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How does a startup scale? It all starts with a great product that solves a real problem. And sometimes that means taking the slow and steady road to startup success.Recorded at Trillium Brewing in Boston, we sit down with Adi Dalvi, the VP of Sales at OSARO, a company that specializes in robot piece-picking and machine learning solutions to automate warehouse tasks. With minimal marketing in the early days, OSARO managed to grow and scale operations to deliver holistic systems to solve real warehouse challenges. The secret? Rather than rushing technology and products to market and hoping someone bites, OSARO spent years perfecting products before deploying. We hear about how its founders, with backgrounds in industry, achieved calculated growth and targeted the right customers from the beginning. Adi shares his view on the four types of people you need on your startup team, how OSARO set 3-step criteria for finding the right customers, and Adi's approach to getting great case studies from customers. In this episode, find out:Adi gives a breakdown of what OSARO does – developing vision software and machine learning to integrate with articulating arm robots in the warehouseWhat “calculated growth” means at OSARO and the importance of taking the time to develop products before deploying Why Adi wouldn't describe OSARO as a startup anymore and instead a company in early-stage growthWhy companies shouldn't rush to get products out when they're still in the research project stageThe benefits of having founders come from industry The three-step criteria OSARO used to pick the right customers in the beginningHow startups can extend their runway and keep investors updated with the progress Adi's method for getting customer case studies in the early negotiation stages with customers What four types of founder backgrounds bring to a startup and why you benefit from having them allHow OSARO managed to achieve growth without marketing in the early days by focusing on perfecting the product Adi's advice for startups just trying to get early customers so they can grow and scale successfullyThe best part about running this podcast and how things have changed since going down the entrepreneur routeEnjoying the show? Please leave us a review here. Even one sentence helps. It's feedback from Manufacturing All-Stars like you that keeps us going!Tweetable Quotes:"Really testing your product, making sure it's robust with actual products that you're going to pick is very important as you move from very early company to somebody that can scale.""They wanted to have a deployable product before they actually deployed to a customer site... You don't want to deploy a research project into your customers' warehouses where they're actually fulfilling orders for their customers.""What [someone with a VC background] brings is they've seen a lot of competing technologies and understand what those technologies are doing well and what they're not doing well."Links & mentions:OSARO, manufacturer of robot piece-picking and machine learning solutions to automate warehouse tasksAdi's Pittsburgh brewery crawl, including Grist House, Dancing Gnome, Pittsburgh Brewing Co., and

Carlin and Rebecca sit down to tear in to an uncommon style of beer and a very well done popular style of beer.

Carlin and Rebecca sit down to tear in to an uncommon style of beer and a very well done popular style of beer.

Going back to some beer mail from Kyle Norman, Carlin and Rebecca try a fruited blonde ale and fruited stout.

Going back to some beer mail from Kyle Norman, Carlin and Rebecca try a fruited blonde ale and fruited stout.

Chris and Danii are back at 565 Live for another episode of Poor Man's Podcast. We have a huge two part show for you this week.  In the first half, we're joined by Jeremy Thieroff to talk about Rhythm & Brews beer and music festival in Bellevue on Aug 19.  In the second half, we're joined by comedian Georgia Warder.  The gang each taste and review an assortment of beers from breweries featured at R&B and rate them on the Guy Fieri Flavor Richter Scale. Courtney of @steelingpittsburgh tells you about some of the best events happening around Pittsburgh this (and every) weekend in her Weekend Update PGH.  And as always, The New News with Danii Kaufman.Some of the topics discussed during the show are: •  Rhythm and Brews 2023 •  Breweries featured at R&B including Grist House, Strange Roots, Brew Gentlemen, Dancing Gnome, Trace, Lincoln Avenue Brewery, and more •  Garbage men refusing paper bags •  One chip challenge and the Scoville scale •  Georgia the multiple time roast battle champ •  The Anticlimactic Ikea game •  Tory Lanez goes to jail •  222 •  How much money would Tory Lanez have to pay you to not press charges? •  Hank the Tank captured! •  Doc Antel adopts Danii •  West Virginia bears •  And The New News with Danii Kaufman"Thanks for listening!"All things Poor Man's Podcast:https://linktr.ee/PoormanspodcastRhythm & Brews:https://www.bonafidebellevue.org/rhythm-brews-festival/Steeling Pittsburgh:https://www.instagram.com/steelingpittsburgh/

Chris and Danii are back at 565 Live for another episode of Poor Man's Podcast. We have a huge two part show for you this week.  In the first half, we're joined by Jeremy Thieroff to talk about Rhythm & Brews beer and music festival in Bellevue on Aug 19.  In the second half, we're joined by comedian Georgia Warder.  The gang each taste and review an assortment of beers from breweries featured at R&B and rate them on the Guy Fieri Flavor Richter Scale. Courtney of @steelingpittsburgh tells you about some of the best events happening around Pittsburgh this (and every) weekend in her Weekend Update PGH.  And as always, The New News with Danii Kaufman.Some of the topics discussed during the show are: •  Rhythm and Brews 2023 •  Breweries featured at R&B including Grist House, Strange Roots, Brew Gentlemen, Dancing Gnome, Trace, Lincoln Avenue Brewery, and more •  Garbage men refusing paper bags •  One chip challenge and the Scoville scale •  Georgia the multiple time roast battle champ •  The Anticlimactic Ikea game •  Tory Lanez goes to jail •  222 •  How much money would Tory Lanez have to pay you to not press charges? •  Hank the Tank captured! •  Doc Antel adopts Danii •  West Virginia bears •  And The New News with Danii Kaufman"Thanks for listening!"All things Poor Man's Podcast:https://linktr.ee/PoormanspodcastRhythm & Brews:https://www.bonafidebellevue.org/rhythm-brews-festival/Steeling Pittsburgh:https://www.instagram.com/steelingpittsburgh/

Chris and Danii are back at 565 Live for another episode of Poor Man's Podcast. We have a huge two part show for you this week.  In the first half, we're joined by Jeremy Thieroff and Dan McKelvey to talk about Rhythm & Brews beer and music festival in Bellevue on Aug 19.  In the second half, we're joined by comedian Vinny Palatucci.  The gang each taste and review an assortment of beers from breweries featured at R&B and rate them on the Guy Fieri Flavor Richter Scale. And as always, The New News with Danii Kaufman.Some of the topics discussed during the show are: •  Rhythm and Brews 2023 •  Hotdog toast at a funeral •  What food would best represent you •  Breweries featured at R&B including Grist House, Strange Roots, Brew Gentlemen, Dancing Gnome, Trace, Lincoln Avenue Brewery, and more •  Vinny's show "Lolhalla" at KingView Meadhouse & Winery •  Running a show vs only performing •  Missing Wallaby in Oklahoma  •  Guy carves his name in the Colosseum and faces 2-5 years in prison •  Man in Iowa has 70,000 pencils •  Creepy Pee Wee Herman doll •  And The New News with Danii Kaufman"Thanks for listening!"All things Poor Man's Podcast:https://linktr.ee/PoormanspodcastRhythm & Brewshttps://www.bonafidebellevue.org/rhythm-brews-festival/Vinny Palatuccihttps://vinnypcomedy.com

This week Chris, Danii, and Cheech are back at 565 Live for another episode of Poor Man's Podcast.  In the first half, we're joined by Michelle Koper of Pittsburgh Foodie Girls.  Michelle reviews her top bloody marys around Pittsburgh.  The gang each taste and review "Hazy IPA" by Penn Brewery.  In the second half we're joined by guest film maker Jeff Michaels.  And, as always, the New News with Danii Kaufman.Some of the topics discussed during the show are: • Millvale Music Festival recap • Grist House stage • Incredible bands Chris introduced including Mother of Earl, Paging Doctor Moon, Working Breed, Luke and the Second Coming, and more • Lost car in Millvale • Rhythm & Brews 2023 • Top bloody marys around Pittsburgh • Film making/ Director of photography • Filming music videos • Deep Creek Lake • The importance of just showing up • Video game soundtrack documentary • New York is sinking • Oscar Meyer changes name of "Weinermobile" • Dr.Pepper flavored ice cream • And The New News with Danii Kaufman"Thanks for listening!"https://linktr.ee/Poormanspodcast

Chris, Chey, Danii, and Producer Cheech are back at 565 Live for another episode of Poor Man's Podcast. This week we our joined by the multi talented Alyssa Maurer. The gang each taste and review "Chameleon" from Grist House. Some of the topics discussed during the show are: Millvale Music Festival Rhythm and Brews 2023 Frank Nicotero interview  Albert Lin's leg/prosthetic legs Matt Damon from Interstellar sucks Harry Potter game Living in a simulation  Chey loves porn Drunk woman at Willow Station Chris' gross eye at the last mic Alyssa's foot noodles Teaching photography  Yes and Croc Jibbitz etiquette  Suspension  A.I. misinformation  Child labor at McDonalds And The New News with Danii Kaufman "Thanks for listening!"All things Poor Man's Podcasthttps://linktr.ee/Poormanspodcast

In this weeks Buffalo Beer Buzz and The WNY Brews podcast, we talk about:6 WNY BREWERIES WIN 9 MEDALS AT 2023 NYS CRAFT BEER COMPETITIONWe did a whole WNY Brews episode talking about the local winners this past Tuesday. Find it in your podcast feed or hereTAP THAT TAP ROOM SET TO OPEN IN TONAWANDATap That Tap Room, Western New York's first female-owned self-pour taproom, will open April 1 in Tonawanda at 363 Delaware Ave. Tap That will offer 30 self-serve taps of beer, wine, cider and seltzer, including a variety of local brands, an “elevated” bar food menu that will focus on shareable plates, space to seat 60 people at 15 tables and additional space at a bar rail. Plans also call for a dog-friendly patio out front. The self-pour system allows customers to pour as little as an ounce, and will offer malt beverages and mixed drinks. Owners hope to have a soft opening by late March, with a grand opening April 1. Click here for moreCONSUMER'S BEVERAGES OFFERING FREE BUFFALO BISONS TICKETSLike craft beer? Planning to catch a Bisons game this season? If you answered yes, then you're going to want to head to any Consumer's Beverages location soon. With any purchase of $10 or more, you will receive a free pair of tickets to the Bisons April 4 home opener against the Worcester Red Sox (while supplies last). New this season, the team will offer the Southern Tier Craft Beer Pack, which features 2 undated game tickets and 4 craft beer vouchers, for $53. You can purchase tickets here.NEW 12 GATES' MONSTERS & MYTHS IPA COMING12 Gates latest beer series, Monsters & Myths, which will consist of 6 new hazy IPAs that will be released in collectors' art cans, continues March 31 with Siren, a 7.1% Hazy IPA packed with Azacca, Citra, Mosaic, and Simcoe hops. Click here for moreHAZELNUT DELUXE IS SOUTHERN TIER'S NEW BLACKWATER SERIES BEERSouthern Tier Brewing's Blackwater Series continues with the release of Hazelnut Deluxe Imperial Stout, a 10.2% brew with rich nutty notes, chocolate and roasted malts. Look for Hazelnut Deluxe soon wherever great craft beer is sold, at all Southern Tier taprooms, or on tap at your local bar in 4-pack 12oz. bottles and on draft.HOFBRAUHAUS TO TAP NEW ROYAL EXPORT GOLDEN LAGEROn April 6 (6pm), Hofbrauhaus Buffalo will tap their new Royal Export lager as only they know how – with a traditional parade, barrel tapping and live music. The cast of Drunk Theatre Buffalo will lead the parade, while Die Haus Band takes the main stage (6-9pm). All guests (21+) will receive a complimentary Royal Export pour after the barrel tapping. Royal Export is a golden lager with fruity hop notes and a light bitterness.SPRING FEVER IN PENNSYLVANIA COMES TO THE BEER KEEPThe best breweries and craft beer from Pennsylvania is taking over all of the taps at The Beer Keep on April 1 (11:30am), including Human Robot, Voodoo Brewing, Imprint Beer, Dancing Gnome, 2SP, Evergrain Brewing, Antifragile Brewing, Forest and Main, Kingview Mead and Grist House. You can find a complete beer list here. There will be plenty of limited release and specialty packaged offerings to consume on site or to-go. This event is free to attend. Limited event poster prints will be available day of for $5. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we headed to Millvale, Pa to talk to Brian Eaton, the co-founder of Grist House Craft Brewery. We talked about the history of the brewery, the flooding they had to deal with, the expansion of their current location, and their new production facility that will be in Collier Township in a decommissioned Missile Command Center.Subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow Chris on Instagram Like us on Facebook! Presented by Roasthouse Pub and Idiom Brewing Co.And supported by ACS - Brand My Beverage, Idiom Brewing Co., District East, and McClintock Distilling.

