MicroBrewr 023: Keep striving to be better
Patty Elliott met her husband at Armadillo Music Hall. Years later, even while running their export business, they saw an old hardware building in their town and decided it should have a brewpub in it. So they started Pecan Street Brewing in Johnson City, Texas. While they spent 3 years renovating the building, their son, […]
MicroBrewr 022: Expanding to… India!
Matt Greff fell in love with beer while at university in Germany. He and his wife, Rene Greff, opened Arbor Brewing Company Brewpub in Ann Arbor Michigan in 1995. Since then, they opened a microbrewery in nearby Ypsilanti, Michigan and, just a year and-a-half ago, opened a brewpub in Bangalore, India! They operate under the […]
MicroBrewr 021: The most expensive beer that’s been poured in Pinellas County, Florida
Justin Stange opened 7venth Sun Brewery in Dunedin, Florida in January 2012. They’re contributing to the explosive growth of beer in Florida by focusing on consistency and creativity. 7venth Sun made the first canned Berliner Weisse in Florida. And their first beer sold for $203 per pint—the most expensive beer that’s been poured in Pinellas […]
MicroBrewr 020: Beer for every man, woman, and child in Big Sky Country
Cathy Smith and her husband opened Philipsburg Brewing Company in Philipsburg, Montana. They found a cool, old building, built in 1888, spent a few years fixing it up, and hired Mike Elliott to be their pro-brewer. In August 2012, Philipsburg Brewing opened to a crowd of about 100 people—and that’s in a town with a […]
MicroBrewr 019: Marketing a flagship beer with Roswell aliens
In this episode, I talk with Rich Weber from Sierra Blanca Brewing Company and Rio Grande Brewing Company in Moriarty, New Mexico. Rich started Sierra Blanca in 1996, added the Alien brand in 1997, and bought Rio Grande Brewing Co. in 2006. Rich had been homebrewing since 1987 and was already working 100 hours a […]
MicroBrewr 018: Start a commercial FrankenBrewery for $18,000
In this episode, I talk with Nigel Askew from Horsefly Brewing Company in Montrose, Colorado. As a teenager, Nigel made beer for his dad in Zambia. In the 1990s he was homebrewing in Los Angeles. When he moved to Colorado, he took his 1.5-BBL homebrew system. He and friends pooled money and started their brewery […]
MicroBrewr 017: Work with customers to make award winning beer
In this episode, I talk with Chris Goulet from Birdsong Brewing Company, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Chris and some friends were so impressed by 21-year-old homebrewer, Connor Robinson, that they started a brewery to showcase his beers. Birdsong Brewing Co. was just the fourth production brewery in Charlotte. Although they have been operating less than […]
MicroBrewr 016: Nanobreweries rise up!
In this episode I talk with Nick Ellis, founder and brewmaster at Opposition Brewing Co. in Medford, Oregon. In 2011 Nick was employed as a bookkeeper when he received notice that he would loose his job within a year. So he and his wife, Erin partnered with Dennis and Penni Poncia to start the nanobrewery […]
MicroBrewr 015: Randal Denver’s advice for a homebrewer who wants to become a professional brewer
In this episode I talk with Randal Denver, brewer from Yards Brewing Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Randal started homebrewing several years ago and got hooked. “It was kind of the first thing that I ever felt I was good at,” he said. So he applied for a job with Yards Brewing Company and started working […]
MicroBrewr 014: Zachary Typinski’s career in craft beer culminates in a neighborhood brewery
In this episode I talk with Zachary Typinski from the upcoming, Neighborhood Brewing Co. Urbanrest Brewing Co. in Ferndale, Michigan. Zachary has years of experience throughout the beer industry. He has worked in merchandising and retail, distribution and sales. He’s also a draft certified technician, Certified Cicerone®, BJCP Novice Judge, and an award-winning homebrewer. Currently […]