Podcasts about Firestone Walker Brewing Company

It's our 400th (and penultimate) episode!! So we floor it into the chaos with a full-blown In The Cage episode—the sacred, unhinged tradition where every pick is pure, uncut Nicolas Cage energy. And for a moment this big, you bring back family: Carlos Cooper returns—our one-time permanent co-host turned every-50-episode chaos agent—to ride shotgun one more time before the finale. Three hosts. Three Cage movies. No brakes. Joe comes in hot with Gone in 60 Seconds—chrome, speed, and that mythical Eleanor gliding through traffic like a fever dream. Carlos zag-picks with Joe—gritty, stripped down, and proof that Cage can burn just as slow as he explodes. And Dave…Dave chooses violence with USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage—a war story soaked in sweat, sharks, and sheer Cage intensity. The beers match the moment: we kick things off with Martin House Brewing Company's Roadhouse Coffee, roll into the heavy artillery with Firestone Walker Brewing Company's Firestone XXI Anniversary Ale, and finish like kings with the Bourbon County Reserve Brand Blanton's Stout (2021)—because if you're going to do #400, you go big, bold, and a little unhinged. It's loud. It's loose. It's everything BaaM has been for 400 episodes—movies, beer, and just enough chaos to keep it dangerous. One episode left. Let's burn it down.

ICYMI! Suzanne recently caught up with David Walker, co-founder at Firestone Walker Brewing Company in Paso Robles. Since 1996, the FW team has worked from the ground up to create amazing beers and have built a brand that helped bring craft beer to the mainstream. This 30th year is full of celebrations including special packaging and beer releases and, of course, the hottest ticket in town, the Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest and other community events. Cheers to 30 years! Check out firestonewalker.com for more info. The Cork Dorks: A Weekly Update from United Staffing Associates.

Dustin is a musician who became an award-winning marketer more than 20 years ago after receiving his first guitar, a truly life-defining moment that set him down a path of creative exploration. He is passionate about filmmaking, photography, design, illustration and all things creative, as well as marketing strategy, data and analytics. He specializes in telling engaging stories and connecting brands and artists with global audiences through proven strategic marketing efforts. He splits his time between Los Angeles and Paso Robles, California and is honored to work alongside some of the best and brightest creatives to produce work for the world's most respected brands.