Beer 1: Alchemist, Evil Genius, Grist House (3:10) Boxing -fights we hope for 2022 (4:40) NBA Catch & Shoot (5:35) Knicks for clicks (6:00) NHL Half Clappers (10:05) Parlay (13:45) NFL Week 17 picks (21:15) Steelers Rant (26:45) Half Ass John Madden Tribute (28:45) Sports End of Year Awards Beer 2: Alchemist, Evil Genius, Hitchiker (65:45) Film End of Year Awards (82:00) James Bond Rant (89:50) Yellowstone Season 4 Episode 9 Recap - we're not happy (104:30) Burn Butch Burn - all 3 hosts sing (107:15) Witcher Season 2 recap - This felt as difficult to follow as the show itself

It's time for another episode of Good, but not the best... a Dancing Gnome podcast! If you're listening to this immediately after release, don't forget to make a trip to the brewery and help celebrate Dancing Gnome's 5th anniversary!! Andrew tells us about the anniversary beers that will be released and how they will celebrate throughout the weekend, after we first read 2 new reviews, both with acronyms. Later in the episode, we are joined by Brian Eaton of Grist House and the PGH Brewers Guild. Brian tells us about the new construction at their Millvale location as well as a quick update on their new spot in Collier. We then talk about the upcoming "Three Rivers Beer Week", the kickoff event happening October 5th, some other events you can look forward to, and much more! We finish the episode by answering some listener questions and rolling through a quick round of Watch, Listen, Learn.Intro & Outro music by: Kabbalistic VillageBreak music by: Kevin MacLeod

Summer is winding down and we are heading full steam ahead into the regular season. Join me as I share the latest Steelers news, make picks and predictions for each division, and pay tribute to the late Tunch Ilkin, all while I sip on a seriously smooth and refreshing pilsner from Grist House. Cheers

This week, I sit down with a very special guest and his name is Chad Medved. You read that right. Chad is ANOTHER CHAD MEDVED from Pittsburgh. Over the last few years, I've had a few people ask me “Do you work at Grist House?” and I never understood why. Was there someone else trying to be me?! Finally, I searched Chad Medved on Facebook and low and behold there was in fact ANOTHER Chad Medved that did work there. I knew immediately I had to get him on the podcast and talk about what life was like growing up as another Chad Medved and I am just so happy I did. Last night, I sat down with Chad and we talked about growing up, what his bedroom looked like compared to mine, bmx, skateboarding, how he got into the beer industry, and how he got his foot in the door at Grist House. This episode is sensational. Such a fun talk. I know you're going to enjoy it as much as I did. Thanks again so much for always listening and supporting what I do. I'm so thankful to be able to have this podcast and sit down with great people doing great things in our city. - WWW.ILLCALLYOURIGHTBACK.COM - THIS PODCAST IS PROUDLY SPONSORED BY TURNER DAIRY FARMS - Intro Music created by Ryan Drish (@realdrish) Follow us on Instagram - @illcallyourightback Follow us on Twitter - @ICYRBpodcast Like us on Facebook - I'll Call You Right Back Podcast

Episode 146 : Pride and Podcasting Nick and Alex are back this week for a few conversations about things! First, go vote for us as Pittsburgh's Best Podcast as voted on by the Pittsburgh City Paper readers! (https://citypaper.secondstreetapp.com/Best-of-Pittsburgh-Readers-Poll-2021/gallery/?group=388190) After plugging ourselves relentlessly, we switch gears and talk to Alex about Pride Month. Alex shares the background he knows about it and we explore the conversation around acceptance and openness in the LGBTQ+ community. After the pride month conversation, Nick tells the story of meeting up with ABV Chicago (a local Chicago craft beer podcast). Alex tells us about going back to Grist House. Nick talks Four Points North Side, again. As we wrap this week, we talk about our love of low ABV crushers for the hot days and give a shout to Hop Nation USA and #spicyboisummer. Thanks for listening! Vote for us! Beers We Drank: Point To Point - Four Points Brewing (IPA - 7.4%) Music: All The Way Up - Eddy freemusicarchive.org/music/eddy/2_D…th-CloudBounce

Episode 145 : Alex Does California Alex returns from his trip to California to visit his twin Jake. Nick talks about his episode with Dave from Four Points last week. After that, Nick recaps his week including visiting Shubrew's General Shu's Chinese restaurant which launches us into a discussion about Butler and specifically Zelienople's brewery scene. Alex takes over next and talks about his Cali trip. The twins visited Monterey and Carmel by the Sea and visited Alvarado Street Brewery. Alex was very impressed with the “Yeast of Eden” series of beers. They visited Fieldwork and Camino breweries and Alex was impressed. Travel was kind of a nightmare for Alex heading home from California. After recapping the rest of his trip, Alex explains Goodlander to Nick. Nick transitions to the news section of the podcast and talks about Brew Gentlemen's new pop-up at the Allegheny Overlook! Next up, Grist House is open again! We talk Necromancer and the hype releases they've had recently, which have garnered the attention of ABV Chicago, a craft beer podcast who is visiting Pittsburgh soon. Nick gets on his soapbox about Cold IPA and how we can try to embrace the expansion of beer styles. To wrap up, we talk about how excited we are about Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week coming back and being put on by the Pittsburgh Brewer's Guild. With a quick shout at the end, Fueled By Hops “Fueled Family Reunion” is happening July 17th! It's free! Beers We Drank: Bedtime Story: Chapter 8 - Hightower Brewing (BA Imperial Stout - 14.0%) Music: All The Way Up - Eddy freemusicarchive.org/music/eddy/2_D…th-CloudBounce

Episode 141 : Emotional About Beer Nick and Alex are back after our quick break doing the Fueled By Hops podcast (Go check out episode 77!) We kick off this week by focusing on our mutual love of early 2000s pop punk/emo music. This conversation lasted a lot longer than we thought it would, but we want you to sound off on your favorite emo/pop punk albums from the early 2000s! Sound off in the comments! Nick makes one of his epic transitions while we talk about weddings and funerals. After that, we recap our visits to some new places. We went to Old Thunder's grand opening and we planned out our next guest on 5/16! Nick talks about Four Points new spot in North Side and we chat about Acrospire as well. We cover Dancing Gnome extending hours and the announcement that Grist House will be opening back up in June! Of course, we talk about Pgh Sandwich Society opening in Strange Roots Millvale. We finish up by talking about Rear End Gastropub in Etna coming this summer! Thanks again for listening! Beers We Drank: Warm Hand Splash - Dancing Gnome (DIPA - 8.0%) Music: All The Way Up - Eddy freemusicarchive.org/music/eddy/2_D…th-CloudBounce

Episode 138 : A Proper Freakout Alex is back, and he brought Nick along for Nick's birthday week special! Happy Easter/Passover/whatever else you celebrate in spring! We start off talking podcasts and annoying apple commercials. Our first actual topic is Fish Fry's in Pittsburgh on Fridays in Lent. Topics include church fish fry's and McDonalds and local restaurants! Nick makes a good transition for once and we talk about the reopening of Pennsylvania. Nick went to the Pens game on Monday and shares his “beer and food” story and we reminisce about the DG Garden reopening for spring and drooling over Cilantro Y Ajo food truck. We talk Grist House and Cinderlands Brunch and rage about American cheese. Nick then has a full on freakout about Dave from Four Points recognizing him from the podcast (Hi Dave! Thanks for listening!) and then we get into their new spot and what is in store at the Northside taproom. We wrap up talking about Nick's birthday and who to support if you want to give him a birthday gift (donate to afsp.org or anywhere worthwhile to you). Cheers and thanks for listening! Beers We Drank: Spacedelic Haze Cactus - Grist House (IPA - 7.0%) Music: All The Way Up - Eddy freemusicarchive.org/music/eddy/2_D…th-CloudBounce

Today's episode is extra special short, because there's only one piece of news we need to talk about - the Penguins' hiring of Brian Burke as President of Hockey Operations and Ron Hextall as General Manager. I'm extending my dessert beer series with my favorite cherry cheesecake sour of all time from Grist House while sharing my thoughts and feelings about the hires. Cheers

Episode 129 : And So It Begins… We're back on our shit for 2021. Nick, Alex, and Jake are back this week and we start off with talking about blood. After the opening, we announce an exciting partnership with Fueled By Hops! (Our affiliation code : theweeklyrecap is good for 20% off at www.shop.fueledbyhops.com) This announcement jumps us off into sponsorship and merch talks on the podcast. Next up is the annual release of Troeg's Nugget Nectar and we spend some time on memes. Alex and Nick reminisce about the First Squeeze experience and how great the atmosphere is at those events. We talk about Troeg's new offering Double Nugget Nectar (which is a brewery only release). Nick then pivots to talking about Grist House and their new releases including a black IPA and a milk stout. After Alex tries to talk about LaCroix we talk about Dry January and the next beer Jake and Alex are gonna have when they're back on the wagon. As we wind down, Nick shouts out Old Thunder's False Kingdom as his IPA of 2021. Jake and Alex celebrate sobriety and they want to bring back the Twin Episode this year. Cheers and thanks again for listening! Beers Nick Drank: Nugget Nectar - Troegs (Imperial Amber - 7.5%) Star Crumb: Cherry Pie - Cinderlands (Tartshake IPA - 7.0%) Music: All The Way Up - Eddy freemusicarchive.org/music/eddy/2_D…th-CloudBounce

The Steelers are dead to me (and to the NFL Playoffs). Thank God the Penguins are finally back. Since this is the first episode of 2021 and the first in my Dessert Beeries (I'm drinking a peanut butter & chocolate stout from Grist House), I decided to celebrate with a happy hour episode. Join me and Josh Yohe of The Athletic Pittsburgh to talk in-depth about things to get excited about and watch for in the Pens' abbreviated season. Cheers!

In episode 199, Tony & Eddie start their yearly Christmas adventure with a Netflix original, Jingle Jangle (2020). Is it beautiful? Are the costumes top notch? Is it a vibrant colorful world? Yes. But is it a Christmas movie? Is it a good Christmas movie, if it is one? Find answer/opinions on all that in this week's episode. The boys also sampled two new brews, of course. One heavy IPA from Lavery Brewing and a honey porter from Grist House. If you like a dry bitter IPA or a sweet chocolatey porter - stick around for the beer reviews at the end of the episode.

