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Episode 213: Live from the 2026 Washington Craft Beer Summit

We're back, baby! The Grit & Grain team crashed the Washington Craft Beer Summit for the third year in a row. This is always a great event, and we always have so much fun talking…Read more

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Grit and Grain Episode 212 Boo Five Three

The ghosts were restless, the beer and cider were flowing, and somewhere inside Tacoma's magnificent Armory, Grit & Grain was operating without adult supervision. Welcome to Boo Five Three, Tacoma Arts Live's wonderfully spooky reinvention…Read more

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Episode 211: Zombie Pirates, Hot Cheetos, and Blood Red Beer

We are just over a week away from Halloween! With everyone prepping their costumes, candy shopping, and hanging SO MUCH FAKE SPIDER WEBBING all over their houses, we thought this would be a perfect time…Read more

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Episode 210: Author and Longtime Advocate of Beer Ben Keene

Here comes a special one! This week we are joined by prolific beer journalist, author, beer sales rep, and former editor of Beer Advocate Magazine, Ben Keene. After spending the beginning of his beer career…Read more

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Episode 209: Who Needs a Ladder When You have Hops? with Tristan McCoy

It’s time for homebrewing world update! There are some rumors going around that a few local homebrew supply shops may be nearing their respective finish lines (unless any listeners with a little investment capital and…Read more

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Episode 208: Fresh Hop Check-In

We are rounding the corner to the fresh hop finale of 2026. Some of the year’s best and most anticipated releases are hitting shelves, and Ron just got back from making his own collab fresh…Read more

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Episode 207: Grit and Grain and Pages and Pints

We’re keeping it Odd for one more week with local beer-fluencer, event organizer, and bartender, Cecelia Grogan! When she’s not serving up your Odd Otter Brewing pints, Cecelia is curating some of the best local…Read more

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Episode 206: Food Prep to Beer Rep with Max Beckstrom

We're keeping it Tacoma this week with a fresh face to the show and one of the newer faces in the local beer industry. Odd Otter Brewing sales rep/general manager/all-around hype machine Max Beckstrom joins…Read more

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Episode 205: Let’s Talk About E9

This week’s episode will be a little different than usual. As many of you may know, this has been a complicated few weeks for our friends at E9 Brewing. Since the reveal of some rather…Read more