Tap the Craft Podcast - Craft Beer Education – Details, episodes & analysis

In Episode 300 we go live again on Facebook, and in this episode we talk about the beers we would have on tap if we owned a taproom or tavern.  These can be any beer, past or present, that is important enough to make sure it has a place to pour year round. We also talk about the look and feel of our dream taproom. Have you wondered what we mean when we use the term astringent? Well our Beer Speak 101 segment has you covered. Now grab a beer and enjoy the show! 

If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft and for all our links visit tapthecraft.com/linktree. We have a voicemail number...you can call 208-536-3359 (208-53ODDLY) to leave feedback or questions and have your voice heard on the show. We invite you to visit our website at tapthecraft.com for more craft beer content. If you enjoy our content and want to Toast Your Hosts, then please visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/tapthecraft  

You can follow Denny on Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow Kris on Untappd at @K9Hops and on our Facebook page. Find more links at tapthecraft.com/linktree. Discord server at tapthecraft.com/discord 

BEERS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Barriehaus Beer Co Dog Days of Summer Amber Rice Lager

Grand Teton Brewing Bitch Creek Brown Ale

In Episode 299 we go live again on Facebook, and in this episode we talk about the trends of 2025 and what industry leaders are predicting for the industry in 2026. We also do a tasting segment with the Sierra Nevada Bigfoot American Barleywine (2022 & 2024 editions). Now grab a beer and enjoy the show! 

If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft and for all our links visit tapthecraft.com/linktree. We have a voicemail number...you can call 208-536-3359 (208-53ODDLY) to leave feedback or questions and have your voice heard on the show. We invite you to visit our website at tapthecraft.com for more craft beer content. If you enjoy our content and want to Toast Your Hosts, then please visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/tapthecraft  

You can follow Denny on Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow Kris on Untappd at @K9Hops and on our Facebook page. Find more links at tapthecraft.com/linktree. Discord server at tapthecraft.com/discord 

BEERS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Capital Brewery Supper Club

Barriehaus Beer Co & Sky Puppy Brewing Cubby New Age Pilsner

Sierra Nevada Brewing Bigfoot American Barleywine

Wander Back Beerworks The Human Fund 

Wander Back Beerworks Perfectly Cromulent IPA

pFriem Family Brewers (collab with Georgetown Brewing) The Tao of Josh American IPA 

Mother Earth Brew Co Jackson Farms Pilsner

Jim Dandy Brewing Babushka 2025 RIS

In Episode 290 we go live again on Facebook, and in this episode we are talking with one of our long time listeners Eric Gronli about the Minnesota craft beer scene. We go into depth on Surly Brewing and learn how this infamous brewery and the Surly Nation helped change the strict beer laws back in 2012. Eric was also kind enough to send us some beer to taste on the show.  Now grab a beer and enjoy the show! 

If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft and for all our links visit tapthecraft.com/linktree. We have a voicemail number...you can call 208-536-3359 (208-53ODDLY) to leave feedback or questions and have your voice heard on the show. We invite you to visit our website at tapthecraft.com for more craft beer content. If you enjoy our content and want to Toast Your Hosts, then please visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/tapthecraft  

You can follow Denny on Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow Kris on Untappd at @K9Hops and on our Facebook page. Find more links at tapthecraft.com/linktree. Discord server at tapthecraft.com/discord 

BEERS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Elm Creek Brewing Bottom Dollar WC IPA

Schell’s Brewery Notorious P.I.L.S. Juicy Lager

Surly Brewing Axe Man IPA

Marker 48 Brewing The John Reeves Incident 

Arkane Aleworks Arkane in the Membrane 

New Pioneer Brewing Night 2024 Porter Imp Stout

Recluse Brew Works Ghost of History - Czech Dark Lager

Vice Beer Ribbit Robot NE IPA  

Mother Earth Brew Co FWD American Pale Ale

Jim Dandy Brewing Microburst Session IPA

In Episode 200 we go live again on Facebook and now on Twitter, and in this episode we discuss the four beers we would place on our Mount Rushmore of beer…or as Tara Carlson put it our Mount Beermore. We also have some listener voicemails as well as our usual great beer conversation. So grab a beer and enjoy the show! 