Episode 119 : Vote! And Listen to Us Alex and Nick sit down this week and talk about the upcoming Dancing Gnome 4th anniversary and celebrating the beginning of fall and STOUT SEASON! We speculate about how breweries fall off or lose their original recipes and grow into the next best beer. Nick talks about his first drain pour in a long time and we spend a little time on Grist House. Nick recounts his day drinking Voodoo wax bottles. Alex visited Stick City in Mars, PA and grabbed a couple of 4 packs including the Imperial which was the collab with Marino's American Eatery. Nick plugs the Fueled by Hops podcast episodes he's been on, and talks a little about their community and how everything is based on the “Good Vibes Only” mantra. Toward the end of this episode we talk about ranking beer and then we talk about Shore Bird Craft Brewery out of Cleveland, OH. Thanks again for listening! Beers We Drank: Black Magick (Honey Wax) - Voodoo Brewery (Rebel Yell Barrel Aged Imperial Stout - 11.3%) Udderly Bananas - Grist House (Banana Porter - 6.5%) Imperial Breakfast Stout (Heaven Hill/Buffalo Trace barrels) - Voodoo Brewery (Imperial Stout - 12.6%) Music: All The Way Up - Eddy freemusicarchive.org/music/eddy/2_D…th-CloudBounce

Episode 118 : Back in the Studio Nick and Alex got together for the first time in a LONG time. We kick off this episode with some pop culture topics and science news. From there, we cover the news out of Yuengling in Pottsville, PA and beyond! We talk about the beers we're drinking and how much we love Four Points Brewing. After the beer talk, we rave about Marino's American Eatery and our experience with Josh and the crew last week. We talk a bit about Hitchhiker and going out in the quarantine rule world. We reminisce about Grist House and some of the standby beers they offer and Alex wants them to make Psychedelic Butterfly again. Wrapping up the week we touch on Dancing Gnome's anniversary celebration coming up. Thanks again for listening! Beers We Drank: 4P Marzen - Four Points Brewing (Marzen/Oktoberfest - 5.8%) Hammer & Lime - Hitchhiker Brewing (Cocktail Inspired Ale - 7.5%) Music: All The Way Up - Eddy freemusicarchive.org/music/eddy/2_D…th-CloudBounce

It’s the last ep. of summer so I’m celebrating with the closest thing I have to a beermosa, a fruited sour from Grist House. Join me as I chat with Cody (@Kohlman_Ent) about his fantasy team and a plethora of Steelers related topics. Cheers.

This week “The Legendary Brew Crew” bring Lifestyle and Food Blogger, Coffee tha Foodie and Brewer from Lincoln’s Beard Brewing, Haidar aka Samurai Piggy to the social distancing virtual happy hour. The conversation ranges wide from how they got into craft beer, traveling, exotic food, ultimate marathons, nonprofits, and the tragedy in Beirut. We also had a surprise guests join and share a serendipitous meeting that ended in marriage. In this episode they feature beer from Lincoln’s Beard Brewing, Grist House and Smittox Brewing and Harpoon Brewery. Grab a Drink and Pull Up a Chair! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brewsingbanter/message

Episode 108 : Voodoo New Kensington Nick and Alex are on location this week with Phil from Voodoo New Ken! Phil shares some info about the newest Voodoo location and we share a couple of beers that he brought along to expose us to some new stuff from East End and Inner Groove brewing. We talk about quarantine and what we've all been doing to keep sane. Phil gives us the history of their building and what to expect moving forward with Voodoo New Ken. We touch on Good Vibes being cancelled and talk about the news from Fresh Fest this year. Toward the end we get into can design and Alex rips Grist House's can design again, even though he loves their beer. We talk our favorites and then to finish off a really fun episode we talk about 12oz cans and their designs, hello Brew Gentlemen and look out for Voodoo joining the 12oz gang. Thanks again for listening and go check out Voodoo New Kensington as soon as you can! Beers We Drank: Tranquil Breezes - Voodoo Brewery Pale Ale w/ Idaho 7 - Voodoo Brewery Swimming Jeans - Voodoo Brewery Spring Gardens - East End Straw Hat Strawberry Rhubarb - Inner Groove Fire Fest Reserve - Grist House

Grab your bottles, cans, or glasses because it's happy hour again. I'm joined in person by my best friend Amanda Scrimale to talk about how a Jersey girl became a Pittsburgh Penguins fan, and hear some stories about the 2017 Stanley Cup from her perspective. She doesn't like beer but she humors me by drinking a fruited sour from Grist House, I enjoy a superb smoothie sour from Hitchhiker, and we have a grand old time. Cheers.

This one is for all the beer lovers out there, as I chat all things brews with my pals Zach Rock and Chuck Kelly from the one and only Grist House. I'm drinking a dessert sour from none other than the brewing legend in Millvale. Grab a beer and come hang while we all nerd out. Cheers

It's five o'clock somewhere, which means it's always time for happy hour. Come hang as I drink a smooth and bubblegummy pale ale from Grist House and chat with my pal Smitty from Around The 412, part of the PodHub Network. Cheers

Have you tried puppet karaoke? Did you know that the Puppetry Guild created a finger puppet version of Pittsburgh City Council? In this episode, we talk with artist Dave English about leaving and returning to Pittsburgh, and some of the unique Pittsburgh puppet events.    Dave English is an artist, educator and puppeteer. Visit DavesPuppets.com for more info about his work.    * EVENTS   Check out “The Goonies” on the big screen at The Oaks Theater   * COLLABORATIONS   Check out the braised beef tacos at Baby Loves Tacos in Millvale. The beef is prepared with the Gristly Bear Brown Ale from Grist House Craft Brewery.  Subscribe to The Slaw: Staying on Top of Pittsburgh podcast   The Slaw Podcast is available on: iTunes Spotify   Follow Very Local for more Pittsburgh updates: Very Local Pittsburgh Website Twitter @VeryLocalPGH Facebook Instagram  YouTube   Give Us a Call Have an event we should know about? Know of a partnership we should highlight on the podcast? How about a collaboration? We'd love to hear from you!   We're always looking for new Pittsburgh stories to share. If you leave a message we just might feature your pick in our newsletter or on our podcast.   Give us a call and leave a message. We want to hear from you!   412-368-6595 