Firestone Walker Brewing Company's CMO says connected TV has made it easier to reach its sports-loving customers. Episode TranscriptPlease note, this transcript  may contain minor inconsistencies compared to the episode audio.Damian (00:01):I'm Damian Fowler.Ilyse (00:02):And I'm Ilyse Liffreing.Damian (00:03):This week we're really excited to talk with Dustin Hinz, the Chief marketing officer of Firestone Walker Brewing the craft brewery based in California.Ilyse (00:12):Dustin has been the chief marketer at Firestone for almost six years. He's an award-winning marketer who knows how to build a culturally relevant brand.Damian (00:21):Also, he's a musician and he helped build Guitar Center into that powerhouse brand It is today. He worked there for 17 years and you can ask any guitarist about Guitar Center and its Importance. And then he was an Ernie Ball music man, which is famous for its guitar strings, which I love. I'm curious though, Ilyse, do you play the guitar?Ilyse (00:40):I wish, but Okay. Damian, we're here to talk beer and how to market it in a crowded marketplace. So let's begin. So Dustin, can you tell us a little bit about Firestone and the brand 805? It seems it really has a West Coast vibe just like me. I'm from the West coast so I can see that. I feel it.Dustin (01:04):Firestone Walker is the culmination of David Walker and Adam Firestone's love for beer. And they met back in the nineties when David fell in love with Adam's sister and there's great stories about that. And then they found they had this mutual love for beer and the central coast of California. David being an expat in British and Adam being a Californian, they founded this amazing brewery on the central coast and really focused on just a few craft beers. DBA was their first beer and then Union Jack and there was a lot of craft was sort of an early movement. And then back in 2012 they stumbled upon this idea of 8 0 5 and 8 0 5 is the area code for the big swath of the Central coast, a big piece of California all the way down to Ventura County where actually I grew up. We like to say that the goal of 8 0 5 is to be the most globally recognized, regionally available beer in the world.Ilyse (02:03):Very cool. But there are a lot of beers out there, even craft beers. What would you say is the point of differentiation? Is it the taste? Is it the West coast vibes? What would you say?Dustin (02:15):I think the biggest point of differentiation in beer is the brand position. Obviously great brand position and great marketing is not going to solve a lousy product, so you got to have amazing product and we're trying to focus on being odds of the evens and really investing in our own legend and trying to stand for something and be the alternative choice. And thankfully beer is so big and there's so much opportunity that you can carve out a pretty nice size of the pie for yourself if you want to focus on being the alternative premium choice.Damian (02:43):One of things that you just said about the importance of marketing and how marketing can drive the business seems key to this. Is there anything that you could point us to that you'd say, this was the moment where I created brand awareness above and beyond or something like that?Dustin (03:05):The first one with the traditional 8 0 5, the black can I was very lucky to inherit five and a half years ago a slogan called Properly Chill and Properly Chill sort of was the slogan for this idea that life on the central coast was a little different, right? And what we did last year and then going into this year, and I believe that this is going to come out right around this new campaign is going to drop, is this idea telling the story of our brand through the lens of our customer. We have this amazing roster of ambassadors, we call them Authentico and eight oh five Authentico and Professional surfers, motocross Riders, boxers, MMA, fighters, artists, tattoo artists, you name it, it spans the spectrum. There's over 50 of them and they kind of cover every single different customer group that we believe the brand represents and we tell the story of that brand through those consumers or through those athletes.(04:06):And then a couple other examples were what we did was Summer of Cervesa when we launched the extension of 8 0 5, the first extension after 10 years, which was a Mexican lagger themed version of 8 0 5 with a little bit of lime in it. And the idea at the time was when you were looking at the marketplace, Mexican laggers were really on the rise. Corona obviously as an incredible background. Modelo has now at this point become the number one brand in the US surpassing Bud Light and Consumers were definitely reaching for this idea of sort of an escapism beer. So when we launched the campaign with summer survey, so we realized that we had to do something to stand out and create some differentiation between 8 0 5 blonde and 8 0 5. And so the 8 0 5 cervesa campaign was the first time we ever showed the product in color. 8 0 5 has been black and white since its inception in 2012. And with 8 0 5 Cervesa was the first time we ever put the product in color in the advertising. And it was a game changer. I mean, we sales went from moderately successful to up 20% pretty consistently because we were able to create that differentiation in the idea that Cervesa was a light and refreshing product.Damian (05:24):Wow, I love that just by adding color. But it is interesting that you started out in black and white as a kind of campaign. Why black and white?Dustin (05:32):I think they realized they needed to do something different to stand out back then. And trust me, it is a conversation pretty regularly when we're working on new ideas of, there is a lot of consternation around the idea of how do we maintain the brand identity and not stray from it because we want to be timeless, not timely. So we're very, very focused on, hey, every decision we make is going to have an impact a decade from now, two decades from now. Because the greatest brands in beer are multi-generational.Ilyse (06:02):Totally. And I know we talked about this earlier because it can be really difficult to market alcohol products, especially on platforms like social media where there are age roadblocks. What are the channels that you decided to lean into for these campaigns and are there any that you're experimenting with now?Dustin (06:24):I'd say at-home is a good third of our total media investment and then a big shift to TV about two years ago. And with connected TV platforms continuing to become more robust, it's made it a hell of a lot easier for us to get more geo-targeted because I think that spray and prey doesn't work when you're a regional brand and you want to get really focused on zip codes and you want to try to drive measurement. And so connected TV has been huge for us and whether that's through our partnerships with the World Surf League or we're just doing a sports our brand, what we know though is that from all of our consumer data is that a huge percentage of our customers are sports fans. They watch a lot of football, they watch a lot of baseball. So what we do is we take our brand to those channels and through partnerships like ESPN, we've been able to really connect with consumers and drive some really nice measurable lift for the brand. You're watching a sports game and you're going to see beer brand X or insurance brand X with an athlete for that sport. And then you see our spot, which might have a bull rider in it or a surfer or a motocross rider, and it just stands outIlyse (07:33):With your brands embrace of sports and kind of that measurement piece of CTV, you must love that more live sports are coming into the connected TV space.Dustin (07:47):I think the beneficiaries of this sort of democratization of content and it's making things more competitive. So as you see the Disney Network, Hulu, ESPN, or you go to YouTube TV and some of the other platforms that are continuing to open up, it makes it really easy to be competitive in the space or to at least have a voice. I think our team's been really good at identifying those opportunities, proving the efficacy of those investments so that we can continue to do them.Damian (08:15):You hinted at something about the seasonality of marketing and I'm kind of interested in that as a marketer of beer and I guess in lots of ways, as you said, you're kind of marketing lifestyle, you have associations with surfers and athletes and the summer. I'm curious how often you think about the need to refresh campaigns and how do you keep them relevant to the culture cultural moment?Dustin (08:42):Yeah, great question. You definitely have to, in beer, especially with the retail partners, you need to be seasonal. I spent the first 20 years of my career on the music side as a retailer, so I know what retailers want. They're going to want, Hey, it's Memorial Day, I'm going to have a display in my store for a week and a half, two weeks. It better fit the theme of Memorial Day. Now how you do that, you can do that without just stars and stripes. There's other ways to do that, but the I idea of escapism and patriotism to a degree, but when you look at the retail calendar, there are a myriad, there's like 16 major temples that you have to win. So our team is definitely working to make sure that we're taking the overall thematic of our brand and pulling that down into those temples.(09:33):And that fits the larger brand story because obviously you don't want to have 16 different TV spots throughout the year. So we'll have several different campaigns throughout the year, but then those drop down into Cinco de Mayo or Day of the Dead or 4th of July. So you have to, depending on the channel that we're in, yeah, some stuff has to be far more granular to make sure that it's serving the need of that retailer or the desire of that retailer, and as well as making sure that we're still maintaining the brand identity that we want to have. While everybody else does Super Bowl and does football, we're doing the World Surf League pipeline, which is the Super Bowl of surf, so is the official beer of the WSL when everyone's doing Super Bowl, we're doing surfing.Damian (10:10):Now, Dustin listeners can't see this, but I know behind you you've got some fantastic vintage guitars there, which I wanted. I know that you are a musician and before you worked at 8 0 5, you worked as a marketer in the music industry, including for Ernie Ball, music Man and Guitar Center. And I'm kind of interested in the kind of synergies that you might have found there between marketing to musicians and the kind of now the position you're in now marketing beer.Dustin (10:42):It's really sort of a story of serendipity. I got my first guitar when I was 14 years old and it sort of changed my life. Music just bordered became this obsession and it's what I wanted to do, started a band and typical story, didn't go to college, was like college, I'm going to be in a band, mom, what are you talking about? So I begged her at the time she was working, she was the executive assistant to the CEO O of Guitar Center back in the nineties when they were still a small company. And I said, Hey, just give me a job in the mail room or something, and so just give me the summer. Let me prove to you that my band can be in great before I have to go to college. And so she got me a job in the mail room and said, three months, that's it. And three months turned into 18 years.(11:35):I worked my way up to vice president and that typical age old story. But what I found really early on when I got there was, and I remember there was a moment, I was there a couple of months working in the mail room, excited in the mail room is right next to the marketing department and there was a great VP of marketing. It was Mike. I still talk to him to this day, 20 something years later. He always says, his joke is, you're the best hire I ever made. But I remember looking at the marketing materials and saying to the guys like, Hey, we're not marketing to, I'm the customer. Why don't you talk to me? We should change the way that we talk to the customers because this doesn't make sense. I'm the customer, I don't want to read this. So I pitched him some ideas and he's like, yeah, that's a great idea. You want a job in marketing?(12:18):And I went from $4 and 50 cents an hour to $9 an hour. I thought it was rich. I'm 18 years old. And I started that journey. And I think what I realized really early on, and what was great about Guitar Center was that our mission was to mint new customers. We realized early on through a great visionary, CEO, we had Marty Albertson was that we had to make sure that we were creating musicians. There wasn't a lot of 'em. When you think about the population of the world, it think it's like 2% our musicians. So if you want to continue to sell guitars and you want to continue to sell instruments, you've got to inspire people to want to play music. So our mission became taking this great feeling and propelling that and perpetuating it to get more people excited about it. And we became a platform for artists and creating, over the course of my 20 years, I got to create TV shows and write documentaries and make slashes documentary.(13:09):I got to things that you would only dream of when you were a kid to make art with other artists that inspired the world. And I think the common thread through all of that was that great marketing, great brands stand for something clear and enduring. I'm very, very lucky that as a songwriter and a musician early on, that I found this extension of that creative process to sort of keep me inspired. I mean marketing in a lot of ways, your writers, your songwriters, your creatives, and you get to do that while also tackling, for me at least the necessary evil of lift analysis, analytics andDamian (13:46):Some of those things that come with the business. Our musicians have to be marketers these days anyway. Right.Ilyse (13:50):That's very true. And that 2%, we at least have two in our miss because Damian's a musician as well. But yeah, it's so interesting that you talk about that area of the population and in some ways it's almost harder to reach those very niche communities.Dustin (14:09):Yeah, there's that great quote. I don't know if it came from Nike, it was probably Nike, but what's that speak to the core loud enough that everyone else can hear? I mean, I think that's been a mission of music. I mean, remember the indie movement or the punk movement, it was like everybody didn't want to be mainstream, and it was just like, do this thing, own your audience. And then what happens is the cool thing, everybody wants to sit at the cool table. Everybody wants to be a part of the movement, but you can't market to the people that want to be in the movement. You have to market to the people who have started the movement, and then what happens is then you can maintain some credibility.Damian (14:40):I'm just curious to get your high level perspective on what do you think needs to change in the ad marketplace today, which as we all know, is very much digital programmatic.Dustin (14:52):I think product placement right now, especially on podcasts, is just incredibly oversaturated. And I understand that when you've got a major budget and you're moving money around and you're trying to do everything you can to drive eyeballs, but I have this conversation all the time with the agency. I'm not interested in the most amount of eyeballs. I want the right ones. And when I look at a podcast and I just see energy drinks on tables and then right behind it, I see a Starbucks cup and the cans aren't open, I just think there's too much of that going on. To me, there's not real connections. So I think one of the things for me that's just unfortunate is because of the amount of money and the amount of ad money that's available and it's all moving from different platforms, is that sort of approach has created, I think a really high level of high bar for entry into some of these categories.(15:40):The expectations of money that are tied to some of these opportunities are so overblown. So I think that to me, that's always been something that I've always struggled with that I always hope is going to work itself out and well. I think that you go through ebbs and flows, especially when times get tough, people will cut back on their marketing, they cut back on sponsorships, and that's when opportunities open up. And if you're smart and you manage your money effectively and you have dollars, when other brands are carving back, that's when you can start to find really interesting opportunities. But for me, yeah, influencer marketing, product seating, I've never been excited about it. One of the things that we say all the time at Firestone Walker is keep the main thing, the main thing. And by doing that, we put on ourselves from chasing too many squirrels in the backyard.Ilyse (16:30):I love that.Dustin (16:31):Yeah.Ilyse (16:32):Is there anything you are obsessed with figuring out right now?Dustin (16:35):I mean, we sell millions of cases of beer and our first party data. We've done an amazing job of our first party data, emails building customer attention, but there is this weird thing with social, and I'm just obsessed with trying to figure out what it is. And our agency's got great relationships with meta and these platforms, and nobody, one can seem to give me the answer of what is happening on the backend within the algorithms that is preventing some of the biggest brands in the world with tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of consumers. This ability to create real audiences on these platforms, because we live in a world now where all content is consumed through just a few channels. When you think about YouTube, whatever happens with TikTok, Instagram Meta, et cetera, there's a only handful of channels where a majority of all of the content consumption is taking place.(17:31):And if every single one of those has a toll booth between you and your customer, but then there's also a filter that is preventing you from really building your audience. I'm obsessed with trying to figure that out. If we do believe in this idea of the zeitgeist and that culture matters and that brands stand for something clear and enduring, the world is going to continue and down this digital path. And sure, point of sale and billboards and TV advertising are great ways to tell people about your brand, but it is the way to get your arms around them. It's going to be on these platforms and the ones that are coming. And I think that's what the industry as a whole is always the industry as a whole struggles with this. And I think it can be dangerous in the sense that you over obsess it and then you put too much money into like, well, I got to grow followers, or I got to grow my audience. Versus like, well, I just got to drive, drive affinity in purchase intent. And so that's, I think the balance of how do we focus on stuffing the funnel, creating a tremendous amount of energy for our brands. The right partnerships is omnipresent in the right cultural segments that we want to be in, but at the same time try to figure out how we can expand our tent and get more people into it.Damian (18:46):Wow. Ali, I love that conversation with Dustin. I mean, it's not every day you get to talk to somebody who's a musician and a marketer and who's able to tie both of those things together so well as he did. But what was the standout thing to you that he said?Ilyse (19:02):I think what really stuck out was kind of playing how Firestone and Dustin kind of play that fine line of keeping consistent, but also not being too rigid and trying new things with customers. I know with 9,000 plus breweries, it's kind of crazy that there's so much competition to stick out and beer brands have to stick out. But what he said was really interesting about staying consistent with an agency and measurement and really trying to find, making sure that what you're making art essentially actually makes sense.Damian (19:45):Yeah, I agree with you and I feel like one of the most powerful things he said to me was when he was at Guitar Center, when he was there for 17 years, his vision was to mint new musicians and identifying that only 2% of the world population, 2%, I think he said musicians. So you have to inspire more people to want to create music. And taking that sort of core philosophy and applying it to his current role at 8 0 5 seems to be something that's driving him as a mission driven marketer. I think as he said, great brands have to stand for something enduring. So in that regard, I think he's really smart, and to do this at this cultural moment where there's so much fragmentation, that is one way to help him clear through all the clutter and stay focused.Ilyse (20:30):Yeah, I think one of my favorite quotes too was like keep the main thing, the main thing, and that keeps us basically from chasing those squirrels.Damian (20:44):That's it for this edition of The Current Podcast. I'm Ilyse, and I'm Damian, and we'll see you next time.

