We are only a few weeks away from Tacoma Beer Week and figured it was the perfect time to highlight a significant collaboration beer being released during the week. Local pop-punk powerhouse band Amber Pacific…
Episode 131: Kate Milne from Larrabee Lager Co.
- February 14, 2025
- Tagged as: craft beer, lager, Larrabee Lager
Larrabee Lager Company is one of the newest and fastest-rising stars in the Washington beer world. Fresh off of multiple medal wins and being declared Small Brewery of the Year in 2024, co-owner and marketing…
Episode 130: Tacoma Beer Week 2025
- February 7, 2025
- Tagged as: craft beer, Tacoma Beer Week, Tacoma Beer Week 2025
It’s already that time of year again. … Mostly because Tacoma Beer Week has moved to March! This week, we welcome back Kyleigh Palmer and Gini Sommer, two long-time organizers of Tacoma Beer Week. They…
The media has been busy with doom and gloom stories about the craft beer industry lately — but how bad can it be? This week, with the help of our best buddy R.J. Adler, we…
It’s pre-Christmas week and we have a doozy! The famous Texas Dave and insanely skilled Ted O’Hanlan hung out this week to give us the scoop on their work at Seattle’s new sweetheart brewery, Here…
Episode 124: Getting Toasty with Winter Warmers
- December 13, 2024
- Tagged as: craft beer, winter warmers
It’s that time of year! This week, The Grit & Grain Podcast pulled a few of our favorite winter beers from this season so far and a few iconic examples from the past that you…
It’s been a wild few weeks in the beer world around the Pacific Northwest: Breweries closing, local beer brands changing hands, and a new family-owned distributor enters the chat with the purchase of a beloved…
Stop #2 of the Grit & Grain roadshow is in the books! Our best buddy and director of events for the Washington Brewers Guild, Shawna Cormier, invited us to record live from the showroom floor…
Episode 120: Do the Brewallup!
- November 8, 2024
- Tagged as: Brewallup, Caskcades, craft beer, Loowit Brewing, Puyallup hops
We’re on location for Episode 120 — hanging out at Brewallup Craft Beer Festival in Puyallup! The crew trekked over to the birthplace of the Pacific Northwest hop industry to sit down with a few…
That’s right! One hundred forty! But it wasn’t us; it was the two most diligent fresh hop hounds in Tacoma: Michael McCourt and Austin Patjens. Our good buddies hung out with us on Episode 119…