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Episode 191: What’s so Japanese About Rice Lagers?

May 29, 2026
Tagged as: rice lager, World Beer Cup

The World Beer Cup added a “Rice Lager” category for the first time in 2026, and two Northwest breweries promptly earned medals in it — which is pretty amazing. Much like Mexican lager, rice lager,...

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Episode 190: Shouldering the Weight of Limitless Talent with Grains of Wrath

May 22, 2026
Tagged as: Grains of Wrath

Way back when our episodes were still in the double digits, the stellar brewing talent Mike Hunsaker sat down to tell us about his journey setting up shop in Washington and winning every award in...

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Episode 189: Real Ale with Michael Messenie from Dutchess Ales

May 15, 2026
Tagged as: cask ale, Dutchess Ales, Michael Messeni

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...

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

May 8, 2026
Tagged as: Star Wars, Tournament of Beer Best PNW Breweries, Vice Beer

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...

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

April 24, 2026
Tagged as: Berlin, Brewers Association, The Funk Busters, Tournament of Beer

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...

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

April 17, 2026
Tagged as: certified LUKR tapster., 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...

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

April 10, 2026
Tagged as: Kulshan Brewing, Wes Finger

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...

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Episode 184: The Unstoppable Grit of Robyn Schumacher

April 3, 2026
Tagged as: Cicerone Certification, Drunk Herstory, Robyn Schumacher, Stoup Brewing, Washington Brewers Guild

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,...

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Episode 183: Double Mountain’s 19th Anniversary Party

March 27, 2026
Tagged as: Double Mountain Brewery, Hood River

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...

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Episode 182: Orval Day and Trappist History with Aaron Cohn

March 20, 2026
Tagged as: Aaron Cohn, Belgium, Orval, Trappist Monks

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...

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Episode 191: What’s so Japanese About Rice Lagers?

Episode 190: Shouldering the Weight of Limitless Talent with Grains of Wrath

Episode 189: Real Ale with Michael Messenie from Dutchess Ales

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

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

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

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

Episode 184: The Unstoppable Grit of Robyn Schumacher

Episode 183: Double Mountain’s 19th Anniversary Party

Episode 182: Orval Day and Trappist History with Aaron Cohn

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