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Hopwolves, you know what time it is... The bois talk shop with new friend of the show Aadam Soorma of TRACE BREWING. We discuss how he became the head of marketing at the brewery, favorite Pittsburgh bands, what it's like to serve coffee and beer all day, fists to the thermostat, revisiting St. Anger, and so much for E106! This week's Beer Breakdowns are MODELITA ESPECIAL (4.4%) from Grupo Modelo (Aadam's pick), CINNAMON DOLCE NITRO STOUT (6%) from Firestone Walker Brewing Company (Todd's pick) and ARIZONA HARD LEMON TEA (5%) from Hornell Brewing Co., Inc. (Arie's Pick). Turn it up to 11, crack open that beer, it's about to get BREWTAL! Episode Breakdown: Intro | 0:00 Beer Breakdowns | 1:14 The Fall of Hard Coffee | 7:29 New Hard Ginger Beer in Town | 8:45 How Aadam Got Into the Industry | 13:10 What is Trace? | 15:48 One Stop Shop for Coffee and Beer | 17:28 The Collab is Coming From Inside the Coffee Shop | 19:58 The Best Pallete on the Team | 21:18 The Evolution of Joe's Roasting Experience | 23:00 Sounding Hoity Toity | 24:46 Regulars for all Times of the Day | 26:55 Coming Up With the Events | 31:50 Deciding to Make Most Events Free | 35:03 That One Event That's Too Hard to Pull Off | 37:50 Favorite Pittsburgh Bands | 39:15 Love of Intimate Shows | 41:24 Moshing TOO Hard | 42:27 Aadam's Flavor of Metal | 44:03 Revisitng St. Anger | 46:33 Favorite Metallica Album | 50:30 Gen Z Hoppin On the Nu-Metal Train | 55:27 Dream Collab Band | 56:56 Getting Backstage to Slipknot | 1:02:09 Outro | 1:04:13 Artwork by megabeast Kevin Burfield Intro track by absolute legend ZaKrahe  Brewtal was edited by Arie Lombardozzi of Death Dealer Productions with additional production from Todd Bailey.

