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Episode 176: Pink Boots Society Biennial Conference with Stacey O’Connor

  • February 6, 2026
  • Tagged as: Pink Boots, Stacey O’Connor, The Funk Busters
The Pink Boots Society Conference wrapped up a few weeks ago. The every-other-year occasion brings together women and non-binary identifying beer industry professionals together to learn, network, and build community. Our best buddy and fellow...

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Ron Swarner
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Episode 175: Building a Community Around Lacey’s Lone Brewery with Casey Sobol

  • January 30, 2026
  • Tagged as: Casey Sobol, Top Rung Brewing
This week are joined by veteran firefighter and Top Rung Brewing Company owner Casey Sobol. For over a decade, Top Rung has slowly but surely built a loyal community around Lacey’s only brewery by creating...

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Ron Swarner
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Episode 174: Food and Beer Journalism from Chicago to Tacoma with Kristine Sherred

  • January 23, 2026
  • Tagged as: Kristine Sherred, Tacoma News Tribune, TNT Diner
The Tacoma News Tribune is in the building!  We are joined this week by food and dining reporter Kristine Sherred. A longtime food writer who first cut her teeth writing a feature for a Chicago...

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Ron Swarner
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Episode 173: Merchant du Vin with Aaron Cohn

  • January 16, 2026
  • Tagged as: Aaron Cohn, Charles and Rose Ann Finkel, Merchant du Vin
Way back in 1978, craft beer legends Charles and Rose Ann Finkel founded a small importing business and began shipping classic European beers into the US, effectively changing the American craft beer landscape for generations. Nearly...

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Episode 172: The Future of Beer is “What, When, and Where” with Shanleigh Thomson

  • January 9, 2026
  • Tagged as: beer education, fermentation expert, Shanleigh Thomson
It’s 2026! After a short holiday break, we are back to bring you an absolute banger of an episode to kick off the new year. We are joined this week by fermentation expert and beer...

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Ron Swarner
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Episode 171: Pre-Christmas Special with Sean Jackson

  • December 19, 2025
  • Tagged as: Doug's Studio, Sean Jackson, Sunday Session
We’re less than a week from Christmas, which means it was the perfect time to sneak away with our best buddy and former co-host Sean Jackson for a secret Sunday podcast. Tucked away in Doug’s...

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Episode 170: The Art of Smoothie Sours with Shelby Bible

  • December 12, 2025
  • Tagged as: Odd Otter Brewing, Shelby Bible, smoothie sour
As odd as it may sound, there really is an art behind making smoothie sours taste good.  Like anything else, there are good and bad examples, and often the difference is the thoughtfulness of the...

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Episode 169: Inside the Brewer’s Studio with Erik Dahlin

  • December 5, 2025
  • Tagged as: beer questions, Erik Dahlin, The Odom Corporation
We think it’s high time we took this interview gig a little more seriously, so we figured we might as well get some high-quality interview questions locked and loaded for future episodes, but we need...

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Episode 168: Who Brought the Rodenbach to Thanksgiving Dinner?

  • November 21, 2025
  • Tagged as: Flanders red ale., Sierra Nevada, Thanksgiving beer
Less than a week out from everyone’s favorite chaotic family holiday—the annual turkey-fueled collision of joy, gravy, and emotional turbulence—we decided it was the perfect time to sit down with our buddy R.J. Adler, from...

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Episode 167: Wacky Podcasts Are Killing the Craft Beer Industry

  • November 14, 2025
  • Tagged as: craft beer names, craft beer retail, New York Times
Time for a good old-fashioned debate. This week, we dive into the now-infamous New York Times opinion piece by famed journalist Mark Robichaux, “Wacky Labels and Silly Names are Killing Craft Beer”. With a few...

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