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Tucked away in the small town of Gorst, Wash., lies a brewery that represents just about everything there is to love about the beer community: a true community space with outstanding food, world-class beer, and...

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Ron is back! And we figured it was a good time to let everyone know where he disappears to this time each year. The Tournament of Beers is Peaks & Pints’ version of a March...

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We’re so excited about this one! Ali Himmel-Smith and Jen Nicosia, the respective chair and co-chair for the Seattle chapter of the Pink Boots Society, join us this week. Pink Boots is a pillar institution...

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Tacoma Beer Week is in the rearview mirror for now, so it’s a great time to recap some outstanding TBW events around the South Sound. Phaedra and Matt Week catch up on some events, beer...

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The Grit & Grain ramped up Tacoma Beer Week 2025 over several episodes leading to its March 1 launch, including back-to-back episodes discussing our collaboration with Logan Brewing, No Bad Time Black IPA. For Part 2,...

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The Grit & Grain ramped up Tacoma Beer Week 2025 over several episodes leading up to its March 1 launch. Now, knee deep in glorious TBW festivities, we’re thrilled to offer back-to-back episodes discussing our...

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It’s Tacoma Beet Week, and we’re discussing another considerable collaboration. This week, Silver City Brewery Sales Executive Scott Davis and Head Brewer Ian Campbell, Communities for a Healthy Bay Executive Director Melissa Malott, and Communications...

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We are only a few weeks away from Tacoma Beer Week and figured it was the perfect time to highlight a significant collaboration beer being released during the week.  Local pop-punk powerhouse band Amber Pacific...

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Larrabee Lager Company is one of the newest and fastest-rising stars in the Washington beer world. Fresh off of multiple medal wins and being declared Small Brewery of the Year in 2024, co-owner and marketing...

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It’s already that time of year again. … Mostly because Tacoma Beer Week has moved to March! This week, we welcome back Kyleigh Palmer and Gini Sommer, two long-time organizers of Tacoma Beer Week. They...

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If you caught our last episode, we did our best to cover all the craziness surrounding the beer industry right now — but we barely scratched the surface.  This week, we dive back into the...

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The media has been busy with doom and gloom stories about the craft beer industry lately — but how bad can it be? This week, with the help of our best buddy R.J. Adler, we...

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We all love pilsners, but there are so many versions of pilsner to choose from: West Coast pils, Italian pils, French pils, Czech pils.  How can you tell them apart?  What makes them different?  Who...

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Happy New Year you beautiful nerds! If you’re partaking in Dry January or just need a reason to try out some non-alcoholic options, the Grit & Grain has you covered this week. We are joined...

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It’s pre-Christmas week and we have a doozy!  The famous Texas Dave and insanely skilled Ted O’Hanlan hung out this week to give us the scoop on their work at Seattle’s new sweetheart brewery, Here...

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It’s that time of year! This week, The Grit & Grain Podcast pulled a few of our favorite winter beers from this season so far and a few iconic examples from the past that you...

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Whether you’re in the beginning stages of starting up a brewery, ready to expand your beer business with a new taproom location, or just a humble home brewer with a dream, we’re here to help...

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It’s been a wild few weeks in the beer world around the Pacific Northwest:  Breweries closing, local beer brands changing hands, and a new family-owned distributor enters the chat with the purchase of a beloved...

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Stop #2 of the Grit & Grain roadshow is in the books!  Our best buddy and director of events for the Washington Brewers Guild, Shawna Cormier, invited us to record live from the showroom floor...

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We’re on location for Episode 120 — hanging out at Brewallup Craft Beer Festival in Puyallup! The crew trekked over to the birthplace of the Pacific Northwest hop industry to sit down with a few...

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That’s right!  One hundred forty!  But it wasn’t us; it was the two most diligent fresh hop hounds in Tacoma: Michael McCourt and Austin Patjens.  Our good buddies hung out with us on Episode 119...

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The Great American Beer Festival just wrapped up and after nearly a year of speculation on the changes being rumored at the biggest craft beer awards show and festival, we were eager to grab a...

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That’s right!  Our good friend and social media savant Rachyl Fojtik is back on the mic again! Sometimes better known by her popular online alias, @beersandbedtime, Rachyl has been newly appointed as the social media...

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That’s right!  We’re back with another beefy episode filled with beer industry pet peeves!  Ron explains why he has beef with his entire beer cooler, unmarked samples, sticky cans, and plastic kegs — Bethany slams...

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Time for school!  This week we invited our good friend and long-time beer industry professional Lyra Penoyer to sit down for a few beers and a few great stories.  Lyra is one of those seasoned...

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Ron has returned!  And he’s brought fresh hops and f*ck ups from his time in Yakima, where he and Phaedra picked hops, toured farms, and drank all the wine. The two barely overlapped with Bethany,...