In this special edition of The Session, we venture down to the 2024 Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival in Paso Robles, CA. Hosted by our good friends at Firestone Walker Brewing Company, this annual event has become a staple in the craft beer industry. For our part, we are graced with the opportunity to moderate the Behind the Beer Stage each year and always get to interview some truly amazing industry professionals. The panel recording here is all about everyone's favorite topic...hops! Tune in and listen to Brent McGlashen from Mac NZ Hops, Justin Burdt from Ghost Town Brewing, and Kevin Smith from Bale Breaker Brewing discuss hop selection, new hop products, hop varieties and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's official! Concerts in the Plaza kicks off in June, presented by Sunset Honda! Get ready for 12 weeks of free music and community celebration each Friday in our historic Mission Plaza! Food and drink will be available with beer from Firestone-Walker Brewing Company, cider from SLO Cider, and wine from popular downtown wine bar Region. Eats from Woodstock's Pizza will be available. All things "Concerts", as we lovingly call this series, can be found at DowntownSLO.com.

This is a re-release of the first Consumed Live episode featuring three powerhouse brewers on California's Central Coast. Listen in as I talk with Matt Brynildson, brewmaster at Firestone-Walker Brewing Company in Paso Robles, Buellton, and Venice Beach; Max Montgomery, brewmaster at There Does Not Exist in San Luis Obispo; and Jack Dyer, founder at Topa Topa Brewing Company in Ventura. These three brought lots of fun stories, insight, and humor to the table, and I'm so glad I recorded it. The event took place at There Does Not Exist on August 31, 2022. Enjoy!

