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Been a very busy and pretty rough last few weeks. Finally had a moment to catch my breath and put together a short mix. Big shout out to my man James Park in Brooklyn for the invite to spin at Bierwax - couldn't make it happen because of recent circumstances but the records on this mix are from the bag I brought to NYC before plans went sideways. Some favorites and some new stuff, breaks and soul and other flavors. Hope everyone is healthy and safe, and a huge thank you for tuning in to this and any other mix you might stumble upon! Please know that every play and listen is deeply appreciated.
NYC Beer Week 2023 rocks and rolls on with this week's beer and music themed episode of BSR, inspired by Brooklyn's favorite Japanese-style beer bar, who have been spinning all week for the festivities! Jimmy is joined by friends Chris Maestro, founder and principal owner of Bierwax BK and Queens; legendary brewer and founder of Dogfish Head Brewery Sam Calagione (and one half of the hip-hop duo Pain Relievaz); and Jamie Queli, founder, owner, and CEO of Forgotten Boardwalk Brewing in Cherry Hill, NJ... arguably St. Vincent's biggest fan!Jamie, a veteran of the beer scene, has a hot take: people in the beer industry are the folks who couldn't hack it in the music industry! Jokes aside, music and beer culture have always been one of the best duos in the game.Listen in to learn about our guests' musical histories, as well as their perspectives on the intersection of all things beer and music! Cheers!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Beer Sessions Radio by becoming a member!Beer Sessions Radio is Powered by Simplecast.
In this episode of Beer Travelers, we visit Brooklyn, New York, with its frenetic pace to its quiet neighborhood bars, and all the haze, lager, and sour beers you could ever want. Brooklyn was once one of the world's great brewing centers. Home to nearly 50 breweries in 1900, the borough brewed a ton of beer under brands names like Schaefer, Rheingold, and many others lost to history. But that came to an end by the mid-1970s and the borough's mashtuns went silent for the next 20 years. That was until 1987 when Steve Hindy Tom Potter decided to open up their own brewery in a warehouse district in Williamsburg. Named after the borough it inhabited, Brooklyn Brewery would go on to spread the word of craft beer around the globe and become one of the early pioneers of the resurgent modern American beer scene.It took a while for brewing to catch on again in Brooklyn but slowly others opened, including Kelso and Sixpoint. And then there was the third wave of craft brewers, with names such as Other Half, Threes, and Finback. Today, Brooklyn's beer scene is top notch and the borough's bars and breweries make for an easy and exciting night out. After falling in love with it after my first visit, I trek down to Brooklyn a couple times a year including in December for an annual holiday themed pub and brewery crawl. It remains a favorite place to visit and drink and I look forward to exploring it with two great local experts.Courtney Iseman is a freelance writer who has written engaging pieces for Vinepair, Craft Beer and Brewing, as well as her own newsletter, Hugging the Bar. She's a compelling voice in beer and has written extensively about everything from diversity and inclusion to her favorite local Brooklyn pubs, including about the bar owned by our second guest.Chris Maestro is a DJ, avid record collector, educator, and also the co-owner with his wife of Bierwax, a beer bar with outposts in both Brooklyn and Queens. The Prospect Heights based bar focuses on great beer and music, played analog style from one of Chris's thousands of vinyl records that line the back of the bar. He was in the beer business before opening his own shop and is a Brooklyn native. It's a big borough and there's a lot of ground to cover in this episode. So let's get started with our tour of Brooklyn, New York, with writer Courtney Iseman and publican Chris Maestro.This Episode is Sponsored by:Pub Culture BeercationsStop living vicariously through other people's social media posts and get out and make some memories of your own! Join Pub Culture Beercations for one of our upcoming tours and start exploring the world one pint at a time with us. Visit PubCultureBeercations.com for more information.For original articles or to read the vast archives or to check out All About Beer. follow us on Twitter @allaboutbeer and Instagram @allaboutbeer. Support Journalism by visiting our Patreon Page. Host: Andy Crouch Guests: Courtney Iseman, Chris Maestro Sponsor: Pub Culture Beercations Tags: Brooklyn beer, Bierwax, Garrett Oliver, Other Half
