Tapped In | Bellingham's Craft Beer Podcast

Wes and I sit down and make an evening of it, sampling a few many beers and pontificating on all things beer, from trends in the industry, thoughts on hazies, hard seltzer alternatives, and the secrets that lie hidden at the Trackside location.

Enjoy!

Recorded on October 11, 2021.

Recorded at Dave's house, where he was forced to reconcile with a high signal to noise ratio. Listeners may disregard.

Episode hosted, engineered & produced by Dave Morales

Contact: dave@taptrail.com

Post your beer pics on IG: @tappedinbeercast

More information at https://tappedinbellinghamscraftbeerpodcast.simplecast.fm/

After a long (ok, very long) absence, Tapped In is back with a rough and tumble episode from Seattle, where I sit down and talk to a couple of beer nerds from work. It's fun, loose, and hopefully begins a new chapter of Tapped In. If you're still here, thanks for hanging in there for over a year. Sheesh.

Recorded February 2021 at King Street Station in Seattle

Episode hosted, engineered & produced by Dave Morales

Contact: dave@taptrail.com

IG: #tappedinbeercast

More information at https://tappedinbellinghamscraftbeerpodcast.simplecast.fm/

Frank and I sit outside on the party-o (properly distanced), drink some home brews, enjoy the warmth, and discuss the future.

Enjoy!

Recorded on July 21, 2020.

Recorded outside on a sunny day in Sunnyland. Disregard all plane noises, cars driving by in the alley, the wind, and external life in general.

Episode hosted, engineered & produced by Dave Morales

Contact: dave@taptrail.com

More information at https://tappedinbellinghamscraftbeerpodcast.simplecast.fm/

At long last, I finally "sit down" with Skip Madsen, a long-time friend and brewing legend in Washington State. We talk about the Seattle brewing scene in the mid 90's, departed comrades, and much, much more. 

Enjoy!

Recorded on the 4th of July, 2020.

Recorded via Zoom. Please excuse the resulting audio quirks.

Episode hosted, engineered & produced by Dave Morales

Contact: dave@taptrail.com

More information at https://tappedinbellinghamscraftbeerpodcast.simplecast.fm/

A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate enough (and honored) to be a guest on The City of Subdued podcast with Maria and Annika. We had a blast chatting and I've included the segment today where I asked them the fun questions from Tapped In's second half. Be sure and check them out. Good stuff.

Short and sweet today. Stay tuned for the next exciting episode coming next week with an old friend of Bellingham beer.

Cheers!

Today we sit down with Ben Howe and Karolina Lobrow, collectively Otherlands Beer. We talk about world travel, how many times is too many times to move back to Bellingham, the challenges of trying to open a public-based business in the time of COVID, and much more. 

Enjoy!

Recorded in June 2020.

Otherlands Beer
2121 Humboldt St.
Bellingham, WA 98225

www.otherlandsbeer.com

Recorded via Zoom. Please excuse the resulting audio quirks.

Episode hosted, engineered & produced by Dave Morales

Contact: dave@taptrail.com

More information at https://tappedinbellinghamscraftbeerpodcast.simplecast.fm/

This week on our lil' episode I ask myself another of the "fun" questions I unfairly ask everyone else, we dive into the basics of pH and why it's so important in brewing, revisit last week's discussion via a question posted on FB, and discuss things found on the youtubes. Enjoy!

Just making sure everyone is staying sane. Learn how to think in percentages when formulating a recipe and what MY first beer was.

Recorded on April 10, 2020.

Recorded in isolation while at work, thus the sub par audio quality.

Episode hosted, engineered & produced by Dave Morales

Contact: dave@taptrail.com

More information at https://tappedinbeercast.simplecast.com/

Today we sit down with Greg Spore, straight outta Alaska and into Edison and Terramar Brewing. We talk about Denali, both Alaska, and Brewery, the joys of quirky music and Rush (RIP Neil Peart), and much more. Enjoy!

Recorded in December 2019.

Terramar

5712 Gilkey Ave

Edison, WA 98232

360.399.6222

http://terramarcraft.com/

Recorded at Dave's house.

Episode hosted, engineered & produced by Dave Morales

Contact: guitset@gmail.com

More information at https://tappedinbellinghamscraftbeerpodcast.simplecast.fm/

Today hop into the Mash Tun Time Machine and visit the Bellingham beer scene of 20 years ago. We sit down with Joe Cook, the old head brewer from Orchard Street Brewery and Howard Koon, the original brewer at Boundary Bay Brewery. A different time, to be sure.

Recorded in September/October 2019.

Boundary Bay Brewery

1107 Railroad Ave

Bellingham, WA 98225

360.647.5593

http://bbaybrewery.com/

Recorded at Dave's house.

