Beer drinking fans and enough money to open his own place. We hear many stories in between! Follow Stillmank Brewing: Instagram: @stillmankbrewing Facebook: /stillmankbeercompany Twitter: @stillmankbeer Website: stillm...
Jul 22, 2021•52 min•Ep. 29
We just released our 25th episode with a brewery. We’re usually the ones asking the questions and rarely answering them. So we’ve got a special treat for you all today! This episode is going to be a host Q&A. This is going to be a Beer Power Hour while we’re answering questions. One shot of beer every minute. When you hear the ding, that’s our cue to drink. It may help if you all join us in power hour while you’re listening to this… Hope you enjoy our episode featuring us! Follow Pour Anothe...
Jul 15, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 30
Our 25th episode and we’re speaking with an industry leader in brewing, Russ Klisch! Lakefront Brewery has been around longer than Cameron or Jonathan have even been alive, opening their doors in 1987. Russ talks about their humble beginnings and their excitement when they sold their first barrel to the neighborhood tavern. Since then they’ve gotten laws changed in order to introduce a Gluten Free beer, were the first brewery to be certified organic, introduced the first beer in the United State...
Jul 08, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 28
When a high schooler starts homebrewing because he’s fascinated by the process, he’s destined to open his own brewery some day! But to be named one of the fastest growing breweries in the United States in 2018 was because of hard work and great beer. Opening a craft brewery in a Northeastern Wisconsin small town of just over 1,000 people who prefered Blatz to IPAs, Nate was a true advocate for craft beer. Although spoiler alert, we drank a Busch Light during the episode because sometimes a macro...
Jul 01, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 27
Sahale Ale Works. Suh-Holla. A mountain in Washington State. High Place. This was the inspiration for Matt when he was opening his own brewery. He wanted to commemorate an influential month long trip to the back country in the Pacific Northwest. Thankfully, though, Matt found his way out of the back country and onto a brewery floor. He worked a variety of positions in a variety of breweries, from Colorado to Wisconsin and a few in between. His dream of being a nutritionist has been fulfilled, in...
Jun 24, 2021•55 min•Ep. 26
Draft Top allows consumers to drink beer the way brewers intended... on draft! Utilizing pressure and science, Draft Top allows you to safely remove the top of your cans to allow the aromas of your beverage to enhance your drinking experience. After a successful crowd-funding campaign, Draft Top saw their product reaching success as it was also successfully backed by a shark on Shark Tank. Jonathan gets to geek out a bit with Sean about NASCAR. Draft Top was a title-sponsor of a race. Follow Dra...
Jun 17, 2021•37 min•Ep. 25
This brewery was really the one that started Cameron on his passion for craft beer. The all-you-could-drink brewery tours while he was in college was an eye-opening experience on what beer could be! Jim shares his passion for beer and the pressure he felt to be the owner of something with the name Milwaukee Brewing Company. Milwaukee is brew city. Now your brewery is named for that very city. This brewery has certainly lived up to the name Follow Milwaukee Brewing Company: Facebook: /milwaukeebr...
Jun 10, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 24
Cameron & Jonathan share some beers with Eric from Modicum Brewing Company in Altoona, WI. Modicum's mission is to provide a world-class beer drinking experience for the adventurous beer drinker by brewing refined, elegant, well-constructed beers that showcase complexity, subtlety, and nuance. While the perception of what an adventurous drinker is has changed over the years, Eric likes the adventure to be in the complexity of the beer while letting the beer speak for itself. A former audio e...
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 23
Cameron & Jonathan share some beers with Spike and Dustin from Terrapin Beer Company in Athens, GA. Welcome to Pour Another Round's 20th episode! Terrapin - just like the Grateful Dead album. Co-Founder Spike is a huge music fan who nerds out over audio equipment and live jams. Terrapin Beer Co. also takes a very dedicated approach to ensuring their environmental impact is the most responsible one. A core value of their's is to do the right thing, always! Follow Terrapin Beer Company: Facebo...
