This episode features Glenn Smith of Brewery Tours. Brewery Tours is the ultimate craft beer experience. This started with Glenn creating something that he would like to go on. Going back 30 years he has enjoyed traveling around the country and experiencing small craft breweries. He enjoyed hearing the stories behind the beer. He found their stories to… Keep Reading
This episode features Maggie Przybylski and Morgan Murphy of Two Broads Ciderworks. They are bootstrapping their way into the cider world. Like many Maggie and Morgan started home brewing beer. 15 years ago the cider experience took hold in Sea Canyon. They picked apples, made pies and fermented apple juice into cider. The whole journey from apple to glass appealed… Keep Reading
This episode features Mead Drinkr Tysen. We met Tysen at Cidercon 2022. Tysen and his brother-in-law Alan wanted to do something different. They decided to make mead instead of brewing beer. The passion is all about mead making and wanting to do it better. He loves going on road trips and visiting meaderies and of course,… Keep Reading
This episode features Dave Klawer of Alma Cider. Dave moved to the Pacific Northwest with his wife Heather. They are both registered nurses. His passion in the 90’s was to be a professional snowboarder. An accident in the Andes changed the trajectory of his life. He knew of the lore of Mount Baker and it called to him.… Keep Reading
This episode features Curtis Blodgett of Beach Bee Meadery. Curtis began his journey by considering opening a distillery. He and his wife Madeleine met with distillers to understand the process and what was needed to get started. They completed a meeting with a rum distiller and to decided to visit a meadery that was close by. They never… Keep Reading
This episode features Ralph Kane, Sean Saccomandi and Steve Regosch of The Munchy Machine Food Truck Ralph started the Munchy Machine Food Truck in July of 2018. Prior he worked on the Eat-a-pita Food Truck. He left the food truck life to become an instructor of Culinary Arts at a local high school. The excitement… Keep Reading
This episode features Pat Tramontano of Northeast Barrel Company Pat started his journey as a homebrewer of beer in 2014. He and a buddy started to look into opening a brewery. “Living the dream as all homebrewers have”, Pat explained. His high school best friend was dabbling with buying barrels and repurposing them into furniture. Matt asked Pat… Keep Reading
This episode features Brian Wing of Green Bench Brewing Co. For Chris and Brian the partnership began as home brewers. The brewery opened in 2013, all along, mead and cider was in the plan. They honed their craft and built up a following with their beer. They enjoyed drinking cider and mead so much in Florida.… Keep Reading
This episode features Kim Bard and Tom Bard of The Bard Distillery. It all started in 2005 when tom walked into Kim’s race shop. In 2006 they found themselves in Kentucky and decided to go to visit a distillery. The chose to check out Maker’s Mark. They loved the tour and afterwards they were fueled by what they saw. They couldn’t… Keep Reading
This episode features Tiffanie Barriere, The Drinking Coach. We met Tiffanie at CiderCon 2022 in Richmond Virginia. As you will discover, Tiffanie has amazing energy. She has a vast knowledge of cocktails and cocktail history. We discuss her beginnings as a bartender all the way to present day where she is dazzling internet audiences with her… Keep Reading
