Owner of The Beer Temple Chris Quinn sits down with craft beer insiders to discuss the topics that matter most to them.
The Beer Temple Insiders Roundtable podcast is a must-listen for anyone interested in the Chicago beer scene and the beer industry as a whole. The discussions are engaging, and the diverse range of guests provides unique insights into various topics. The Beer Temple store in Chicago is also highly recommended for its impressive selection of quality brewers and its awesome cooler setup.
One of the best aspects of this podcast is the depth and diversity of discussions. The panelists cover a wide range of topics, from trends in the beer industry to issues specific to Chicago. The guests are knowledgeable and offer valuable insights, making each episode informative and thought-provoking. Whether you're a beer novice or an industry insider, there's something to learn from this podcast.
However, one potential drawback is that the podcast can be quite Chicago-centric at times. While this is understandable given its origins, it may be less relevant to listeners outside of the city. Some inside jokes and references may also leave new listeners feeling lost initially, but sticking with it will eventually lead to becoming an insider oneself.
In conclusion, The Beer Temple Insiders Roundtable is a fantastic podcast that covers important topics in the beer industry with knowledgeable guests and engaging discussions. While it may have a Chicago focus, it still offers valuable insights for beer enthusiasts across the country. It's definitely worth tuning in to expand your understanding of craft beer and stay informed about industry trends.
It's a throwback cast on this week's roundtable! Enjoy.Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
It's about time we had a good old fashioned Roundtable!Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Chris uses the show as a therapy session to discuss his existential woes. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Mike and Chris discuss if IPAs are a real thing anymore, new and upcomig breweries, and the worth of Guinness. Plus, a hand-written letter!Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Mike and Chris are yet again the 3rd and 4th coolest people on the podcast as they welcome Sam Calagione of Dogfish and Gabriel Magliaro of Half Acre to discuss innovation, failure and success, and what's changed in craft beer.Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Chris and Mike talk Splitting the G, The Toronado, and Carthart Lukr jackets. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
It's time to gaze into the future with our four resident soothsayers, Nostradouglas Veliky, The Three-Eyed Take Jake Guidry, Dr. Strange Mike, and Obichris Quinnobi. What is in store for craft beer? What are the newest styles to look out for? The sages have seen the future and are spilling the beans. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Senor Beefsteak himself joins Chris & Mike for their annual year in review show.Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Friend of the show Tom Beckman of Goldfinger joins us!Still behind on getting these out - one more to go by end of year!Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Fun round table with Hopewell Brewing Founder Samantha Lee and Adam Vavrick of Beer On The Wall. Plus some fun electronic letters.Sorry for taking so long to get this one out!Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
We're visited by a beer podcasting heavy hitter as Breandán Kearney of the Belgian Smaak podcast joins us to discuss his quest to find the hidden beers of Belgium.Check Out Breandán's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Beers-Belgium-Breand%C3%A1n-Kearney/dp/9460583709Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Fun show as long time guest Pat Berger stops in along with the crew from Art History Brewing.Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
It's a very special episode as we welcome in Conner Cain - the winner of the Insider For A Day auction benefitting Lurie Children's Hospital. Conner helped pick the topis as well as the guest. In store for today we have Tom Beckman of Goldfinger Brewing and Jude La Rose of Hop Butcher. Doug Veliky also makes an appearance too for good measure. Special thanks to Conner and Doug for making this happen!silent auction we did with Doug/Lurie Children's Hospital
Chris continues to talk about his epic, and quite eventful, trip to Germany and Austria. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Mike and Chris talk about Chris' recent trip to Germany and Austria and quickly get sidetracked with what is surely the most embarrassing story Chris has ever told on air. This one went so long we needed to break it up into two parts. Stay tuned!Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
With Chris in Germany, Mike sits down for a one-on-one with his good friend Kevin Carey, who talks about how to way forward for craft breweries is to understand their community, and their neighbors. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
A Classic Roundtable Episode!We invite Andrew Burman of Other Half Brewing and long time friend of the pod Kevin Carey of Begyle to talk about what it means to own, operate and expand in a market where others are shutting their doors.
We promise this is not a fantasy draft episode! Instead the GM's of the fantasy Draught league decide draft orders through an elaborate blind-tasting system!Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Chris & Mike talk about the opening of Mike's new taproom, plus the legal woes of a local brewery. Plus E-Letters and more!Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
As the Is/Was Tap Room sets to open August 17th, Co-Host Mike Schallau drops some subtle hints about some "crowd pleaser" concessions he's made in the tap room.Plus blind tasting beers, and news of the day.Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
We're back after a long hiatus - and from a brand new location! Chris & Mike chop it up about an eventful few weeks away.Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
It's a classic roundtable with guests John Rubio of The Beerists Podcast and Andrew Tader of Stone Brewing / Sapporo USA. Plus a hand-written message in a bottle arrives.Last Chance to bid to be an Insider for a day! Details HERE
We all know the breweries are struggling, but what happens when one actually closes down? They may seem to disappear to you, but they aren't really gone. Chris and Dave Dahl of Lo Res Brewing sit down to talk about a side of craft beer that people pretend isn't there.