May 27, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 22
Cameron & Jonathan share some beers with Nick from Ahnapee Brewery in Green Bay, WI. Ahnapee Brewery was originally making beer in the mid-nineteenth century. But some history and beer lovers from Algoma, WI revived the name and brought brewing back to town. Nick loves the two sides of brewing: traditional beers and creative ones. Ahnapee Breweries expansion to a much larger taproom in Suamico allows him to pursue more of each, since starting in a small two stall garage on the shores of Lake...
May 20, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 21
Cameron & Jonathan share some beers with Bill from Hinterland Brewery in Green Bay, WI. Hinterland - the land beyond; the unexplored. Bill really took this mantra to heart on his journey to opening a brewery. Whether trying to make it as a rockstar, editor of BEER: The Magazine, backcountry snowboarding, or brewery owner, Bill has definitely carved his own path. Hinterland sits across the street to one of the most iconic stadiums in all of professional sports - Lambeau Field. They still brin...
May 13, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 20
Cameron & Jonathan share some beers with Bobby from McFleshman’s Brewing Company in Appleton, WI. Bobby’s one for the classics...German & Irish Beer classics, that is. But Bobby didn’t just add the “Mc” on the front of his last name to make his brewery sound more Irish. His wife’s last name is McCoy, and she’s Irish. So McFleshman’s partners their German and Irish heritages nicely. Bobby has worn many hats, from pig farmer to astrophysicist to brewer. Not sure if anyone has ever compared...
May 06, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 19
Cameron & Jonathan share a couple beers with Henry from MobCraft Beer in Milwaukee, WI. When the mob puts their heads together, they can create some pretty great, and super unique, beers. MobCraft is a uniquely crowdsourced brewery. This means they get ideas for future beers from the average person. They decide what to brew next by a vote of the people. Get ready for Weird Fest - the MobCraft annual anniversary celebration where they bring weird entertainment to an event and invite weird peo...
Apr 29, 2021•56 min•Ep. 18
Cameron & Jonathan share a couple beers with Mark from Drekker Brewing Company in Fargo, ND. Drekker. To drink. Getting together with your friends for a drink. It’s not the actual act of doing it, but rather what happens when you do gather. That’s what Drekker wants is to create that experience as you gather with friends around Drekker beer. And Drekker beer isn’t like normal beer. They want to shock you. They want you to feel something when you drink their beer. And not like the “I’ve had t...
Apr 22, 2021•59 min•Ep. 17
Cameron & Jonathan share a couple beers with Alex from Noble Roots Brewing Company in Green Bay, WI. Alex gives us a glimpse into this brewing operation that has deep family roots. It all started with a couple family trips to some major European beer countries. Their tastes were opened to so many great new things, they came home and wanted to try making those beers. Alex shares a lesson on what not to do in your mom’s kitchen when homebrewing. But getting kicked out of the kitchen was an opp...
Apr 15, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 16
Cameron & Jonathan share some beers with a whole crew from Hillsboro Brewing Company in Hillsboro, WI. Snapper, Dave, and Kim each share a bit of the story of how this brewery was revitalized to bring back a brewery to this small central Wisconsin town after the original Hillsboro Brewery closed about 70 years ago. They're all very passionate about their community. And if Snapper keeps buying buildings at the rate he has, he'll probably own the whole town soon enough. Dave hands Snapper a co...
Apr 08, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 15
Cameron & Jonathan share some beers with Tim Pauly from Broken Bat Brewing Company in Milwaukee, WI. As you may have guessed, this brewery has a very evident baseball theme - from the beer names to the brewery decor, and even to the beer collaborations with former MLB Player, Tim Dillard. Pauly may even name drop a few players who have stopped in to Broken Bat for a pint or two, a time or two. Some breweries went the heavy metal route or the big beard feel, but there was never any question t...
Apr 01, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 14
Cameron & Jonathan share a couple beers with Scott & Nick from Raised Grain Brewing Company in Waukesha, WI. This episode should be considered Pour Another Round and Another Round and Another Round. Raised Grain provided flights to sample a plethora of their beer inventory. But as we learned from a real doctor today, beer is healthy. He mentioned something about moderation, but whatever... We may suffer from selective hearing sometimes. Follow Raised Grain Brewing Company: Facebook: /rai...
