The Craft Beer League The Craft Beer League

On this Podcast, we speak with Untapped Co-founder Greg Avola on how he started untapped, some of the challenges of the last 10 years, and discuss what he is thinking of doing next.

Today’s guest on the podcast is Obed Salazar from Golden Road Brewery. Obed begins his journey wanting to be a plastic surgeon in LA and that leads him to be the head brewer at Golden Road’s Glendale California brewery. Obed also talks about what it is like to be a small craft beer company when it is bought by one of the largest brewers in the world. Obed’s story is a great craft beer adventure.

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This week our podcast guest is Gary Fish, President and Founder of Deschutes Brewing. Gary started Deschutes in 1988 in Bend, Oregon, before Craft Beer was called "Craft Beer." We talk to him about his journey of starting a small brewpub, filling that first dented keg, and using an old Pepsi machine to bottle their first beers. Deschutes is now available in 35 states and is considered one of the larger brands in craft beer, which comes with new challenges and so the odyssey continues.

This week on the podcast, we speak with Christian Bartholomew from Athletic Brewing. We discuss how Christian found his way to Athletic and how they have redefined the no alcohol category with an amazing line of craft beer.

In this week's Podcast, Nick Mallory Director of Marketing at Elysian Brewing talks about how got started in Craft brewing and the trends and innovation he sees coming in craft beer.