Pint Talking

This is the final episode of Pint Talking. Commercial free and uncut. Enjoy Bob and I talking about the future of craft beer.

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This week was the last onsite interview in the history of Pint Talking and got to hang out with Paoloa Vabuena and John Hill from Pulpo Brewing Co. in Willoughby Ohio. Pulpo is the first Latina wome…

In this episode I am joined by one of my favorite guests Rick Armon. Rick is managing editor for the Canton Repository, a journalist since 1988, and a craft beer book author. In this episode we analy…

 The end is nigh. As we move closer to end of Pint Talking I finally tracked down the elusive John McGroarty fomrerly of Thirsty Dog, Butcher and Brewer,  and HiHo Brewing Company. John is now out o…

This week I visited with friend of the show Jennifer Hermann at Bell Tower Brewing Company in Kent, Ohio. A year after our first visit we geeked out on our favorite beverage. Jennifer talked about c…

This week I visited Terrestrial Brewing Company in Cleveland, Ohio and sat down with Ralph Sgro is the co-owner and brewer at Terrestrial. During the visit we talked about the change in the brewery …

This week I discussed the winners of the Ohio Craft Brewers Cup and then I gave my thoughts on the situation over at R Shea Brewing Company.

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This week I hung out with Dave and Mathias from The BlabberMalt Show as they asked me to be a guest on their show. They were kind enough to give me the audio of the interview so that I could share i…

This week I visited 8th Day Brewing Company and sat down with Matt Boddy. We talked about a bunch of different things including recent additions of fermenters, and some future enhancements to the br…

This week I visited Pompatus Brewing Company and sat down with the Joker of Love Steve Miller. Steve is the owner and brewer at Pompatus. While we did talk a little music, we mostly talked about our…

This week I visited with Cory Smith from Twin Oast Brewing in Port Clinton, Ohio. It has been a couple years since I last visited with Cory and since then there have been several changes. They have …

This week I visited with Jeff and Shari Bailey at Auburn Acres Hop Farm in Auburn, Ohio. They started growing hops in a small section of their property for their home brews early on, and after 8 yea…

In this episode Bob and I get ready for Oktoberfest season by covering Festbier. Oktoberfestbier or Festbier is a German-style of low fermentation beer that is very similar to lagers in its blonde co…

This week Bob joined me at Blue Heron Brewing Company in Medina, Ohio. We got a chance to sit down and catch-up with our old friend Mike Piazza who is the brew master and co-owner. We talked to Mike…

In this episode Bob and I look at the Helles Bock. Also called “heller bock” (meaning “pale bock”), the German-style Maibock is paler in color and more hop-centric than traditional bock beers. A ligh…

This week I was in Newark, Ohio and I sat down with Heather and Josh Lange who own Dankhouse Brewing. Dankhouse has always been a favorite of mine as they specialize in Hazy IPAs and Sours. While so…

This week I was in Columbia Station, Ohio visiting Ann Zofchak Red Wagon Brewing/Four Paws Brewing. Four Paws/Red Wagon is a fun place situated on a farm just north of Medina County. There is plenty…

This week I was in Akron, Ohio visiting Mark Crnjak and Sean Hamilton from Missing Falls Brewing Company. Mark, Sean, and I talked about all the latest happenings at MFBC including a kitchen and tap…

In this episode Bob and I take on an interesting category. We discsuss the American Brown Ale, which in theory looks like a version of the English brown, but jacked up on hops (allegedly). American b…

This week I am joined in the 13B Studios by our old friend Bob from Wrecking Crew. We decided to sit down and discuss some of the big news in craft beer over the past several months including the cl…