PODCAST GUEST Aaron Justus Aaron Justus was born and raised in Kansas City. After college, Aaron worked in television for nearly thirteen years as a meteorologist. During this time, he was an avid homebrewer and eventually decided to change careers. He packed his bags...
PODCAST GUESTS Tiffany Pitra Originally from Iowa, Tiffany Pitra relocated to Yakima, Washington in 2010 where she immediately fell in love with the hop industry. Tiffany holds a B.A. from the University of Northern Iowa and in 2014, she completed the UC Davis Applied...
PODCAST GUESTS Rodrigo Plancarte Rodrigo Plancarte is the Regional Sales Manager for Mexico and Central America at Yakima Chief Hops functioning as the link between breweries and distributors from the region with the Hop Farms from the PNW as well as being key to...
PODCAST GUESTS Geoff Fischer Geoff is a former professional craft brewer with over 15 years’ experience supplying ingredients to both breweries and distilleries. He has taken brewing courses at UC Davis, Distilling courses at the Siebel Institute and completed the...
PODCAST GUESTS Don Moore Don Moore has 33 years of commercial brewer’s experience under his belt. He currently works as a liaison between the CMC malthouse’s and the breweries that Country Malt provides for both bag and bulk sales for small to medium sized regional...
PODCAST GUESTS Chris Geib Chris Geib has been with the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation since January 2019. One of his first projects assigned was to grow the Brewing Funds the Cure campaign to have a national footprint. With national partners such as CMG, YCH,...
PODCAST GUESTS Steve Harrah Steve Harrah is the Quality Manager for the Country Malt Group and has been with them for the past 11+ years. Steve has held a variety of roles with CMG, starting production at the warehouse level and working his way up to a warehouse...
PODCAST GUESTS Adam Hieronymus Adam Hieronymus is an Inside Sales Representative and an avid homebrewer. “In the year 2000”, he got hooked on brewing with the Mr. Beer Kit and has never looked back. Adam started with Country Malt Group 4 years ago as Hop Contract...
PODCAST GUESTS JT Wattenberg Jeremy “JT” Wattenberg is the Technical Brewery Manager and Sales Liaison for Yakima Chief Hops. During his 11 years working in the industry, JT has seen and worked in almost every aspect of the beer and alcohol business. Fresh out of the...
PODCAST GUESTS Josh and Jason Cody Josh and Jason Cody own the farm-to-glass operation, Colorado Malting Company, along with their father. Founded in 2008, Colorado Malting Company is a premier craft maltster with customers all over the world. Episode Links Colorado...
PODCAST GUESTS Teri Fahrendorf Teri Fahrendorf is an American brewer and founder of the Pink Boots Society, an organization that supports women in the brewing industry. She is notable for being one of the first women in the craft brewing industry and her brews have...
PODCAST GUESTS Ryan Dodd Ryan Dodd started with Canada Malting Co. in 2002 when they purchased their first elevators in Alberta. This was a major change in the malting barley world as it allowed producers to grow directly for the maltster and deal at a local elevator...
PODCAST GUESTS Dan Russo Having started his career in the hospitality industry Dan began working at Eugene, OR based Oakshire Brewing to open up their Public House. In 2014 he received the Glen hay Falconer Scholarship to the American Brewers Guild and upon completion...
PODCAST GUEST Kevin Davey Kevin Davey began his brewing career at Chuckanut Brewery and Kitchen in Bellingham, WA in 2009 after attending the World Brewing Academy (Siebel Institute in Chicago and Doeman’s Academy in Munich) where he became Lead Brewer. He left...
PODCAST GUESTS Tyler Schoales After graduating with an Applied Biomolecular Sciences degree from Lakehead University, Tyler began his malting journey with Canada Malting in Calgary, AB, Canada. Over the course of 13 years, Tyler has continued to develop his malting...
PODCAST GUESTS Jack Paulson Always looking for a reason to fish and enjoy a craft beer with friends. Industries served: Craft beer and spirits Grain milling systems for bakery/livestock/export trans-loading, rail car to truck, to totes, to bags Full design, automation...
PODCAST GUESTS Dana Johnson As the Technical Director of Craft Brewing for Birko, Dana consults craft breweries, wineries, and distilleries on food safety and sanitation practices. He has more than 25 years of experience serving Birko’s brew customers and is known in...
PODCAST GUESTS Mike Heinrich Mike has an extensive educational work history that includes a BSc in Natural Sciences, Genetics, and Horticulture – UW Madison, Master Brewers Program – UC Davis, Diploma Brewer – Institute of Brewing and Distilling, Diploma...
PODCAST GUESTS Jason Perrault Jason Perrault is the CEO and head hop breeder for Yakima Chief Ranches. As a fourth-generation farmer, Jason is deeply devoted to bringing long-term sustainability and value to the hop industry through innovative breeding and management...
PODCAST GUESTS Eddie Douglas A career spanning over 32yrs in the Scottish malting industry, specializing in the production, support & development of the distilling malt sector. In 2012 Eddie was appointed to the role of Commercial Director, responsible for UK...
PODCAST GUESTS Tim Matthews Who would have thought that a bachelor’s degree in Slavic languages, literature, and linguistics would turn out a career in brewing? After 12 years at Oskar Blues, Tim was appointed VP of Global Brewing for CANarchy Craft Brewery...
PODCAST GUESTS James Loughran James Loughran is a 6th generation Irish barley grower. With a strong passion for sustainable farming and craft beer, James has worked to transition his family farm from commodity production into high quality, brewing spec barley. ...
PODCAST GUESTS Chris Hodge Since 1984, when Chris helped start Admiralty Beverage, a beer and wine distributorship in Portland, OR, his passion for and understanding of the beverage industry has only intensified. It’s been a great road so far, with 18 years at...
PODCAST GUESTS John Walker John Walker Co-founder of Athletic and a talented head brewer who took the leap from a great brewpub in Santa Fe (where he was highly awarded) to take on the intellectual challenge of solving non-alcoholic beer. John’s palette is the...
PODCAST GUESTS Eric Dixon Eric Dixon joined Lallemand as the Midwest technical sales manager in 2018 after working in the brewing industry for several years at breweries all around the USA. Originally from Delaware and now living in Chicago IL. He’s a graduate...
PODCAST GUESTS Bart Whipple Bart Whipple was a beer enthusiast and drawn to what Sierra Nevada was doing over thirty-five years ago when he applied for a job in the bottle shop. Perseverance for achievement and long-term endurance for the ever-changing craft brewing...
PODCAST GUESTS James Fawcett James Fawcett is the 7th generation of Thomas Fawcett & Sons in Castleford England. He branched out to the U.S. to get his college education from Chapel Hill in North Carolina before returning to the U.K. to take on the reigns of the...
PODCAST GUESTS Sara Hagerty Sara Hagerty is a seasoned professional with a variety of experience working in marketing, sales, and manufacturing. Originally from the west coast, Sara ventured out to the Midwest in 2014 and began her professional career as a supplier of...
PODCAST GUESTS John Egan John Egan is the territory manager for Country Malt Group covering SoCal, Arizona, and Hawaii.Prior to joining Country Malt Group, John spent nine years at Stone Brewing as Lead Brewer and eight years at Mission Brewery as Head Brewer/Director...
PODCAST GUESTS Tom Kehoe Haddonfield, New Jersey native Tom Kehoe is the founder, president, and brewmaster of Yards Brewing Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kehoe has been in the brewing industry since 1992 and began his career in college, cleaning kegs and...
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