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Featured Beer: Wookey Jack Black Rye IPA by Firestone Walker Brewing Company out of California; Join the crew and their friend Hep as they cover the film The Evil Dead (1981), provide tons of fun and interesting facts about and around the film, and talk about the effects the film and those involved with it have had on pop-culture. There may even be some debate about what defines a Zombie...It's a fun one, so jump on in and come along for the ride. From the entire Beers on Me crew, thank you for listening and we care about what you have to say and share! Got recommendations for episode topics or want to share thoughts on the episodes? You can email us at beersonmepodcast@gmail.com or find us at Facebook or Instagram (See Below)Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beersonmepodcast Instagram handle: beersonme_podcast

Episode 020 – Firestone WalkerToday I review 4 different beers from Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, CA and I talk about Modern Times and Stone Brewing.Pivo Pils - Pilsner Union Jack – IPAHopnosis – IPABlanc Noise – Hazy IPAYou can find the breweries on the web and Facebook.  https://www.firestonebeer.com/  Thanks for listening to the Bart Talks Beer Podcast.  Bart Talks Beer is recorded in Southern Maryland in the heart of the Chesapeake Bay.The music in today's episode is used with Permission by ShallowDeep.  The Intro is the song Maybe Never from the 2006 Album Ammunition.  The Interlude/Outro song is song ‘Is There Anyone Out There' used with Permission by Wellmess & Christine Smit from Epidemic Sound.  Find Out how Epidemic Sound can help your content: https://share.epidemicsound.com/b77yyp Please Remember to check out BartTalksBeer.com to find where you can find this podcast.  Find my quick 60 second reviews on Instagram (BartTalksBeer), Facebook (BartTalksBeer) and TikTok (BartTalksBeer)  To interact with me, please reach out through Instagram and Facebook, by finding @BartTalksBeer or drop me an email at BartTalksBeer@gmail.comThanks again for listening.  Cheers 

In this episode of Hoptalk, Gary chats with the legendary Matt Brynildson, Brewmaster at Firestone Walker Brewing Company. Coming off the heels of the Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival 2022, we dig into the history of the Invitational, recap the latest fest, and I get his thoughts on the evolution of the Central Coast beer scene. We talk about collaborating with some of his favorite brewers, the significance of Pilsner beer, the one-of-a-kind barrel-aged beers included in their Brewmaster's Collective membership club, his time brewing in Belgium, and sooooo much more. Stay up to date on everything Firestone Walker, including next year's Invitational, upcoming releases, their three California locations, and everything else at firestonebeer.com.

In this episode of Hoptalk, Gary chats with the legendary Matt Brynildson, Brewmaster at Firestone Walker Brewing Company. Coming off the heels of the Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival 2022, we dig into the history of the Invitational, recap the latest fest, and I get his thoughts on the evolution of the Central Coast beer scene. We talk about collaborating with some of his favorite brewers, the significance of Pilsner beer, the one-of-a-kind barrel-aged beers included in their Brewmaster's Collective membership club, his time brewing in Belgium, and sooooo much more. Stay up to date on everything Firestone Walker, including next year's Invitational, upcoming releases, their three California locations, and everything else at firestonebeer.com.

To celebrate Malt Couture's 4 year anniversary, the Malty Boyz™ put themselves through The Anniversary Cup. Featuring anniversary beers from 12 different breweries commemorating one to 30 years. It all starts off with a 5 year Bruery Anniversary Ale vertical to determine the Wild Card beer. Then it's New Money vs Old Money when anniversary beers from Allagash Brewing Company, Central Waters Brewing, Brasserie Fantôme, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Jackie O's, Fonta Flora Brewery, Fremont Brewing, McIlhenney Brewing Company, Moksa Brewing, Revolution Brewing, and Triple Crossing Beer do battle. Only one beer can emerge as the Anniversary Cup Champion! Thanks to New Image Brewing for sponsoring this episode! Visit New Image Brewing at NIBrewing.com and follow them on Instagram @NIBrewing! Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt! TeeSpring.com/MaltCoutureOfficialShirt DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer  

In this episode of Hoptalk, Gary chats with Sam Tierney, manager of Firestone Walker's R&D brewhouse in Venice, CA. We talk all about The Propagator as it approaches its six-year anniversary, how the space and the brewing program have evolved over that time, Sam's recent run of all-star beer collaborations, what it's like to visit other breweries as a brewer, and much more! We also dig into Gen-6, Firestone Walker's six-year anniversary Double IPA, a collaboration with El Segundo Brewing Company featuring new hop varieties Vista and 1019 alongside trusty Citra and Mosaic. Cheers to six years of Firestone Walker's The Propagator. Pick up Gen-6 at any of Firestone Walker's locations or their online store and celebrate with them on April 30th at The Propagator in Venice. Big shout out to our sponsor, Hi-Lo Liquor Market, who consistently brings in the best curated craft beer selection in Southern California, with shops in Culver City and Long Beach and an online store.

In this episode of Hoptalk, Gary chats with Sam Tierney, manager of Firestone Walker's R&D brewhouse in Venice, CA. We talk all about The Propagator as it approaches its six-year anniversary, how the space and the brewing program have evolved over that time, Sam's recent run of all-star beer collaborations, what it's like to visit other breweries as a brewer, and much more! We also dig into Gen-6, Firestone Walker's six-year anniversary Double IPA, a collaboration with El Segundo Brewing Company featuring new hop varieties Vista and 1019 alongside trusty Citra and Mosaic. Cheers to six years of Firestone Walker's The Propagator. Pick up Gen-6 at any of Firestone Walker's locations or their online store and celebrate with them on April 30th at The Propagator in Venice. Big shout out to our sponsor, Hi-Lo Liquor Market, who consistently brings in the best curated craft beer selection in Southern California, with shops in Culver City and Long Beach and an online store.

