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Episode 189: Real Ale with Michael Messenie from Dutchess Ales

Happy Seattle Beer Week! A bunch of amazing brewers and beer folks have converged on Seattle this week to celebrate all things beer. We took advantage and dragged Michael Messenie down for a quick pod…Read more

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Episode 188: May the 4th Be With You: A New Vice

Happy Cinco de Mayo / May the 4th week! Owners and operators of Vice Beer, Michael and Bria Perozzo are in the house! We are flush with Star Wars-themed beers, and we just couldn't wait…Read more

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Episode 187: Berlin, Ron’s Road Trip, and American Beer Economics

Matt's back from Berlin! He was gone so long and missed so much that we figured we might as well just crack a few beers and catch up a bit. Ron's been busy traveling all…Read more

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Episode 186: Dan Cady and Meghan Michels from Holy Mountain Brewing

Matt's still in Germany, and Ron, Bethany, Phaedra, and Doug held down the fort beautifully for this week's super special episode. We are joined this week by one of the strongest brewing duos working the…Read more

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Episode 185: Trails, Tanks, and the Long Game — Wes Finger of Kulshan Brewing

There are brewers who arrive with a résumé, and then there are brewers who arrive with a landscape. Kulshan Brewing Head Brewer Wes Finger brings the latter — a stretch of Bellingham terrain shaping how…Read more

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Episode 184: The Unstoppable Grit of Robyn Schumacher

This week, we are joined by Stoup Brewing co-founder, board president of the Washington Brewers Guild, and all-around industry powerhouse, Robyn Schumacher! After spending her early career teaching high school biology for over a decade,…Read more

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Episode 183: Double Mountain’s 19th Anniversary Party

The Grit and Grain team was lucky enough to be invited to the famous yearly celebration of Double Mountain’s legendary inception, so we packed up the cars and took a field trip to beautiful Hood…Read more

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Episode 182: Orval Day and Trappist History with Aaron Cohn

Happy Orval Day Eve! Saturday, March 21st, marks this year’s international celebration of one of the most unique and highly regarded beers ever made, Orval. A 1000-year-old Belgian ale brewed by Trappist Monks and bottle…Read more

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Episode 181: A News Worthy Tacoma Beer Week Special, Part 2

We're back for the second half of our Tacoma Beer Week double header. Hopefully you tuned in last week for the stellar hour we spent with Ezra Johnson-Greenough of New School Beer + Cider --…Read more