Podcasts about mraz brewing

In the fiercely competitive world of craft beer, breweries must use all sorts of gimmicks to stand out. This week, your hosts discuss some of those tactics and weigh in on their efficacy, their usefulness, and whether they should stay or go. Also, Jason makes countless Star Wars references and Stephen dreams of blue Jolly Ranchers. Beer Tastings: Jason - Ninth Dimension, Mraz Brewing, Granite Bay, CA. Style: DIPA Stephen - Cookies 'N Cream 'N Chocolate 'N Cookies, Evil Twin Brewing, Brooklyn, NY. Style: Imperial Pastry Stout --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Do you ever find yourself cross-referencing beer review sites like Untappd and Beer Advocate when buying beer or are you normal? This week Jason and Stephen discuss these and other sites, their usefulness, and where they fall behind. Also, both hosts try new styles like they've been promising for a year now. Beer Tastings: Jason - Roots & Wings & Leaves, Mraz Brewing, El Dorado Hills, CA. Style: Saison Stephen - Bigfoot (2022), Sierra Nevada Brewing, Chico, CA. Style: Barleywine Ale --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Host Ben Rice practices shelter in place and social distancing by interviewing Mike Mraz of Mraz Brewing remotely. We chow down on chicken wings with various hot sauces while discussing Mraz's upcoming/postponed 7th anniversary, the coronavirus's effect on Mraz's business, as well as the craft beer industry and small businesses in general, as well as how to stay fit during this shutdown. Plus! Ben reveals how he's raising funds for service workers, teachers, students, and performing arts theaters affected by the shutdown and Mike announces an exciting upcoming collaboration with Red Bus Brewing. All this and more, on episode 124 of Barley & Me. Enjoy! Find out more about Mraz Brewing, their current beer availability, and more, at www.mrazbrewingcompany.com Follow Barley & Me across social media @barleyandmepod Thank you to Granites Famous Cheesesteaks & Wings, on Foothill Blvd, in Roseville, CA, for providing Ben’s hot wings. Order online at www.graniteswings.com or follow them on Instagram @graniteswingsroseville Also, during this crisis, 100% of profits from sales of Barley & Me shirts via Zen-Threads.com will go to Another Round, Another Rally, a charity that supports front- and back-of-house members of the service industry whose wages and benefits may be affected. So grab a shirt and help a good cause and people you love! https://zen-threads.com/collections/beer-wine/products/barley-and-me-podcast-mens-crew-tee?fbclid=IwAR1G_5HJ3NCoWTRgmG6Q2PVALEiJsb1KtHClCaDli0NhsjZsc4KPmWCp_os Ben is also posting #Chugs4Charity videos semi-daily on Instagram (@barleyandmepod), to help raise funds for those affected by this shutdown. You can Venmo Ben ($comedianbenrice) and all money will go to support service industry workers, teachers, students, and performing arts theaters. Do you have a story about racism, sexism, homophobia, or transphobia in the beer industry? You can submit your story anonymously, to be read on a future episode of Barley & Me at https://forms.gle/SmDuBT3zGKxNCVZ757 Intro Music: “Functional Alcoholism” by Be Brave Bold Robot (@bebraveboldrobot) Alternate Intro Music (not featured in this episode): “JamRoc” by Breez (@breeztheartist) Logo by Jessica DiMesio (@alivingclicheart) Speaking of music, bandcamp.com is currently giving 100% of money paid for music directly to the artist, so buy a Breez or Be Bold Brave Robot EP or LP and support your local artists. Cheers!

Season 2: Episode 24

Host Ben Rice travels to El Dorado Hills to talk to Mike Mraz and Lauren Zehnder of Mraz Brewing Company, with guest Melissa McCann, a nationally recognized beer judge, to talk about Mraz's upcoming 6th anniversary (taking place Saturday, March 9, 2019). We dive into Mike's award-winning homebrews, and how that led him to opening his award-winning brewery. We figure out why he chose El Dorado Hills of all places, and sort out sour beers, sports bike racing, and saving space in a brewery and taproom. Plus! How trendy beer affects beer judging, breweries we all look up to, and some European vacation recommendations from people who haven't actually been to the places they're recommending. All this and more, on episode 95 of Barley & Me. Enjoy! Be sure to check out Mraz at their 6th anniversary party and also on social media @mrazbrewingco (Instagram) and @mrazbrewingcompany (Twitter) or at their website, www.mrazbrewingcompany.com. Also, Lauren misspoke during the end: their All Sour Day will be Saturday, April 27, not April 26. Follow the adventures of Melissa McCann on Instagram @obeer1kenobe Be sure to like, subscribe, whatever, to Barley & Me's social media accounts @barleyandmepod This episode is brought to you by ABV Magazine, the Bay Area's best beverage and bands magazine. Check it out for just a buck a month at www.abvmagazine.com This episode is also brought to you by Sacramento Beer Week, starting April 26 and ending May 7. Get info on events, breweries, and more at www.sacbeerweek.com! Intro music: "JamRoc" by Breez (@breeztheartist) Logo by Jessica DiMesio (@alivingclicheart) You can buy Barley & Me t-shirts at Zen-Threads.com (https://bit.ly/BarleyZen) Got questions, comments, concerns, guest ideas? Email host Ben Rice at barleyandmepod@gmail.com  

