Pint Talking

This week I sat down with Wil Schulze and Victor Ecimovich from Edison Brewing Company in Columbus, Ohio. Edison opened in late 2020. The venue is quite spacious with a large outdoor area that inclu…

In this episode Bob and I keep crushing lagers. This week we travel to Vienna, Austria and look into the Vienna lager. Vienna Lager ranges from copper to reddish brown in color. The beer is character…

This week I sat down with Nate Klein who is the co-owner of Parsons North Brewing in Columbus, Ohio. Parsons North has a super cool outdoor space, as well as a pretty darn spacious indoor area as we…

In this episode Bob and I head back to Germany to drink one of our favorite styles, the Schwarzbier. Sometimes called black lagers (the name literally means black beer), they may remind some of Germa…

In this episode Bob and I stay in the Czech Republic and we talk about Czech Dark Lagers. Czech Dark Lager or Bohemian Dark Lager is an old-world style of dark lager originating in Bohemia, what is n…

This week I sat down with Eric Kuebler and Rob Weaver from The Laird Arcade Brewery. The Laird Arcade Brewery or LAB is located in an arcade built sometime in the mid 1800’s in downtown Tiffin, Ohio…

In this episode Bob and I stick with lagers, but instead of Germany or the U.S. this time we head to the Czech Republic, and tackle the Czech Pale Lager.  The Czech Pale Lager is a hoppy, session-str…

This week I sat down with Mark Burke, Dave Jones, and Zach Osborne from Arrogant Goat Brewing in Bucyrus, Ohio. The guys told me how they were inspired to open a brewery by drinking a craft beer whi…

This week Bob and I wrap up our lager kick for now as we discuss the German Pilsner. Quite possibly the most iconic beer style in modern history, the pilsner captured the attention of beer drinkers …

This week I sat down with Carmone and Duncan Macfarlane from The Phoenix Brewing Company in Mansifeld, Ohio. They are no strangers to the show as Phoenix has appeared two other times in the past. Du…

In this episode Bob and I talk about yet another great lager style beer. This week it is the American/International Amber lager. A widely available, sessionable craft beer style that showcases both …

This week I traveled out to Grafton, Ohio and visited Franklin Brewing Company. My guest was Aaron Schickel who is the owner/brewer at FBC. Aaron has been operating Franklin Brewing Company for 10 y…

In this episode Bob and I continue with lager month as we breakdown American Lagers. The American lager has little in the way of hop and malt character. A straw to gold, very clean and crisp, highly …

This week I sat down with Tom Gray from Rocky River Brewing Company. Tom has a quite the brewing history, and he shared stories of his past adventures that included some stops at some amazing brewer…

In April Bob and I start dissecting some of our favorite styles, lagers. In this episode we dive into the American Light Lager. A beer style that is perfect for cutting the grass, deck sitting, or wa…

This week I travel to Fat Head’s Brewery in Middleburg Heights, Ohio and sit down with owner Matt Cole. Matt has been in the industry for over 30 years and along the way he has obtain an immense amo…

In this episode Bob and I continue with our month of English beers. This week we decide to take on the ESB. ESB (Extra Special Bitter) ESB stands for “extra special bitter.” This style is known for i…

This week I sat down with the voice of Cincy Beer, The Gnarly Gnome and we talked about a number of topics. The Gnome gave us a taste of what is happening in Cincinnati craft beer including the rece…

We continue with our month of English/UK beers. This week we dive into the English Brown Ale. A bona fide English beer classic, English-style brown ale is easily one of the most iconic beer styles. T…

This week I travel to North Canton, Ohio and I visit Mike Leckie-Ewing who is the owner of New Berlin Brewing Company. New Berlin is a new brewery that has been opened for a little over 5 months, bu…