This episode, we’re talking about people who are coming to Pittsburgh, whether it’s for work or just visiting.We’ll break down a report that suggests the city might be a better fit for tech workers than the mecca of the digital economy, Silicon Valley (gotta love our standard of living). We’re also talking about a recent article that probes the need for a new hotel at the convention center. (Hint: The answer isn’t very simple.)In between, we welcome the Breaking Brews Podcast’s host Jason Cercone for a chat about the business of beer and Pittsburgh’s place in the industry.This episode is sponsored by WordWrite:Centuries before cellphones and social media, human connections were made around fires, as we shared the stories that shaped our world. Today, stories are still the most powerful way to move hearts, minds and inspire action.At WordWrite, Pittsburgh’s largest independent public relations agency, we understand that before you had a brand before you sold any product or service, you had a story.WordWrite helps clients to uncover their own Capital S Story – the reason someone would want to buy, work, invest or partner with you through our patented StoryCrafting process. Visit wordwritepr.com to uncover your Capital S story.Logan:You are listening to the P100 podcast, the bi-weekly companion piece to the Pittsburgh 100, bringing you Pittsburgh news, culture, and more. Because sometimes 100 words just isn't enough for a great story. Logan:Hello, and welcome to a brand new episode of the P100 podcast. You're here with myself, Logan Armstrong, and co-hosts Dan Stefano and Paul Furiga. Guys, how are you doing?Paul:Great, Logan.Dan:Emphasis on the co-host there. You're the host with the mostest there.Logan:I try to be. I do what I can, but-Paul:Yes he does and he does it well.Logan:I get my mostest from the people I'm surrounded with. On today's episode, we're going to be examining tech jobs in Pittsburgh, and there have been a few recent articles for some vying to leave and some vying to stay that you may have seen. So we're going to be talking about that and seeing how Pittsburgh ranks compared with cities and metros around the country in tech jobs.Logan:Then we're going to bring in our good friend Jason Cercone from the Breaking Brews podcast. He takes a drink from breaking, excuse me. He takes a break from drinking beer and talks about the business side of it.Paul:Wait a minute, that wasn't in this segment. There was no beer drinking?Logan:Unfortunately no.Logan:We asked him about it and he said that he'd be happy to rejoin us.Dan:Logan, let's remember we're talking to the CEO of our company within the office, so no. There's no-Paul:Well that's fine. Let's chat.Dan:We don't have a video of this, but if you could see the winking eye. No, there is no-Logan:No beer during this segment.Dan:Drinking during this segment.Paul:Of course not.Logan:Okay, and then finally we're going to wrap up with what's missing from downtown.Paul:Oh.Logan:Indeed, mysterious.Paul:Question.Logan:That's right. You'll have to stick around to see what we're talking about, but we're in for a great episode so we hope you stick around.Dan:I hope it's not my car or anything.Paul:Okay guys, time to do one of our favorite things on the podcast. Talk about Pittsburgh getting another great national ranking.Dan:Another list, right?Paul:We're on another list.Dan:Yeah.Paul:This one's a good one. Although, if you're in the Silicon Valley area, maybe not so good.Dan:Right.Paul:A couple of weeks ago, Wallet Hub, which is an online service provider that looks at financial things, very popular with millennials.Dan:They make many lists.Paul:They make many lists of many different things. Top places to live in the country for tech workers. Pittsburgh, number five. Silicon Valley, not so high, which caused the San Jose Mercury News, which San Jose's a community that's smack in the middle of Silicon Valley, to write sort of a cheeky little article. Pittsburgh is better for tech workers than Silicon Valley? Question mark. Well, yes, if you want to live affordably, apparently it actually is.Dan:That's completely accurate. Yeah. The Bay Area, it's got to be one of the highest costs of living-Paul:It is actually.Dan:In the country.Paul:It has the highest cost of living in the country. And Logan, you were looking inside some of the rankings, and Pittsburgh ranked in the top 15 in a number of categories, right?Logan:Yes. So the three categories were professional opportunities, STEM friendliness, and quality of life. And Pittsburgh ranked 13th, 14th, and 11th in those, respectively. And some of the reasons that places like San Francisco and the Bay Area didn't rank so highly is that they would rank very high in one or two of these categories. So for example, San Francisco ranked third in both professional opportunities and STEM friendliness but then ranked 63rd in quality of life for reasons we were alluding to earlier. So it's good to see that Pittsburgh ranked in these lists as being as an all around. Maybe it's not top five or the best in STEM friendliness or professional opportunities, but it's well-rounded and our quality of life here is, according to this list, far better than some of our counterparts.Paul:And certainly as the community here has continued to transform, and I'm thinking now of Uber, and Apptive, and Apple's got a good presence in the city. Facebook's virtual reality company, Oculus, is wholly sited here in the Pittsburgh region. We're trying to attract more tech workers and we've got these great university programs, CMU and Pitt at the head of the pack, but others as well, where we're building this tech community. And I guess it does still surprise people in the more traditional communities, but it's legit. There's something going on here.Dan:Right. For better or worse, Pittsburgh will always kind of bring that blue collar atmosphere, that blue collar mentality, a bit rough around the edges. I talk about it all the time, but my wife's family, who, they grew up in California, they all lived in California for a while. They came to Pittsburgh here and they said, "Wow, I had no idea it was this green." So there's always going to be a bit of a stigma that the city carries around, but I think these lists show that to that the news is catching on here. And Pittsburgh is basically known now for the meds and eds and now tech. The reputation is definitely growing here and starting to overcome that stigma.Paul:That perception.Dan:Yeah. But there's ... Well, not to be Debbie Downer or play devil's advocate here, there are still the legacies of that history here that carries on, especially in our environment.Paul:Yeah. We still have work to do, that's for sure. I can remember when I first moved back to this region from the Washington DC area. I had a job in the south side and what is now South Side Works was still a working steel mill, and as I would drive across the Birmingham Bridge every morning, the smell of burning coke was my appetizer before breakfast.Logan:Morning coffee.Dan:That'll wake you.Paul:And there's been plenty of coverage, and legitimately so, that we still have environmental problems in the region. And certainly one of the reasons why the Bay Area, Silicon Valley, is disadvantaged on a list like this, is because there's such a huge economic disparity there. It's the most expensive metropolitan area in the country. Ours is not. Part of the reason Pittsburgh's so affordable, the collapse of the steel industry and heavy industry. So there's all this housing stock and we didn't have the kind of inflation maybe that a place on the coast like San Francisco has had, but we have economic disparity too, and that's something that we have to work on too.Dan:Right. I think that's being recognized now. We talked about a couple episodes ago here, that the city is starting to take a hard look at itself, especially in terms of the racial inequalities that exist here.Paul:Yes.Dan:Again, the three of us aren't the best people to speak to this. We don't live the same experiences that a lot of people do in this city, but we can play a role by listening and being active and playing a part in recognizing that. And trying to create opportunities, being part of the solutions here. It's going to take a long time for Pittsburgh to completely shrug off some of the legacies that came from the 20th century here, some of the stuff that might be dragging down the city, but we can do it.Paul:We absolutely can. And if we can, we'll put in the show notes, there have been a couple of interesting public source articles that have dug into some of these issues, and I was reading-Dan:Quite a battle in tech, here.Paul:It was a battle in tech, and there's one written by a fellow named Noah Theriault, I believe that's how his name is pronounced, and he's at CMU. And the conclusion of this article, which you found, Dan, I thought was really interesting. He said "Here many of us who come here for opportunities in the city's universities, hospitals, and tech firms, do so in a state of willful ignorance. We take advantage of the low cost of living, we relish the walkability of the neighborhoods. We gentrify. Many of us smugly believe that we are the city's rebirth, the salvation from rust and blight. Too few of us learn about the historical and ongoing realities that make it most livable." And I think that's something that's really at the heart of what we need to remember. It's great to be on lists like this, but really there is no Nirvana -Dan:Right?Paul:That exists among places to live in this country. We have work to do too.Dan:It's hard to put a number on somebody's personal experiences here. I think that's the crux of what you were talking about there.Paul:Exactly. Exactly.Dan:All right. We're here with Jason Cercone. He's the chief brand officer at Breaking Brews, also the founder there and they're a content network and digital resource platform for people in the beer industry. Not only that, he hosts the Breaking Brews podcast, which takes a pretty unique look at the beer industry. They focus a lot on the business side of things. So Jason, thanks for being here.Jason:Thanks for having me guys.Dan:Awesome. Okay. As we mentioned, what you like to do with Breaking Brews your podcast and kind of spins off of your business. You look at a pretty different side of things in the spirits industry, in the alcohol industry there, that people don't think of all the time and that's actually selling the stuff and getting it out there, right? Yeah.Jason:Yeah. What I discovered was there are a lot of podcasts dedicated to drinking beer and reviewing and having fun and those podcasts are all great, but I wanted to bring something different to the podcast world. And I started looking at the fact that we don't have a ton of podcasts that are dedicated to the business side. Which talks about sales and marketing and distribution, all those different facets that are very important and very critical to the beer world. That was where it really started to ... or where I really started to make it take off. And I talked to a lot of industry professionals that felt the same way. They said when they're cleaning kegs and doing some of the horrible work that goes on in the brew houses that they want to put on a good podcast and listen to something that they can learn from, and that was the resource I wanted to put out there for them.Dan:Right, well the industry's really exploded as far as the craft production or the craft beer segment goes. I think ... I'm just looking at some facts here from the Brewer's Association, retail sale dollars of craft beer in 2018, I think the most recent year of stats was $27.6 billion. You said you've seen that since you started the Breaking Brews podcast yourself, you started about four years ago, or is that just your business?Jason:Breaking Brews itself started back in 2014. This is actually my third iteration of a podcast. I actually did one, like I was saying before, where we just sat around and drank beer, and that got old after a while.Dan:Why aren't we doing that right now?Jason:That's a very good question. I know. I was quizzed on that when I walked in the door, why I didn't bring beer and I'm starting to regret that.Dan:We'll just have our first kegger podcast, here.Logan:Yeah, well that'd make for some good conversation, that's for sure.Dan:That's a great idea.Jason:I'm always happy to come back for a second round if you guys want me to bring some-Dan:Right.Jason:Good drinks.Dan:Great idea. But yeah, as we were talking about the industry is just enormous right now. We're seeing that too in Pittsburgh, right?Jason:Absolutely. Yeah. I mean when I started things in 2014, there was probably maybe a dozen local craft breweries and now you look at the landscape, there's over 50 throughout the region. It's incredible. So many of them are doing great products and getting it out to bars around the area and also creating an awesome taproom experience too.Dan:Why do you think that is?Jason:Pittsburgh loves its beer, man.Dan:Yeah.Jason:But overall I think that ... I mean we haven't ... we hear the talk about the bubble a lot and has craft beer reached its saturation point. And I've always been a firm believer that we haven't even come close because we're not even close to the number that we had, or number of breweries we had before prohibition.Dan:Yeah.Jason:I mean we're creeping up, we're getting close, but the population of all these different cities and states across the country is so much higher. And when I go out to events and I do samplings and I talk to beer drinkers, a lot of folks still really aren't aware of what's going on in the craft beer industry. So there's still a lot of education that we can provide and that was one of the main drivers of Breaking Brews was putting some education out there so people can better understand what's going on in the industry and what's going on with these products.Logan:That's an interesting benchmark that you mentioned there that the number of brewers before the prohibition. Is that a common milestone in the craft beer business? And are there things that were happening back then that are happening now? The same way?Jason:I think it's, it's obviously changed a lot in regards to how beer is made. Brewers have pushed the envelope to the furthest degree possible and then a little bit more. You see a lot of crazy ingredients going into beers that probably pre-prohibition they weren't putting donuts into stouts and Twinkies-Logan:What were they doing?Jason:Breakfast cereal. I know it's like they weren't living their best life at all. However, a lot has changed. It's just the question of people's tastes have changed too and it's what do they want? And that's what these brewers are constantly trying to stay on top of, is what does the beer consumer want to drink today? And that's why I think you see such a variety out there in the market.Dan:Is it fair to say that it's easier to start a brewery round now or at least, somebody can be in their basement and actually trying to kickstart their own beer?Jason:That's probably the biggest misconception is that it's so easy to start a brewery because it's like any other business.Dan:Look, I've seen the Drew Carey show and he had a brewery in his basement. I know how this works .Jason:That's one of the big problems when you see some of these breweries that come out and their beer really isn't that great. They're standing around with their friends in a circle and all their friends are drinking their beer saying, "This is the best beer I've ever had. You need to start a brewery." And that's all well and good, but if they don't have a business sense that goes along with making a good product or even a subpar product, if they don't manage it properly, it's just not going to succeed. So it's just like anything else. I think that the barriers to entry are a little bit less because a lot of people have done it, but the smart thing to do would be go into it knowing that it's a business and you have to do all the things that you would normally do to run a business, or partner with somebody that can handle that end of your business for you.Logan:Partner with someone like Jason, Jason Cercone.Jason:I am for hire. I am here if anybody needs assistance. I'd be happy to help.Dan:Have you ever, you yourself, have you ever actually started ... Well maybe not started your own brewery, but have you ever brewed your own drafts?Jason:I've partnered and done some collaboration beers with a few different breweries across town. I did an event last year where I partnered with Yellow Bridge Brewing out in Delmont. I just went out and brewed with them for the day and I was able to say that I helped and I call that a collaboration. And I've done that with a couple of other breweries too. And that's fun. I mean that's the brewing side of it for me. I've always been more of a beer drinker and I like to obviously talk about it and promote it and market it. Brewing it just wasn't really something I wanted to do full time. It's a hard job. I think that's where a lot of people look at that like a glamorous thing and brewers will tell you, those are long days. It's very industrial and they work their asses off to put together a good product. End of the day, they are dog tired.Dan:Sure.Jason:So yeah, important. If you're going to be a brewer, know you'll be working hard.Dan:Right. We talk about hard work there. We're talking about having a good business sense. What do you see are some of the secrets to say these successful craft brewers and the people that maybe ... even some of these breweries that say are smaller, let's think about Southern Tier years ago, nobody knew who they were. Now they've got their own brewery on the North shore and what are some of the secrets to some of these businesses that have made it?Jason:I think it's understanding how to grow and being very deliberate about it and not trying to just shoot the moon right out of the gate. Obviously you have to establish a loyal fan base and make good product at the same time. But if you try to go too heavy, if you're a small local brewery and you try to make