Step Brewers Podcast is a no holds barred commentary on the beer scene in Australia. Through a shared loved of great grog, the two certified reptiles join forces to share their views, unverified facts and feverish passion for Australian beer. The boys bring their unique experience and perspectives to a banter laden podcast with epic segments, impassioned rants, technical interviews, unadulterated opinions and truth nuggets. Quite arguably the best beer podcast in Australia.
Welcome to Hopped: Sound On 🔊, where we talk everything SoCal craft beer. Get the inside scoop on SoCal’s latest beer releases, upcoming beer events, and in-depth conversions with the people that brew, serve, and drink craft beer in Southern California.
Lifelong friends unite to review music, give beard advice and drink beer.
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Listen to the podcast for those who make and drink great beer. Every week we talk to professional brewers and industry experts about practical brewing advice, in-depth coverage of brewing trends that matter to you, and tips for getting the most out of your homebrew.
Join Zim as he reviews new beers!! Domestic to Imports, Small Batch to Large Batch, IPA's to Porters, Zim will review them all!! Join in as we crack open a cold one!! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/zimsbeerreview/support
Tasting all the beer two minutes at a time!
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237: Less is More as Surly’s Ben Smith Pursues Bigger Hop Flavor in Hazy IPA and a Refined Approach to West Coast IPA
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Minnesota's Surly Brewing has cultivated a brand image that's bold and in-your-face, but the next chapter of Surly's approach to brewing will be defined by achieving more with less, if head brewer Ben Smith has anything to say about it. From thiol-maximizing yeast in hazy IPAs that achieves big flavor with less hops, to refined and softer bitternes…
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238: Laura Burns of Omega Yeast Offers an Expert Approach to Stable Beer Haze
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Brewing isn’t a typical career path for research scientists with doctorate degrees, but for Laura Burns, it was a practical way to apply academic learning in a creative environment. After finishing her doctorate, she worked in a number of brewhouses from Tennessee to Chicago, before landing at Omega Yeast where she’s assumed the title of Director o…
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Hanging with the Beergang with Kurt & Kyle Leingang
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In this episode of Hoptalk, Gary chats with Kurt & Kyle Leingang, co-founders of new beer delivery and marketplace startup, Beergang. We chat all about their journey of launching Beergang, how they built up their list of brewery partners, the growth of the Southern California beer scene, their inaugural beer festival coming up on May 21st, and so m…
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The 4th Annual Regional Steppie Awards for 2022 Pt. 1
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Papa Sweden is joined by Daddy Sweden, AS@P Pappy and Papa Worldwide, along with 3 special guest judges to award the regional Steppie Awards for 2021. (Please note. There were unavoidable audio issues with the Victorian results. That being said, still horny chat). Become a Friend Of The Show and support us on our Patreon! If you’re listening on Spo…
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236: Forager’s Austin Jevne Embraces Nuanced Flavor in Fruited Seltzers, Sours, and Barrel-Aged Stouts
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In Rochester, Minnesota, the Forager brewpub that Austin Jevne founded with life and business partner Annie Henderson continues with its mission to provide compelling beer and food to the community. However, Jevne’s Humble Forager brand has set a more far-reaching goal to bring their authentic, grounded approach to flavorful beer to a wider nationa…
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235: Barrett Tillman of BlackMan Brewing Tells Stories Through Beer
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Barrett Tillman’s love affair with yeast started innocently enough—as his small group of homebrewing friends divided up brewday tasks, he arbitrarily chose yeast duty. Little did he know that choice would turn into a passion that would define his brewing career for the past decade. Homebrewing led him to pursue brewing professionally, and over the …
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The Return of Meshuggah, Greenhorn Solid Beard Wash Bar, Chonk Spumoni & Springbier
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What's that off in the distance? Is that the super-heavy Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah? Cue the THICC riffs. Meshuggah is back baby! Eric couldn't be happier as the boys drop their reviews of Immutable. Dan and Evan aren't as sure of their feelings. Meshuggah songs previewed in this episode include: "The Abysmal Eye" "The Faultless" "Ligatur…
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Six Years of The Propagator with Sam Tierney of Firestone Walker Brewing Company
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In this episode of Hoptalk, Gary chats with Sam Tierney, manager of Firestone Walker’s R&D brewhouse in Venice, CA. We talk all about The Propagator as it approaches its six-year anniversary, how the space and the brewing program have evolved over that time, Sam’s recent run of all-star beer collaborations, what it’s like to visit other breweries a…
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234: Pierre Tilquin of Gueuzerie Tilquin Makes Lambic and Gueuze with Lively Spirit and Mathematical Precision