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 13
Cameron & Jonathan share a couple beers with Missy & Jon from Copper State Brewing Company in Green Bay, WI. This is not only our tenth brewery featured on Pour Another Round, but also our first in-person conversation actually at the brewery. Missy & Jon share their backwards entry into the world of brewing. Jon nerds out on beer and bacteria a bit. We were hoping the ghost who hangs out in Copper State’s building would pop into the episode to say hi, but we just heard about the beer...
Mar 18, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 12
Cameron & Jonathan share a couple whiskeys with Timmy from Sean's Bar in Athlone, Ireland. Sean's Bar is the not only the oldest bar in Ireland, but also in the entire world, dating back to 900 A.D. Timmy has been a bartender at Sean's for nearly four decades - really just a blip in the history of the pub. But regardless, both Sean and Timmy have plenty of great stories. You'll then take a virtual tour around Ireland as Cameron & Jonathan reminisce on each of their Irish trips - plenty o...
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 11
Cameron & Jonathan have a couple beers with Ian from Fifth Ward Brewing Company in Oshkosh, WI. This brewery got its name from one of Oshkosh's original breweries back in the 1850's: Fifth Ward Brewery. Ian talks about his outlook on beer and each one having its own characteristics and personality. Fifth Ward has its own characteristics and personality - from taproom vinyl nights to old school hip-hop inspired cans to being a neighborhood brewery. Follow Fifth Ward Brewing Company: Facebook:...
Mar 11, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 10
Cameron & Jonathan share a couple beers with Ryan & Clint from Working Draft Beer Company in Madison, WI. Working Draft fully believes craft beer forms community. Before the world was thirsty for camaraderie, beer was often a positive force to gather together. Ryan & Clint are eagerly waiting the day their taproom will be that community gathering space over their beer. Ryan has a background in writing, specifically poetry. There’s a quote that “a poem is never finished, just abandone...
Mar 04, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 9
Cameron & Jonathan share a couple beers with Andy from Third Space Brewing in Milwaukee, WI. Everyone has their home. Everyone has their work. And Andy thinks everyone should also have their third space. He’s hoping Third Space Brewing is a viable option for you. Brewery founders, Andy and Kevin, met at a summer camp as kids, which they considered to be their childhood third space. Many years later, one became a lawyer and the other became a brewer. Even more years later, they both saw an op...
Feb 25, 2021•55 min•Ep. 8
Cameron & Jonathan have a couple beers with Gunnar from Rio Lobo Winery & Brewery in Weyauwega, WI. That’s wolf river in Spanish. And in case it’s not obvious, the Wolf River is a real river that runs through Wisconsin. This was actually the first episode we recorded with the newest brewery we’ve talked with thus far. Special shout out to Gunnar and Rio Lobo for being our guinea pigs in this whole podcasting thing! Gunnar shares Rio Lobo’s passion for growing as much as they can for thei...
Feb 18, 2021•56 min•Ep. 7
Cameron & Jonathan are joined by Ben from Appleton Beer Factory over a couple beers. Ben walks us through approximately 25,000 man hours of work over three years to turn a 1940s auto shop into the functional brewery that it is today. With no formal training, but a learn as you go, Ben considers what he does professional homebrewing. If he doesn't consider himself a professional brewer, it sounds like he's at least close to going pro in beer-drinking! In true brewery evangelism, tell your fri...
Feb 11, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 6
Cameron & Jonathan have a couple beers with a brewery from La Crosse, Wisconsin. Tami from Pearl Street Brewery tells us the story behind Northern Discovery Hops. Pearl Street Brewery is currently the only brewery using these hops to make a beer. You can find alot of them in their Linalool IPA. Arcade and beer fans unite! Pearl Street has an impressive collection of old arcade games that helped create their Brewcade. Got a favorite game? Stop by Pearl Street to have a go at it! Got Pole Posi...
Feb 04, 2021•47 min•Ep. 5
