Podcasts about bridgeport brewing

Our guest this week is Miles Munroe, Lead Distiller for Westward Whiskey. Westward is reimagining Single Malt and adding an American Whiskey spin to elevate the category. American Single Malt Whiskey is a growing category and Westward is one to lead the charge as the United States moves towards well-defined standards of identity for the category. Miles brings a brewer's mentality to whiskey-making and goes above and beyond to craft high quality whiskies in Portland Oregon. Download this episode on your favorite podcast player by clicking here.  We are thankful for everyone who has supported us in 2021. A huge shoutout to our growing Patreon Community as well! We'd appreciate it if you can take the time to give us feedback on our podcast. If you enjoy our content, consider giving us a 5 star rating on your favorite podcast app, leave us a review, and tell a fellow bourbon lover about our show. Follow  us @BourbonLens on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter.  And please check out our Patreon to learn how you can support our endeavors, earn Bourbon Lens swag, be part of future barrel picks, and more. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, please email us at TheBourbonLens@Gmail.com. Visit our website BourbonLens.com to check out our blog posts, or even purchase your own Bourbon Lens tasting glass or t-shirt. Cheers,Scott, Jake, & MichaelBourbon Lens ABOUT WESTWARD AMERICAN SINGLE MALT WHISKEY: Single Malt, reimagined. American whiskey, elevated.  As the highest rated American Single Malt, Westward Whiskey began in 2004 with a vision: to make a distinctive American Single Malt inspired by the American Northwest and the culture, climate, and abundant natural resources that have earned the region such reverence and renown. From humble beginnings to its impressive footprint today, creating a bold, robust, and delicious American Single Malt has remained the team's true passion. Helmed by founders Thomas Mooney and Christian Krogstad, Westward is a trailblazer in the American craft spirits community, a leading voice for American Single Malt, and a co-founder of the American Single Malt Whiskey Commission. Westward's flagship family of whiskeys, which have earned high praise around the world (two Double Gold medals, San Francisco World Spirits Competition), are available nationwide and in select international markets, include the original Westward American Single Malt, Westward American Single Malt Stout Cask, and Westward American Single Malt Pinot Noir Cask. For more information go to www.WestwardWhiskey.com and follow @westwardwhiskey on Facebook or Instagram. ABOUT MILES MUNROE: Miles Munroe serves as the lead distiller of Westward Whiskey. Miles manages the distilling production team and ensures that every bottle of Westward is made to perfection. His day-to-day responsibilities include spearheading all blending sessions and supervising Westward's rigorous quality controls by signing off on all whiskies before both barreling and  bottling. He also oversees all operations within the Westward warehouse in Clackamas, the company's 28,000 square foot facility that maintains an inventory of more than 3,000 barrels of aging whiskey at any given time. Miles joined Westward Whiskey in 2013 to increase production of the company's American Single Malt. He began as the company's only production distiller, making up to two barrels per week. Today, Miles manages a team of six distillers who collectively produce 25 barrels per week. Miles played an integral role in optimizing spirits manufacturing at Westward's new distillery, a 13,000 square facility in Southeast Portland which opened in 2015 and expanded whiskey capacity six-fold. During the planning and build- out process, Miles served as a critical distilling consultant, determining equipment needs, designing the work flow, and calculating capacity for product. Miles' aptitude for taste plays a key role in ensuring quality while also sparking his creativity. After developing a custom flavor wheel for Westward to properly define its profile, he was inspired by his brewing experience to incorporate stout beer into a cask finish, which naturally paired well with Westward's signature characteristics. This resulted in the brand's first-ever stout cask finish, a four-year aged Westward resting for eight months in an Imperial Stout barrel that will launch later this year. As all of the company's distillers do, Miles came to Westward with a background in brewing. He attended the American Brewers Guild and graduated from the institute's Science & Engineering of Brewing program before spending several years as a brewer in Portland, OR. It was during his time studying sensory analysis that he realized his talent for taste and flavor identification, a skill that has brought him to achieve great success as brewer and later a whiskey blender. Over the course of his career, he worked for Bridgeport Brewing, Lompoc Brewing, and Migration Brewing, all while focusing on his end goal of becoming a whiskey distiller. Show Links: Westward Whiskey  The Club – Westward Whiskey Westward Whiskey (@westwardwhiskey) • Instagram photos and videos Maxim - Best New American Single Malt Whiskies of 2021 Westward Whiskey Club Sends Exclusive Bottles Straight to Your Home | Get Access to Whiskeys You Can't Find Anywhere Else Tasting: 3 American Single Malts From Westward Whiskey - Paste A drink with... Thomas Mooney, Westward Whiskey - The Spirits Business Interview: Christian Krogstad / Founder and Master Distiller of Westward Whiskey – The Right Spirit Is This America's Best Single Malt Whiskey? | Man of Many Westward Single Malt Whiskey – Tempranillo Cask Finish – The Right Spirit Miles Munroe from Westward Whiskey - Cocktails Distilled At Westward, Making Great Whiskey Starts With Making Great Beer