How many of us have dreamed of opening a “third space”—as in, a social space that isn't our home and isn't our workplace—whether it be a collective art studio, a bookstore-slash-gallery, a coffee shop with live music—or perhaps a beer bar with shelves upon shelves of vinyl records? Well, the Maestro family did just that, and they did it well. In Courtney Iseman's piece titled “Better on Vinyl — BierWax in Brooklyn and Queens, New York,” which was published on Good Beer Hunting on September 21, 2022, she dives deep into BierWax's history, origins, pandemic struggles, and unique place in New York City beer history. She encourages visitors to head to BierWax to discover something new, whether it be beer or music, and leave with a sense of welcoming community that serves to engage and inspire. In today's conversation about her piece, we'll talk about how Chris and Yahaira Maestro created an extension of their home, how they became living proof of a dream realized, and why there simply aren't more places like their bar out there. We'll also discuss how it is possible to like your job, how Courtney found a new family at BierWax, and the ways in which authenticity and intention can help nurture a warm, inviting space that remains an all-too-rare outlier in the beverage scene. If you've ever nurtured a still-unrealized dream, this is the conversation that may encourage you to finally go for it. This is Courtney Iseman on BierWax.
Join hosts Kylo Ri, DJ Lloyd Willin', Deuce Touché, and David Roughin as they discuss the Team's Trip to NYC, Glock Switches Produced in 20 Minutes, Sperm Donor Banks Lack Black Donors, Baby Face's "Girls Night Out", New NBA Young Boy, Jeezy and Drama's "SNOFALL", Recap of the #RaisingKanan Finale, Recap of the #HouseoftheDragons Finale, Abott Elementary, Yung Joc's Zelle App Mistakes, Kylo Ri's "Raise Your Hand", Colts' QB Moves, and much more! #Blessthebottle Season 6 Episode 43 Features an exclusive interview with the co-owner of BierWax Queens, Rudy. Tune in as he details the origin story of BierWax Queens, the art behind making a perfect drink, BWQ's Impact on the community, his passion for music, and much more!
This week on BSR, a Brooklyn rendezvous in Massachusetts! Jimmy is joined by former Brooklynites Sarah Real and Mike Dell'Aquila of Hot Plate Brewing Company in Pittsfield, MA. After listening in to the NYC Beer Bar Buds episode, the pair had to get in on the BSR action! They reached out to Jimmy, and now they're here to talk about building a brewery from a dream.After some quick shout outs to the Bierwax and Beer Witch bars in Brooklyn, the gang settles in to discuss the journey to Hot Plate Brewing; taking home brewing to pro brewing, coloring outside the lines of technicality, breaking down styles, the excitement and terror of opening a new brewery, and making friends all around the world through brewing beer “potions”! Get away from it all in Pittsfield, Mass - grab some headphones and grab a glass!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Beer Sessions Radio by becoming a member!Beer Sessions Radio is Powered by Simplecast.
This week on BSR, it's a studio session! Make that a studio party! Jimmy and friends take Roberta's. Get cozy and crack a brew with Chris Maestro, co-founder and co-owner BierWax Queens and BierWax Brooklyn; Yahaira Gil-Maestro, co-owner BierWax and BierWax Queens; Kevin Bradford, co-owner of Harlem Hops; Kim Harris, co owners Harlem Hops; and Christa Sobier, owner of Beer Witch.After two years of folks drinking at home, Jimmy and this esteemed group of NYC proprietors discuss the value of a warm, accepting spot to drink and gather. Listen to reflections on other valuable tenets of BSR like partnership, growth, serendipity, community, education, representation, and of course, NYC CRAFT BEER!Grab some headphones and join the party!Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Beer Sessions Radio by becoming a member!Beer Sessions Radio is Powered by Simplecast.
