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Podcast Episode 381: Human Robot’s Andrew Foss Wants You to Experience “The Wave” When Drinking Their Lager

Lager is anything but a minimalist pursuit for the head brewer of Philadelphia lager stalwarts Human Robot. Flavor and character are primary focuses, and the brewery achieves those with all the tools in the toolbox—interesting ingredients, customized approaches to decoction and other processes, and a variety of fermentation profiles that maximize different types of expressions.

Podcast Episode 380: Garrett Oliver and Vinnie Cilurzo are Brewing for Impact With Fonio Grain

These leading brewers and great friends from Brooklyn Brewery and Russian River share what they’ve learned from brewing new beers with the African grain fonio.

Podcast Episode 379: Cinderlands Builds Full Dynamic Range into Fruit Beer and IPA by Thinking Beyond Purée and Pellets

This Pittsburgh brewery’s initial journeys into fruit had lanes both classic and modern, with mixed-culture foeder creations as well as juicier, acid-forward American fruit beers. Now, however—as the team deepens its repertoire in food and flavor science—Cinderlands is remixing the program with fruited riffs on their most popular and sessionable styles.

Podcast Episode 378: Mark Hunger and Steven Pauwels of Great Lakes Brew Distinctive Craft Lager, Under Pressure

The brewmaster and the co-CEO of this Midwestern stalwart respect their brewery’s three and a half decades of tradition—but they also test assumptions while tackling new beers that reflect today’s trends.

Podcast Episode 377: Shaun Yasaki of Noble Beast Makes Quirky and Nuanced Lager Work at Pub Scale

This Cleveland brewery takes an intentionally small and sustainable approach to making creatively fulfilling beers, and it all starts with the flexibility of their 10-barrel brewhouse.

Podcast Episode 376: Matt Cole of Fat Head's Brings the Best of West Coast–Style Process and Ingredients to Classic American IPA

Since their start in 2009, Matt Cole and Fat Head’s have cleaned up in the major competitions with their German-style wheat beers, American-style IPAs, and closely related styles. In this episode, Cole pulls back the veil and shares some of the process and ingredient choices that set their beers apart.

Podcast Episode 375: Murphy Johnson of BlackStack Gets Goosebumps When Talking About Hops

As an unabashed lover of hazy IPA, Murphy Johnson doesn’t apologize for focusing a huge portion of BlackStack’s brewing program on the hop-laden crowd pleasers. His latest obsession, meanwhile, is maximizing flavor without breaking the bank, using traditional American hops in some very untraditional ways.

Podcast Episode 374: Joe Wells of Fair State Brews Lagers, Ales, and More with Texture and Occasion in Mind

The Twin Cities’ Fair State Brewing Cooperative both heralds the adjunct-driven history of Upper Midwest lager brewing and pushes the craft-beverage conversation forward with an honest approach to hemp-derived THC drinks.

Podcast Episode 373: Amplifying Expression in Lager Fermentation with Fermentis, Highland Park, and Boston Beer

Lager yeast is capable of so much more than many brewers give it credit for, and in this industry spotlight panel discussion brought to you by the yeast experts at Fermentis, Bob Kunz of Highland Park, Urs Wellhoener of Boston Beer, and Grant Lawrence of Fermentis explore ways to heighten expression in cold fermentations.

Podcast Episode 372: Ian McCall of Ism is Brewing Pint After Pint of West Coast Pleasure

From Beachwood to Riip and now under his own brand, Ism, Ian McCall has honed his West Coast IPA craft and racked up a bunch of medals along the way. The secret? He’s not afraid of bitterness, as long as it’s properly shaped and timed.