With respect to all of the Oregon wine pioneers, I refer to the Ponzi's as the "First Family" of the Oregon Wine Industry. They arrived from Northern California in the late-1960's and put their small family to work on a farm outside Portland. Along the way, Dick & Nancy Ponzi founded Ponzi Vineyards, Bridgeport Brewing, and the Dundee Bistro. They passed the winery to their daughters, winemaker Luisa and Maria on the business side. Maria joins us to share her story of growing up in the Ponzi family.

About 90% of all media in America is owned by just 5 companies. Who are they, and how did we get here? And join us for the best show-and-tell we've had in a long time! News stories: Portland's "Big Pipe" a success, Amazon pays $0 taxes (again), the Opportunity Rover dies, Eastern Washington storm kills 1,500 cows, Bridgeport Brewing closes, and "Acquired Savant Syndrome. Give us a spin!

Oregon’s oldest craft brewery recently announced it is closing its doors next month. BridgePort Brewing cited declining sales, distribution, and revenue among the reasons for its closure. The announcement follows closures from Widmer Brothers, Burnside Brewing, and others. Karl Ockert, one of the founders of BridgePort Brewing, joins us to talk about the state of the craft brewing industry.

Episode Notes This week Andrew takes a closer look at King Pin Double Red Ale from Bridgeport Brewing in Portland, OR. Do you have to be a daredevil to take this one on? Listen and find out!Have you supported the Phoenix Creative Collective and the Phoenix Podcast Network through Patreon yet? It's easy, just click hereSend questions, comments and recommendations to 2minutebeer@gmail.comMusic: River Meditation by Jason Shaw used under Creative Commons License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/Support The Two Minute Beer Review by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-two-minute-beer-reviewFind out more at https://the-two-minute-beer-review.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

In today's show we discuss the Olympic events that have drawn us in the most and some innovative and interesting marketing campaigns by Bridgeport Brewing, Monkey Shoulder Scotch, and Absolut Vodka. Then, Mark Will Weber, Author of Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt; A History of Presidential Drinking joins us to discuss our former President's favorite cocktails of choice and how alcohol has been used as a tool of diplomacy. Plus, we have a cocktail recipe inspired by former first lady Dolly Madison and we discuss the top selling liquor in the world that is also the national spirit of our Winter Olympics host.