This week Geng and Alaska are joined by E. from the Next Movement and Chris Maestro the owner/operator of Bierwax to discuss the amazing Black Sabbath album Paranoid. You can find E and Next Movement here: https://linktr.ee/thenextmovementpod And all things Bierwax here: https://t.co/Pm3z4PRIIr --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/calloutculture/support
In honor of Black History Month, we're centering stories about Black and African American history, culture, and food. We'll explore the legacy of rice agriculture from the coasts of West Africa to the US, and the origins of Soul and Southern Food. Then, we're diving into barbecue and beer, and the black-owned business owners and their supporters striving to keep these traditions alive. Further Reading:This episode featured Season 2, Episode 4 of Fields. You can listen to this episode wherever you get your podcasts! (Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS)You can also subscribe to Fields on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode! (Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS).Go here to learn more about Soul food and Southern food. To find out more about Adrian Miller's journey with Soul food, click here and to hear more of his interviews on Soul and southern food, click here and here.Learn more and apply to Kingsford Grilling's Preserve the Pit Program here. Read more about Dr. Howard Conyers, his research, and his prior media appearances here.Read more about the pandemic's impact on Black businesses here. And check out the New York Federal Reserve's study here.Listen to HRN's Black History Month Podcast Playlist: Ancestral Foodways and Culinary Legacy.Keep Meat and Three on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.
This week Jimmy is talking doomsday drinking with Chris Maestro, owner of Bierwax, Thomas Gaulkin, editor at The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist, and Aaron Goldfarb, journalist, and author of Hacking Whiskey. From nuclear apocalypse to climate change, how might a disaster affect your favorite beer? Thomas talks about some of the little-known science of the food industry, including the radiation that might be used to produce some of your favorite foods. Chris gives an exciting window into the history of Japanese record bars and the opening of Bierwax's new location in Queens. And Aaron talks about some of the more creative developments in the whiskey world. Grab your desert island beer and give it a listen!Support Bierwax's IndieGoGo campaign. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Beer Sessions Radio by becoming a member!Beer Sessions Radio is Powered by Simplecast.
Go check out Kicks and Kegs on Instagram.. GO... NOW!We shouted out my lovely place of work, St. Gambrinus Beer Shoppe, as well as another neighborhood favorite Bierwax.Finally, Robyn's former employer, Alewife Brewing's LIC Brewpub is closed BUT they just opened a brand new Brewery and Taproom with A HEATED OUTDOOR SETUP in Sunnyside, Queens. I'm getting my tushie there ASAP.Groovy music by Megan Bagala, and art by Sabrina Grimes at The Hoppiest Shop
Chris Maestro, founder and principle owner of BierWax in Brooklyn joins us to talk about the overlap between hip hop and craft beer, the diversity (or lack thereof) in the craft beer industry, the trials and tribulations of owning a small business during COVID, and a bunch of opinions about Nas and The Lost Tapes (2002).
