Podcasts about connecticut brewers guild

While Connecticut's craft beer industry has grown steadily over the last decade, the pandemic posed challenges to taprooms and wholesale retailers alike. Nearly half of the state's 125 breweries received federal relief funding, according to the Brewers Association. This hour, we hear from the Connecticut Brewers Guild about how staffing shortages, supply chain snags and price hikes are still a factor for the industry. WBUR recently reported a "carbon dioxide shortage is affecting Massachusetts craft production." Brewers Guild Executive Director Phil Pappas says the price of CO2, an integral ingredient in production and canning, has already gone up. He has concerns the shortage could affect Connecticut in the future. The Brewers Association's annual report found that, nationally, small and independent craft brewers had "rebounded" from the pandemic. While 12 breweries have closed in Connecticut since the start of the pandemic, 22 have opened. Plus, we hear about a new scholarship opportunity aimed at diversifying the Connecticut craft beer industry. New England Brewing Company's (NEBCO) Director of Marketing and Sales Jamal Robinson recently launched the NEBCO African American Brewers Scholarship. The goal was to finance one aspiring Black brewer annually, through Sacred Heart University's new 11-month brewing science certification program, they were able to support four young brewers. Robinson also organized this year's Change in the Air Beer Festival, the first Black-run beer festival in the state. Robinson says the Change in the Air Committee that has formed around the effort has submitted an application for non-profit status. GUESTS: Jamal Robinson: Director of Sales and Marketing, New England Brewing Co. Phil Pappas: Executive Director, Connecticut Brewers Guild Bart Watson: Chief Economist, Brewers Association  Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we are live from April Sours Beer Fest 2022 at Bad Sons Beer Co in Derby, Connecticut. There was over 40 brewers and tons of delicious beers to try. With us is Ayesheh Mae [@maelove23] from Filthy Comedy [@filthycomedy] to help us interview some of Connecticut's best Brewers. We talk to “Sour Slayer” Cherokee Robbins [@alvarium.sourslayer] from Alvarium Beer Company in New Britain, CT . We try Alvarium's B-Side Blonde Ale and Aloha Punch and talk Concerts, People Watching and “The Pretzel People”. We talk to Phil Papas [@philpap21], Executive Director of Connecticut Brewers Guild [@ctbrewersguild] about all things Connecticut Craft Beer and more. Mattie stops by with a Cherry Lime Sour from Kinsmen Brewing Co [@kinsmenbrewing] Milldale, CT. And we talk to the guys from Continuum Distillery [@continuumdistilling] in Waterbury, CT They brought over a bottle of their flagship "Charred" Whiskey that we Cannonball'd to the finish. A total blast in Part 1 of April Sours! Enjoy with one of your favorite sours #Cannonball

This week our guest is Connecticut’s most "influential" beer "influencer" @jessbeerme !! In her first ever podcast appearance  Jess reveals how she built a fan base of over 22k followers on Instagram, staying true to herself.  She takes us on a flight to her home country of Ecuador, talks about the culture, shows us how to toast and the growth of the brewery scene. Next, Jess takes us to Denver and talks about her outrageous adventure with other Instagrammers at The Great American Beer Festival.   Who is Wallace?   As an craft beer advocate, Jess fills us in about the collaboration between Sacred Heart University (@brewatshu) and New England Brewing Company (@newenglandbrewing) (@nebcojammy). They've established a scholarship for Black students as a means to diversify the brewing industry. And, to ensure the scholarship support continues, the Connecticut Brewers Guild (@ctbrewersguild) has initiated an endowed fund with SHU—the Connecticut Brewers Guild African American Brewing Scholarship. Link: https://www.sacredheart.edu/news-room/news-listing/states-brewers-establish-scholarship-at-shu-for-black-students/   We taste some solid beers from Malpractice Brewing Co (@malpracticebrewingco) including beers made with Pop Rocks, prickly pears and Peanut Butter fluff!   We also try “Queen of All Trades”.  A collaboration between Dockside Brewery (@docksidebrewery) and the Pink Boot Society Connecticut Chapter (@pinkbootsct) (@pinkbootssociety) One Dollar from every pint sold will go to the CT chapter of the Pink Boots Society.   And always we talk music! We hear about some of Jess’ favorite artists and the time she made eye contact with Usher!   Before we close, Jess experiences her first Cannonball in the Beer Man Beer studio. A great time and a fun episode with @jessbeerme < Follow   Member of the @hoppedupnetwork   Music: Cometa @cometamusic Support Local Craft Beer @ctbrewersguild #follow #drinklocal #supportlocal #hitthetrail #podcast #ctbeertrail  #podcastersoninstagram #goodbeer #solidbeer #podcastlife #podcastshow  #podcastersofinstagram #beerselfies #beerpodcastnetwork #selfiesofinstagram #thebeermanbeerpodcast #comedy #comedian #podcast #comedians #comediansofinstagram #repost #ctbreweries #ctbeer #brewatshu #craftbeerinfluencer #pinkbootsociety        