In 1984, BridgePort Brewing (initially Columbia River Brewery) opened in an old rope factory in what is now the Pearl district of Portland, Oregon. Back then, they produced a whopping 600 barrels (these day's they have a capacity around 100,000). This was shortly before the law changed allowing brewpubs to sell alcohol in the same place it was made. Dick and Nancy Ponzi, BridgePort's founders (who you may recognize more for their vineyard), teamed up with a few other local brewing legends to get the law changed. Names you may recognize like Kurt and Rob Widmer, Mike and Brian McMenamin as well as and Art Larrance, Fred Bowman, and Jim Goodwin, of Portland Brewing. Their goal was to legalize the brewpub, a place where breweries could make and sell their beer, something not happening at the time in the United States. Well, good news, it passed! The rest is history of course and the craft beer revolution had begun, with BridgePort sitting at the center of it. No matter what you think about BridgePort today, the significance of their role in helping to establish Oregon as a beer mecca is undeniable. On this episode of the Oregon Brewery Running Series Podcast, I'm talking with Jeff Edgerton, Brewmaster at BridgePort Brewing. If this is your first time hearing about what we do, we host 5K fun runs that start and end at Oregon's best breweries. Register here and join us for our next run! Back in February of 2017, we hosted a 5K fun run with BridgePort as part of our winter series. At that time, I had the opportunity to sit down with Jeff and pick his brain about all things BridgePort beer. He's been there since 1998 and has been in the beer business longer than that, so there was a lot of wisdom to absorb. Jeff and I talked about a bunch of topics related to BridgePort, as well as what's changed over the years in the craft beer scene here in Oregon. He also shared some beer tips with me, like why you shouldn't drink it too cold, the reasons they choose specific ingredients for their recipes and some of the science behind it (Jeff's background is in biology). Jeff also describes, in detail, the stories behind the three beers we shared together. Notes: BridgePort Homepage. Register for our next 5K fun run. Full video interview.

It's the FER Bingo Night with BridgePort Brewing and Milagro Tequila and Greg has decided to make a pitch. In order to fully commit to the Tequila lifestyle, he wants to become a new version of the most interesting man in the world... Plus we discuss ninjas. In World of Crazy: Bow Wow Challenge; Swallowing Pens; Cranking. In Ball Talk: Caffeine.

Greg booked a place for a bunch of friends for his birthday in June. Adults Only, all inclusive....not really thinking that he basically booked everyone into a SWINGERS CLUB. Oh boy. Also, the neighbor war is heating up. In World of Crazy: Potato Chips; Marker Tags; Deodorant; KFC Romance Novel. Ball Talk: Sharkgate. FER BINGO NIGHT is MAY 11th at LANDMARK SALOON with BRIDGEPORT BREWING and MILAGRO TEQUILA! Happy Birthday to our buddy Ace!

Sarah discovered a record and uncovered a possible secret Origin Story for Greg's nickname of "Nibs". Seriously, it goes back to the 18th century and involves someone with inflated delusions of grandeur... In World of Crazy: Cheese Stickers; Gummy Bear Attack; Florida Man. Ball Talk: NBA Playoffs; Isaiah Thomas; Ray Allen Drama; D-Gate. FER Bingo Night is MAY 11th at LANDMARK SALOON with BRIDGEPORT BREWING and MILAGRO TEQUILA!

Coming to you from Beer Snob City, it's everyone's favorite stumbling drunk podcast, Beer Plus Three. The featured beers are from Hopworks Urban Brewery and Bridgeport Brewing. The Beer Plus 3 Podcast features Jeff Swatman, Rick Anderson, Bri Edwards, and occasionally Micheal Zamora and Brandon Longwell. Got something to say to us? Send it to beerplus3@gmail.com or find us on Facebook.

Greg has decided it may be time for a change in the government of Portland's Transportation Dept. and feels he may be the right person for the job! However, Sarah is coming in hot, disputing his bold idea of giving everyone Snitch Tickets. In World of Crazy: Lobster Beer; Spoon Swallow; Robot Fight. In Ball Talk: The Draft. The FER Bingo Night is May 11th with BridgePort Brewing and Milagro Tequila! Also Bridgetown Comedy Festival coverage gets started tomorrow!

Sarah was invited to go on set to an exclusive commercial shoot today and it has gone straight to her head. Greg tries to walk her through what she'll be doing and what possible scenarios she could encounter on the set. Hint....could be the "before" in a "before and after"...  In World Of Crazy: Florida Man, Florida Woman, Hamburger fight, Hot Dog fight. FER Bingo Night is tonight at LANDMARK SALOON with BridgePort Brewing and Tullamore Dew Whiskey! Plus, the Next Adventure spring warehouse sale is this weekend!