Chris tells Marcel that he built on the concept of BierWax through passion. An honest love of both music and craft beer is what drove the conception of BierWax and is what continues to drive any changes. When he thought of the idea, he realized there was nowhere else around that married both of his passions. There is a careful curation of all aspects of BierWax, and any guest DJs are only allowed to spin vinyl – no digital. Chris has put in a lot of work to cultivate an inclusive and comfortable atmosphere as well as an intimate music venue.Fire And Beere: marcel@fireandbeer.comw: FireandBeer.comIG: @FireandBeerSupport the show (https://cash.app/$marcelgomez81)
Been a while, huh? Hop Talk is back from a bit of a COVID break, with this extra fresh (recorded yesterday) episode featuring the return of Chris Maestro of BierWax! This week we are checking in with the founder of this amazing craft beer bar and record listening space, and see how times have changed with the state of the world. There is definitely good here with the bad, so tune in to hear about some exciting upcoming ventures and a track from an album Maestro produced and released on vinyl! Visit www.snobeery.com for more photos and info on this episode! Check out The Jungle Book on iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-jungle-book/830272325
I catch up with Chris Maestro, owner of Brooklyn Craft Beer + HipHop DJ bar BIERWAX, voted #5 best beer bar in the US in the annual USA Today poll this year, to find out the innovative ways his business is surviving 2.5 months and counting into the Covid19 bar and restaurant shutdown. Links mentioned in Podcast: BIERWAX Beer delivery + Merch Shop ; My April 2019 Chris interview SPOTIFY and APPLE ; Bierwax BLM IG Post ; Harlem Hops New York Times piece
Yo fam! If you missed our first hip hop trivia game, Trivmatic...you're in luck! We are posting the game on for y'all to play along! We are backed up musically by da gawd, owner of BierWax and all around righteous dude Chris Maestro (IG: @maestro.chris, @bierwax). It was such a fun time, we will be posting for it before the next one. DM us for the link. Come through (virtually) the next time we rock it!
Yo...we did it! We made it! 100 episodes of 90's-early 2000's hip hop albums covered. For the culture y'all. So it's only right that we do this one big...and so we got two big supporters of the show to rock with us! We are talkin about Bierwax's own, Chris Maestro (IG: @maestro.chris), owner of Bierwax (IG: @bierwax) and the homie and fellow hip hop fanatic Jess (IG: @notoriousleesmall). We taped this joint over at Bierwax and chopped it up about A Tribe Called Quest's album "People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm." So many dope jewels on this album, no stone was left unturned on this one y'all. Every amazing line, every jazz sample was discussed...you're gonna love this one, for realz. Can we kick it? You know the answer to that one! Enjoy it!
We were joined by the man behind Brooklyn's Bierwax https://www.bierwaxnyc.com, the premier vinyl record craft beer bar in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.Chris selected some of his favorites as he took us through a journey through some of his earliest finds as a young digger. Support The Face Radio with Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Santo Voodoo & Remick welcome the founder and Owner of BierWax, Chris Maestro. We sit back and discuss the growth of craft beer, the evolution music through the decade and round of French Cut. IG: @BierWax @SantoVoodoo @Remsterdam @FirstHandBidsItself
Every year in late August, Cee and Tiff make the pilgrimage to Brooklyn, New York to attend Afropunk, an eclectic music festival. While they'd been filming Where To Drink In Brooklyn vlogs, they had never actually done a full podcast with anyone in the city - until now. We learned about BierWax, a Hip Hop-themed craft beer and vinyl bar located a few blocks from downtown BK in Prospect Heights, via our good friends Crowns & Hops, so we were stoked to meet Co-Founder Chris Maestro at the bar, drink some fire NY beer and find out more about his cosy, welcoming, authentic cultural space in the heart of Brooklyn. Beer Reviewed: Interboro Not My Pres Lager. This episode is brought to you by High Season Co. - @highseasonco // highseasonco.com Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads // bit.ly/CeeBrewHeads Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube! // bit.ly/BAOSYouTube
A dope one! Better believe that...we got another one comin at ya. The album we are breakin down comes from the legendary Queens duo Organized Konfusion. It is none other than "Stress: The Extinction Agenda." It's fire! Special guest Chris Maestro (IG: @bierwax), DJ, bar owner(Bierwax in Brooklyn, go check it out!), hip hop enthusiast and all around dope human being is at Jim Jam "Compound"(listen as to why!). He is rockin with us givin us his insight into this classic joint too, don't miss this one...Queens!
