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Episode 156: Live from Brew Five Three Beer and Music Festival!

  • August 15, 2025
  • Tagged as: Brew Five Three, Gini Sommer, Tacoma arts Live

It’s that time of year again! Brew Five Three Beer & Music Festival, Tacoma’s biggest beer taster-glass gathering, kicked off in a new location this year, the historic Armory building, and we were lucky enough…

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Episode 155: German Purity Law (wink wink) with Four Generals Brewing

  • August 8, 2025
  • Tagged as: Four Generals Brewing, German beer, Germany, Renton

Nestled in the small downtown area of Renton, Wash., a sleeping giant of a brewery is starting to make giant waves. We are joined by the family-owned and operated Four Generals Brewing. Brewer Ross, parents…

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Episode 154: Hop Growers and Grain Makers with Haas Farm and LINC Malt, Part 2

  • August 1, 2025
  • Tagged as: Haas Farms, hops, LINC Malt, malt

We’re back with part 2 of our raw ingredients special, featuring Rikki Welz from Haas Farms and Brian Estes from LINC Malt. With Grainmaker only one week away, we figured it would be a great…

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Ron Swarner
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Episode 153: Hop Growers and Grain Makers with Haas Farm and LINC Malt

  • July 25, 2025
  • Tagged as: Brian Estes, Haas Farms, LINC Malt, Rikki Welz

It’s an extra special double header! We are joined this week by our best buddy and legendary hop sniffer, Rikki Welz from the world-renowned Haas Farms, and we are so happy to welcome Brian Estes,…

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Episode 152: Catching Up After a Week Off

  • July 18, 2025
  • Tagged as: Brewers Association, Grains of Wrath, Industry Report, Legends of the West

We’re back! Thanks for sticking around during our holiday hiatus week.  We’re back and have a bunch of catching up to do. Matt climbed a whole mountain, Bethany went camping with her little kiddos (arguably…

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Episode 151: Looking Thru The Sightglass with Austin and Julie

  • July 4, 2025
  • Tagged as: beer podcast, BeersandBedtime, Thru The Sightglass

This week, we were super lucky to be joined by another local beer podcast crew. Austin and Julie uploaded the first episode of Thru The Sightglass back in March 2024 (with our good friend Rachyl…

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Episode 150: Beer Fest Fever

  • June 27, 2025
  • Tagged as: beer festival, Firestone Walker Invitational, Washington Brewers Guild

The Washington Brewers Festival and Firestone Walker Invitational have come and gone, and the Grit & Grain crew was lucky enough to be on the ground for both. This week, we’re recapping the magic—our favorite…

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Episode 149: Washington Beer Blog with Kendall Jones, Part 2

  • June 20, 2025
  • Tagged as: Brewers Association, Kendall Jones, Mexican lager, Washington Beer Blog, Washington Hop Mob

Kendall Jones is back! For Part 2, we dive right into the article posted to his longstanding Washington Beer Blog the morning of our recording, wherein Jones breaks down the Brewers Association‘s announcement of Mexican…

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Grit & Grain Episode 148: Keeping up with Joneses with Kendall Jones from Washington Beer Blog

  • June 13, 2025
  • Tagged as: Kendall Jones, Washington Beer Blog

Get ready for a super special double-header! This week, we are honored to invite local legend and Tacoma native Kendall Jones to Tacoma for a few beers and a few episodes dedicated to his decades-long…

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Episode 147: 10 Years of Beers! with Barry Chan of Lucky Envelope 

  • June 6, 2025
  • Tagged as: Barry Chan, Lucky Envelope Brewing, tea-infused beer

Our best buddies at Seattle’s Lucky Envelope Brewing are celebrating their 10th year in the beer business with a bang — A year-long series of collaboration beers with former brewers who have left Barry’s tutelage…

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