Host Ben Rice travels to Empress Tavern in Sacramento, CA, on behalf of the California Craft Brewer's Association, to talk with restauranteurs and brewers moments after they are picked to collaborate with each other on food and beer pairings for the upcoming California Craft Beer Summit (Sept 6-8). Ben talks to Leia Bailey, managing direction for the CCBA, about the Brewed for Food event and the CA Craft Beer Summit, then he sits down with Patricio Wise of Nixtaco and Lauren Zehnder of Mraz Brewing to see how this beloved taco joint will try to pair flavors with the esteemed sour factory that is Mraz, followed by an interview with Ryan Donahue of Empress Tavern and Sage Smith of Bike Dog Brewing to see how this upscale eatery can craft a menu around Bike Dog's outstanding everyday drinkers. All this and more, on episode 77 of Barley & Me. Enjoy! Find out more about the California Craft Beer Summit and/or get tickets at www.cacraftbeersummit.com or www.californiacraftbeer.com Follow Mraz @mrazbrewing on Twitter and @mrazbrewingco on Instagram Check out Nixtaco @nixtaco Find Empress Tavern @empresstavern Check out Bike Dog's two Sacramento locations by following @bikedogbrewing Follow Barley & Me across social media @barleyandmepod Thank you so much to Empress Tavern for hosting us for this event. Intro music: "JamRoc" by Breez (@breeztheartist) Logo by Jessica DiMesio (@alivingclicheart) This episode is brought to you by ABV Magazine (@abvmagbayarea) and the California Craft Beer Summit! Barley & Me t-shirts are available in all shapes and colors at Zen Threads, zen-threads.com Thanks so much for listening!

We're starting to do "Icebreakers," mini-podcasts that we upload in advance of our live Groundbreaker events (which are always recorded and uploaded as the main podcasts). In advance of our "Brewmasters" event on October 11 -- a live conversation all about beer with master brewers Steve Dresler of Sierra Nevada and Mike Mraz of Mraz Brewing -- we're sitting down in the recording studio with a few other people who also do groundbreaking stuff in the beer industry. First off, a conversation with J-E Paino of Ruhstaller Brewing in Sacramento. Not only did he restart the once-largest brewery west of the Mississippi, (Ruhstaller Brewery operated from 1881 to 1933, and Paino opened it up again in 2010), he's the only beermaker in California, besides the mega-big Sierra Nevada Brewing, to grow his own hops. Sacramento used to be the largest hop-growing region in the U.S. in America, till Prohibition shut that all down. Now Paino wants to restart that industry too, and make this area the Napa Valley of hops. (The great photo of Paino in his Dixon hop field is by Sacramento photographer Carlos Eliason at elias-visuals.com) He brought a few Ruhstaller 1881 Red Ales that we drank while talking-- which is probably why this short conversation that was supposed to be 20 minutes max actually went to 50 minutes. But Paino is a good conversationalist with a great story, so it's all a worthwhile listen. We did break it down in the "Podcast Timeframe" below so you can go to specific sections if you want. PODCAST TIMEFRAME * O to 1:20 min - Intro to California Groundbreakers * 1:20 min - Details about our next event - "Food for Thought: The Brewmasters" * 2:30 min - Why J-E Paino is sitting here in the recording studio * 4: 25 min - California as the (former) hop-growing capital of the United States * 5:50 min - How did this weed-looking plant turn into a primary ingredient for beer? * 7:40 min - How Sacramento became the Beer Capital of the West Coast -- and how/why it lost the crown after Prohibition * 11:30 min - What the hop industry in California looks like now * 14:40 min - Why Paino decided to be the lone-wolf brewer to grow his own hops -- and how Darrell Corti of Corti Brothers is involved * 19:25 min - The hop-harvesting process, from climbing the vine to baling, boxing and brewing * 24:45 min - How this year's harvest was different and stood out from the past five * 31:30 min - Paino's other California-based hops suppliers -- and why Black Ops helicopters may fly in if he grew a specific type of hops * 35:25 min - Does it really matter where the hops in your beer are grown? * 41 min - What's stopping California from being the Hops Capital of the U.S again? * 43:45 min - Can craft beer-loving Californians change their taste buds to like "non-standardized" beers made with local hops? * 48:30 min - How beer lovers -- and potential hop growers? -- can get up and close with the hops at Ruhstaller's farm in Dixon

Join Jonny and Max as they sit down over the film "Edge of Seventeen" and drink some tasty sour beers from Mraz and The Libertine.

Michael Mraz from Mraz Brewing joins us to follow up on his nano-brewery startup.  Michael launched his own 3 barrel brewery specializing in Belgian beers in a tiny 1000 sq foot shop in the Spring of 2013, and this week he shares some of his lessons learned in moving from amateur to pro-brewer. You can […]

Michael Mraz from Mraz Brewing joins us to follow up on his nano-brewery startup.  Michael launched his own 3 barrel brewery specializing in Belgian beers in a tiny 1000 sq foot shop in the Spring of 2013, and this week he shares some of his lessons learned in moving from amateur to pro-brewer. You can […]