This, week, Jimmy talks about the Good Beer Seal all-stars with the owners of three NYC beer bars: Andreina Uribe of The Bronx Beer Hall, Chris Maestro of BierWax in Prospect Heights, and Joel Suarez of The Sampler in Bushwick. They talk about bar and brewery collaboration, the important role of Good Beer retailers and bars in the craft scene, and taste a special early sneak peak of Sierra Nevada’s fall seasonal Octoberfest. Beer List: Sierra Nevada’s Octoberfest, 2019 Fall Seasonal Sneak Peak KCBC / Roberta's Collab, Pizzagate Margherita's Revenge It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help us keep broadcasting the most thought provoking, entertaining, and educational conversations happening in the world of food and beverage. Become a member today! To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we have brand new member gifts available. So snag your favorite new pizza - themed tee shirt or enamel pin today and show the world how much you love HRN, just go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate Beer Sessions Radio is powered by Simplecast.
Episode 219 - Chris Maestro, BierWax Happy Monday, Thieves! We love a good beer bar. Give us a few well curated taps, an excellent playlist, an overall good vibe and we're set for the night. It just so happens that today's accomplice owns such a bar. Chris Maestro the founder and owner of BierWax is with us to talk about how he chooses beer, that 6,000 strong record collection, and the time he spent at both Finback and Greenpoint Harbor Brewing. Beer. Music. Conversation. What else do you really need? Tune in and let us know what you think!**Want to support us? We have launched a PATREON Page. Click here to let us know you care!**As always, you can email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at stealthisbeerpodcast@gmail.com. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS!You can subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!!Co-hosts: Augie Carton & John Holl Producer: Justin Kennedy Engineer: Brian Casse Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant.
Chris Maestro, founder of BIERWAX, a craft beer bar bringing DJ, HipHop and Beer cultures together. We discuss: -Going from a career in education to working in the beer biz -Raising money to start a beer bar -What happens when your beer dreams come true...and they're not what you imagined -How to reach new & diverse audiences with craft beer -The New York craft beer business in 2019 from a bar owner's POV and more...
This week on Beer Sessions Radio the bar owners and brewers behind popular beers, El Pres Pilsner and Dead Pres Lager come together to discuss this collaboration and their stories as bar owners of color. To create these beers individuals from Bar 177, Bar 180, BierWax, The Bronx Beer Hall, The Sampler, and Uptown Beer Society worked with Interboro Spirits and Drafts. This group talks about the desire to create a beer that would resonate with the Latinx community. They express that their passion for creating and selling beer goes beyond making money, these men strive to represent the local businesses and culture of their neighborhoods. Many of these bars were the first to sell craft beer in their community and the conversation covers how they continue to thrive as New York City changes around them. Guest List Chris Maestro, BierWax Jesse Ferguson, Interboro Spirits and Ales Joel Suarez and Leo Tineo, The Sampler Juan Perez, Bar 180 and Bar 177 Matt Negron, Uptown Beer Society Paul Ramirez and Anthony Ramirez II, The Bronx Beer Hall Shane Monteiro, Carmine Street Beers Beer Sessions Radio is powered by Simplecast.
For a very special episode Carl and I sit down with Chris Maestro, the man behind BierWax - Brooklyn's newest craft beer bar and vinyl listening space. We talk about the intersection of great music and great beer, and the formation of this awesome space! Talk to us at hoptalkshow@gmail.com.
Bvster chats with Chris Maestro, the owner of BierWax, a boom bap craft beer bar with over 5,000 records in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Chris tells us about how to pair beer with the right music, why his IndieGoGo campaign was so successful, and the secret behind the shelves holding all of the records.
The BTBT goons wrap up 2017 with Chris Maestro of BieraWax, co-owner of the newest Brooklyn hot spot located at 556 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238. BierWax combines delicious local craft beer with vinyl records, many of which are from the boom bap era of hip hop. BTBT had the chance to talk to Chris about the vision, the journey and the future of BierWax. The crew also throws back some awesome local brews, chats about some of their favorite episodes of 2017 and ends the show with a quick look ahead to 2018. We hope you enjoy Episode 44! BTBT will be back in the 2nd week of January 2018. Cheers! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!