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...
Grit and Grain Episode 212 Boo Five Three
- October 30, 2026
- Tagged as: Boo Five Three, Brew Five Three, Halloween, Tacoma arts Live
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...
Episode 211: Zombie Pirates, Hot Cheetos, and Blood Red Beer
- October 23, 2026
- Tagged as: Great Notion Brewing, Halloween
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...
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...
Episode 209: Who Needs a Ladder When You have Hops? with Tristan McCoy
- October 9, 2026
- Tagged as: Browns Point Homebrew Club, homebrew
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...
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...
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...
Episode 206: Food Prep to Beer Rep with Max Beckstrom
- September 18, 2026
- Tagged as: Max Beckstrom, Odd Otter Brewing
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...
Episode 205: Let’s Talk About E9
- September 11, 2026
- Tagged as: E9 Brewing, Grace Zigweid, Sean Jackson
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...
Grit And Grain Episode 204: What Month is Oktoberfest?
- September 4, 2026
- Tagged as: Festbier, Marzen, Oktoberfest
Its September! Which means it’s time for Oktoberfest, right? We’re pretty sure that’s how that works. … Either way, among all the fresh hops and pumpkin ales gracing the doorway to fall, sits the most...