a statewide distribution, your number one priority, chances are you're not going to succeed because you don't have the liquid to supply the markets. So there's a lot of different aspects that you have to look at, but probably the most important is to use a popular phrase of our time, stay in your lane, and understand what it takes to build that brand from the ground up.Jason:Don't try to get too far ahead of yourself before you're ready. And then once the time comes where you've established that brand, then you can start looking at ... popular thing now other than distribution is looking at secondary spaces. We're starting to see some breweries in the Pittsburgh area open up secondary spots so they've proven that their brand is good enough to support it and we wish them the best in carrying that out.Dan:Who would you point to as some really good success stories in the Pittsburgh area then and what they've done successfully?Jason:Oh man, that list is long.Dan:Yep.Jason:Yeah. One of the breweries that I work with, the Spoonwood brewing in Bethel Park.Dan:I was there just this weekend.Jason:Awesome. What'd you think?Dan:I loved it. It was my second time there. I had a great time.Jason:Yeah, they're doing great beer. Great food. It's a great tap room atmosphere. You really can't ask for much more than that. They've been ... they're coming up on five years.Dan:Wow.Jason:And I've been working with them since pretty much the beginning and we've been building that brand and we don't do a ton of distribution, but a lot of the beer that we put out there ultimately was just to build that brand and give people an opportunity to taste it. To where they might say, "Wow, this is in Bethel Park. I'm going to go down there and see what else they have to offer." Another brewery I work with is Four Points Brewing out of Charleroi. They've ... just under two years old at this point, actually just about a year and a half now and they're killing it. They're doing some great beer and then you've got a lot of the names that people hear of all the time, like your Grist Houses and your Dancing Gnomes and Voodoos and Hitchhikers of the world. Again, we could sit here and do a whole podcast where I just rattle off the list because there's a lot of good beer happening.Dan:Well, you're in luck, our next segment, we're going to list breweries for the next 25 minutes. All right.Jason:Yeah. Close off with reading the phone book.Dan:Exactly.Jason:Riveting radio.Logan:Now you've learned a lot of these techniques and methods. You have over 20 years’ experience in marketing and sales. Did that start off in beer, or and if not, how did you navigate into the beer industry from that?Jason:That was ... I mean that was broken compasses for days, man, that was ... No, it did not start in beer. I've been working in the beer industry – counting what I did with starting Breaking Brews – for going on six years now. I sold cell phones right out of college, landed at Enterprise-Rent-a-Car for several years after that. Ran Hair Club for Men here in Pittsburgh for about four years. And with Breaking Brews, when I started it, it was ultimately just to build something that I felt was a good resource that could teach people how to gravitate to these beers in a very approachable way. Because as I learned, a lot of people just weren't aware of what was happening around them. So I was able to parlay my skillset from all my years in the professional world into a business that now I can help the breweries and help the different businesses that I work with do sales and marketing and create a good customer experience. All those good things, all things that are very important to building a good brand.Dan:Bring it back a little bit locally here to ... Pittsburgh I feel like is ... we've got a pretty special relationship to beer here. And it's some pretty big names in terms of, you think of Iron City, Duquesne, there's obviously Rolling Rock used to be around. How do you feel like the city's adopted and adapted to this craft brewing? I don't know if you could call it a Renaissance because it hasn't been around until right now, but this upsurge right now that people are ... they are doing with craft brewing.Jason:Yeah I think with the breweries now, I mean obviously as we spoke about earlier, we've got over 50 across the region now. It says a lot for the fact that people are going to go to a good brewery regardless of where they're at. It's become very neighborhood centric where you look like an old neighborhood pub, that's in some respects, being replaced by the local neighborhood brewery. You're seeing them essentially on every corner, quote unquote. And I think that helps with the fact that these guys are able to grow their brands so well because then it expands beyond their neighborhood as well. But yeah, we have a very rich history here in Pittsburgh with beer going back years and years back to ... I mean, Iron City was the beer.Jason:And I think now you're starting to see more of a shift towards the craft brands and many of them have been here for ... You look at East End, they've been here for 15 plus years now and they really were setting some good trends for what could happen and how people could gravitate towards a craft brand. Same with Penn Brewery. I believe 1986, was when they hit the scene. So a lot of good things have come along that have really helped push it forward. And now Pittsburgh is becoming one of those hot beds and I shouldn't say becoming it already is. And probably our closest rival in the state, just like everything else, is Philadelphia. And I think both of us have a tremendous beer scene that we can be proud of.Dan:Yeah. I think if you ever see a Penguins, Flyers game, it looks like more than a few people have beers.Jason:Well now, you see breweries have gotten in with the rivalries, like Grist House, and I'm forgetting the brewery that they partnered with out of Cleveland, they did a Browns, Steelers rivalry beer.Dan:Oh did they really?Jason:Rivertowne and Sly Fox had partnered up a couple of years ago for the stadium series. And they did a ... Glove Dropper was the name of the beer. And they worked together on that and sold it in both markets and worked out really well.Dan:All right Jason, well thanks so much for being here with us, for everybody at home. If you're listening, make sure to visit. If you're interested at all about starting a brewery and perhaps finding ways to market it and get it out to the world, you can go to breakingbrews.com. Look for Jason Cercone and also look for Breaking Brews podcast. You can find that on all the major platforms including Apple podcast, Stitcher, Google play, Spotify, iHeart, all the big ones where you can find us. And Jason, thanks so much for being here.Jason:Thanks again guys. Appreciate it.Logan:Sure thing.Dan:Great.Logan:Centuries before cell phones and social media, human connections are made around fires, as we shared the stories that shaped our world. Today stories are still the most powerful way to move hearts and minds and inspire action. At WordWrite, Pittsburgh's largest independent public relations agency, we understand that before you had a brand, before you sold any product or service, you had a story. WordWrite helps clients to uncover their own Capital S Story. The reason someone would want to buy, work, invest, or partner with you through our patented story crafting process, visit WordWritePR.com to uncover your Capital S Story.Paul:It's now time to talk about the biggest building that is not in the downtown skyline. We are talking about what is known in the travel trade as a headquarters hotel. In other words, if Pittsburgh were to host a very large convention, a large hotel would be designated as the headquarters hotel. In many cities, this is a large hotel that's attached to the convention center.Dan:Right.Paul:And that typically has somewhere in the neighborhood of a thousand rooms.Dan:Right.Paul:Pittsburgh – yinz don't have one of those n’at.Dan:Oh, they do have a hotel connected to the convention center, right?Paul:Yes, yes. We do the Weston and actually Dan, I'm glad you mentioned that.Dan:Yeah.Paul:Because in the original plans for the convention center development, that hotel was supposed to be about twice as big as it is and if it were, it would be the size of a headquarters hotel.Dan:Sure. Well, I think that is, it's interesting that you're bringing this up and I think we rewind a little bit. The reason we're bringing this up is, on February 3rd, in the Post-Gazette, Craig Davis, who used to be the CEO of Visit Pittsburgh.Paul:Yes.Dan:Yeah. Visit Pittsburgh is the local-Paul:It's the Convention and Visitor's Bureau in part supported byPaul:Our tax funds and they promote the city to businesses like conventions.Dan:Right, yeah.Paul:But also to leisure travelers.Dan:Draw people into the city. Yeah, it's important. Yeah. This article, what it did with, again with Craig Davis here, he had a piece of parting advice for Pittsburgh is how Mark Belko, the writer introduced this and he did a really nice job with this piece. Craig wanted to build a convention center hotel.Paul:Right.Dan:And that's what we're talking about here. And there's a lot of back and forth about whether it should be done, whether ... what kind of impact it would bring on the city here. And he had some really good information about it, yourself, but a lot of people, they want to see more here. And that's what we're talking about today.Paul:Right. So in the tourism and convention industry in Pittsburgh, this is the third rail of politics. Nobody really wants to talk about it. And I look at this article in the Post-Gazette, Visit Pittsburgh, great organization. Craig Davis, very effective leader and he's been hired to run a similar organization in Dallas. Smart person. He's in Dallas now, so he can kind of say, what maybe he couldn't say before when he was in Pittsburgh. And for people in his business, his line of work, you need to have a convention center hotel. The thing is, to build that would cost about, Oh, kind of like the same amount of money to build PNC Park or Heinz Field.Dan:Right? Yeah. In this article here, they have an estimate of $350,000 to $400,000 a room to build.Paul:Or in other words-Dan:That's all.Paul:Yeah. $240 million.Dan:Right. That's for a 600-room hotel.Paul:Exactly.Dan:Yeah.Paul:It's a lot of money. And it was not easy to get PNC Park and Heinz Field built. There was actually a referendum on the ballot one year that failed. It was called the Regional Renaissance Initiative. I mean we put renaissance in the name of everything, don't we? And it was after that, that a deal was brokered. A lot of critics said behind closed doors and smoke-filled back rooms that wound up producing Heinz Field and PNC Park. There doesn't seem to be a lot of political appetite for spending that kind of money, again.Dan:Right.Paul:On something like a convention center hotel.Dan:Again here, Mark did a great job with this article here and he put it pretty succinctly here. He said, "In recent years, Davis' pitch has landed with all of the enthusiasm of a root canal."Paul:Yes.Dan:I don't know about you guys, I get too enthusiastic over root canals, but I suppose not many other people do, but the article does bring up a good point. That there's been a recent hotel building boom in the region, in the downtown area, particularly across the river. Some other smaller hotels that have cropped up here and there, the Marriotts and whatnot.Paul:Many. You could throw a rock from where we sit right now, we can hit the Monaco.Dan:Absolutely, yeah.Paul:Throw it across the way, hit the Embassy Suites. We've got the William Penn, which has been here for a long time. The Drury is in the old federal reserve building.Dan:Right and that's just a block away from the convention center. But the kind of full service hotel that, again, this is from the article here that Mr. Davis would see here, that would require huge public subsidies. And that's-Paul:Yes.Dan:I think the sticking point that it comes down to.Paul:That is the third rail part.Dan:Whether we want this here and I think it's one of those things where you balance. You say, "How much are these conventions going to be worth compared to the costs, the investments that you have to make in a city here." And it could take a while until the scales tip one way.Paul:Well, and what's very interesting about this is, there are statistics, there don't seem to be any statistics readily available to say, "Yes, Pittsburgh, you should do this." What we tend to fall back on, are a couple of really great seminal events. First was the Bassmaster Classic several years ago. And still of course people who don't know Pittsburgh want to depict it as a smoky mill town. And we had this freshwater national competition for bass fishing. And it went off really great. And that's led, as Mark Belko's article points out to Visit Pittsburgh getting into seeking sports events. And we've had, I can't believe this, I didn't even realize this number, 22 NCAA championship events have been held in Pittsburgh and we've got more coming.Dan:Yeah. Just recently they had the National Women's Volleyball championship out here.Paul:Yeah.Dan:And I think a big part of that comes down to, they now have a world-class arena to do it in.Paul:Yes.Dan:Where Civic Arena definitely showed its age after a while.Paul:Right.Dan:That plays a different part here. But certainly the downtown hotel building boom assists with that.Paul:Absolutely. Absolutely.Dan:Convention centers is ... that's a little different. And again, I think what, Craig Davis is trying to say here is, having it connected to the convention center, people love that. It's very convenient just to grab an elevator, have a little sky walk over to the convention center. It's not always a feasible immediately though, it's nice to think of these things, but it's hard to find room for it. And whether you're going to supplement what is already there or again, it takes money.Paul:Well, my point about Bassmaster, the other thing that happened of course was the G20 in 2009. Those two events put Pittsburgh, reputation-wise, on a world stage. In the article, Mark Belko talks about Milwaukee, which is a nice enough town and they have a baseball team that has a better record over the last decade of a postseason-Dan:They spend more than the Buccos, but that's a-Paul:They do.Dan:That's a whole other podcast.Paul:However, in terms of the hotel market, not quite the same size as Pittsburgh and they're getting the Democratic convention this year.Dan:Absolutely.Paul:Why does Pittsburgh not have that sort of convention? And if we did, aside from the monetary benefits of the convention itself, what would it do for the city in terms of raising the reputation even more and bringing more convention business to Pittsburgh? It's hard to say. It's also hard to argue that it was really cool to have Bassmaster or certainly the President and world leaders for the G20. That was awesome exposure for Pittsburgh. This is kind of a question of how much is the region willing to spend? And apparently it's going to have to spend something, in order to create that kind of environment.Dan:I think what's important when you look at these national conventions, particularly in the political arena, that is strategic by the parties too.Paul:Oh yes.Dan:Wisconsin's very important in this upcoming election to the Democrats. As is Pennsylvania.Paul:Right.Dan:But they were also in Philadelphia not that long ago, so do they want to spend so much more time in Pennsylvania and look, Wisconsin, the people ... whenever they do the Monday morning quarterbacking of that election, they did not spend all the time there. So it's ... they're showing ... it's a quite a statement that they are spending the time in Milwaukee for this upcoming convention. But it also shows that if Milwaukee can host something like this, then, so can Pittsburgh.Paul:Why not Pittsburgh, yeah.Dan:I think Pittsburgh actually held the very first Republican convention that was back in the 1860s or so. And we had the hotel rooms for that one, I guess. You know.Paul:We did.Dan:Yeah.Paul:Well, country was a little smaller then.Dan:Indeed. Yeah.Paul:Might be a difference, but I think this is a topic we're going to come back to again, so we wanted to put it out there for everybody. Again, props to Mark Belko and his article and the truth speaking, shall we say, of Craig Davis. We'll have to watch the skyline and see where this one goes.Dan:Well, most importantly, just as a final coda to this, and Mark's article did describe this a bit at the end, for the leaders that want to see this kind of change, that want to see a hotel down here, they have to show their work. It has to be ... You have to come to ... with studies from respected institutions, respected people, who are proving that, "Okay, hey, when Milwaukee hosted this type of thing, if they had a hotel here, this is the impact that they would have got."Dan:There are other areas here in Louisville and Columbus that are building hotels. What will those hotels do for their ability to draw conventions? Are they stealing them from Pittsburgh? You have to come up with that information. You have to present it to the leaders, not only in our government, but the community to approve ... like, "Hey, okay, some of tax dollars should go to this."Paul:Absolutely.Dan:And if you can do that, if you can convince enough people, then maybe it happens. But that stuff takes some time too.Paul:Well, and just a final thought on this since Craig Davis left Visit Pittsburgh, they are engaged in a search for a CEO. So I would expect that once a new CEO is named, one of the first things that we should be looking for, is some thinking around this topic.Dan:Absolutely.Logan:And we are well beyond 100 words today. Thank you for listening to the P100 podcast. This has been Dan Stefano, Logan Armstrong, and Paul Furiga. If you haven't yet, please subscribe at p100podcast.com, or wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter at Pittsburgh100_ for all the latest news updates and more from the Pittsburgh 100. 

