The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast
Craft Beer, brewery reviews, and brewer interviews, recorded on location and from The Brit and Yankee Pub Studios located somewhere in Chicagoland. Presented by The Brit, Phil Clark, and co-hosts, Chuck Fort (Sr. Brewing Consultant at Church Street Brewing), and Ken McMullen (Brewmaster at Hopvine Brewing). Nominated for 2007 and 2016 Podcast Awards...yeah, it's a while ago but we're still podcasting because we love craft beer!
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Episodes
- 26
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2024
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 401-The Brewers Palette of Hop Harmony at Tonality Brewing
This week head up to Mundelein IL to visit with Tony Bena, co-founder and head brewer at Tonality Brewing Company. One of the newest breweries in the Chicagoland area, they opened last November with …
Thu 28 Mar 2024
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 400-THANKS to Our Listeners and The Brewers!!
We've reached our 400th show and we've put together a retrospective of some of our milestones along the way. It's thanks to all our listeners who keep us recording each episode, and thanks to all the…
Sat 23 Mar 2024
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 399-Jon Miller of Bubblehouse Brewing
Since 2021, Lisle has been home to Bubblehouse Brewing, and when we asked the craft beer community in the Chicago area where we should visit for our next interview, the Bubblehouse 'popped' up as a f…
Thu 14 Mar 2024
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 398-A Safe Haven for Hops at Harbor Brewing
In this episode we venture back up to Lake County and the village of Lake Villa, where we visit with Harbor Brewing Company Founder Kyle Wenzel, and Head Brewer Adam Brose. HBC has been around for ov…
Thu 29 Feb 2024
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 397-The 7th Annual Barley Wine Show
This year, The Brit has asked a panel of brewers and chums to help him taste, chat about, and arbitrarily pass judgement on a range of barley wines. We have gathered them from across the USA, plus we…
Thu 22 Feb 2024
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 396-Black Lung Brewing Revisited
It was during Covid in December of 2020 when we first checked in via Zoom with Josh Grubbs at Black Lung Brewing. Since then he has opened his primary brewery and taproom in Round Lake Beach, and has…
Fri 09 Feb 2024
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 395-Seasons Greetings and Seasonal Beer
We are back in the pub studio for this episode, which will be the last one until the end of January, as we are taking a short hiatus. We do have an all-star cast in the house with co-host Ken McMulle…
Wed 20 Dec 2023
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 394-Matt Strysik of Knack Brewing-A Craft Beer Oasis in Kankakee
The greater Chicagoland area hosts many of Illinois craft breweries, but there are plenty of downstate options to visit and enjoy. In this episode The Brit, and co-host Ken McMullen of Fox Republic, …
Thu 07 Dec 2023
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 393-Bob Salzman of BBGB Brewery Hopfarm
This episode we start the podcast with an apology! We have overlooked BBGB for over 5 years, and now we are here to sample the brews and realize we definitely missed out on some good ones! Brewmaster…
Thu 02 Nov 2023
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 392-Brülosophy with Steve Thanos
If you are a homebrewer or a professional you have likely heard of Brülosophy, a website where they take the art of homebrewing beer to a new level with recipes, methods and their exciting 'Exbeerime…
Mon 09 Oct 2023
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 391-Two Hound Red Brewing with Steve Woertendyke
Glen Ellyn IL is only a 15 minute drive from the pub studio and yet we have yet to visit their brewpub, Two Hound Red! So we have rectified that in this episode and we sit down with brewer Steve Woer…
Fri 29 Sep 2023
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 390-Non-Alcoholic Craft Beer at Go Brewing
Our Labor Day weekend edition is a first for the podcast team as we visit the one and only non-alcoholic craft brewery in Illinois, Go Brewing. We sit down with Joe Chura, one of the co-founders and …
Fri 01 Sep 2023
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 389-Sundial Brewing and Blending Company
After last weeks visit to Fox Republic, the newest Chicagoland brewery, we head out to one that opened about a week before, Sundial Brewing and Blending. Located in the old Flesk Brewing space in the…
Fri 11 Aug 2023
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 388-Fox Republic Brewing Company
This week my normal co-host, Ken McMullen is on the other side of the mic as he is the interviewee, and we are visiting his new brewery project, Fox Republic Brewing. Joining him is his brewer, the V…
Fri 04 Aug 2023
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 387-Kishwaukee Brewing Company
McHenry County in northern Illinois, is home to several great craft breweries, all of which you can check out on the McHenry Co. Craft Beverage Trail. This week we are visiting one of the two located…
Fri 30 Jun 2023
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 386-Getting Our Kicks on Rt 66 at Old School Brewing
We jump in the car and head south to Route 66 in Wilmington, IL., where located on an island between the Kankakee River and the Mill Race channel is Old School Brewing. Paul 'Pauly' Bidne is the head…
Fri 23 Jun 2023
The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 385-Icelandic Craft Beer In The House!
Friends of the podcast and owners of Broken Brix Fermentation Emporium, Ed and Sue Seaman, took a trip to Iceland and came back with craft beer galore, which they wanted to share with the podcast tea…
Fri 12 May 2023
Pubcast from The Brit and Yankee-Pubcast 384-Colorado's Real Ale: Robert Bell of Hogshead 54 Brewery
It's a special edition this episode and while out in Denver CO., The Brit took an opportunity to visit with a unique brewery known for their outstanding real ales. Hogshead 54 Brewery has 7 engines a…
Fri 21 Apr 2023
Pubcast from The Brit and Yankee-Pubcast 383-Chuck's Wood Fired Pizza...and Beer!
We're back with and audio podcast this week, and recording down in the Brit and Yankee Pub studio. The Brit's co-host is Ken McMullen from Hopvine Brewing, and together they welcome Chuck Grote of Wo…
Fri 07 Apr 2023
Pubcast from The Brit and Yankee-Pubcast 382-Saisons, Saisons, Saisons! Mike Thorpe of Afterthought Brewing
It's a long overdue visit to the Lombard taproom, and a chat with Afterthought Brewing's owner/brewer, Mike Thorpe. Mike's passion for the saison style is front and center in the award-winning ales h…
Fri 24 Mar 2023
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