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The beertruth podcast takes an honest look at the craft beverage industry with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Find out what drives and inspires brewers, what their story is, and yes, what their favorite hop is.

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The beertruth podcast takes an honest look at the craft beverage industry with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Find out what drives and inspires brewers, what their story is, and yes, what their favorite hop is.

    Round 71 - Sierra Nevada Showing Us How Sustainability is Done Right

    Round 71 - Sierra Nevada Showing Us How Sustainability is Done Right

    Mandi McKay joins me via the interwebs to talk about sustainability, which makes sense because she is the Director of Environmental and Social Impact at Sierra Nevada Brewing's Chico, CA headquarters. Mandi has advice for breweries of any size, and even some recommendations for consumers to participate in the sustainability movement while still enjoying that beer. Subscribe to the beertruth podcast and follow along on Instagram @beertruth.podcast.

    Go in depth at sierranevada.com/sustainability

    • 1 hr
    Round 70 - Two Alex's Walk Into a Brewery

    Round 70 - Two Alex's Walk Into a Brewery

    Alex Rabe and Alex Zilke are two of the three founders of Portico Brewing in Somerville, Massachusetts. They both join me for a conversation about beer, community, greenwashing, and architecture - or not architecture, depending on your perspective. Get it, perspective? It's an architectural joke, you probably wouldn't understand. But I don't either. Enjoy the show. Also, subscribe.

    Learn more about Portico at porticobrewing.com

    • 52 min
    Round 69 - Liz and Jared Kiraly of Bone Up Brewing talk American farmhouse and Belgian waffles

    Round 69 - Liz and Jared Kiraly of Bone Up Brewing talk American farmhouse and Belgian waffles

    Liz and Jared Kiraly, partners in life and beer, join me on a gloomy New England day to talk about the inspiration behind their "American farmhouse"-style brewery. Not a lot of places focus on Belgian-inspired beers these days, but Bone Up is sticking with what got them into brewing in the first place. Also, waffles.

    Open up that special bottle of Belgian beer you've been holding onto and hit play already.

    Learn more about Bone Up Brewing at www.boneup.beer and follow them on Instagram to keep up on the latest brewery happenings.

    #craftbeer #boneupbrewing #everettma #massachusetts #bostonbeer #macraftbeer #massbeer #belgianbeer #ipa #brewing #witbier #lager

    • 58 min
    Round 68: Dan Kenary of Boston's Harpoon Brewery talks ESOPs and expansions

    Round 68: Dan Kenary of Boston's Harpoon Brewery talks ESOPs and expansions

    Round 68: Dan Kenary, co-founder and CEO of Mass Bay Brewing Company (Harpoon, Clown Shoes, UFO, Catamount, Long Trail, Arctic Summer, City Roots) talks about what it's like being in beer for over 35 years. He also details transitioning the company into an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, and how the company has expanded along with the Seaport neighborhood and the city of Boston.

    Grab a pretzel and some beer cheese, or a Seaport Square (or both), a Harpoon IPA, and let's dig into this episode all about the iconic Harpoon Brewery in Boston, Massachusetts.

    For more about Harpoon Brewery, go to harpoonbrewery.com, or better yet, check it out in Boston, MA || Worcester, MA || Windsor, VT

    #boston #craftbeer #harpoonbrewery #massachusetts

    • 50 min
    Round 67 - Sarah Real of Hot Plate Brewing on moving from Brooklyn to the Berkshires to open a brewery

    Round 67 - Sarah Real of Hot Plate Brewing on moving from Brooklyn to the Berkshires to open a brewery

    Sarah Real, cofounder of the freshly opened Hot Plate Brewing in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, joins me to talk homebrewing dreams turned into reality.
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    Music credit:
    “Maccary Bay” by Kevin MacLeod
    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
    License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Round 66 - Sean Lawson of Lawson's Finest Liquids

    Round 66 - Sean Lawson of Lawson's Finest Liquids

    Sean Lawson takes us on a proverbial hike (or snowshoe) in the woods of Vermont. But seriously, we're talking beer here.
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    https://www.lawsonsfinest.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/lawsonsfinest/
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    Music credit:
    “Maccary Bay” by Kevin MacLeod
    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
    License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    • 51 min

Customer Reviews

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5 Ratings

megandodds1 ,

Thx for doing what you do!

I really appreciate that this podcast exists. As I’m getting back into the beer industry I have been using these episodes as a reference point and it’s really helpful! The delivery of information is entertaining and I love the dry humor.

dhsbdbb ,

All you need to know about beer

Informative, fun, topically relevant. Worth a listen if you like beer.

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