When you begin to homebrew the day homebrewing was officially legalized in the United States (Oct. 14, 1979), live on a sailboat while hand building a brewery in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, then open Maritime Pacific...
Trevor Nichol is a jack of all trades, master of all. When he’s not mountain biking, forging knives, or designing, installing, troubleshooting and repairing automation systems for commercial and industrial applications, Trevor Nichol masters beer,...
Aubrey “Abe” Burt and Pat Jansen met working at Three Magnets Brewing where Pat was head brewer and Abe held multiple positions over the years eventually becoming the Three Mags’ sales executive. Together, they’re opening...
We’re keeping the Tacoma Beer Royalty drive alive. The Grit & Grain Podcast sat down with another of our longtime friends Donna Herren who has been the beer/wine/cheese director for at Tacoma Boys Market on...
Grit & Grain Podcast sat down with another of our longtime friends and Sierra Nevada. Sales Executive R.J. Adler to discuss his days as assistant manager of Pint Defiance, co-owner of Northish Beer Company, sales...
On this week’s Grit & Grain Podcast, hosts Matt McLaren, Sean Jackson and Ron Swarner hug it out in Episode 21. They awoke at the crack of dawn, stood in line for cheap waffle makers,...
Grit & Grain Podcast sat down with Bill Arnott, owner of Machine House Brewery in the former Malt House space of the original Rainier Brewery in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood. Tune-in Episode 20 to hear Arnott...
Norm! Grit & Grain Podcast sat down with our longtime friend and Deschutes Brewery/Boneyard Beer Sales Executive Norm Cartwright to discuss his days waiting on Elton John at Stanley & Seafort’s and pitching Tacoma bars...
The Grit & Grain Podcast couldn’t get enough of Steve Luke’s wisdom and beer name ideas, so we invited the Cloudburst Brewing founder back for Episode 18. This second episode with Steve dives deeper into...
Grit & Grain Podcast sat down with Steve Luke to discuss his days Allagash Brewing, Captain Lawrence Brewing, Harpoon Brewery, Rogue Ales, Elysian Brewing and, of course, Cloudburst Brewing — although expect more from Elysian...