Chris & Mike discuss what's most terrifying about opening a taproom, plus the ventures from Hulk Hogan and the Kelce Brothers, and why one is a much better move than the other. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Chris and Doug Veliky sit down to discuss if local beer still matters, why Barstool should start shilling Montucky Coldsnacks, and why the big breweries are discounting their beer.Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
It's been 9 years since Lagunitas Founder Tony Magee sat down with Chris, Mike, and Edmar to reveal what the future had in store for craft beer. Two weeks later he'd announce his sale to Heineken. Chris, Mike, and Ed get back together to relisten to that infamous episode and see how it holds up... Spoiler - Tony may really have been from the future!Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
What started out as a point / counterpoint on the art and science of beer dispensing quickly became a three people trying to find out why Chris was such a hater. Featuring "Hot Take" Jake Guidry of Hopewell Brewing and Zigmas Maloni of Beermiscuous. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Chris & Mike have Matt Brynildson of Firestone Walker back on the show - this time joined by a first time guest - Matt Gallagher of Half Acre. They talk about designing new beers, the pain of having to kill one off, and who would be on their Mount Rushmore of brewers. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Chris & Mike sit down with Beth and Lane from Roaring table, and Kevin Carey from Begyle Brewing to discuss brewery/retailer relationships, the death of hype, and more. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Mike and Chris are joined by Jude of Hop Butcher and one of America's leading Real Ale experts, Steve Hamburg to talk about The Beer Hunter series and the massive impact of Michael Jackson. Later, Steve and Chris discuss the disappearance of lacing.Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Chris & Mike read listener letters, and then pick beers for each other to taste blind.Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Chris and Mike are joined at the roundtable by Nile Zacherle of Mad Fritz and Rob Brennan or Supermoon Brewing Co.Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Chris, Mike, and Eric sit down to talk about the stories of the day, which doesn't go over well with Eric, who want's to get "real"....So that's what they do.Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
No guests. No Serge. Just Chris & Mike sit down and discuss Chris' latest trip to England which includes stops in London and the fabled Black County. With him here friends of the show Mike Siegel of Goose Island, Historian Ron Pattinson, and famed London Derek Prentice.Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Long time guest and expert crusher Pat Santa-Fahey joins Mike & Chris to discuss more great news!Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
For the third installment of our book club, we talked with writer Pete Brown who recreated the trip IPA made from Burton-on-Trent to Calcutta - the first time it was done in over 130 years.Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
A most frequently asked for quiz show revisit! Mike, Chris, and Shana fight it out in a winner takes all beer knowledge battle with Stephen Freshnock returning as quizmaster.Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
A classic roundtable episode this week, as Chris and Mike sit down with Keith Lemcke of Seibel Institute and Pete Ternes of Middlebrow.Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Chris & Mike are super excited to sit down with three people behind some of the best art and graphic design in beer. Karl Grandin of Omnipollo, Michael Freimuth of Marz, and Gabriel Magliaro of Half Acre. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Chris and Mike are joined by Hot Take Jake and Max Peltier of The Beer Temple to decide which dead styles should be resurrected, and which should remain in the ground. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
It's an old school Insiders Roundtable episode as Chris hosts Jacob Sembrano of Cruz Blanca, Tom Beckmann of Goldfinger, and Nile Zacherly of Mad Fritz to discuss the big stories of the week. Plus they ponder if sale teams are killing craft beer. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
It's time to gaze into the future with our four resident soothsayers, Nostradouglas Veliky, The Three-Eyed Take Jake Guidry, Dr. Strange Mike, and Obichris Quinnobi. What is in store for craft beer? What are the newest styles to look out for? The sages have seen the future and are spilling the beans. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Can you believe this is our 8th end-of-year special!?! We've got Doug Veliky back from suspension, alongside John Rubio of the Beerists Podcast, and Jude La Rose of Hop Butcher. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Chris is Mike are joined by beer writer extraordinaire Kate Bernot as well as EdMar who we're hoping can give us an update on the state of King Kona's hovercraft. With Chris Quinn of @TheBeerTemple & Mike Schallau of @IsWasBrewingEmail Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
It's Just Chris & Mike this episode - and they are all over the place. Talking about what may be the GOAT of IPAs, a new concept for beer fests, and what it's really like to own a business in today's beer market. With Chris Quinn of @TheBeerTemple & Mike Schallau of @IsWasBrewingEpisode Art Courtesry of @BeerAficionadoEmail Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Grab your popcorn and your Coors Banquet stubbies, cause we're headed back to the movies! Shana Solarte of @omegayeastEmail Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
A classic Roundtable Episode!Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Chris is star-stuck for this incredible voyage into West Coast IPA. Two SoCal IPA legends join in the conversation - Julian Shrago of Beachwood and Shawn Mcilhenney of Mcilhenney Brewing, while our old pal Jude from Hop Butcher comes into the studio to lend some Chicago-based hoppy legitimacy. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Editor's Note: Despite what he promised, Chris got lazy and hasn't put up the poll for listeners to vote. Are you surprised?The GM's are back - Team Smooj, Team Why Stefan, Team Sierra Nevada, Team Pips, and Team 420 North are all here and competing to see who can put together the best World Wide Fantasy Six Pack. We apologize in advance...
We've got a fun crew to talk about the big news around Metro, plus written letters - one of which hasn't been already read!Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
Mike sits down with Tom to discuss what beers inspired him to create one of the best lager breweries in the country. Email Eletters to: Insiders@craftbeertemple.comMailing address: The Beer Temple 3173 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60618Intro/Outro Music: Gorilla Meat by Jogger UYD4L!
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