At Grit and Grain we do our best to find harmony in the past, present, and future of craft beer. It is no secret that the industry and community we cherish is notoriously resistant to…
It’s not the norm for the Grit & Grain Podcast to promise and not deliver, but beer happens. This week we welcome our longtime friend and Deschutes Brewery/Boneyard Beer Sales Executive Norm Cartwright to Episode…
Striking the balance between leveraging social channels to connect with customers while also keeping up with the pace of social without losing your unique voice as a brand has only become more challenging — and…
It was a sweltering mid-80s degrees and the Grit & Grain Podcast shuffled around the Chambers Bay grounds with 1,300 other sweaty beer tasters, shifting between booths emblazoned with names of the breweries invited by…
Located in Eastern Washington with its headquarters in the Lower Yakima Valley in Grandview, Wyckoff Farms is a third-generation family business that’s been growing hops for nearly 50 years, as well as grapes on the…
With Tacoma Beer Week #8 around the corner, we figured it was a great time to feature a few of the young talented brewers making waves in Grit City’s beer scene. Luckily, they also happen…
He’s been the man behind Keep It Like Vic Secret, What The Flocc, Big Tom Milkshake IPAs, Aroma of Tacoma IPA, It’s Always Sunny in Sigadelphia, There’s Always Money In the Snow Cone Stand, and…
Selling beer. Sounds like a pretty sweet job, eh? It’s beer! The stuff just sells itself! Not exactly. Just ask Keith Carpenter, which we did. At age 21, Carpenter began his beer career in the…
It’s Grit and Grain … LIVE! That’s right! This week’s episode is a special one. Matt and Ron were honored to be invited by Nerd Farmer Podcast host, teacher of the year, and homebrewer(!) Nate…
Try as we might, it would simply be impossible to capture the joy of the last year in a single one-hour episode. Regardless, we gave it our best shot. This week, Ron, Sean, Matt, and…