Get ready to experience one of the coolest beer events Jimmy has ever been to in his life! We’re talking Pils & Love 2024. A Celebration of Pilsner, the event was held on June 29th and featured more than 50 of the world’s best pilsners.

While there, Jimmy caught up with two top lager makers: Todd DiMatteo, owner and brewer at Good Word Brewing & Public House in Duluth, GA, and Ashleigh Carter, head brewer and co-owner of Bierstadt Lagerhaus in Denver, CO.

Tune in to get in on the lager love!

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In our last episode, Sean Towers from The Seed mentioned running a full cask ale program at The Cricket Club in Cape May, NJ. Naturally, Jimmy had to check it out.

Back for this episode are Sean of The Seed Living Beer Project in Atlantic City, and Ryan Brower, former beer editor at Gear Patrol and certified cicerone. Also joining the cask tasting is Kyle Kulkowitz from The Cricket Club.

Cask Ale is an integral part of beer culture, and folks are pushing the envelope in various traditions and styles these days. Tune in to keep up with cask!

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Beer and BBQ. Can you name a better combination? Today we’re serving up both, live from Wildwoods BBQ in New Jersey!

Chowing down (and bringing the brews) to this shindig are Sean Towers, co-owner/founder of The Seed Living Beer Project in Atlantic City, and Ryan Brower former beer editor at Gear Patrol, certified cicerone, and Atlantic City local (and former Bushwickite).

Ryan has envisioned Jimmy and Sean’s meeting for some time, and it came together over some great food and drink. Also, tune in to hear how Sean, a marine biologist, turned his attention to his brewery project in NJ!

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As we move through the year into apple season, you know we gotta talk cider! This week, we’re checking in on the cider world, specifically on this year’s competition space.

Joining Jimmy for this episode are friends Eric West, the illustrious Cider Guide; Ron Sansone of Spoke + Spy Ciderworks; and Justin Koury of BevFluence.

Between Eric, Ron, and Justin, the cider expertise is overflowing from this episode! On the docket today are the topics of judging cider, promoting cider, international cider organizations, and more!

Pour up a crisp one and tune in!

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Today we are going to regale you with tales of keggers past… Jimmy recently stumbled upon an article in Good Beer Hunting on the rise and fall of the kegger at UM in Missoula, Montana. And there’s a lot more to it than there just having been a lot of beer!

Brian Alberts, a historian of beer in context, is joined by Cody Ewert, associate editor at the Montana Historical Society, to break it all down for us. These two storytellers have kept all the juicy lore to paint you a picture of the kegger’s inception.

Now tune in and let’s party like it’s ‘79!

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Get ready for something cool and crisp during this hot and heavy Summer… We’re off to Ontario to talk cider!

On the show today is Barry Rooke, Executive Director of Cider Canada / Cidre Canada, the budding national association for cider producers. Joining him is returning guest Damin Sawyer of Bone N' Bottle Reviews, lover of all things cider and chicken wings.

Jimmy is thrilled to talk about the cider culture spanning from Canada to upstate New York, how it’s growing, and how the 155 producers of Cider Canada are spreading the cider gospel.

Pour up a fresh glass of cider and tune in!

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Jimmy’s summer travels roll on! This week, a stop in Holyoke, Massachusetts to catch up with some malt and grain powerhouses you may remember from past episodes…

Chatting with Jimmy are Andrea Stanley, co-owner of Valley Malt and Ground Up Grain; Kyle Fiasconaro, owner and chef at Brewer’s Foods; and Matthew Steinberg, co-founder and head brewer at Exhibit ‘A’ Brewing in Framingham, Massachusetts.

This episode has been years in the making! Some of the first grain and craft malt stories on BSR were brought to you by Andrea. Plus, what have Kyle and Matthew been up to since we last caught up with them?

All of this and more this week on BSR! Tune in!

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We’re up in Maine and about to try some of the greatest hard ciders of your life! This week Jimmy is at the first CiderFeast in Portland, hanging out with up-and-coming cidermakers from in and around the state of Maine.

Joining the party are Joy Cartwright, Marketing Director of Fogtown Brewing Co; Jon Stein, Owner and Cidermaker at Fogtown; Jared Carr, Co-Owner and Cidermaker at Cornish Cider Co; Damin Sawyer, Content Creator of Bone & Bottle Reviews; and Zach Kaiser, Cidermaker at Absolem Cider Co.

CiderFeast 2024 took place on May 12 at Oxbow Blending & Bottling, next to Anoche Cider & Spirits, a local cider bar. CiderFeast 2024 featured delicious bites and over 40 hard ciders from more than 15 cider makers.

Sample historical and cutting edge flavors from Maine in this week's Cidercast!

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