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Dogfish Head Brewery started as a tiny brewery among only 600 craft breweries in the country in the mid 90s. It's now a top tier ,craft brewery among nearly 10,000 breweries in the United States. Cameron and Jonathan talk with Sam Calagione about the rise of this amazing brewery with humble beginnings. 

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin. 

The guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more at Karben4 Brewery have an exciting 10th episode! We catch up with Patrick Murphy who left K4 to go to Five Cities Brewing in Iowa and receive another visit from Chris Riphenburg, brewmaster at Topsy Turvy Brewery in Lake Geneva, WI. Chris was the OG head brewer at the former Ale Asylum (RIP). 

Taprooms are a place for community, catching up with old friends and making new ones.  They're the crossroads for unexpected conversations and meeting people you never thought you would. Ryan talks about meeting Eric Bischoff and his wife and the owner of Magic Hat Brewing. 

Ryan provides some SPOILERS on The Martian novel by Andy Weir and adapted screenplay The Martian starring Matt Damon.

The last book Joe read was Goldmine, and since Joe's undergrad was in aerospace engineering, Ryan asks for his take on the balloons and spy vehicles currently being shot down over U.S. airspace. Fact - the balloon over Lake Huron was shot down by a fighter pilot out of Truax Air Force Base in Madison, WI. 

Joe and Patrick Murphy talk about going to Chicken Licks and to watch Cocaine Bear. 

Oh, and Chris broke the winshield wiper on Karben4's van and only replaced the one...

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Cheers!

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin. 

The guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more at Karben4 Brewery are joined by Chris Riphenburg, brewmaster at Topsy Turvy Brewery in Lake Geneva, WI. Chris was the OG head brewer at the former Ale Asylum (RIP). 

Joe and Chris worked together at Ale Asylum and reminisce about the original location which is where Karben4 is now, as well as the transition to the new location.

Chris calls Joe a 'savant' as he nerds out on water profiles and his fancy shmancy spreadsheet. 

Ryan learns the true origins of some of the brewing equipment in the Karben4 brewhouse. 

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Cheers!

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin. 

The guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more at Karben4 Brewery talk about the best ways to buy your beer. How is the beer you're buying different stored in a cooler or stored on warm shelves? 

What happens if you buy your beer cold, store it warm, and put it in the fridge to get it cold again? 

What is the ideal shelf life for our beer?

Bottles vs. cans.

We got Joe started...

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Cheers!

Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin. 

The guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more at Karben4 Brewery talk about where they're headed now that they've hit year 10. While getting 'back to basics' with some of their most popular beers making a return, contract brewing is also a big part of K4's story and strategy.

How does the consumer feel about contract brewing? Do they care?

How does Karben4 keep their artistic voice while contract brewing?

Joe goes on a couple tangents to teach Ryan and Jonathan a thing or two about 'hop creep' and 'dextrins in beer' - Joe likes his beer dry afterall!

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Passion. Hard work. Gun toting cats atop flame nostriled unicorns. This is Karben4 Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin. 

The guys behind the popular beer - Fantasy Factory - and more at Karben4 Brewery dive into K4's internal business strategies.

How does K4’s business strategy connect and relate to the wider industry strategy as it exists right now?

How does contract brewing play into strategy? 

What are K4’s measurements of success?

K4 has food again, along with exclusive taproom offerings (hint hint Secret Tap!). So give us a visit in Madison near the airport.

Keep Karben4 Brewery's 10th Anniversary on your radar for January 21, 2023. 
Find the event details here for Karben4's 10th Anniversary Party!

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Cheers!

Spoetzl Brewery might sound more familiar if I say Shiner Beer. This brewery in a small Texas town has created a wildly popular beer that helped put Shiner, TX on the map. 

You'll learn in this episode, though, that they are also a brewery that gets creative and pushes beer boundaries, while also staying true to their core. 

Jonathan and Justin had to travel all the way to Great American Beer Festival in Denver to catch up. 

Justin talks about his experience in the beer world as a consultant who helped breweries open their doors. Until he decided to open his own. He also let's us in on his impressive record in homebrew competitions!

Alison talks about the mission on which Lady Justice Brewing was formed: brewing great beer to make the world a better place. After their stint in the AmeriCorps, they asked themselves "why can't we brew beer and give back to our community?" So that's exactly what they did. Giving back is not always financial donations, but can also include connecting groups and getting involved in shared issues and communities. 

Jonathan was at Great American Beer Festival and had to record this episode solo. And he hasn't let Cameron forget that. Poor guy had to go to GABF... but he said it was all worth it because Alison was a riot to chat with!

In this episode, we found ourselves hanging out at a homegrown wine operation and sampling Screaming Chief Wine at Belle Marie Winery.