Episode hosted, engineered & produced by Dave Morales

Contact: dave@taptrail.com

More information at https://tappedinbellinghamscraftbeerpodcast.simplecast.fm/

Tapped In Content Director: Scott Pelton

Today we sit down with Michael Toomes of Chuckanut Brewing. We dive deep into water chemistry, discuss the challenges of running a lager-forward brewery, and talk about how not having an extensive background in brewing isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Recorded in November 2019.

Chuckanut Brewery

North Nut

601 W Holly Street

Bellingham, WA 98225

360.752.3377 Option 1

South Nut

11937 Higgins Airport Way

Burlington, WA 98233

http://chuckanutbreweryandkitchen.com/

Recorded at Dave's house.

Episode hosted, engineered & produced by Dave Morales

Contact: dave@taptrail.com

More information at https://tappedinbellinghamscraftbeerpodcast.simplecast.fm/

Tapped In Content Director: Scott Pelton

Sponsorship provided by PSE Green Power and Skagit Valley Malting

Today we sit down with Robert Sanner of 122 West Brewing. We talk about the challenges of operating under the shadow of Melvin Brewing, starting from scratch in a respected beer scene, the joys of kveik yeast, and much more.

Recorded in September 2019.

122 West Brewing Co.

2416 Meridian Street

Bellingham, WA 98226

360.306.3285

https://www.122westbrew.com/

Recorded at Dave's house.

Episode hosted, engineered & produced by Dave Morales

Contact: dave@taptrail.com

More information at https://tappedinbellinghamscraftbeerpodcast.simplecast.fm/

Tapped In Content Director: Scott Pelton

Sponsorship provided by PSE Green Power and Skagit Valley Malting

Today we sit down with James Alexander of Structures Brewing. We talk about the challenges of having a founder leave early in the game, how being smaller can be an advantage, the importance of basketball in the world, the history of hazy beers, and much more.

Recorded in July 2019.

Structures Brewing

1420 North State Street

Bellingham, WA 98225

360.582.7475

https://www.structuresbrewing.com

Recorded on location at Dave's house with a very squeaky chair present.

Episode hosted, engineered & produced by Dave Morales

Contact: dave@taptrail.com

More information at http://taptrail.com/

Tapped In Content Director: Scott Pelton

Sponsorship provided by PSE Green Power and Skagit Valley Malting

Today we sit down with Ryan Flood of Menace Industries. We talk about the challenges of taking over an existing and popular brewery, the fact that Menace is much more than just a brewery, the family and team members who make things possible, and much more.

Recorded in July 2019.

Menace Brewing

2529 Meridian Street

Bellingham, WA 98225

360.306.3457

https://www.menace-industries.com/brewery

Recorded on location at Menace Brewing.

Episode hosted, engineered & produced by Dave Morales

Contact: dave@taptrail.com

More information at http://taptrail.com/

Tapped In Content Director: Scott Pelton

Sponsorship provided by PSE Green Power and Skagit Valley Malting

Today we sit down with Chris Noskoff of Lost Giants Cider Company. We talk about the differences between a cidery and a brewery, how you're only as good as the people you surround yourself with, the joys of drinking cheap beer, and much more.

Recorded in June 2019.

Lost Giants Cider Company

1200 Meador Ave

Bellingham, WA 98229

360.778.2189

https://www.lostgiantscider.com

Recorded at Dave's house.

Episode hosted, engineered & produced by Dave Morales

Contact: dave@taptrail.com

More information at http://taptrail.com/

Tapped In Content Director: Scott Pelton

Sponsorship provided by PSE Green Power and Skagit Valley Malting

Today we sit down with Scott White of FrinGe Brewing in Ferndale, WA. We talk about being the new kid on the block in Ferndale, the challenges of opening a brewery in a time when there are daily openings nationwide, Swinglines on desks, and much more.

Recorded in June 2019.

FrinGe Brewing

5640 3rd Avenue

Ferndale, WA 98248

360.398.6071

https://www.fringebrewing.com

Recorded at Dave's house.

Episode hosted, engineered & produced by Dave Morales

Contact: dave@taptrail.com

More information at http://taptrail.com/

Tapped In Content Director: Scott Pelton

Sponsorship provided by PSE Green Power and Skagit Valley Malting

Today we sit down with Josh Smith of Atwood Ales, out in Blaine, WA. Recorded on location at the brewery, we talk about farmhouse brewing, being in business with family, the struggles and strengths of being small, and raccoons.

Recorded in April 2019.

Atwood Ales

Closed to the public

Blaine, WA 98230

360.399.6239

https://www.atwoodales.com

Recorded on-location at Atwood Ales.

Episode hosted, engineered & produced by Dave Morales

Tapped In Content Director: Scott Pelton

More information at http://taptrail.com/

Contact: dave@taptrail.com

Sponsorship provided by Hoppis Real Estate and Skagit Valley Malting