In episode 151, Tony & Eddie take some time to sift through this year's beers, movies and even the video games they've chatted about on the show and they call out their top 3 choices. It's like the Cinemantics Award Show, perhaps. The boys had a blast this episode reliving some of the bests of the year and they even spend some time talking about the worsts. We thank you all for listening to us this year and we're really looking forward to 2020 and some changes to the show. Stay tuned for more details!

Episode 83 : A Very Special Recap All three brothers are together this week and we're gearing up from Christmas. Alex attended Fire Fest at Grist House and he has OPINIONS. We riff on Bill Simmons ‘Hot Takes' with Christmas/Holiday things. We grind through this episode and holiday music takes the driver's seat with our A Very Special Christmas Bracket! Vote now on twitter for round one! Beers We Drank: Maple Sleeping Forever - The Veil (Imperial Stout aged in Maple Bourbon Barrels - 13%) Lacto-Kooler (Orange) - Voodoo Brewing (Berliner Weisse - 5.5%) Hazedelic Juice Grenade - Grist House (IPA - 6.4%) Dbl ____ Mango - Dancing Gnome (Sour Ale - 7.0%)

In this episode of The Slaw: Staying on top of Pittsburgh, we talk to Jessa Gibboney about slow fashion in Pittsburgh. Jessa is a Very Local contributor who writes about small business and has profiled several local vintage shops for Very Local. For our collaboration of the week, we spotlight the monthly Pittsburgh Record Night.  We've got the details on what to drink and how to stay warm at Grist House's Fire Fest.   Jessa Gibboney on Slow Fashion in Pittsburgh Meet Jessa Gibboney  Jessa's website is Wavy Alabaster and she is also a contributor to Very Local. You can follow Jessa on Instagram @Jessa_Gibboney & Twitter @Jessa_Gibboney.  Jessa's style influences: Nature Her daughter Leandra Medine, founder of the blog Man Repeller Stella McCartney   What is slow fashion? Jessa and Stephanie discuss some of the ideas of slow fashion - thrifting and reuse, and the idea of being more mindful about what you are purchasing.    From Wikipedia:  Slow fashion, the alternative to fast fashion and part of what has been called the "slow movement", advocates for principles similar to the principles of slow food, such as good quality, clean environment, and fairness for both consumers and producers.   The term slow fashion comes from this 2007 article in The Ecologist by Kate Fletcher.    Pittsburgh Secondhand stores for kids Kid to Kid - North Hills Once Upon A Child - Monroeville Bellwood Preschool KidsStuff Sale - a consignment sale to benefit the school    Slow Fashion in Pittsburgh Knotzland (website) Nisha Blackwell makes bow ties with repurposed textiles.    [Read our story on how Knotzland was featured in a YouTube ad]   Highway Robbery Vintage (website)  Now offers reworked vintage    [Read our story on Highway Robbery Vintage's shop on Carson Street]    Old Flame Mending (website) Clothing repair in Pittsburgh Style 412 (website) Pittsburgh fashion collective More Slow Fashion Resources Fashion Revolution Slow Fashion Season - a challenge where consumers agree to give up shopping for three months Jessa's Favorite Vintage & Thrift Stores   Three Pigs Collective // Lawrenceville ruhling woven // Lawrenceville Kid to Kid // North Hills  Highway Robbery Vintage // Southside Red White & Blue on Ohio River Blvd. A very Pittsburgh Collaboration: Pittsburgh Record Night Pittsburgh Record Night is a bring-your-own record night that takes place at The Park House on the first Saturday of the month.     Follow PghRecordNight on Facebook for updates.    EMBED: https://www.instagram.com/p/ByMIXq4BlOC/   Events: Fire Fest @ Grist House on Saturday, December 7. We've got all of the details on Grist House's Fire Fest here. Note that this is Fire Fest, not Fyre fest. Grist House points out that FEMA tents will not be needed for this event.    EMBED: https://twitter.com/VeryLocalPGH/status/1201916458638479364 Give Us a Call Have an event we should know about? Know of a partnership we should highlight on the podcast? How about a collaboration? We'd love to hear from you!   We're always looking for new Pittsburgh stories to share. If you leave a message we just might feature your pick in our newsletter or on our podcast.   Give us a call and leave a message. We want to hear from you!   412-368-6595    * Please note, By leaving a message on this service, you consent to your voice being recorded and used by Very Local Pittsburgh in The Slaw podcast and elsewhere. Subscribe to The Slaw: Staying on Top of Pittsburgh podcast   The Slaw Podcast is available on: iTunes Spotify   Follow Very Local for more Pittsburgh updates: Very Local Pittsburgh Website Twitter @VeryLocalPGH Facebook Instagram  YouTube

Quality above all else is the motto at Grist House Craft Brewery. In the midst of expansion, co-founder Brain Eaton and marketing manager Bailey Allegretti stopped by to talk about their new location at the Nike Missile Command Center in Collier, their upcoming Cleveland/Pittsburgh Beer collab, and pour out some of their delicious craft brews. Not to mention a special guest appearance by one of Pittsburgh's premier photographers (and beer aficionado), Dave DiCello! Take a sip of episode 6, and enjoy the PGH BeerCast.

Episode 74 : Socially Mediated Nick and Alex are back this week all by themselves! We covered our social media interactions, reality TV and of course beers! The Dancing Gnome anniversary, Four Points brewing, Grist House, MTV series and fall are all topics we covered plus a bunch more. Listen along! Beers We Drank: bob. - Shubrew (Pineapple Gose - 7.2%) Colloquialism - Dancing Gnome x Vitamin Sea Brewing (DIPA - 8.0%) Udderly Toasted - Grist House x Turner's Dairy Farm (Dessert Stout - 10.0%)

In episode 139, Tony & Eddie take a stroll down memory lane (in some ways), this week as they discuss the live-action remake of Disney's Aladdin (2019). You all heard about the internet fallout over Will Smith's genie here. We saw it on Twitter. We read about it in the news... but does it ruin this movie? Is it actually fantastic? The boys also review two new brews this week on the show. Tony sampled an Evil Genius Brewing Trick or Treat and Eddie tried a new one from Grist House called Solar Submarine. If you like a pumpkin brew, or are a fan of desert sours - then this is the episode for you.

Episode 69 : The Nicest Episode This week we have a gaggle of guests! Nick and Alex are joined by Sara, Jake, Austin and Anthony (all returning guests for the nicest episode)! Alex shouts out Grist House! Nick reminds you about Steel City Fall Festival! Tickets are still available! Concerts and travel take the forefront next. Jake went to Great Notion for some coloring books. Anthony is moving to Philly! Austin went to Troegs in Hershey. Alex asks about everyone's top 3 beer styles for this summer. Jake is the proudest international traveler. Target self checkout anxiety is real when you travel internationally. Hard seltzer and La Croix come up. Spam flavors and space crimes happen. Our favorite Vines make an appearance. We revisit the Yankee Candle conversation and then talk about stand up comedy. Anthony is going to Boulder this weekend. Jake professes his love for Tim Horton's. As we wrap this week, Alex bitches about content and Jake will be on LIVE next week in studio!

This week we chat about another rickhouse that burned down, big news for the Coopers Hawk Winery & Restaurants and local YIEF happenings. We had the privilege to taste some sour beers from the Grist House Craft Brewery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the spirit was Old Bardstown Bourbon Whiskey. Our good and bad customer of the week: those who use the call ahead policy and those that like to order the impossible drink. Important Links: Grist House Craft BreweryOld Bardstown Bourbon Whiskey

In episode 126, Tony & Eddie check out Brie Larson out there kicking cosmic ass in Captain Marvel (2019). The boys love a great comic flick, as all you Cinefantics know...but did Captain Marvel scratch that itch? How did the most powerful character in the MCU fair? Would the boys recommend this one to mima? Tune in to find out! Aside from commenting on photon blasts and 90s pop culture references, Tony & Eddie also sampled some new beers from Grist House and New Belgium. This was a win across the board on the beer front. Grist House's Carrot Cake inspired sIPA series didn't disappoint. Neither did New Belgium's Liquid Paradise IPA. It's summer and you know that means the boys want sweet, dank, hoppy brews. Check out this week's episode for more info on these excellent candidates for summer sippin'.

Episode 56: Pittsburgh Brewery Anniversary Bonanza! This week the brothers get back to recapping the weekly events. We review all the anniversaries and parties coming up for Memorial Day weekend and beyond! Grist House, Hitchhiker and Brew Gentlemen all celebrate 5 years! As we cover all the can/beer releases going on these next 2 weekends, we talk about all the podcasts (fake) that we run too. To wrap this episode, Jake recaps his travels to San Francisco, or “Frisco” for those who are wrong, and really takes us down the rabbit hole of California craft beer. Beers we drank: NeverGonnaGetIt3 - The Veil (Sour Ale - 5.3%) Magic Mushroom Pixelated IPA - ShuBrew (NEIPA - 7.5%) Tropical Whip - Levante (Sundae IPA - 6.9%)

Adam and Steve go back to the well and focus on wheat beers. They talk about investing in Abjuration, Grist House's 5th year anniversary, Untappd's beerfest stumbles, and Nicaragua Craft Beer Co coming to America. Then they review the documentary Poured in PA available now on Amazon Prime. Finally with the ending of Game of Thrones, they pitch to breweries what the next shows to get a line of TV beers should be.Beers: Duclaw Brewing Funk Blueberry Citrus Wheat Harpoon UFO Big Wit Ship Bottom Brewing Beach Patrol Hefeweizen

SESSION SUMMARY: As has become the routine on the Breaking Brews Podcast, we aim to deliver content that can help in all aspects of beer marketing. From social media to email marketing to event management to everything in between, the goal of each session is to provide some tips, strategies, and knowledge you can implement into your own practices - no matter where you're listening to this podcast from. In today's session, host Jason Cercone is joined by Bailey Allegretti, Marketing Manager for Grist House Craft Brewery in Pittsburgh, PA. Bailey has been working with the brewery in this position for over a year as of the release of this podcast and has helped implement several strategies and initiatives that have helped solidify Grist House as one of the most popular breweries in the Steel City. Bailey shares some background about her experience in the beer industry, starting off with obtaining some well-rounded experience in organization, social media, and brewing in her role at Copper Kettle Brewing Company, an on-premise brewing facility that once functioned in Pittsburgh that allowed individuals to schedule appointments to make their own small batches of beer, then package and take home their finished liquid upon completion. After a brief stint outside the beer world, Bailey knew she wanted to be in the industry and the role she earned at Grist House helped her do just that. Since taking over the role of Marketing Manager, Bailey has helped streamline Grist House's online approach and has added consistency to all initiatives. She has utilized each network to communicate with the thirsty beer community in Pittsburgh and also shares relevant content about the brand, including their expansion project that will see the brewery renovate and move their beer production to a former Nike missile control center in Collier Township in the near future. Bailey and Jason discuss many facets of beer marketing throughout this session, including: Ways to build an effective newsletter that people will want to read The power of Facebook's event management platform and how a well-managed event entry can not only lead to a successful event, but help your brand visibility overallThe importance of appealing aesthetics in can artWhy clean glassware is important (yes, this topic came up again)Things to do and things not to do with your social media accountsOther areas where you can effectively build your brand presence besides the popular social media networksIf you'd like to check out Bailey's work via the Grist House digital presence, the links to do just that are right here:Website | Facebook | Instagram | TwitterMUSIC CREDIT: All music in today's session of the Breaking Brews Podcast is courtesy of purple-planet.com.

In episode 118, Tony & Eddie dance and sing and ... OK, they don't do any of that, but they do talk about the newest reboot/revisit from Mary Poppins. In Mary Poppins Returns (2018) Emily Blunt takes on the role and although she doesn't disappoint, the film itself doesn't exactly live up to the nostalgia the boys had for the original. There's good stuff in this film, it's just watered down most of the time. The boys also tried a new, cleverly named (of course) beer from Evil Genius and another from Grist House. If you love sour beers or hip names on your brews - this is the episode for you.

