It’s not uncommon to hear the Grit & Grain team gush about beer folks that stretch and skew the boundaries of tradition. The future of craft beer lies in new ideas by brewers who aspire…
This week we changed gears a bit and logged an episode 10,000 years in the making! The team sat down, sans guests, to get extra nerdy on fermentation. Bethany, being an avid fan of all…
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…