If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or follow us on twitter @tapthecraft, interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft. We have a voicemail number...you can call 208-536-3359 (208-53ODDLY) to leave feedback or questions and have your voice heard on the show. We invite you to visit our website at tapthecraft.com for more craft beer content. If you enjoy our content and want to Toast Your Hosts, then please visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/tapthecraft  

Visit our sponsor FrostBuddy at frostbuddy.com and pick up a Universal Buddy 2.0 and use our promo code TAPTHECRAFT to let them know you heard about them here.

You can follow Denny on Twitter, Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow Kris on Twitter @kris_mckenzie82 or Untappd at @mck1345 and on our Facebook page.

BEERS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Guinness Foreign Extra Stout

Reuben’s Brews Crush the Groove NE Hazy IPA

Reuben’s Brews Bits & Bobs American IPA

Rhinegeist Brewery Barrel Aged Ink 

Mikkeller Brewing Castle Black Stout 

Hoppin Frog Brewery Den Haag English Style Imperial Old Ale 

Revolution Brewing Vanilla Deth 

Epic Brewing Baptist in the Rye Imp Coffee Stout 

Von Ebert Brewing Volatile Substance American IPA 

Lumberbeard Brewing BBA Always Finish What You Stout (2021)

Thornbridge Brewery in Collab with Rivington Brewing Boise Brown American Brown Ale

In Episode 199 we go live again on Facebook and now on Twitter, and in this episode we discuss our favorite breweries that start with the letter “E”. We also do a tasting notes segment with the New Belgium Brewing Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA. We also have some listener voicemails as well as our usual great beer conversation. So grab a beer and enjoy the show! 

If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or follow us on twitter @tapthecraft, interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft. We have a voicemail number...you can call 208-536-3359 (208-53ODDLY) to leave feedback or questions and have your voice heard on the show. We invite you to visit our website at tapthecraft.com for more craft beer content. If you enjoy our content and want to Toast Your Hosts, then please visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/tapthecraft  

Visit our sponsor FrostBuddy at frostbuddy.com and pick up a Universal Buddy 2.0 and use our promo code TAPTHECRAFT to let them know you heard about them here.

Visit the Dulcie Amazon store (https://www.amazon.com/dulcie) and use our promo code 15Tapcraft to save 15% off your order of Dulcie Organic Unrefined Whole Cane Sugar and to let them know you heard about them here.

You can follow Denny on Twitter, Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow Kris on Twitter @kris_mckenzie82 or Untappd at @mck1345 and on our Facebook page.

BEERS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Corporate Ladder Brewing Vanilla Bean You to the Punch

Roadhouse Brewing The Walrus Hazy IPA

New Belgium Brewing Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA

In Episode 198 we go live again on Facebook and now on Twitter, and in this episode we discuss four new experimental hops to look out for in 2022. We also have some listener feedback and voicemails as well as our usual great beer conversation. So grab a beer and enjoy the show! 

If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or follow us on twitter @tapthecraft, interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft. We have a voicemail number...you can call 208-536-3359 (208-53ODDLY) to leave feedback or questions and have your voice heard on the show. We invite you to visit our website at tapthecraft.com for more craft beer content. If you enjoy our content and want to Toast Your Hosts, then please visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/tapthecraft  

Visit our sponsor FrostBuddy at frostbuddy.com and pick up a Universal Buddy 2.0 and use our promo code TAPTHECRAFT to let them know you heard about them here.

Visit the Dulcie Amazon store (https://www.amazon.com/dulcie) and use our promo code 15Tapcraft to save 15% off your order of Dulcie Organic Unrefined Whole Cane Sugar and to let them know you heard about them here.

You can follow Denny on Twitter, Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow Kris on Twitter @kris_mckenzie82 or Untappd at @mck1345 and on our Facebook page.

