All Beers Considered – ALEHEADS

Our very first pro brewer podcast guest is back!

Grimm tidings, The CBA gets richer, and the wisdom of all-seasonal brewing.

Inverted 9's and dingbats, Fat Head's new location, and machines vs. people.

We welcome Greg from Stone Brewing to the show for the first time, where he dishes on their new "Enjoy By IPA", fresh beer, hops, upcoming collaborations, a kinder gentler Greg Face, and much more.

After a summer hiatus, we proudly welcome Anderson Valley brewmaster Fal Allen to the show in the wake of their recently announced Wild Turkey partnership. We discuss Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout in bourbon barrels, new AVBC brews on the horizon, Fal's time as a brewer in Singapore, their foray into cans, the challenges of starting a sour program, and much more.

An über-beer geek and writer is looking to raise funds for a 30-BBL brewhouse in San Diego? Yeah, that's somebody I need to talk to... Jacob McKean is in the midst of fundraising for Modern Times Beer and we talk about his experiences working as a social media specialist at Stone Brewing, his Beerpulse Op-ed piece, bringing on famed homebrew blogger the Mad Fermantationist as a consultant, their projected beer line-up (including a homage to Nugget Nectar), and much more. If you've thought about taking your homebrew hobby to the next level, listen to this and understand what you're getting into.

I get to interview Tony, from Lagunitas. It is awesome. If you like craft beer, listen to it as soon as possible. If not, please move along. That is all.

North Carolina Brewers Guild Direct and honorary Alehead Win Bassett checks in to discuss the announcement that New Belgium is building a new production facility in Asheville. We talk about differences from the Sierra Nevada plans, proposed LEED certification, and reactions from NC brewers and drinkers as their state becomes a focal point for craft beer in the eastern United States.

The boys are back on a historic day in the craft beer revolution as New Belgium finally commits to North Carolina. Then they get drunk and talk about a bunch of really interesting stuff. If you like beer, that is. Stuff like: ☞ New Belgium cements Asheville's reputation as Beer City USA ☞ Austin Beer Fest is the worst beer fest since Jay Chandrasekhar's '06 vehicle Beerfest ☞ Boston Beer Company drops a shandy (not a euphemism) ☞ Heineken officially out of ideas; Launches "Ideas Brewery" ☞ Lagunitas founder Tony Magee has a 250 bbl brewhouse in the pipeline, and possibly some sticky-icky-icky in his pipe & ☞ Was Brewmasters really so bad that we can't have a decent beer show on TV??? WTF, people?

Flying Dog brewmaster Matt Brophy stops by to discuss International Arms Race, their zero IBU IPA collaboration with Brew Dog. We get into the challenges of brewing in a world without hops, how they hooked up with the extreme Scottish brewers for this unusual project, and some details about exciting upcoming beers coming out of Frederick.