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Passionate people tend to have exacting ideas of how to do things, and Pierre Tilquin is no exception. The founder of Gueuzerie Tilquin has spent more than a decade now buying lambics from classic houses such as 3 Fonteinen, Cantillon, Boon, Lindemans, and Girardin, aging them in his own facility, and finally blending them in carefully considered r…
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233: Urbain Coutteau of Struise Brouwers Shares Some “Peasant Intelligence”
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Struise Brouwers is scrappy, in the best sense of the word. Small and underfunded from the start, they’ve always made the best of what they have, and figured out no-cost solutions to brewing problems. After all, you can’t spend money you don’t have. Today, the brewery operates with a brewhouse that is as unique as their beers—two mash tuns, with in…
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For the Love of Lagers ft. Ned Bowring (Deeds Brewing)
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One of our favourite sons joins the boys to say "Bon Jour No" and talk all things lager. Sip, Skip, bottom fermenting chats and a revelation about iced vo vos. Some things must be heard to be believed. We back baby! Become a Friend Of The Show and support us on our Patreon! If you’re listening on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, please be sure to rate, s…
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232: Raf Souvereyns of Bokke Is Blending Lambic with Fruit and New Perspective
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Last year, Raf Souvereyns produced virtually no beer. A debilitating and still-mysterious illness kept him largely out of his Bokke blendery and often in the hospital. Now he must live with the condition, without knowing if or when it will strike again. Yet he is back in his blendery, working, upbeat, with a refreshed outlook and plenty of ideas fo…
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Ghost, War Zone Beard Oil, Sour Tea Beer & Blackberry Popsicle IPA
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The gang reunites once more to review Ghost's fifth studio album Impera. The boys unravel the mystery of Papa Emeritus to emerge with a new theory that involves Weird Al secretly fronting the band. Is there any merit to this claim? Hard to say! Ghost tracks previewed on this episode include: "Spillways" "Twenties" "Call Me Little Sunshine" Next up …
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231: Cameron Owen of The Eighth State Can’t Afford to be Average
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The Eighth State is small—very small. The three-barrel, open-vessel brewhouse sits adjacent to the taproom, with brewing gear spilling over on days when they’re not open. Barrels are packed into every inch of unused space, while an assortment of plants help to create a more comfortable vibe in the small ground-floor space. It feels cluttered yet re…
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230: The Bitter Truth About Belgian Beer With Nino Bacelle of De Ranke
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When Nino Bacelle and Guido Devos started homebrewing together in the 80’s, Belgian beer was in the midst of a sea change. Consolidation was afoot as larger industrial breweries swallowed up smaller concerns, while an earlier generation of brewers had reached retirement age with few of the younger generation interested in carrying on the brewing tr…
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229: Au Baron’s Xavier Ballieux Carries on the Family Farmhouse-Brewing Tradition
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It’s a striking spot for a brewery—the site of a former mill on a winding stream, with the village church looming overhead. Out behind Brasserie Au Baron in Gussignies, you can literally throw a rock and hit Belgium in the neighbor’s front yard. Yet this is a French brewery, officially, even if its influences are many—the traditions of Hainaut sais…
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Zeal & Ardor, Beard Octane Neutral CBD Beard Oil, West Coast vs. Hazy IPAs
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Eric, Evan and Dan return to review the self-titled, third studio album from Zeal & Ardor. What does the band sound like? Grab a fistful of blues and sprinkle in some gospel. Then add in a healthy portion of black metal. Now you've got yourself a musical stew unlike anything you've ever heard before. Zeal & Ardor tracks previewed on this episode in…
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228: Paula Yunes and Valéry De Breucker of Brasserie Atrium Are Shaking Things Up in the Famenne
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She’s a native Brazilian, beer sommelier, and former reality TV host. He’s a Brussels native who has worked in every aspect of the industry, including the brewhouse at Fantôme. Together, Paula Yunes and husband Valéry De Breucker launched a brewery in Belgium’s Luxembourg province. Now, Brasserie Atrium, is turning heads with fresh takes on saison …
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227: Tom Jacobs of Antidoot Is Searching For Simplicity
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Antidoot’s Tom Jacobs didn’t set out with the goal of launching a brewery. It was more a natural outgrowth of his and his brother’s homebrewing, which grew too large to remain just a hobby. Still, Jacobs pursues every one of the small batches they brew with the exploratory zeal that informed their homebrewing days. The brewery and batches are small…
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226: For Cantillon’s Jean Van Roy, Brewing Comes Naturally
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History can be a heavy weight to bear. Being caretakers for a legacy and advocates for a tradition can win you credibility in small circles, but such victories seem inconsequential in the face of an industry and consumer tide that rolls toward simpler tastes. Cantillon, founded in 1900, survived the industry consolidation and shifting consumer tast…