In this episode, we found ourselves back in Escondido at the local, independent eatery and brewery, Plan 9 Alehouse, where you come for the beer but leave a slightly better pinball player.

This week we bring you an exclusive sneak peak of Bad Astronaut Brewing, a major brewpub coming to Houston’s Hardy Yards later this year!  Chris and brewmaster Rocky walk us through their concepts for the space, their extensive experience in brewing startups to scale ups, and tell us what it truly means to be a Bad Astronaut.  And in true Beering Ain’t Easy fashion, we find a way to get in some hot takes about kids at breweries.  You don’t want to miss this one!

Beers We Were Drinking:

Loggerbier.  Equal Parts Brewing, Houston, TX.
 

Other Shout-Outs:

Karbach Brewing / Eric Warner

Cru Brewing Systems

Kroger on 11th

Flying Saucer

Beer Run -  Song by Tom Snyder

NSYNC

Professor X

Netflix

Bad Astronaut Favorite Music to Brew to:

Electric Wizard

Dead South
 

Bad Astronaut Favorite All Time Beers

Augustiner Helles

Schonramer Pils
 

HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston!

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When you like hoppy beers and are German, you name your brewery Hop Haus Brewing Company. 

Phil and his wife, Sara are co-owners. Phil is on the podcast to share the stories about home brewing in Colorado to starting demolition on their new Wisconsin brewery hours before Sara gives birth to their second child.

Jonathan has found himself drinking many beers at Hop Haus Brewing before and Cameron can't tell colors after leg surgery.  

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We're incredibly honored to have the historic Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company on as our 50th Brewery! 

Our special guest is Katie Leinenkugel - sixth generation of the Leinenkugel family to be part of the iconic Wisconsin brewery. Katie walks us through the 150 year history of Leinenkugels, starting with founding father Jacob Leinenkugel to the modern day. Many Leinenkugel family members have been responsible for the growth, success, and survival of this Wisconsin staple. 

Katie facilitates a tasting of some of the latest innovative Leinenkugel beers while sharing some stories about several Leinie staples. 

Cheers to everyone who has listed to Pour Another Round over the last 50 episodes. We're looking forward to the next 50 and beyond!

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ALT Brew. Alternative Brew. This brewery has nailed the gluten free beer out of necessity for a loved one with severe celiacs. They also brew beer for anyone with food sensitivities. So serious are they about this, there is an absolute-do-not-cross-contamination line before heading onto their brewery floor. There's also a page on the ALT Brew website that lists every ingredient in each of their beers.

But their beer is also for the beer drinker. ALT Brew has spent countless recipes tweaks to get the highest quality beer made with the highest quality ingredients that contain no gluten. They have the stouts and the IPAs and the barrel-aged-beers and everything in between.

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This episode is brought to you by MobCraft Beer.

Henry Schwartz of MobCraft Beer in Milwaukee, WI has a true entrepreneurial spirit and a creative mind. He's always on and always plotting. Growth and success seem to be woven into who he is.

MobCraft Beer crowdsources ideas and turn them into beer. Now they're looking to crowdfund investments and turn them into new breweries in Denver, CO to Waterford, WI to Woodstock, IL and beyond! 

There's an entire WeFunder page outlining the details of what it looks like to invest in MobCraft, how your investments will be used, what perks and benefits you get out of the investment, what the plan is for you to actual get an ROI on your investment, and everything else you need to know. The FAQ section has even more details... and if you don't see information you're looking for, Henry challenged listeners to submit questions to try and stump him.

Pour Another Round has never had aspirations of opening a brewery, but we thought the opportunity to be part of something like this was pretty sweet! We just had our brew-day at MobCraft Beer in Milwaukee, which was a wildly fantastic experience! 

When Co-Owner, Jeff, is a commercial airline pilot and Co-Owner and Head Brewer, Rachael, focuses on small batch experimental beer, Pilot Brewing Company was the name that just made sense. We've said it many times and we'll keep saying it, the beer industry has some of the best plays-on-words!

With a focus on quality beer, quality service, and a quality experience, the Cicerone Program plays a very important role at Pilot Brewing. Every employee at Pilot Brewing has earned at least Level One of this beer servers certification. Rachael currently sits at Advanced Cicerone (Level 3). She's in the process of pursuing Master Cicerone (Level 4) - a very impressive feat. There are only 19 others around the world! 

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Jonathan continues his beer trip through Charlotte with a stop at Wooden Robot Brewery. Cameron bailed on the call to record, so Jonathan's friend Erik steps in as co-drinker & co-host.

Dubbed an urban farmhouse brewery, this east coast establishment has pumped out over 400 different beers since 2015. They have a passion for sour beers, but their entire approach to everything they make is drinkability.

Their name is a nod to the blending of artisanship and science to make great beer!

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