With years of experience under their belts Mike and Kevin discuss the beer industries highs, lows and everywhere in between.
We can often times sound like we are sitting on a high horse of perfection in the industry but the truth is that everyone makes mistakes. Mike and Kevin dive into some of those they have made over their careers.
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Luis Brignoni founded one of the original Miami breweries at Wynwood Brewing. Today Luis is the CEO for The Tank Brewing, also in Miami. How did this come to be? Listen to his crazy journey.
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As the Beyond Beer segment of adult beverages continues to climb a surprising entry into the game has been seeing some significant leaps. THC beverages (seltzer, tonics, sodas, etc) have been catching people's interest in states that allow them and they are seeing impressive sales. The guys discuss this segment and how high they see them going.
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New Belgium has found ways to reinvent itself time and time again in an every changing beer market. Kelly McKnight and Matty Gilliland (aka Matty Smooth) have been integral parts to those changes. Kelly and Matty join the show to talk about R&D brewing, stories behind some of the brands that went up to full production and you get the first glimpse at the future (pending) Kelly McKnight Show.
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Spencer Wills, Head Brewer at Sceptre Brewing Arts, joins the show to talk about being a former Florida brewer, his struggles with mental health and bad brewery owners to finding a place in the industry. It's a great conversation filled with fun and a bit of shade.
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Prepare for a wild ride as Mike takes Kevin and Tim to task on their beer knowledge with BREW YOU KNOW! Then after the wheels come off that ride the guys talk about the news.
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Joel Suarez, of Niche Brands NYC, is a kid from the Bronx with a dream. His love for craft beer may only be exceeded by his love of community and the people that make them. We talk with Joel about his rise through the beer world and how it became important to him to work with breweries, bars, restaurants and drinkers that look beyond the standard white dudes with beards image in the industry.
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The beer industry contributes, both directly and indirectly, to a lot of environmental issues that we often overlook. Some of these things aren't accounted for because of the sheer cost of implementation while others might be pure ignorance. The guys look into some of the things the brewing world isn't doing from a sustainability standpoint and what they can do, even if it's small.
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The Brewers Association provided a state of the industry at the Craft Brewers Conference that included the grim news that 2024 has reported more brewery closures than openings for the first time. The guys digest this news and talk about some other perceptions of the industry almost half way through the year.
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The show has covered horror stories working in the brewery and dealing with customers but today's episode takes a different direction to frustrating stories. The guys talk about dealing with vendors, solicitors and other folks that think they should be doing business with breweries.
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There was a time when you could find beer related events going on almost every day of the week at local bars and restaurants. A tap takeover here. A pint night there. Today those events seem almost extinct. The guys talk about these events, why they don't seem to happen anymore and if there is room for beer events in the market anymore.
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Pay for brewery employees has been a subject talked about in circles for years. In comparison to similar trade and manual labor jobs many brewery salaries don't match up. High overhead, low margins and poor market portrayal (affordable luxury) have been reasons given for why breweries can't provide higher wages. The guys tackle this subject.
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Grab bag time! The guys talk about a variety of topics including hefeweizens, branding and Cigar City.
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Tim Johnson joins the podcast as a new co-host and the guys talk about beer awards. Do they actually mean anything?
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The word "why" can begin a lot of questions in relation to the beer industry. Mike and Kevin propose a number of these questions to each other to see what they think is the right answer.
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Taprooms, or tasting rooms to some, have evolved considerably over the last decade for breweries. A spot that was once considered, by many, to be a place to introduce people to their beer that can then be bought out in the market have turned into full scale bars and restaurants with the goal of keeping people coming back and spending. Mike and Kevin dive into own premise and taprooms and what they have become.
Tim Johnson returns to the show to talk about his move from the beer industry to the spirits industry. He discusses the similarities and differences in an adjacent adult beverage field.
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Kevin tells the story of a voicemail he received from someone upset about his beer's availability and price. The guys talk about what goes into pricing of beer once the consumer sees it in a retails store.
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The Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) is an annual conference put on by the Brewers Association filled with educational seminars, an expo hall and lots of beer. It has seemed over the years that the core reasons for the conference have been lost and instead have turned into a yearly vacation for brewery personnel to get drunk in a new city. Mike and Kevin discuss this on today's new episode.
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The last time the show specifically talked about distribution the world hadn't fallen apart yet from Covid. A lot has changed with the middle tier since then. Mike and Kevin talk about what it's like being a distributing brewery in 2023.
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