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Muscadine Bloodline, Biblical Beard Oil, Blonde & Choco Milk Stouts
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Dan and Eric break out their cowboy hats for a special two-man episode where they review Dispatch to 16th Ave. the second studio album from the "proudly independent and unapolegetically southern" Nashville-based country duo Muscadine Bloodline. Muscadine Bloodline songs previewed on this episode include: "Dispatch to 16th Ave." "Dead on Arrival" "N…
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The Hop Show with Blanca Quintero of Highland Park Brewery
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We are excited to announce season 2 of #thehopshow! Hosts Daniella Lopez and Javi Gonzalez interview Blanca Quintero of Highland Park Brewery for their Big Game special! Listen in as we speak to Blanca about the return of festivals, the origin story of Schwarzmas, and stuck mash…all while having a wing and beer pairing, culminating with one of the …
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225: 3 Fonteinen’s Next Generation Is Going from Grain to Gueuze
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Groomed by retired master blender Armand Debelder, a new generation has assumed the stewardship of the 3 Fonteinen lambic brewery and blendery in Beersel and Lot, Belgium. Their focus is on preserving their mentor’s approach to brewing, blending, and passion for the lambic tradition, while also looking for ways to root that product more deeply in i…
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What's Old Is New Again ft. Benn Hooper (Fox Friday)
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To bring in the new format the boys start with a BANG! Recording for the first time from Moonah Hotel and Cellars the team cover their hopes and dreams for the year, Untapped shenanigans and are joined by a very special guest and Steppies fam-favourite Benn Hooper for some big new Fox Friday brewery updates! Double Length episode for your listening…
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2022 Anticipated Albums, Bloody Knuckles Hand Repair Balm, Hopslam Ale
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Just when you thought it was safe! The boys are back and this time they're sharing some albums they are looking forward to in 2022. 2022 Anticipated Album Picks Include: Get Well Soon by King Iso (January 21) 11:11 by Pinegrove (January 28) Erebos by Venom Prison (January 28) Let There Be Witchery by Midnight (March 4) Impera by Ghost (March 11) Sp…
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224: Julia Herz of the American Homebrewers Association Connects the Dots Between Beer and Flavor
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Julia Herz is only a couple months into her new role as Executive Director of the American Homebrewers Association, but she's long been a craft beer voice and advocate with deep experience in the realm of food and beer pairing. As the former Craft Beer Program Director for the Brewers Association, she developed a library of resources to help brewer…
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223: Matt Sampson of Hacienda Believes in Flavor Over Style
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Matt Sampson, director of brewing operations for Hacienda Beer and Door County Brewing in Wisconsin, never set out to be a brewer. The PhD chemist figured on life in a lab—but life had something else in store. He found his way into brewing through the side door—vaulting from a somewhat unique position as brand manager and QC tech. That led to cella…
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222: Good Word’s Todd DiMatteo Goes Big on Little Beers
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Todd DiMatteo never intended to head up the production side of Good Word Brewing and Public House in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. However, after a rocky start with a previous brewer forced him to quickly step up to the brewdeck, he embraced the role with verve. Thankfully, his homebrew experience plus more than a decade serving beer at Atl…
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#79 - Drinking Larry With Your Mate McGarry ft. Christen McGarry (Your Mates Brewing)
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On the eve of the GABS Hottest 100 we present to you a bonus episode from late 2021. Christian McGarry joins us to discuss all things Your Mates Brewing. But really, think of this more as a documentary and deep dive into all things Larry. Who is Larry? What is Larry? And Why Larry? Also, at the time we ask you for love heart reacts or likes for ext…
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221: Jan Chodkowski of Our Mutual Friend Embraces Both the Bold and the Sublime
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Denver’s Our Mutual Friend might be better known in brewing circles for their commitment to mixed-culture beers, but ask head brewer Jan Chodkowski, and he’ll admit to being a hophead. It’s no surprise, then, that the case of “palmares” on the brewery wall showcasing their GABF, World Beer Cup, and Craft Beer & Brewing awards is evenly split betwee…
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220: Kyle Harrop of Horus Aged Ales Pushes the Edges of Adjunct Technique
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If there was a Guinness world record for most beer collaborations, Kyle Harrop of Horus Aged Ales would surely hold it. The 400-plus beers Harrup has brewed with other breweries are even more impressive when you consider that brewing is still a side hustle for the full-time accountant. Today, Horus Aged Ales is known as much for its collaborations …