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Hear how Forbidden Root uses rare botanicals and fruit to craft unique beers—and how the same fruit can create different flavors.Phil Zelewsky, Head Brewer at Forbidden Root, shares how Chicago's first botanical brewery evolved from a root beer experiment into one of the top 10 brewpubs in the U.S. He explains how founder Robert Finkel sources wild ingredients like the “smuggled” Alpine botanical Génépi, Forbidden Root's approach to using “unusual but appropriate” ingredients, how to determine whether a root belongs in a beer, and how Thailand's markets and flavors inspired his ingredient mindset. He also discusses brewing with feijoa (pineapple guava) in a kettle sour, flagship beers like the strawberry basil Hefeweizen and peach witbier, the challenges of sourcing fruit with consistent flavor from one purveyor to the next.After the beer break, Phil introduces Bicycle Fire, a fruited Kveik ale brewed with hearth-grilled grapefruit and white pepper. He explains the advantages of Kveik yeast, including fast fermentation and high-temperature tolerance, and then breaks down Sláinte, a collaboration Irish Red Ale with Parlor Pizza, and shares how collaborations come together at the brewery. He also discusses the Black Phillip black IPA (a.k.a. Cascadian Dark Ale) and explains the use of their “flavor torpedo,” a device for infusing beers with hops, cherry stems, and more. Plus: Phil's “origin story” of how bartending at Merle's #1 Barbecue led to homebrewing, and eventually, to leading production at Forbidden Root.About Forbidden Root: As the first botanical brewery in Chicago (located in the West Town neighborhood), Forbidden Root's mission is to brew botanic beer, working to evoke the natural world in new and unique ways. Learn more on their website at https://forbiddenroot.com/ —You can learn more about Crafty Brewers and get in touch with us on our official website, https://craftybrewerspod.com Crafty Brewers is a production of Quantum Podcasts, LLC. Is your brewery or business looking to capture a loyal audience to drive business results with the power of podcasting? Then visit https://quantum-podcasts.com/ to learn more.Our executive producer and editor is award-winning podcaster Cody Gough. He insists that we tell you that in this episode, you'll learn about: New England IPA, Ghost Tropic, botanical beer, flavor torpedo brewing, grilled grapefruit beer, hearth-grilled fruit, fruit beer brewing, wheat beer base, experimental beer styles, kettle sour brewing, fruit puree in beer, brewing with orange peel, white pepper in beer, heather in beer, heather honey beer, smoked malt, Seville orange peel, roasted barley beer, carafa malt, Black IPA vs Cascadian Dark Ale, how to brew with botanicals, botanical beer recipes, brewing with cherry stems, Forbidden Root beer styles, collaboration beer process, grapefruit in IPA, beer recipe consistency, flavor infusion brewing, ingredient sourcing for brewers, pub brewing vs production brewing, epic spices Chicago, Merle's Number One Barbecue, Chicago craft brewery collaborations, and seasonal fruit beer.
As a self-proclaimed “refugee” of the corporate world, Robert Finkel brings to the table decades of experience working in venture capitalism and private investment for his most recent undertaking—brew pubs. What started as a personal passion shared with colleagues to give them a taste of the craft beer experience, Robert has constructed into a successful grouping of botanical brew pubs, known as Forbidden Root, in which Robert's team of alchemists join classic ingredients to create innovative flavors. Quench your thirst for imaginative entrepreneurism on this episode!
This month’s daf is sponsored by Minneapolis Hadran group in memory of the father of their organizer Shira Krebs. “Shira’s father Jerry Katz, Gershon Pinya ben Yitzchak Lev haCohen z”l, loved learning and family beyond all else. He raised three daughters and a son to be dedicated to Torah learning, And his legacy lives on not only through his family, but through our Hadran Minneapolis group as well. He passed away two weeks ago, and he will be greatly missed”. Today's daf is sponsored by Ellen Golub in loving memory of Ruth Calish Weiss on her first yahrzeit. "Ruth was a pillar of strength to Israel and the Jewish people. She was an inspiration to daughter Debra (& Robert) Finkel, and grandchildren, Max, Hannah & Aliya. Today’s daf is also sponsored by Mindy and Eric Hecht and family in loving memory of Mindy’s father, Dr. Charles Feldman, Yitzchak Tzvi Ben Yaakov v’Leah, on the 10th yahrzeit, which was on the second night of Chanukah. “We miss him dearly and know that he would have loved to be part of this great learning endeavor.” Today's daf is also dedicated from myself and the Hadran Zoomers to Sharon Russ on the sudden loss of her mother on Shabbat. Our thoughts are with you. Rain on Tuesday nights and Friday nights is considered a good thing as people are generally not on the streets on those nights – why? A different version of the story of Honi the Circle Maker is brought. Another Honi story is told regarding Honi’s surprise when he saw a man planting a carob tree when the fruits will only grow after 70 years and he will not even see the fruits of his labor. Honi ends up sleeping for 70 years and awakening to seeing the grandson of the person who planted the trees enjoying the fruits. When he goes to see what happened to his family, no one recognizes him. In the Beit Midrash as well, he is unrecognizable, even though his magical powers still seem to be prevalent. He dies out of sadness. Stories are also told of Honi’s grandchildren and their role in also bringing rain. What is the difference between the strong ones of Israel and the pious ones of Babylonia? Other stories of told of Rabbi Yona and his son Rabbi Mani and the strength of their prayers.
