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The story a beer tells in the time it takes to drink it.

Brad Fruhauff and Mike Rataj


    • Dec 17, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 56m AVG DURATION
    • 10 EPISODES


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    017 Craft Beverage Expo Wants to Be Your Second Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 23:32


    Kelli Shevlin started Craft Beverage Expo (CBE) six years ago to provide greater industry education to the craft beverage category. Fun fact: Kelli coined the term “craft beverage” when she was trying to describe CBE’s appeal across alcohol categories. Shevlin had a background as a corporate events organizer, and she describes the process of developing […]

    016 ProBrew Brings Big Service to Small Brewers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 43:52


    ProBrew began with a simple idea: Take the highest quality engineering and create small-scale brewing equipment. The ProBrew team cut their teeth designing brewing, cellaring, and packaging equipment for huge companies like AB InBev and Coca-Cola. Then they decided to turn their attention to smaller-scale machines that would suit the craft brewer. We met with […]

    015 A Circle of Influence: Melani Domingues of the Green Lady

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 69:23


    Community and influence. Those are the two factors Melani Domingues credits with the Green Lady’s success over its eight years. Melani found her way into the Chicago beer scene via running bars in New York City. It turns out the second city has it’s own beer culture, and she believes she would not have been […]

    014 What Cracks Us Up: Illuminated Brew Works

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 69:00


    Is Illuminated Brew Works co-founder Brian Buckman really as chill as he seems on first blush? We spoke with him for an hour and still aren’t sure. Buckman and his founding partners Matt Shirley and Jason Monk never wanted to get stuck in a typical job, so they started Illuminated Brew Works (IBW) to create […]

    013 A Romantic Product: Chris Quinn, The Beer Temple

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 72:29


    Chris Quinn created The Beer Temple to present beer with the same care and expertise as wine traditionally gets. “This is a romantic product,” he says. “I wanted to give it what it deserves.” We had a great time talking to Chris about finding his way into the beer industry, getting his Cicerone, and creating […]

    012 How a Brewery is Like a Band: Goose Island’s Todd Ahsmann & Mike Siegel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2019 77:57


    When Goose Island sold to AB InBev in 2011, it rocked beer drinkers in Chicago and beyond. In Chicago, it’s still a sensitive subject for many. Chicago Tribune reporter Josh Noel has been on something of a transparency campaign for several years. Even beer writer Jeff Alworth has recently written about how Goose Island still […]

    011 There’s Always a Yes: A Chat with Old Irving Brewing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2018 61:31


    Old Irving Brewing (OIB) emerged from a friendship and mentorship that ended tragically. But one thing founding partner Trevor Rose-Hamblin learned from that relationship is that “there’s always a ‘yes,'” even to the question, “Can we really go on?” In the few years since then, Trevor and his founding partners Jeff Linnemeyer and Mathias Merges […]

    010 Between Cultures: Avoiding Brand Confusion with 5 Rabbit Cervecería

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2018 38:13


    Brand confusion happens when either you or your audience is confused. Positioned between two cultures, it’s a real danger for 5 Rabbit. 5 Rabbit embraces its Latin heritage in a way that’s fits right into the American craft tradition of looking back to earlier styles and looking forward to innovations. Their 5 series represents their […]

    009 Removing Obstacles – Josh Gilbert of Temperance Beer Co.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2018 55:29


    Josh Gilbert makes Temperance Beer accessible by removing obstacles to “getting” his beer. When customers feel more comfortable taking risks, he gets to make more of the beers he wants to make. Back in their early days, Temperance listed all sorts of stats about each of their beers. Brad remembers the huge chalkboard with a […]

    008 How to Crash a Party: Temperance Beer Co.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2018 50:29


    Temperance Beer Co. came “late” to craft but was still the first brewery in Evanston, Ill. — home of influential temperance movement reformer Francis Willard. However late nationally, Temperance Beer Co. is Evanston’s oldest brewery and is a familiar sight at area stores. It began when founder Josh Gilbert was an architect and homebrewer who […]

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