Podcast 45 : Austin, Grist House, and “The Article” Beers we drank: Stunt Double - Funk Brewing (Imperial IPA - 7.7%) Super Sap - Treehouse Brewing Co (Double IPA - 7.9%) Big Secret Pizza Party - Voodoo Brewery (IPA 7.9%) Alter Ego - Treehouse Brewing Co (IPA - 6.8%) Surprise! Its Another IPA (Government Shutdown DIPA) - St. Boniface Craft Brewing Co (DIPA - 9.3%) Beers/Breweries we discussed: Grist House Helicon Brewing Sierra Nevada Sam Adams New Belgium Hitchhiker Brewing Co. Trillium Treehouse Evil Twin The Answer Four Points Brewery Dancing Gnome, surprise! Eleventh Hour Leaning Cask

Podcast 38: The Yearly Re-cap We do a year in review! (Shocker!) Everyone go check their untappd year in review and follow along with us! Dog friends Hercules and Jackson join us by destroying dog toys! Beer #1: Brut IPA - New Belgium (6.8% Brut *duh* IPA) Alex said the beer guy at Liberty beer said this was very forgettable. Very light body and seems under carbonated for the style. We talked about all our New Year celebrations. Alex had a rowdy time. Alex made some calculations about how much we all spent at Dancing Gnome this year (Hint: it's more than we would all like to admit) and our favorite beer people. Our first segment was about beer trends in 2018. - Sours were up first - Hazy IPAs were the top dog for sure - Milkshake IPAs Beer #2: Sparkler - Sixpoint (7% Brut IPA) Pours very cloudy but definitely has a lighter color and a lot of carbonation. Ryan discussed his favorite beers/breweries from his travels this year. Noble Creature was one of his highlights in Youngstown, OH. Alex had some fun in Cleveland this year. We all appreciate his discovery of Platform beer. Ryan recounted his trip to Jacksonville and how impressed he was with everyone in the chain restaurants having local state beers on tap. We explore the idea of online reviews and how much weight they carry in choosing your nightspot or food or whatever else. Segment 2: Favorite beers of the year! Sara: Underscore Passionfruit (Dancing Gnome), Stackhouse Imperial Stout (Charles Towne Fermentory), Permutation #52 (Trillium) Nick: Blueberry Cobbler J.R.E.A.M. (Burley Oak), Gnome's Soul (Barreled Souls/Dancing Gnome), Permutation #52 (Trillium) Ryan: dodged the question and said he liked can designs. Alex: Toucan Slam (Strange Roots), 3 Scoops Passionfruit/Lemonade/Mango (The Answer) Jake: Permutation #52 (Trillium), Very Green (Treehouse) Least Favorite beers: Sara: Mike (Magnify/DG collab) Alex: Lemon Ginger Saison (Platform) Nick: Gorilla Snacks (Burley Oak) Ryan: Nothing particular but he's not a fan of Christmas beers. Jake: His own homebrew was the worst, Backlash beers were very underwhelming, We covered the beer festivals we went to and the good/bad/ugly that came with them. From there we launch into some of the cool bars we visited this year. Segment 3: Podcast Trends Hairwatch 2018 - The story of one man's hair control or lack thereof Catchphrases - “Hello, and welcome!” Merch in 2019 - we're speaking this into existence Memes were fire this year. We hated some words this year Everyone chimes in on our love of Hitchhiker brewery and we're really excited to see what they bring in the new year. Our opinions were very mixed on them and we discuss our thoughts on what they should do. Dancing Gnome was up next on the roast. Some people think they need to sit on their beers a little longer. IPAs need to be fresh, but letting some DG beers sit in your fridge for a week allows it to develop differently. Jake joined us for the end of the cast, and even with good service his service still sucked. Segment 4: Looking forward - 2019 beer trends, festivals, guests and things Travel: Alex wants to get to Bend, OR, Columbus, OH, Ryan is going to Breckenridge, CO Dancing Gnome's Bird series (replacing the Flower series), Dead Sleep, Underscore and Black Clouds. Beer Fests: FreshFest, Dancing Gnome birthday party, Juicy Brews Late Night (Cinderlands/Hop Culture) Upcoming events - Nugget Nectar release this week! Grist House is opening a new location! Check their social media to get the scoop! Let's Get Munsoned - Breaking Brews No-Tap Bowling tournament 2/9/19 The wrap-up: Alex came out to Ryan first and then Nick and Sara which made for a good story. We all really enjoy putting this podcast on and really appreciate our newfound friends and cool people who interact with us. Thank you to everyone who listens to us and we hope you enjoy us as much as we enjoy all of you. Thank you all and cheers to great beers in 2019!

Podcast 35: A Strange Funk We're back with another guest this week! Nikki is in studio with us to discuss the craft beer industry and her experience with our Brewery of the Week - Strange Roots Experimental Ales. Nikki gives us a run down of her history in the industry. She was a bar manager for one of our favorite local restaurants, Mad Mex. She gave us some insight into how the craft selection was made and who she worked with to have on tap at her locations. With almost 20 years of food industry experience she has a few stories to tell. Nikki also works a couple days a week at Strange Roots currently. She was able to shed light on the shipping/purchasing of beer within PA, which is apparently a lot easier if you produce beer in the commonwealth. Beer #1 (Studio) - Ragnarok - Strange Roots (8.2% Wild Ale with Elderberries, Black Currants, Red Raspberries and Black Cherry juice) This one was a carry over from the days of Draai Laag and very much lends to the flavor. Wild fermentation makes this a very tart beer. Brown in color, lots of cherry/berry on the nose but not a lot of barrel flavor. Beer #1 (Jake) - Zing Pop - Strange Roots (9.1% American Wild Ale) Jake said think alcohol Sprite. Very carbonated and floral. We get into the beers Strange Roots makes and the theme here is experimentation and pushing the limits. Behemoth is a 20% barleywine which is crazy for a beer. Jake fires off some questions at Nikki about her favorite breweries and personal beer consumption. We hit on Dancing Gnome and Grist House for cool hang out spots and discuss a little bit about hours and demand. We took a hard right and discussed Ben Affleck's back tattoo. Google it. It's a train wreck. Hercules makes his presence known. Beer #2 (Studio) - Breakfast Superhighway - Platform/Hitchhiker collab (6.8% IPA with milk sugar, citrus zest and breakfast cereal) Nikki was not a fan of this one. It's very bready and fruity and the milk sugar is very present in this beer. From here we went over Platform and Hitchhiker and the experimental styles. We talk about adjuncts in beer, such as ginger, pop tarts, count chocula, etc. Jake dabs and then Alex accuses people of not being able to floss. Not the dance, but the dental care activity. Alex questions his youth because he didn't know what the floss dance was. Looping back to Strange Roots we talk a little about their business tactics and quality control. Nikki gave us her couple of favorite beers from Strange Roots - The Balloonist and Toucan Slam were her favorites. Beer #3 (Studio) - Double Disco - Funk Brewing (7.7% DIPA) A double version of their Silent Disco IPA. This one is hazy and hoppy. Dank and resinous tones but very crisp fruity finish. Nikki's Top 3 beer styles: Session IPAs, Stouts/Porters, Sours/Saisons/Wild ales. Jake gets back on his soapbox about how the brewery bubble is gonna burst, although he thinks Strange Roots is gonna stick around. Toward the end of the podcast, we go off topic and discuss tattoos and artwork. Beer #4 (Studio) - The Balloonist - Strange Roots (8.7% Sour Golden Ale with Orange Peel) Very carbonated. The orange peel lends to the sourness of the beer. Jake is excited about all the travel going on in the next few weeks. We stereotype the pacific northwest including bean boots, beanies and flannels. Nikki enlightens us about how the yeast in wild fermentation works. Hint: It's not an exact science but there is a lot of science involved. From there we get into the inner workings of determining alcohol content. Hydrometers and chromatography are the primary ways to measure ABV %. The debate on whether or not 100% accuracy really matters to the average beer drinker spawns out of this conversation. As we wrap up, we want to extend a huge thank you to Nikki for coming on and shooting the shit with us for an hour and a half. Look for our Christmas episode next week!

Podcast 34: The Maine Event! We're all back together and we're gonna hit it hard with some segments and anniversary parties! Abjuration and Cinderlands both celebrated 1 year this week! Shout out to @canspgh - follow them on instagram! They're posting all the can releases from local breweries so follow along and get some cans! This week's brewery of the week is Maine Beer Company! Fairly new to Pittsburgh, but you can find them at all the great spots around Pittsburgh and in Boston. Alex did his research and found out some very cool things they're a part of and how they've developed their brand. Beers: Lunch - IPA 7.0% (Jake) Another One - IPA 7.0% (Nick/Alex) Obviously we discuss the can [bottle] design and the simplicity is incredibly appealing and extremely recognizable. “Do What's Right” is Maine's motto and we discuss what that means and how they're part of the 1% to the Planet non-profit organization. Nick and Sara went to Cinderlands for their can release on Sunday after their 1 year anniversary Pajama Party on Saturday. They were first in line, btw. We discuss the can design and the anniversary glasses, which we're in love with. Saturday night Nick and Sara hit up Abjuration in McKees Rocks. If you haven't been, you need to get there. Really cool spot with super unique beers and a cool mix of independent brewing and the theatre in the building. Beers: RBWv1.1 - Rice Barleywine - 11% MIPAv1.0 - Milkshake IPA - 7.3% BA-RW v1.2 - Barrel Aged Rye Barleywine - 11.7% Abjuration still has cans of both the RBW and MIPA available. Alex wanted to make this an ASMR episode by eating a cucumber very close to the mic. So we're sorry. Sara and Nick give their reviews of the anniversary beers from Abjuration. Alex adds in his experience with Milkshake IPAs. In the mix with the milkshake IPAs we hit on Grist House's Kaboom Kandy series and how we're excited to try Kapow Kandy. Jake tells us the story of his most recent Treehouse visit. He got a new beer called Snow (a wheat double IPA) and he's really excited about it. He drank Trail Magic (German Pils) on the podcast. Jake reminisces over a year of Cinderlands and his absolute love of their beer. The next beer we sampled is called Just Baked by Hitchhiker. A beer brewed with Samoa cookies, this beer is super dark and flavorful. We launched into a conversation about our favorite Girl Scout Cookies. We set aside Just Baked and picked up Did We Just Become Best Friends? from Hoof Hearted. Thanks to Sean P! Extremely smooth and really hop forward. 8.0% DIPA Nick and Alex got a Nintendo Switch! We're playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and if you wanna play with us, DM us your gamertag and we'll add you! Nick talked about BCBS and the big beer releases. We then changed gears and discussed the Thank U, Next music video. Yeah, we did. Just tune out if you want? And of course this leads into a debate about Hallmark movies… ugh. We wrap up with a giveaway, so listen to the end this week and we appreciate all our listeners. Cheers!

Podcast 30 : Back to the Grind Nick and Alex went to Dancing Gnome. Jake had a visitor. We discuss pizza due to Alberta's and DG having a collab this week called Caligula. Jake said Leone's is no longer the best pizza near his place. Jake took our mutual friend Alexis to a bunch of places and had a much more moderate experience with drinking. Winter Hill was first on the list. Friday they hit up the new Trillium location in Seaport, a hotbed for what Boston has to offer. Beer #1 : Hop Juju - Fatheads (Imperial IPA - 9.0%) Super clear and really hop forward. We miss this kind of beer sometimes and its great to have a refreshing switch to all the hazy beers we're used to. We got off the rails a little bit and discuss our favorite Netflix comedy specials and some off of Netflix stuff too. Of course, the obligatory “Go Vote” conversation. Nick and Sara went to DG on Halloween. Costumes were very few and far between. Blue Sparrow food truck was there and they are awesome people and have GREAT food! We discuss fall/winter beers, again. Alex described his experience with Warlock from Southern Tier brewery. Beer #2 : Chameleon - Grist House (DDH NE IPA - 7.0%) Hazy and juicy, but with enough hops to keep it refreshing. Alex and Nick discuss Grist House's wide variety and the clientele. We went over some of the new beers coming up and we want to know what you guys all drank for National Stout Day! Coming up we'll be drinking a ton of stuff while we're celebrating Danks-giving. Beer #3: Oro Negro(2015) - Jackie O's Brewery (Imperial Stout with habanero - 10.5%) This one mellowed out incredibly over 3 years. There's a little bit of heat finish at the end but the balance is much nicer on this one. Sara joined in for a few minutes to try the Oro Negro. Jake has some comments on Henry Cavill's mustache which spawned a discussion of DC vs. Marvel and the movies overall. Nick, Sara and Alex attended The Community Pour at Lorelei in Bakery Square. We discuss the benefit of community and the ability to come together and support the victims of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting. In the end we discuss upcoming events and celebrations and we're looking forward to having some guests out and celebrating the holidays with our friends/family and of course, beer!