This month’s daf is sponsored by Minneapolis Hadran group in memory of the father of their organizer Shira Krebs. “Shira’s father Jerry Katz, Gershon Pinya ben Yitzchak Lev haCohen z”l, loved learning and family beyond all else. He raised three daughters and a son to be dedicated to Torah learning, And his legacy lives on not only through his family, but through our Hadran Minneapolis group as well. He passed away two weeks ago, and he will be greatly missed”. Today's daf is sponsored by Ellen Golub in loving memory of Ruth Calish Weiss on her first yahrzeit. "Ruth was a pillar of strength to Israel and the Jewish people. She was an inspiration to daughter Debra (& Robert) Finkel, and grandchildren, Max, Hannah & Aliya. Today’s daf is also sponsored by Mindy and Eric Hecht and family in loving memory of Mindy’s father, Dr. Charles Feldman, Yitzchak Tzvi Ben Yaakov v’Leah, on the 10th yahrzeit, which was on the second night of Chanukah. “We miss him dearly and know that he would have loved to be part of this great learning endeavor.” Today's daf is also dedicated from myself and the Hadran Zoomers to Sharon Russ on the sudden loss of her mother on Shabbat. Our thoughts are with you. Rain on Tuesday nights and Friday nights is considered a good thing as people are generally not on the streets on those nights – why? A different version of the story of Honi the Circle Maker is brought. Another Honi story is told regarding Honi’s surprise when he saw a man planting a carob tree when the fruits will only grow after 70 years and he will not even see the fruits of his labor. Honi ends up sleeping for 70 years and awakening to seeing the grandson of the person who planted the trees enjoying the fruits. When he goes to see what happened to his family, no one recognizes him. In the Beit Midrash as well, he is unrecognizable, even though his magical powers still seem to be prevalent. He dies out of sadness. Stories are also told of Honi’s grandchildren and their role in also bringing rain. What is the difference between the strong ones of Israel and the pious ones of Babylonia? Other stories of told of Rabbi Yona and his son Rabbi Mani and the strength of their prayers.
EstoBro and TV welcome Robert Finkel, aka Dr. Thunderc*ck and DJ_DadSlam, who is a part of the podcast's fantasy football league. The Gents of the show wanted to welcome him on to wrap up Spooky Szn for Oktober; and what better way to do so for his birthday? The collective begins the show discussing the hot topic on the history that was made with the 600th touchdown pass thrown by Tom Brady, and the poor deal that was made by the fan who received the football from Mike Evans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The cold open holds a good debate regarding memorabilia from sports to music (12:00) before going into the primary topic discussing the genre of metal (18:15) and where the music's origins derive from horror themes. EstoBro appreciates the analysis Dr. Thunderc*ck has on metal, including the history of the genre, the branching of different subgenres, and why the elements are important for Halloween. The birthday guest also wants to draw an appreciation for other horror elements (41:25), which includes horror video games that are highly addictive. While our guest wants to avoid talking about his shortcomings in fantasy sports (50:40), it does not help that the Buccaneers played against his team, the Chicago Bears. Dr. thunderc*ck shares his opinion about the Tampa sports market and why baseball is truly boring. The show wraps with the autumn edition of "Who's got the munchies?" with deciding which is better between pumpkin or apple flavor when it comes to the gathering theme of the season (63:30). Follow Dr. Thunderc*ck on his Twitch channel for DJ_DadSlam at twitch.tv/dj_dadslam and Twitter @DJ_DadSlam for more of his wild antics and hot takes!
Dr. Robert Finkel shares how being passionate, having mentors, joining dental sleep associations, and being connected to your local community are all keys to successfully implementing sleep solutions into your practice. Connect – Learn more about Dr. Robert Finkel Sugarloaf Signature Dentistry info@ssdsmile.com Resource Recommendations – American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine American Sleep and Breathing Academy Finding Connor Deegan
Robert Finkel, the CEO of The FreshBlood Group talks with Pharm Exec editors about the positives and negatives of pharma’s marketing needs, the details and evolution around founding The FreshBlood Group, and how emerging pharma and biotech companies can budget in successful marketing.
