All Things Beer

In this episode we sit down (virtually) with Sean White, co-owner and head brewer at Little Fish Brewing in Athens, Ohio, for an expansive discussion of sour beers and wild ale brewing. With two World Beer Cup medals for their barrel-aged sours (a bronze for Petit Poisson in 2018 and a gold for Barrel Aged Woodthrush in 2016) Sean and the team at Little Fish are one of Ohio’s leading practitioners of this artistic form of brewing. The discussion covered so many topics we had to split it into two separate episodes. In Part 1 we discuss the meaning of terms like sour beer and wild ale, capturing yeasts from the wild, Brett beers, sabering bottles, mixed fermentation saisons, alternative grains, Little Fish’s takes on oud bruins and Flemish reds, and what might be an entirely new style, farmhouse malt liquors.  Look for Part 2 to be released in mid-May.

In this episode we connect (remotely) with Dan Eaton who covers the beer and food industries for Columbus Business First. Dan shares his thoughts on the impact of the corona virus on the business of beer in Ohio, while Mark gives a first hand account of its impact on Land Grant Brewing.  We also touch on topics that include acceptable work attire and flattening the weekly beer consumption curve in these unprecedented times. Those who listen to the end will be treated with timely beer recommendations should the end times be upon us.

We pull a previously unreleased episode on Czech Pilsners from the archive and give it an update.  Mark adds his perspective on Pilsner Urquell, Mliko pours and other notable beer spots in the Czech capital.  We finish with some thoughts on where to get a good pilsner in Central Ohio.

In this episode Canadian ex-Pat Chris Mercerhill returns to the podcast.  We engage in a wide ranging discussion on our neighbor to the north while drinking beers from Flying Monkees, Nickel Brook, Collective Arts and Unibroue.

In this episode Hans Gorsuch and Chris Mercerhill join us for an in depth look at one of the World's truly iconic beers, discuss homebrewing with Brett, and get into some American Brett beers (April 2019).

In this episode Tom Ayers of Ill Mannered Brewing in Powell, Ohio joins us for a conversation on neighborhood breweries, yeast management, Australian sparkling ales, Ohio grown ingredients, and more (March 2019).

Join us for a voyage into the world of Baltic Porters with award winning homebrewer A.J. Zanyk (February 2019).

Hans joins us again as we hop across the English channel to drink Belgian Tripels and Golden Strongs.  Join us for tastes and tales of some of the most influential Belgian ales, including Duvel, Westmalle Tripel and Dupont Moinette (July 2018).

Mark and I are joined by our friend Hans Gorsuch to drink some British Beers (bitters, IPAs, Imperial Stouts) that I brought back from England. We dissect metal-themed beers, discuss cask ale, and try some beers from smaller scale breweries like Steam Machine and Durham Brewing (March 2018).

In this classic episode we go on the road to Athens, Ohio home of Little Fish Brewing.  Owners Sean White and Jimmy Stockwell discuss their philosophy to brewing Belgian-inspired farmhouse ales, using local ingredients and the Athens beer scene (Oct 2016).