Podcast appearances and mentions of walt dickinson

How do you sell your business to a huge corporation yet, maintain your integrity and continue to feel the funk? This episode features a CRUCIAL fixture in NC’s craft beer industry, ’s co-founder ! Walt is a So- Cal native who turned his passion for home brewing into a nationally acclaimed brewery headquartered in Asheville. Wicked Weed specializes in West Coast-style beers and ~wicked~ cool sours. We talk about Wicked Weed’s journey of growth, the , Walt’s keys to success and more. Tune in! Follow the show  and hosts at  &  Support our Sponsors: Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout! The NC F&B Podcast is Produced and Engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media For booking or questions about the show, contact:  or    

At this year's Foeder for Thought, the festival of wild and sour beers hosted by Green Bench Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg, Florida, the GBH team co-hosted panels and discussions that help us all dig in to the future of this loosely-defined, but highly-sought-after category of beers.  Watch the video series here This podcast series includes: FFT-007: Thinking Inside of the Package, featuring: Andrew Emerton, New Belgium Brewing Patrick Woodson, Brewery Bhavana FFT-008: Interview/Audience Q&A Mitch Ermatinger, Speciation Artisan Ales FFT-009: The Wild Side of the Apple, featuring: Ryan Burk, Angry Orchard Brian Wing, Green Bench Mead & Cider FFT-010: Interview/Audience Q&A Tim Clifford, Sainte Adairius FFT-011: Climate Spontaneity, featuring: Harrison McCabe, Beachwood Blendery Jeffery Stuffings, Jester King Brewery Levi Funk, Funk Factory Geuzeria FFT-012: Interview/Audience Q&A Walt Dickinson, Wicked Weed Brewing

Luke and Walt Dickinson, owners and brewers at Wicked Weed, join us for a candid conversation about their recent acquisition by corporate beer giant AB-InBev. In their first podcast interview since then, they open up about the reasons they went with AB and what they think about the intense backlash by the craft beer community. Crack open a brew (craft or otherwise) and join us for this enlightening conversation! Music in this episode provided by Bobbie Snakes - Support the show on Patreon.

We’re a little over two months since Wicked Weed, one of the nation’s most popular and ambitious sour beer producers, was acquired by AB InBev in a sale that set the beer world on edge. Indeed, it seemed to push many people over the edge, galvanizing craft beer’s hardcore base against AB while others started reconsidering the future of craft beer, from its definitions and divisions to even the future of their own breweries and customers.  Since then, AB InBev itself has seemed to get a bit on edge with the release of the Brewers Association “independence” seal. Despite the fact that the seal was reportedly in the works for more than two years, the timing of its release seemed to add fuel to the fire of an imminent crisis point between BA-defined craft brewers and those who had passed over the threshold into just being brewers of craft beer.  In response, AB's High End group, which is a portfolio populated by those acquired craft brewers, many of whom have maintained their posts, are now part of a strategic and creative leadership team for AB. They created a somewhat impromptu video response to the BA encouraging them to think about the overall health of the beer category, which is indeed shrinking, as a result of increased competition from wine and spirits. Unity was their call, rather than division. And that, depending on your scale, priorities, and opinion of AB InBev, is either prescient or absurd.  Needless to say, it’s been a wild couple of months for craft beer. This barely scratches the surface, really. But relevant to today’s guest, that’s more than enough context for what makes this interview both timely and interesting to me.  Today, I’m talking to Luke Dickinson of Wicked Weed. Luke is the less-exposed, less-publicized brother of Walt Dickinson. This starts as a story of siblings, Luke being the quiet one who was initially inspired to start a brewing career based on his time at Dogfish Head, and Walt being the more entrepreneurial type who saw Luke’s vision for what was meant to be a nano brewery on paper, and consistently found opportunities to finance and scale the concept for Wicked Weed into the force it is now, including the sale to AB InBev, alongside the Guthys, a very successful, Asheville-based business family they’ve known since they were children.  Talking to Luke, the story of Wicked Weed comes to light as a sort of humble concept that created its own vortex of growth and a series of can’t-say-no kind of opportunities. It’s a story of what happens when a single idea gets dispersed amongst four other partners, each with their own skill sets, resources, and ambitions. And if nothing else, it tells a story of how two brothers can challenge and motivate each other into unknown—and what remains still a somewhat-unknown territory.  Before we begin, I wanted to give a couple shoutouts. First to Marco from Craft Commander down in Florida and Artisan & Apprentice, two blogs whose interviews with Luke some time ago served as great primary resources for some of the things we talk about today. It’s amazing how much craft brewing history has been captured by writers all over the country in the last five years, and we appreciate what you do so much.

The 919 Beer Podcast talks with Wicked Weed founding partner Walt Dickinson about their recent acquisition by AB InBev. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another fun Asheville Beer Club Meetup and Pint Night (Wicked Weed) at THE BLOCK off Biltmore. Special guests Andy Sharpe and Wyatt Freeman of Wicked Weed provided us with information on new releases and a new future location. Tommy Green got really drunk, and wouldn’t shut up, stop laughing, and talking incessantly about the greatness of Pokemon Go. A sober Chis Power expertly guides the interview, where the discussion is quality craft beer, and how sours are unquestionably the future of craft beer.

On this episode of The Sour Hour, the conversation continues with Walt Dickinson, keeper of the funk at Asheville, North Carolina's Wicked Weed Brewing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Walt Dickinson, keeper of the funk at Asheville, North Carolina's Wicked Weed Brewing, joins Jay and Moscow on this episode of The Sour Hour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimmy Carbone is talking beer and food pairings with Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergso of Torst & Luksus, and Sarah Monroe, Beer Director at Eleven Madison Park! Tune into this episode to hear how the beer pairing program is run at Greenpoint’s Luksus. Find out how Sarah’s food studies at NYU inspires her work at Eleven Madison Park. Why does Sarah think that beer certification programs need to include more information about brewing science and service? Hear Jimmy, Jeppe, and Sarah talk about beer’s place in fine dining. Later, Luke and Walt Dickinson from Wicked Weed Brewing in Asheville, North Carolina join the program. Hear about the new brewery, and their ambitious brewing start. This program has been brought to you by GreatBrewers.com. Music by Dead Stars. “If you’re really into something, you can learn it. If you put a lot of time and energy into it, that will get you a long way.” [12:35] “The beer has to look like the meat that you’re eating. If the meat is dark, have a dark beer, and if it’s light, try a light beer.” [21:00] — Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergso on Beer Sessions Radio “Many people like to think, ‘What can the beer do for the food?’ But I like to say, ‘What can the food do for the beer?'” [22:45] — Sarah Monroe on Beer Sessions Radio