We had a minor technical issue with the start of today's show, but fear not, the best part was saved! We had our friend Royal in today, to talk about his trips to Disney World, his time with Greg in Las Vegas and much more! Don't forget our FER Bingo Night is March 23rd, with BridgePort Brewing and Tullamore Dew Whiskey!

The FER Bingo Night is coming up and Greg has an idea for a bet! Well, a few ideas, but we have to determine what kind of a performance shall be in store for the loser. Also, we work out some more details for the potential FER Murder Mystery. Who would be the first one murdered? Greg. In World of Crazy: Bud Light spill, Hangover Heaven, Phone TP, Facial Recognition, Rap Video. Don't forget the FER Bingo Night is this Thursday with BridgePort Brewing and Tullamore Dew Whiskey! Also the NEXT ADVENTURE Spring Warehouse sale is this weekend!! 

GUEST: TODD ARMSTRONG. Sarah had her cater waiter job this weekend and it was a murder mystery, what being an outside witness is like and making fake cocktails, and comedian (and friend) Todd Armstrong joined us to talk about touring the country, living in Spokane and staying in a Yurt, and much more - have a great day friends! Don't forget that our Funemployment Radio Bingo Night (or "Springo", as Sarah calls it) is this Thursday, March 23rd at Landmark Saloon with BridgePort Brewing and Tullamore Dew Whiskey!

Greg decides grow his vocabulary by bringing Olde English insults! All the Gammerstangs will love it! Also, the bots have discovered Sarah's Twitter account and it's a very exciting day. But...did someone pay for them? In World of Crazy: Lego Tape; Town for sale; Tight Pants; Ranch Fountain. In Ball Talk: Feast Mode; Russian Ban; Tournament of Champions Big thank you to BridgePort Brewing, Worthy Brewing, Tullamore Dew and Next Adventure!

Greg went on an audition an received some instruction that he wasn't used to. How did he handle it? Probably poorly. In World of Crazy: Daily Mail Correction; Eugene Dogs; Wayne's World Cars; Don't Punch The Fish Tank; Bastion; Chafing Theft. Ball Talk: Bosnian Beast; Funemployment Radio Tournament Of Champions. Don't forget the Funemployment Radio Bingo Night is March 23rd at Landmark Saloon with BridgePort Brewing and Tullamore Dew whiskey.

GUESTS: NICK and SAM from BRIDGEPORT BREWING, The Master of Ceremonies, FER BREWER'S CUP FINALE, Fire and Horses, Flaming Bow & Arrow, Olympic Opening Ceremonies, Noon 30, NICK AND SAM, Totem, Getting Started, Radio Voices, Morning Show, Ball Talk, Greatest Call Ever, Ceremony Auditions

Greg Goes Country, The Pale Moonlight, FER PROM with PABST, POETRY PURGE, Aaron Duran Goth Poetry, Sarah Steals Mail, Kit-Kats From Japan, Sampling, Canadian Greetings, Australian Greetings, WOC, Drunk Pilots, Pokemon Go Police, Maroon Pants, Propane, NINKASI and BRIDGEPORT BREWING, Chips Diet

Welcome back, Mike! He re-joins us this week in our secret beer bunker located somewhere on the far outskirts of Beer Snob City to give us some much-needed lessons in prostate milking, bread machine ownership, and advanced math. The featured beers are from Ecliptic Brewing, Iron Horse Brewing, and BridgePort Brewing. The Beer Plus 3 Podcast features Jeff Swatman, Rick Anderson, Bri Edwards, and occasionally Micheal Zamora. Got something to say to us? Send it to beerplus3@gmail.com or find us on Facebook.

Singer/songwriter Aaron Wessel joins Chas E. and Mike Mitchell to discuss his music and recent move from Minnesota to Nashville. Aaron plays four original songs including Thump, Stone Cold Yesterday, Working Man and Winter's Hand, and participates in our craft beer tasting which includes the Stumptown Tart from Bridgeport Brewing, Lucky 13 from Lagunitas, and Sue from Yazoo.