New year, new hobby! The new year feels like the fresh start we’ve all been waiting for, so why not start off by learning something new? Like how to make beer of course! This week...
Happy holidays Grit and Grainers! What a wild year it’s been! Since it’s the last episode of 2023, we wanted to reel back a little, hang with the crew and be silly behind the mic...
It’s not every day that the Grit and Grain chats with an industry veteran with a solid record of predicting the beer world’s future. The craft beer markets are so fluid and fickle at times...
All right Grit and Grainers! Whip out your corkscrews, pop your antacids, and unlace your #tacomalambicbasket because this week we’re discussing our favorite fancy funky fermented Belgian beverage, lambic, and with our good friend and...
Barely 30 minutes outside of Yakima, but still well within Eastern Washington’s hop country, the town of Sunnyside houses what’s been called one of the best-kept secrets in Washington craft beer, Varietal Beer Company, and...
What’s better than one Lee? You guessed it … a pour from a magnum bottle of 2012 vintage St. Bernardus Belgian Dark Strong Ale. BUT a close second is TWO Lees! This week the Grit...
Here are a few things you might not know Sean Jackson: He eats Belgian waffles every morning with a side of barleywine syrup; a statue of Manneken Pis of Brussels, the Belgian national symbol depicting...
A Dark Mild, Schwarzbier, Black IPA, Milk Stout, Baltic Porter, and Barrel-aged Imperial Stout walk in for a performance review. The reviewers leave slurring their words. Welcome to Grit & Grain Episode 71! We pivoted...
Beer Nerds rejoice! The one and only Michael Perozzo made the trek up from Vancouver, Washington, to sit down with the Grit and Grain podcast to discuss everything from beer names to branding to his...
In 1920, Michael Loftus, an Irish immigrant and grandfather of BT Loftus, follows the railroad west, settles in Yakima, and buys the family homestead. Twelve years later, Leota Mae, wife of BT Loftus and great-grandmother...