This week, we raise a glass of stout in memory of our friend, Erin Valance. Notes for this episode: https://www.fourbrewers.com/360-a-stout-for-erin Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Google Play Music | Stitcher | YouTube | Twitch | Anchor.fm Support the show: Patreon | PayPal Donation 4B Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | tumblr | Flickr | Snapchat Email 4B: feedback@fourbrewers.com 4B Theme Song: The Sleeping Sea King ***** Episode Chapters: 00:00:00: Four Brewers Theme 00:00:05: Begin Show 00:00:33: Cheers to Erin Valance 00:07:37: Guinness Draught - Guinness 00:09:32: Parabola (2016) - Firestone Walker Brewing Company 00:10:14: Vanilla Double Stack - Great Notion Brewing 00:12:18: 2021 Bourbon Barrel Aged Standard Crude 00:14:13: IPA For Peace - Common Space Brewery 00:14:42: Nelsonomicon - Mason Ale Works 00:19:31: Kolsch - Two Coast Brewing Co. 00:20:09: IPA For Peace (cont'd) 00:21:28: Bunny With a Chainsaw - Paperback Brewing Company 00:23:36: Nelsonomicon (cont'd) 00:24:33: Kolsch (cont'd) 00:25:59: IPA For Peace (cont'd) 00:30:17: What's Cooler Than Being Cool? - Karl Strauss Brewing Company 00:32:17: Hefeweizen - Two Coast Brewing Co. 00:33:11: Stratasphere - Frogtown Brewery 00:36:33: Red Matador - 8one8 Brewing 00:40:11: Hefeweizen (cont'd) 00:41:57: What's Cooler Than Being Cool? (cont'd) 00:50:13: Pilsner - Two Coast Brewing Co. 00:50:51: Session Lager - Hofbrauhaus 00:53:25: Chubby Unicorn Sparkle - Common Space Brewery 00:56:50: Pilsner (cont'd) 00:58:32: fourbrewers.com The Four Brewers podcast uses .mp3 files with chapter markers that allow you to easily skip to different parts of the show. Overcast for iOS and Podcast Addict for Android are two examples of apps that utilize this handy feature, as well as the native Podcasts app for iOS. If your podcast player doesn't support chapter markers, then simply reference the time stamps listed above for this episode.

This week, a new beer from our friends at Firestone Walker Brewing Company, as well as a few randos from The Bruery and Pariah Brewing Company. Notes for this episode: https://www.fourbrewers.com/357-hypnotized-by-hopnosis/ Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Google Play Music | Stitcher | YouTube | Twitch | Anchor.fm Support the show: Patreon | PayPal Donation 4B Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | tumblr | Flickr | Snapchat Email 4B: feedback@fourbrewers.com 4B Theme Song: The Sleeping Sea King ***** Episode Chapters: 00:00:00: Four Brewers Theme 00:00:05: Begin Show 00:07:39: Seafarer - Three Weavers Brewing Company 00:07:53: Mind Haze Light - Firestone Walker Brewing Company 00:09:43: Marchtoberfest - Green Cheek Beer Company 00:14:02: Round 1 Beers Summary 00:21:26: Union Jack IPA - Firestone Walker Brewing Company 00:24:28: Broken Skull American Lager - El Segundo Brewing Company 00:30:43: Saison De Lente - The Bruery 00:33:13: Propagator Series: Galaxy - Firestone Walker Brewing Company 00:39:19: Cryo Hops® - Yakima Chief Hops 00:41:50: Hopnosis - Firestone Walker Brewing Company 00:53:52: Double Mind Haze - Firestone Walker Brewing Company 00:54:38: Kyle's Whiskey 00:55:09: FunYum - Pariah Brewing Company 00:56:55: Union Jack IPA - Firestone Walker Brewing Company (Tim) 01:01:37: FunYum (cont'd) 01:02:51: Double Mind Haze (cont'd) 01:03:39: fourbrewers.com The Four Brewers podcast uses .mp3 files with chapter markers that allow you to easily skip to different parts of the show. Overcast for iOS and Podcast Addict for Android are two examples of apps that utilize this handy feature, as well as the native Podcasts app for iOS. If your podcast player doesn't support chapter markers, then simply reference the time stamps listed above for this episode.

Kelsey Hitchen (RPTA '17), Field Marketing Manager at Firestone Walker Brewing Company, talks with Dr. Brian Greenwood (Cal Poly Experience Industry Management) about her life and career to date.

In this week's episode, Ryan and Alex discuss the fees you pay in your portfolio and why you pay them.  The beer of the day is Fly Jack from Firestone Walker Brewing Company. If you would like to learn more about this beer, please visit their website https://www.firestonebeer.com/ If you would like to learn more about Quantified Financial Partners, please visit our website www.beerandmoney.net

In this episode, host Jess Phillips,  speaks with Dustin Hinz, Chief Marketing Officer at Firestone Walker Brewing Co.Dustin takes on his journey all the way from the mailroom to working up close and personal with the likes of Eric Clapton, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, and Alicia Keys, just to name a few.  Tune in to hear another amazing story and valuable take always in Influencer-Led Branded Content!About Dustin Hinz:An award-winning marketer with decades of experience in consumer lifestyle brands, Dustin Hinz brings the passion of a creative executive and a lifelong musician to his role as chief marketing officer for Firestone Walker Brewing Company. As head storyteller and brand steward for the iconic California beer company, Hinz leads all branding and marketing efforts for California's fourth-largest craft brewery known for its flagship 805 line of beers, limited-release Propagator series, aged Vintage series and eccentric Barrelworks brews.Before joining Firestone Walker in July 2019, Hinz spent five years leading Ernie Ball Music Man, the division focused on guitars and bass guitars. As EVP of Global Marketing, he managed all creative, content, artist relations, packaging, merchandising, retail and e-commerce strategies, while serving as creator, writer and showrunner of the original AT&T and DirecTV documentary series “Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone,” spotlighting some of the most compelling, influential guitarists of the modern era.Hinz previously devoted 18 years to building and shaping Guitar Center into a $2.5 billion global retail leader, finishing his tenure as VP of brand experience and entertainment marketing. He waged numerous award-winning marketing, creative and content campaigns including a global rebrand, secured marketing partnerships with hundreds of top talents, and created the award-winning DirecTV series “Guitar Center Sessions,” which ran for 11 seasons featuring such artists as Peter Gabriel, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Alanis Morissette, Aloe Blacc and Linkin Park.Hinz has won multiple Silver and Bronze Telly Awards producing content for Ernie Ball and Guitar Center, Marketing Executive of the Year (Best in Biz Awards), Branded Content Campaign of the Year (Stevie Awards), and Brand Innovators' “40 under 40” Brand Marketer of the Year. Passionate about filmmaking, photography, illustration, design and all things creative, Dustin Hinz is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Recording Academy.https://www.dustinhinz.com/Follow on SocialInstagramLinkedinTo set the standard in influencer marketing, please check out our website at www.sostandard.com or follow along with us on Instagram and Linkedin. And be sure to head over to The Social Standard Youtube channel for our video version.  Follow The Social Standard on Socials for Up To Date Marketing Expertise and InsightsInstagram Facebook LinkedinTikTokBlog