BEERS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Southern Grist Brewing Chop It Up

Jim Dandy Brewing Yellow Belly DH Wheat Beer

Magnanimous Brewing Head of the Table 

Cigar City Brewing Three on a Match

Jackie O’s Brewery Granola BBL Black Maple 2020 

Jim Dandy Brewing Snowbound American Pale Ale 

Jim Dandy Brewing SPARK! Fruited Berliner Weisse with strawberries and prickly pear 

Crux Fermentation Project Noisy Boy IPA 

Roadhouse Brewing The Walrus NE IPA

LINKS TO ARTICLES DISCUSSED:

Modern Times Beer to close its tasting room in SE Portland amid financial struggles

4 Exciting Hops to Watch in 2022

Chad's birthday fundraiser for Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation

In Episode 197 we go live again on Facebook, and in this episode we are joined by Joel Bigham of BCUPS and Fermented Reality Biergarten fame, and he joins the conversation while we talk about Lagunitas Brewing and do a tasting notes segment with their Unrefined Shugga barleywine style beer. We also dive into reviewing Dulcie, the organic unrefined sugar used in the beer. So grab a beer and enjoy the show! 

If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or follow us on twitter @tapthecraft, interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft. We have a voicemail number...you can call 208-536-3359 (208-53ODDLY) to leave feedback or questions and have your voice heard on the show. We invite you to visit our website at tapthecraft.com for more craft beer content. If you enjoy our content and want to Toast Your Hosts, then please visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/tapthecraft  

Visit the Dulcie Amazon store (https://www.amazon.com/dulcie) and use our promo code 15Tapcraft to save 15% off your order of Dulcie Organic Unrefined Whole Cane Suger and to let them know you heard about them here.

You can follow Denny on Twitter, Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow Kris on Twitter @kris_mckenzie82 or Untappd at @mck1345 and on our Facebook page.

BEERS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Bay Cannon Beer Co Maxwell American Stout

Barriehaus Beer Co Oktoberfest Gold

Sierra Nevada Brewing Powder Day IPA

Lagunitas Brewing Co Unrefined Shugga

Woven Water Brewing Outlier Dark Czech style lager 

Woven Water Brewing Solace English Porter w/coffee

Woven Water Brewing Mango, Raspberry, Passionfruit Fusion

Great Notion Brewing Super Duper Ripe Triple NEIPA 

Great Notion Brewing Calf & Half Imp Stout

Belching Beaver Brewing Forward Motion (Double Barrel-Aged) Imp Stout 

pFriem Family Brewing Mexican-Style Chocolate Stout

LINKS TO ARTICLES DISCUSSED:

Unrefined Shugga’ Strong Ale brewed with whole cane sugar

Dulcie Organic Unrefined Whole Cane Sugar

https://www.amazon.com/dulcie Promo: 15Tapcraft for 15% off

So You Want to Start a Brewery?: The Lagunitas Story

In Episode 196 we go live again on Facebook, and in this episode we go into details about foeders…those big wooden containers that assist in making those great mixed fermentation beers.  We also have listener feedback plus a lot of fun beer conversation.  So grab a beer and enjoy the show! 

If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or follow us on twitter @tapthecraft, interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft. We have a voicemail number...you can call 208-536-3359 (208-53ODDLY) to leave feedback or questions and have your voice heard on the show. We invite you to visit our website at tapthecraft.com for more craft beer content. If you enjoy our content and want to Toast Your Hosts, then please visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/tapthecraft  

Visit our sponsor FrostBuddy at frostbuddy.com and pick up a Universal Buddy 2.0 and use our promo code TAPTHECRAFT to let them know you heard about them here.

You can follow Denny on Twitter, Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow Kris on Twitter @kris_mckenzie82 or Untappd at @mck1345 and on our Facebook page.