This week’s guest is a long-time industry friend of mine from back when he and I worked tougher to help launch Stony Creek Brewery in Branford, Connecticut. He had just left his sales gig at Blue Point Brewing, and I was only a couple of years into launching Good Beer Hunting’s studio and strategy practice. With his energy and insight, we became fast friends. Jamal Robinson is the sales director for a fast-growing powerhouse called New England Brewing Co., or NEBCO as you’ll hear him call it. And despite all his previous his growth and success, this year turned out to be a year of radical transformation. And today’s conversation is about that transformation—but also where it’s lead in a very short amount of time. Stemming from the social unrest following the murder of George Floyd and many others, Jamal, himself a Black man, started looking both within and without at the community. He looked towards the Connecticut community, the Black community, and the brewing community. And he started to share what he saw. That lead to a series of conversations and conversions. I’ll never forget the moment Jamal called me to tell me that he finally found the words he needed to lead a conversation within the brewery—a conversation not about politics or activism, things that terrify many small business owners afraid to jump into the fray, but about community. And he found those words in an article by Kate Bernot, called “Say It Out Loud — Who Do Breweries Talk About When They Talk About ‘Community’?” When Jamal told me that story, and the profound reframe it helped him bring to his team, we both got a bit emotional. But that was just the beginning. Now he’s kicking off a scholarship program, with the help of his employer and the Connecticut Brewers Guild lead by Phil Pappas, who is also on this episode. They worked with Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, to establish an endowment with the potential to fund a scholarship program that will outlive everyone involved. In a year that saw some incredible new initiatives begin from powerful players like Dr. J Nikol Beckham of CraftxEDU and the Brewers Association, and Garret Oliver, the Brooklyn Brewmaster who started the Michael Jackson Foundation, in my mind, no one is punching above their weight quite as far as Jamal. This is Jamal Robinson of New England Brewing Co. and Phil Pappasof the Connecticut Brewers Guild. Listen in.

In episode 36, we meet Kat Manning, the marketing director for the Connecticut Brewers Guild, a photographer with her own Hello Studio, and a label designer for Connecticut breweries. We talk about what makes for effective marketing for breweries online and on cans, how she brings her design aesthetic to breweries like Armada Brewing, Marlowe Ales, and Alvarium Beer.This episode is sponsored by Nod Hill Brewery in Ridgefield, Connecticut.Copyright free background music: “Rock Angel” by Joakim Karud, “Not Too Cray” by Huma-Huma, and “The Lounge” by bensound.com.Reach out to me at beer.snob@yahoo.com.

I talk with Phil Pappas, Executive Director of the Connecticut Brewers Guild about great local beers, the state of the craft beer industry in Connecticut, how the state stacks up against other beer-powerhouse states and the superiority of all things New Jersey. In this weeks Great Debate, we discuss the moral irresponsibility of putting pineapple on your pizza.

Ep 13: My interview with Phil Pappas of the Connecticut Brewers Guild reveals what the nonprofit advocacy group has been doing behind the scenes to help local breweries, particularly in regards to laws and loans. There's some money talk in this one, so get your finance hat on. Photo by Katharine Manning.

State Senator James Maroney — representing Milford, Orange, and West Haven — joins Broesder and and guest co-host Phil Pappas of the Connecticut Brewers Guild to discuss the craft beer boom in Milford and beyond, major accomplishments this legislative session, his passion for home brewing, and much more.

Phil Pappas, executive director of the Connecticut Brewers Guild, and Bob Chicoine of Dockside Brewery, join Broesder — sans Kleinhans — for a discussion on landmark pro-craft beer legislation that was signed into law, as well as a conversation about the future of the craft brewery industry in the Nutmeg State.

Phil Pappas, executive director of the Connecticut Brewers Guild, joins Broesder and Kleinhans to discuss industry growth in Connecticut and beyond, what’s happening at the state capitol when it comes to craft beer legislation, and more.

This week host John Voket and the award-winning For the People opens with the last segment of our 'Heart Month Survival Guide' breaking down what heart disease is all about, and talking with a highly certified physician about some of the cutting edge procedures and technology available to those who are suffering cardiovascular ailments. Then we'll have an extended visit with US Senator Richard Blumenthal and hit a variety of points from the latest on the President's emergency declaration, to the Green New Deal, the Russia election probe, and a brand new proposal to protect pets and animals from abuse. And we'll wrap with the Connecticut Brewers Guild saying 'cheers' and talking beers — specifically how our state's rapidly expanding micro-breweries are poised to pump up Connecticut's economy.

Phil Pappas and Dana Borque of the Connecticut Brewers Guild discuss the state's growing craft beer industry and how the partial government shutdown is affecting it.