Podcast 15 - It's Her Birthday and She Can Drink if She Wants To! What's Coming Up! Pittsburgh Brewers Guild - Pittsburgh Brewery Guide Launch (August 24th - Nova Place) Couch Brewing - Christmas in July Bingo! (July 25th - Couch Brewery) Shubrew - Magic Mushroom Rerelease (July 27th - Shubrewery) Hitchhiker Brewing - Triple Shakes (July 28th - Hitchhiker Brewing Both Locations) Dancing Gnome - Lustra Day (August 4th - Dancing Gnome Brewery) North Country Brewing - North Country Beer Fest (August 4th - North Country Brewing *Slippery Rock*) Hop Culture - Spooky Brews (October 26th - Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama) Tickets on sale 7/31 (VIP) and 8/2 (GA) Shout out to Cary from Couch for listening to the podcast and enjoying our feedback! Sara and Nick hung out with Steve (head brewer) from Spoonwood Brewing (Pittsburgh, PA) and enjoyed Selfish Pleasure and Addict For Dramatics (Milkshake IPAs - Mocha and Vanilla respectively) We discuss coffee in beer and the wide variety of styles that can be infused with coffee. Beer #1: The Hanging Garden - Foreign Objects (7.0% IPA) Grapefruit and floral tastes make it an easy drinker for a mid tier IPA. Happy Birthday Sara! - She was mistaken for a high school student this week. Jake went to Trillium this week! He's really excited about Backlash opening soon! (We have no idea when they'll be open but they have killer beers according to Jake) Alex, Nick and Sara had a Saturday funday. They hit Dancing Gnome for Bee Balm, followed by Cinderlands (Lawrenceville, PA) and then Grist House for food and beer. Strange Roots and their sours are discussed. Alex likes their beer, but it's strange that they don't branch out more with their second location. Beer #2: Zombie Dust - 3 Floyds Brewing (6.2% Pale Ale) A very well balanced Pale Ale. Clear and malty but drinks like a west coast style ale. Jake tracked down Galactic Double Daisy Cutter in Boston which launched a conversation about Pale Ales. Shout out to Sean P. of Untappd fame for the pick up of Whole Punch: Tangerine from Hitchhiker this weekend! We hit up Cinderlands for Cosmic Cenote and it was a pickle tasting Milkshake IPA. We discuss the evolution of beer and the trends that occur including but not limited to the West Coast IPA and Milkshake IPA. Alex discusses the Hazy craze and the balance in the beer industry. We ask the important question about what is the next big trend? Hitchhiker is a great brewery and we would love for you to check them out! Great beer and great staff. Beer #3: Bee Balm - Dancing Gnome (8.5% IPA)Soft and fruity, but still hop forward... duh. Check out our follow up next week! Lots of releases and new cans incoming!

Notes ep 6 1:05 - Beer #1 Lucid Manatee DIPA (Grist House, Millvale PA) 5:45 - Where's Waldo (Nick/Alex) this week: Grist House, Burgh'ers 12:00 - The Pgh Craft Beer scene and development of neighborhoods 24:20 - Beer Festivals (Juicy Brews: PA, CA, VA; Dark Lord Day: IL; Philly invades Pittsburgh) 27:05 - Beer #2 Stained Glass Ceilings DIPA (Dancing Gnome, Sharpsburg PA) 48:35 - Food Trucks and craft beer, a match made in heaven (Pgh Sandwich Society, Pittsburgh Food Truck Park, Driftwood Oven, Heinz Loft Food Truck Rally) 59:15 - Beer #3 Key Bump NE TIPA (Hoof Hearted, Columbus OH) and IPAs, do we understand what makes it a single (I), double (II), triple/imperial (III), you'll soon be as confused as we are 1:15:25 - Podcast Wrap-up: Dancing Gnome releases - Undrscr Apricurrent, Speedwell, Jake and Ryan return next week, Philly-invades-Pittsburgh Tix available now Twitter: @theweeklyrecap1 Insta: @theweeklyrecap

Amanda and Steve are sharing some exciting new updates between BOLD Sports happenings and Amanda's various ventures. While they're chatting, they're drinking some East End Gratitude. This week our dynamic duo is all about burgers. Grab a bite at BRGR, Mindful Brewing, or Impossible Burger. While you're at, Amanda and Steve are also recommending BRGR and Mindful Brewing for drink recommendations this week. If you're looking for someting to do this weekend, check out Rent at Heinz Hall, the River Hounds' home opener, Free Days at the Carnegie Art Museum, BBQ and Brews at Grist House, or American Spirits at Heinz History Center. Since this is the last weekend for fish fries, be sure to stop by your favorite hook-up for a last serving of fish, fries, and slaw. Of course, this is also Easter Weekend, so be sure to check out whatever community events may be scheduled in your neighborhood! As they do, Amanda and Steve are wrapping this week's episode with their He Said / She Said segment. This week they're talking about 10 sex mistakes people make in their 30s. After the show remember to: Follow the discussion on Twitter (@Boldpgh) You can support the show on Patreon! Remember to check out our friends at River's Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) - and our stream over there! Also, check out BOLDpgh.com and sorgatronmedia.com for more entertainment!

Amanda and Steve are sharing some exciting new updates between BOLD Sports happenings and Amanda's various ventures. While they're chatting, they're drinking some East End Gratitude. This week our dynamic duo is all about burgers. Grab a bite at BRGR, Mindful Brewing, or Impossible Burger. While you're at, Amanda and Steve are also recommending BRGR and Mindful Brewing for drink recommendations this week. If you're looking for someting to do this weekend, check out Rent at Heinz Hall, the River Hounds' home opener, Free Days at the Carnegie Art Museum, BBQ and Brews at Grist House, or American Spirits at Heinz History Center. Since this is the last weekend for fish fries, be sure to stop by your favorite hook-up for a last serving of fish, fries, and slaw. Of course, this is also Easter Weekend, so be sure to check out whatever community events may be scheduled in your neighborhood! As they do, Amanda and Steve are wrapping this week's episode with their He Said / She Said segment. This week they're talking about 10 sex mistakes people make in their 30s. After the show remember to: Follow the discussion on Twitter (@Boldpgh) You can support the show on Patreon! Remember to check out our friends at River's Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) - and our stream over there! Also, check out BOLDpgh.com and sorgatronmedia.com for more entertainment!

Join us as we take a trip to a crowed Pittsburgh invades Philly tap take over and have a conversation with Brian Eaton of Grist House brewing!

This week we're on site at one of Pittsburgh's elite craft breweries, Grist House in Millvale, PA. We sit down with owners/brewers Kyle and Sean to ask them about their roots, the future of the business, dogs, and Penn State. Sam falls back in love a favorite beer of his and Steve finds a new love in a beer. Adam also has a good time.Beers:Grist House Camp Slap RedGrist House Wheat JuuuuuiceGrist House Siberian Highway

Amanda and Steve are enjoying the BEAUTIFUL weather. Their recommendation is to get out and enjoy it while you can - it might be your last opportunity before the weather turns! This week, Amanda and Steve are drinking Hazadelic Juice Grenade from Grist House (via Whole Foods South Hills). Want to know where you should be this weekend? It looks like OTB at the Boat House is your hot spot for food this week. As for where to drink, BOLD suggests anywhere with a patio! This weekend is packed with some fun and exciting things to check out, too. At the top of the list (because Amanda will be there and has helped organize the event) is PodCamp Pittsburgh at Point Park University. Phantom Fright Nights opens this weekend at Kennywood. If you're a Will & Grace fan, 5801 has a watch party for the new season (TONIGHT at 9pm). You can also catch Cocktails and Comedy with a Cause at the Allegheny Inn, Juicy Brews Festival at Dancing Gnome, and free kayaking at the Aspinwall riverfront park for Customer Appreciation Night. As usual, Amanda and Steve wrap up the show with their He Said/She Said segment! This week they're talking about scheduling sex and how to get over a break-up with someone you know is bad for you. After the show remember to: Follow the discussion on Twitter (@Boldpgh) You can support the show on Patreon! Remember to check out our friends at River's Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) - and our stream over there! Also, check out BOLDpgh.com and sorgatronmedia.com for more entertainment!

Amanda and Steve are enjoying the BEAUTIFUL weather. Their recommendation is to get out and enjoy it while you can - it might be your last opportunity before the weather turns! This week, Amanda and Steve are drinking Hazadelic Juice Grenade from Grist House (via Whole Foods South Hills). Want to know where you should be this weekend? It looks like OTB at the Boat House is your hot spot for food this week. As for where to drink, BOLD suggests anywhere with a patio! This weekend is packed with some fun and exciting things to check out, too. At the top of the list (because Amanda will be there and has helped organize the event) is PodCamp Pittsburgh at Point Park University. Phantom Fright Nights opens this weekend at Kennywood. If you're a Will & Grace fan, 5801 has a watch party for the new season (TONIGHT at 9pm). You can also catch Cocktails and Comedy with a Cause at the Allegheny Inn, Juicy Brews Festival at Dancing Gnome, and free kayaking at the Aspinwall riverfront park for Customer Appreciation Night. As usual, Amanda and Steve wrap up the show with their He Said/She Said segment! This week they're talking about scheduling sex and how to get over a break-up with someone you know is bad for you. After the show remember to: Follow the discussion on Twitter (@Boldpgh) You can support the show on Patreon! Remember to check out our friends at River's Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) - and our stream over there! Also, check out BOLDpgh.com and sorgatronmedia.com for more entertainment!

Beers Grist House Flood Line Mindful Brewing Zero Visability KC Bier Helles Free State Iron Man Platform Lawlessness Farnham 65 Rankings: Jeff: 1. Grist House 2. Platform 3. Free State 4. Mindful Greg: 1. Grist House 2. Free State 3. Mindful 4. Platform Social: @craftbeerradio on Twitter CBR on Facebook CBR on Google+ Support CBR: Subscribe or Donate Review CBR on iTunes CBR Amazon Store Try Amazon Prime 30-Day Free Trial Try Audible and Get Two Free Audiobooks Join Amazon Third Party Video Subscriptions Free Trial Join SEESO Free Trial Join SHOWTIME Free Trial Join Amazon Family 30-Day Free Trial Join Amazon Kindle Unlimited 30-Day Free Trial Shop Amazon - Give the Gift of Amazon Prime Shop Amazon - Create an Amazon Wedding Registry Shop Amazon - Create an Amazon Baby Registry Amazon.com - Read eBooks using the FREE Kindle Reading App on Most Devices Shop Amazon - Contract Cell Phones & Service Plans Extras: Preshow Postshow

Beers Grist House Flood Line Mindful Brewing Zero Visability KC Bier Helles Free State Iron Man Platform Lawlessness Farnham 65 Rankings: Jeff: 1. Grist House 2. Platform 3. Free State 4. Mindful Greg: 1. Grist House 2. Free State 3. Mindful 4. Platform Social: @craftbeerradio on Twitter CBR on Facebook CBR on Google+ Support CBR: Subscribe or Donate Review CBR on iTunes CBR Amazon Store Try Amazon Prime 30-Day Free Trial Try Audible and Get Two Free Audiobooks Join Amazon Third Party Video Subscriptions Free Trial Join SEESO Free Trial Join SHOWTIME Free Trial Join Amazon Family 30-Day Free Trial Join Amazon Kindle Unlimited 30-Day Free Trial Shop Amazon - Give the Gift of Amazon Prime Shop Amazon - Create an Amazon Wedding Registry Shop Amazon - Create an Amazon Baby Registry Amazon.com - Read eBooks using the FREE Kindle Reading App on Most Devices Shop Amazon - Contract Cell Phones & Service Plans Extras: Preshow Postshow

Amanda and Steve check out Voodoo Gran Met, Penn Brewery, and Wigle Barrelhouse this week. Want to know where to be seen this weekend? Amanda and Steve are recommending An Act of God, Yoga in the Square, Saturday Night Market, Wry Whiskey-Russian Themed Release Party, Kennywood Kidfest, NKOTB and Paula Abdul, Cornhole at Spoonwood, Anthrocon, and Bark, Bites and Brews at Grist House. As always, Amanda and Steve wrap the show with their segment He Said/She Said talking about contracts for dating and living together, and whether men or women are the bigger babies when it comes to getting sick.

Amanda and Steve check out Voodoo Gran Met, Penn Brewery, and Wigle Barrelhouse this week. Want to know where to be seen this weekend? Amanda and Steve are recommending An Act of God, Yoga in the Square, Saturday Night Market, Wry Whiskey-Russian Themed Release Party, Kennywood Kidfest, NKOTB and Paula Abdul, Cornhole at Spoonwood, Anthrocon, and Bark, Bites and Brews at Grist House. As always, Amanda and Steve wrap the show with their segment He Said/She Said talking about contracts for dating and living together, and whether men or women are the bigger babies when it comes to getting sick.

Amanda and Steve talk Grist House, Brew On Broadway, Primanti Bros., Penn Brewery and more on a NEW BOLD Nights Out!