This week, Jefferson the Craft Beer Guy celebrates the 25th anniversary of Firestone Walker Brewing Company with a profile on one of his favorite Firestone Walker beers!

This episode is a crossover event of DiGOST and DIGO all under the same video conferencing roof. This episode we are ranking the Bond theme songs! Beer for the Episode : Union Jack from Firestone Walker [Union Jack IPA – Firestone Walker Brewing Company – Untappd] The post 17. Bond Music Ranked (Episode 221) appeared first on DrinkIN GeekOUT.

This episode is a crossover event of DiGOST and DIGO all under the same video conferencing roof. This episode we are ranking the Bond theme songs! Beer for the Episode : Union Jack from Firestone Walker [Union Jack IPA – Firestone Walker Brewing Company – Untappd] The post 17. Bond Music Ranked (Episode 221) appeared first on DrinkIN GeekOUT.

Joanne Lodato (RPTA '19), Executive Assistant at Firestone Walker Brewing Company, talks with Dr. Brian Greenwood (Cal Poly Experience Industry Management) about her life and career to date.

Recorded on location at the Firestone Walker Brewing Company in Venice Beach, Dan is joined by actor and fellow Philadelphian Adam Shapiro ("Never Have I Ever," "Steve Jobs") who started making Philly soft pretzels at home to pass the time during the pandemic, and suddenly found himself the proprietor of LA's red-hot Shappy Pretzel Co. The Philly boys pair Shappy's twisted foodstuff with a variety of west coast beers from legendary brewery Firestone Walker. Also on the show, the man who makes Firestone Walker beer, 6-time Great American Beer Festival “Brewer of the Year” Matt Brynildsen, who conducts a clinic on all things hoppy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff LaFerney was a full-time language arts teacher in Davison, Michigan, for 30 years. After coaching basketball for most of his career, he decided to write books instead and took on his new hobby. Now he spends his free time reading, writing, and editing books. He and his beautiful wife have two adult children. His Clay and Tanner Thomas series focuses on a father and son team who use parapsychological abilities to solve mysteries. Jumper is a time-travel science fiction adventure. Lost and Found, is a unique mystery/treasure hunt with ties to World War II history. His latest, Planer, is the sequel to Jumper, his best-selling novel. He has a blog called The Red Pen where he usually infuses humor to share about himself or to give inspiration or writing tips. jefflaferney.blogspot.com Jeff's Readings: Loving the Rain – 13:28 Lost and Found – 30:22 Jumper – 43:35 Michael's Beer Pairings:  Union Jack IPA, Firestone Walker Brewing Company (paired to Loving the Rain) – 10:50 Foggy Geezer, War Pigs Brewing & 3 Floyds Brewing (paired to Lost and Found) – 27:22 Wonderstuff, Bauhaus Brew Labs (paired to Jumper) – 40:55 Interview Highlights:  What led to the very strong disclaimer that your work is fiction! – 22:15 Mixing secular and faith – 23:52 What's historical, what's not – 38:19 Research on time travel – 49:11 Dropping crumbs that readers want to follow – 51:54 How to hook the reader – 54:30 COMING NEXT MONTH: Nicole Burnham, romance author UPCOMING EVENTS: Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology Our theme music is from www.bensound.com.

Matt & Justin are joined by the legendary Dr. Ron Beatson of New Zealand's Plant and Food Research, and fifth generation hop farmer, Brent McGlashen, from Mac Hops, to talk about New Zealand Hops. The small country's hops have boomed in popularity in recent times, causing U.S. brewers to clamor to get what they can among a very limited supply. Ron and Brent discuss the history of hops in New Zealand, some if the amazing farming and breeding innovations that have come out of the country, and what varieties top their list of characteristics unique to New Zealand hops. We also get to try a couple of Firestone Walker Brewing Company's latest releases that feature New Zealand hop varieties, including the newest Luponic Distortion, Gen 5 from the Propagator series, and Nectaron, also from the Propagator Series, that features all new Nectaron hops.

In this episode hear from Adam Firestone of Firestone Walker Brewing Company as they celebrate 25 years of brewing the best beer! Learn about their humble beginnings and their now thriving beer company filled with unique and classic flavors. Firestone said the type of beer he likes depends on the occasion, hence at Firestone Walker they aim for a variety of flavors fit for any situation. Firestone Walker Brewing Company Discover Buellton The Meet Us in Buellton Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by McKenzie Felsted and produced by the team at Relic. To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit https://thedmpn.com/. If you are interested in becoming a part of the network, please email adam@relicagency.com.

