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Craft beer sales and brand manager — Matt McLaren, professional brewer and line cleaner — Bethany Carlsen, and bottle shop owner and operator — Ron Swarner explore and celebrate the craft beer industry, community, and history in Tacoma, Washington, and surrounding Pacific…
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Episode 206: Food Prep to Beer Rep with Max Beckstrom (opens the original)
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We’re keeping it Tacoma this week with a fresh face to the show and one of the newer faces in the local beer industry. Odd Otter Brewing sales rep/general manager/all-around hype machine Max Beckstrom joins us this week to talk everything from his Army days to kitchen management to jumping over to the sales side of the craft beer world — representing Odd Otter all over Western Washington. This is a perfect episode to get to know one of the friendliest beer industry folks we know, and one you’re
Episode 205: Let’s Talk About E9 (opens the original)
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This week’s episode will be a little different than usual. As many of you may know, this has been a complicated few weeks for our friends at E9 Brewing . Since the reveal of some rather unsavory political contributions by members of the ownership team, we’ve heard quite a bit from local politicians, upset community members, and wealthy property owners. But, we haven’t had the opportunity to hear much from the actual employees — the people making the beer, pouring your pints, and delivering your
Grit And Grain Episode 204: What Month is Oktoberfest? (opens the original)
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Its September! Which means it’s time for Oktoberfest, right? We’re pretty sure that’s how that works. … Either way, among all the fresh hops and pumpkin ales gracing the doorway to fall, sits the most historical seasonal style, and we wanted to dedicate an hour to it! This week the team sat down talk all the ins and outs of Oktoberfest . From where and why it started, to historical versions of the styles, the permeation of pale festbiers, and some dos and don’ts if you’re attending the real deal
Grit & Grain Podcast Episode 203: Kyle Larsen Takes the Long Way Home (opens the original)
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Kings & Daughters co-founder and brewmaster Kyle Larsen joins Grit & Grain on the eve of his brewery’s fifth-anniversary Tacoma celebration to trace the wonderfully indirect route that eventually became Kings & Daughters. Larsen’s brewing life winds from Full Sail and his formative years at Double Mountain through brewing science at Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University , a family move to England and the head brewer job at Siren Craft Brew , then finally back home to Hood River — just in time for a
Episode 202: WA Wild Brewshed Alliance Director Chris Chappell (opens the original)
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Washington Wild Brewshed Alliance Director Chris Chappell returns to Grit & Grain to explain what happens when the forests, rivers and public lands that make great beer possible suddenly need the beer industry to return the favor. The conversation moves from efforts to sell federal public lands and weaken the Roadless Rule to the nearly 90 breweries and beer businesses using their collective voice for conservation, including the Public Lands Pub Ale, No Boat Brewing’s massive Lagerhead festival
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