For most of us, once we are in the working world, travel is something to do on vacation. Academics have the opportunity to take a sabbatical and live and work in another country with their families. As the world economy continues to become more integrated, many lawyers and other business professionals end up finding themselves on international business trips. Some in-house lawyers have the chance to spend time in other countries when they are temporarily transferred to international offices. Lawyers who work for large international law firms, also have this chance. But for most lawyers in private practice, international travel is limited to vacations and the occasional business trip. Robert Finkel, is a lawyer who figured out a different path. For many years, Bob had been in private practice at a mid-sized firm; but he and his wife had a strong desire to spend time living in Israel with their three children. They had visited the country many times, but they knew living there would be different. Since they were not independently wealthy, they knew that at least one of them needed to continue to work. One option was for Bob to leave his role partner of a law firm in the Boston area, Morse, Barnes-Brown and Pendleton and find a legal job in Israel. This presented some challenges. So Bob came up with a creative solution. He would continue to work for his firm but work remotely from Israel. In this episode, I speak with Bob about how he made living abroad a reality and what were some of the challenges and benefits to him professionally and personally. Bob is a partner at the New York firm Moritt, Hock and Hamroff. Bob has over 30 years of experience as a tax and business lawyer. His practice focuses on the areas of individual and business taxation including tax controversy and tax litigation.
In this episode, we stepped up to the bar and ordered a couple rounds of Atomic Alcohol. The podcast collected ten examples of nuclear themed wine, cocktails, and beer with names, history, or other interesting connections to nukes. Why do breweries and wineries go to the nuclear well so many times? Could a beverage change how you think about the atom? How many drinks can the podcast team have and still sound reasonably intelligent? Tim Westmyer, Gabe, and special guests Will Saetren (@WillSaetren) and Eric Gascho (@EricGascho) answer these questions and more. Before the bartender announces last call for atomic alcohol, we recommend checking out: -Alex Wellerstein, “Beer and the Apocalypse,” Restricted Data, 2012 -Frank Kelly Rich, “Boozing with the Bomb: Alcohol in the Atomic Age,” Drunkard Magazine -Charlie Papazian, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing Special thanks to: -Tori Mason at Forbidden Root for the cans of Atomic Child -Tony Fitzpatrick and Robert Finkel at Forbidden Root for the interview -@VortexAeroMedia for sending the bottles of Atom Splitter -William Henry at Nuclear Wine, Chris Kotiza at Nuclear Nugget, and Steve at Cit of Cambridge Brewing for answering my questions about their beer -Outro music by Slim Gaillard and His Quartette (1945 Check out our website, SuperCriticalPodcast.com, for more resources and related items. We aim to have at least one new episode every month. Let us know what you think about the podcast and any ideas you may have about future episodes and guests by reaching out at on Twitter @NuclearPodcast, GooglePlay, SoundCloud, TuneIn, Stitcher Radio, Facebook, SuperCriticalPodcast@gmail.com, and YouTube. Enjoy!
BJ Pichman is the head brewer at Forbidden Root brewpub, Chicago’s “botanic beer” producer. As a homebrewer, he found a niche brewing pilot batches for recipe development consultants, and that eventually that got him a gig brewing the earliest batches of Forbidden Root’s first trials for their namesake root beer-inspired concoction designed by Randy Mosher and Robert Finkel. Eventually that concept would develop into a full-fledged craft beer brand and brewpub, and while botanics are still at the heart of the operation, BJ has also developed a strong portfolio of hoppy beers, most recently of the New England variety. And they’re really good. This week, he also launched his collaboration with Fernet-Branca, a bitter, herbal liquor that posed a perfect challenge for the team. The result, called Frenetic, might be the beer that finally puts this crew on the national map.
Your hosts Eric Balkman and Dave Gerczak broadcast the 2015 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC) Pros Vs. Joes League #2 The Whizzinator Division. Forming the Pros tonight are ScoutPRO's Nelson Sousa, Mike Clay from Pro Football Focus, rotoViz's Andre Bessette, Sigmund Bloom from Footballguys.com, The Fake Football's Rich Hribar and David Dorey from The Huddle. Those Pros will battle tonight's Joe field of FFPC players made up of Robert Finkel, Doug More, Keith Douglas, Stephen Lee, Albert Chapman and Darren Fecich. Catch the live draft board at YouTube.com/HighStakesFantasyFootball. Plus, Dave and Balky answer your calls, emails, tweets and more all on The High Stakes Fantasy Football Hour!
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