FOTS 1: Elenna and Gen-5 from Firestone Walker Brewing Company. Go here to see notes for this episode of Fresh Off the Shelf: https://www.fourbrewers.com/fots-firestone-walker/ Subscribe: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Google Play Music | Stitcher | YouTube | Twitch | Anchor.fm Support the show: Patreon | PayPal Donation 4B Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | tumblr | Flickr | Snapchat Email 4B: feedback@fourbrewers.com ***** Episode Chapters: 00:00:00: Fresh Off The Shelf 00:02:57: Elenna - Firestone Walker Brewing Company 00:08:42: Propagator Series: Gen-5 - Firestone Walker Brewing Company

Matt Brynildson from Firestone Walker Brewing Company and Justin Crossley from The Brewing Network talk Hazy IPA in this episode of Beer Before Glory - The Podcast. They are joined by J.C. Hill from Alvarado Street Brewery and Neil Fisher from Weldwerks Brewing Co, two of the best hazy brewers in the U.S. Tune in and hear about this popular style and what these brewers have learned over the years to dial in this complex and unique style of beer.

USA Today bestselling author Melonie Johnson―aka #thewritinglush―enjoys cheap wine, expensive beer, and sipping cocktails that start with the letter m. Declared a “writer to watch” by Kirkus and a “fizzy, engrossing new voice” by Entertainment Weekly, her smart funny contemporary romances include Too Good to Be Real and her award-winning Sometimes in Love debut series: Getting Hot with the Scot, Smitten by the Brit, and Once Upon a Bad Boy. A former high school English and Theatre teacher, she spends her days in her Star Wars office, dreaming up meet-cutes. She lives in Chicagoland with her husband, their two redhead daughters, and one very large dog. Meloniejohnson.com Melonie's Readings: Too Good to be Real – 13:52 Getting Hot with the Scot – 27:05 Smitten by the Brit – 44:44 Michael’s Beer Pairings: Sea Quench Ale, Dogfish Head Brewery (paired to Too Good to be Real) – 11:05 Old Chub, Oskar Blues Brewery (paired to Getting Hot with the Scot) – 24:53 Lager, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Beer Americano Cocktail (paired to Smitten by the Brit) – 39:23 Beer Americano Recipe 5 oz. Campari 5 oz. Sweet Vermouth 3 oz. Lager Beer Fill a collins glass with ice. Add the Campari and vermouth. Froth the beer using an Aerolatteor immersion blender and pour into the glass. Garnish with an orange peel. Interview Highlights: Easter Eggs vs Tropes – 21:20 Boozy Book Broads – 22:42 Winks & Nods – 36:34 The author in the characters – 52:54 COMING NEXT MONTH: Eugenia Fain, poet UPCOMING EVENTS: Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology. Our theme music is from www.bensound.com.

Have you ever been "Stuck in a Closet with Vanna White"? Because that's what we're talking about today! John has an AMAZING theory, and we discuss who we wouldn't mind being stuck in a closet with. Listen in for that and SO MUCH MORE. John has Double Mind Haze from Firestone Walker Brewing Company and Lauren has Powder Dreams (Dry Hopped with Mosaic Lupulin Powder, Cascade, Centennial, & Zeus Hops) by Captain Lawrence Brewing Company. Cheers!

This week the guys drink Firestone Walker Brewing Company's 805 ale, get angry about the most broken fighting game characters, and learn that Nick finally loves Hollow Knight.

In this episode, I'm sitting down with a longtime friend, one of the greatest brewmasters in the United States, Matt Brynildson. Matt is current the Brewmaster at Firestone Walker Brewing Company, 4 time World Beer Champion, 6 time Great American Beer Champion. We're gonna talk about Belgium, get some great stories from California and the midwest. We kick the show off talking about some great beers and then jump into bourbon.

Firestone Walker Brewing Company is a brewery that we've long looked up to: they brew a tremendous portfolio of quality beers, they've got a number of locations around Southern California that shows off their authenticity so well, and they've maintained a distinct and clear voice throughout their brand. In the second episode of our third season of Reuben's Sightglass we sit down with David Walker, co-founder of Firestone Walker, to discuss the difficulties they've overcome in their 25 years of brewing, their vision for their brewery,  the connection between brewers and farmers, and much more. Follow Reuben's Brews @ReubensBrews on Instagram and Twitter and please leave us a review and a rating at Apple Podcasts if you enjoy our show! You can also learn more about our brewery by visiting ReubensBrews.com, and we encourage you to visit us at our Taproom next time you are in Seattle!

Firestone Walker has been making great beer on California's Central Coast for a quarter of a century. In celebration of the brewery's Silver anniversary, Dan is joined by co-founder David Walker, who knows more about beer than most... certainly more than Dan, anyway. They geek out about hops and water sources and haziness and all sorts of other cool beer stuff. Also, Dan relays a compelling "The Simpsons"-related bar story from one of LA's premier bartenders, Adam George Fournier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heavy Hitters returns! Chris and Kyle sip on a a Bourbon Barrel Aged English Barley Wine from Firestone Walker Brewing Company named Sucaba. This vintage 2019 brew is aged for a year in whiskey barrels and comes in at 11.3% making it high on the list of heavy hitters. Do not sleep on this beer, if you see it, grab it!

These cocktail-inspired beers from Firestone Walker were really tasty! They're currently on tap at our Lynden location for tonight's tap takeover. We hope you enjoy the show as much as we enjoyed tasting the beers. Cheers! P.S. We talk about Jesse's wife going into labor, which ended up being a false alarm. No baby yet. ;)

David Walker, the "Walker" in Firestone Walker Brewing Company sat down with Steve to talk about the artistry of beer making, hops, naming brews, "beer enemies," the craft brew scene in general, and how a guy from a small village in South West England found his way to California and the craft beer business.

Jason and Shawn review a series of beers from Firestone Walker Brewing Company of Paso Robles, California. Union Jack is a dry-hopped, west coast IPA available year-round. Double Jack is a double IPA that won bronze medal at the 2012 Great American Beer Festival. Finally, Wookey Jack is an unfiltered, rye malt, American-style black ale […]