BEERS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Mikkeller Brewing Night King Double IPA 

Fremont Brewing Baxter Cold IPA

Great Notion Brewing Double Peaches and Cream Shake Fruited Sour 

Great Notion Brewing Double Fudge Coconut Brownie Imp Pastry Stout 

Zoiglhaus Brewing Zoigl-Pils 

Sierra Nevada Brewing Narwhal Imperial Stout

Crooked Thumb Brewery Monkey Business

Magnanimous Brewing Before the Rain

Adroit Theory Black Science VII (Ghost 1124)

LINKS TO ARTICLES DISCUSSED:

Monster Beverage acquires CANarchy for $300 million

What Is a Foeder? And How to Even Say This Word

In Episode 195 we go live again on Facebook, and this episode is brought to you by the letter “D” as we discuss our favorite breweries that start with the letter “D.”  We have listener feedback plus a lot of fun beer conversation.  So grab a beer and enjoy the show! 

If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or follow us on twitter @tapthecraft, interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft. We have a voicemail number...you can call 208-536-3359 (208-53ODDLY) to leave feedback or questions and have your voice heard on the show. We invite you to visit our website at tapthecraft.com for more craft beer content. If you enjoy our content and want to Toast Your Hosts, then please visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/tapthecraft  

Visit our sponsor FrostBuddy at frostbuddy.com and pick up a Universal Buddy 2.0 and use our promo code TAPTHECRAFT to let them know you heard about them here.

You can follow Denny on Twitter, Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow Kris on Twitter @kris_mckenzie82 or Untappd at @mck1345 and on our Facebook page.

BEERS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Indeed Brewing Co Mixed Nuts Cream Ale

Ninkasi Brewing Sleigh'r Winter Ale

Deschutes Brewery Red Chair NWPA

Cigar City Minato (Nitro)

Magnanimous Brewing Kamigoye (2020) 

Magnanimous Brewing Berry Yourself Alive 

Von Ebert Brewing A Night In Tallinn Baltic Porter

Western Collective Third Anniversary Triple IPA

Black Raven Brewing Grandfather Raven RIS

Firestone Walker Firestone 25 Anniversary Ale American Strong Ale

Jim Dandy Brewing Harkness Baltic Porter

LINKS TO ARTICLES DISCUSSED:

What Is a Foeder? And How to Even Say This Word

PINTS: Flagship on the River

Deschutes Brewery

Dru Bru

Drekker Brewing Co

Dust Bowl Brewing Co

In Episode 194 we go live again on Facebook, and this episode is brought to you by the letter “C” as we discuss our favorite breweries that start with the letter “C.”  We also review our 2021 Untappd Year in Beer statistics.  So grab a beer and enjoy the show! 

If you would like to contact the show you can reach the hosts through email at tapthecraft@gmail.com, or follow us on twitter @tapthecraft, interact with us on Facebook at facebook.com/tapthecraft. We have a voicemail number...you can call 208-536-3359 (208-53ODDLY) to leave feedback or questions and have your voice heard on the show. We invite you to visit our website at tapthecraft.com for more craft beer content. If you enjoy our content and want to Toast Your Hosts, then please visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/tapthecraft  

Visit our sponsor FrostBuddy at frostbuddy.com and pick up a Universal Buddy 2.0 and use our promo code TAPTHECRAFT to let them know you heard about them here.

You can follow Denny on Twitter, Instagram and Untappd @lucescrew. You can follow Kris on Twitter @kris_mckenzie82 or Untappd at @mck1345 and on our Facebook page.

BEERS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

Tampa Bay Brewing Co Gourds Gone Wild

Heretic Brewing Shallow Grave Porter

Mountains Walking Brewery Sweets Blood Orange Coconut 

Green Bench Brewing Deutsch Langhaar Munich Dunkel Lager

Beer Zombies Brewing Co Zombie of Dankness DIPA

Mother Earth Brewing Four Seasons of Mother Earth (Winter 2018)

Belching Beaver Brewing All In (8th Anniversary) Imperial Coffee Stout

LINKS TO ARTICLES DISCUSSED:

Roasted Garlic IPA Mashed Potatoes

BCUPS IPA 4 Pack

My unique beer count has decreased all of a sudden! What happened?!

Coppertail Brewing Co

Cigar City

Crux Fermentation Project

Chuckanut Brewery

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