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That’s right!  Our best bud R.J. is back on the mic this week! Ron and Phaedra were busy picking some fresh hops in over in Yakima, but R.J. hung out and caught us up on...

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Happy Friday, Grit and Grainers! We’re back with a banger this week. There’s been tons of talk around town about the new creole-concept bar and restaurant, Chez Lafayette, in downtown Tacoma. We figured it was...

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Happy September, Grit and Grainers! Fresh Hop season is upon us, we’ve recovered from all the Tacoma Beer Week festivities, and Ron is out of town this week on a west coast adventure … so...

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It’s that time of year, folks!  Fresh Hop season is upon us, so the Grit & Grain thought it was a perfect time to bring back our good buddy Kirby Redman, director at Wyckoff Farms....

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Welcome back to part 2 pairing beer and Tacoma iconic bites with Kris Hay of Tacoma Aroma Flavor. The journey continues with three new bites this week: Pao’s Glazed donuts, potato perogies from Zaya Cafe, and...

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That’s right!  It’s about time we had ourselves a proper food episode, and it’s a double-header. And, who better to join us than Kris Hay of Tacoma Aroma Flavor.  Kris has been collaborating with local...

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It’s a special midweek episode!  The Grit & Grain team had the privilege of recording a live show from the grass of the fantastic Brew Five Three Beer & Music Festival. If you missed the...

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Chris Chappell digs sustainability, Arizona Wilderness Brewery, social media, and Pacific Northwest watersheds. Brian Antonio Muegge digs Gonzaga, wildlife conservation, Nickelback, and keeping salmon safe. Chappell works to protect wild lands and rivers in our...

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Year 3 is off and running!  And what better way to get it rolling than catching up with our best buddy, Sean Jackson. Producer Doug let us commandeer his super-secret studio for an hour to...

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Welp!  We did it guys.  Episode #104 marks 2 years in the books for us at the Grit & Grain Podcast.  We figured there was no better way to put a bow on year 2...

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Welcome to the second to last episode of year 2! For the occasion, we wanted to put a few episodes together with some of our best buds and to kick things off we had our...

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This week, we decided to kick back, crack a few fantastic beers, and just hang out.  We haven’t had a chance to hear about Producer Doug Mackey’s adventures throughout England or much about co-host Matt...

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Hope everyone had a wonderful Fourth of July! This week, we were joined by the minds behind sweetheart brewery and South Puget Sound staple, Triceratops Brewing.  Rob and Kelli have been slinging delicious beer to...

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Grit & Grain presents Part 2 of our conversation with The Masonry and Fast Fashion folks: the infallible Sam Morin, the unbreakable Sarah Moorman, and, of course, the master of pizza, beer, and stone …...

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You’ll never guess who we sweet talked into driving down from Seattle to hang with us for our milestone 99th and 100th episodes: the infallible Sam Morin, the unbreakable Sarah Moorman, and, of course, the...

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Welcome Grit & Grainers! We’re back and kicking off the countdown to our anniversary episode with an absolute banger — Paul Reiter, founder and CEO of the world-famous Great Notion Brewing. Barely 10 years since...

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This week, the Grit & Grain Podcast welcomes back our good friend Brian Strumke of the world-famous Stillwater Artisanal Ales. It’s been a hot minute since we’ve caught up with Strumke and as in his...

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Our best buddy and endlessly talented producer Doug Mackey is out of the country galavanting around London for a few weeks (we are pretty jealous) and, as luck would have it, our other best buddy...

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Shawna Cormier and Jess Keller Poole of the famed Seattle Beer School made the traffic-laden trek down to Tacoma for another afternoon of shenanigans with the Grit & Grain team. We get into what it’s...

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Lay down your robes, Grit and Grainers; Today we’re talking to the master of locally-brewed traditional Trappist-style Belgian ales, sans the monks — it’s Todd Clement from Monkless Belgian Ales! Discover what drove Todd to...

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Grit & Grain co-host Matt McLaren had a weird week. And sure enough, so did Seattle beer. The craft beer industry is full of shake ups both big and small. This week we let Matt...

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This week the team finally sat down with none other than Jon Sleight of the lauded Jon’s Homebrew and Wine Supply in Puyallup, Wash. This seemingly humble, local homebrew supply store has spent years at...

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Break out your gloves, goggles, and your pH strips! For Episode 91, the Grit & Grain Podcast dives into the rarely talked about, but supremely important, sector of the beer world — line cleaners. You...

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Happy April Fools’ week! This week, we couldn’t help but embrace our delinquent side and R.J., being the gold standard human being that he is, was kind enough to let us T.P. him so we...

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