Episode 57: BALT Vodka in Miami and Dog Rose Brewing in St. Augustine
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Release Date: 10/10/2020
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This Saturday, April 20th, 2024 (and yes, the date is intentional), Tripping Animals is holding their much-loved Irie Jungle Craft Beer Festival. As a sneak preview of the event and our interview at Tripping Animals, we spoke to Co-Founder Ignacio Montenegro and Sales Manager Alejandro Masferrer to get more details! Listen in to this bonus sneak peek... Executive Producer: Field Producer/Photographer: Steve Pekala Editor: Guest: Ignacio Montenegro and Alejandro Masferrer, Equipment Sponsor: | Featured Product: | Interested in becoming FBP’s next...
info_outline Episode 169: Dr. Rob Streisfeld, BrewsakiFlorida Beer Podcast, powered by the Florida Beer Blog
Brewsaki is a south Florida-based rice lager starting to gain significant traction in both the restaurant scene and package sales around the state. It is the brainchild of Dr. Rob Streisfeld--part of a larger vision to bring the fun of the sake bomb out of sushi bars and to the masses. I spoke to Rob about his sake bomb invention, the recipe for Brewsaki, and next steps for growing the brand. Listen in... Executive Producer: Field Producer/Photographer: Steve Pekala Editor: Guest: Dr. Rob Streisfeld, Equipment Sponsor: | Featured Product: | ...
info_outline Episode 168: Ancient City Brewing Part 2Florida Beer Podcast, powered by the Florida Beer Blog
We are back for Part 2 of our interview with St. Augustine's Ancient City Brewing. We are sitting down with Founder, Greg Tuttle, and VP/General Manager, Britta Messler, in their downtown tap room--located in what used to be the lobby for the Matanzas Theatre. We talk about business post-COVID, the rising cost of business, and what is coming next for Ancient City. Listen in... Executive Producer: Field Producer/Photographer: Steve Pekala Editor: Guest: Greg Tuttle and Britta Messler, Equipment Sponsor: | Featured Product: | Interested in becoming...
info_outline Episode 167: Ancient City Brewing Part 1Florida Beer Podcast, powered by the Florida Beer Blog
Ancient City Brewing is the only dual-location brewery in the Nation's Oldest City, St. Augustine. With a production facility by Interstate 95 and a satellite tap room downtown, Ancient City also brings their unique style of beers throughout the north Florida region. I sat down with the founder of Ancient City Brewing, Greg Tuttle, along with VP and General Manager, Britta Messler, to talk about St. Augustine's rapidly growing craft beer scene, the birth of Ancient City, and celebrating the nation's rich history. Listen in... Executive Producer: Field Producer/Photographer: Steve...
info_outline Episode 166: St. Augustine Experiences, the Craft Beer TourFlorida Beer Podcast, powered by the Florida Beer Blog
For this week's episode, we are in the nation's oldest city, St Augustine. It has no shortage of tours to take, from the near ubiquitous trams to an overwhelming plethora of ghost tours each evening. Very few take a look at both the history of the city and the amazing things that are going on right now. St. Augustine Experiences is different. Their founder, Alex Drywa, has crafted a number of fantastic tours that obviously look at the history, but also take a look at some of the amazing things that are happening right now. One of those tours looks exclusively at beer, as St. Augustine has been...
info_outline Episode 165: Dunes Brewing, Part 2Florida Beer Podcast, powered by the Florida Beer Blog
In part two of our episode with Dunes Brewing, we are back with Michael Benedict and Sasha Staton to talk about their growth, the Volusia County brewing community at large, and that Luchador wrestling event that they have become very well known for. Listen in.... (And, if you haven't, make sure to listen to part one of our interview to get the full story!) Executive Producer: Field Producer/Photographer: Steve Pekala Editor: Guest: Michael Benedict and Sasha Staton Link: Link: Equipment Sponsor: | Featured Product: | Interested in becoming...
info_outline Episode 164: Dunes Brewing, Part 1Florida Beer Podcast, powered by the Florida Beer Blog
While the city of Port Orange is not Daytona Beach, they are close enough to where the uninitiated could easily be confused by the two. Even though Dunes Brewing is in Port Orange, it is just over the Dunlawton Bridge in a tiny little portion of Port Orange that sits on the barrier island completely surrounded by Daytona Beach Shores. Since opening in 2021 (almost underneath the Dunlawton bridge), Dunes has been releasing an amazing amount of beers and special events--even including a full day of Luchador wrestling! I spoke to Dunes Co-founder Michael Benedict and Sasha Staton, Advertising...
info_outline Episode 163: 4 Hands Brewing, St. Louis, MOFlorida Beer Podcast, powered by the Florida Beer Blog
Founded in 2011, Four Hands Brewing has become one of the largest craft breweries in all of eastern Missouri. Their flagship beer, City Wide, is just that--available pretty much everywhere in St. Louis proper and beyond. They've been the inspiration and collaborator to a number of breweries around the country--especially Tripping Animals in Doral. In fact, Tripping Animals was one of the five breweries chosen for their current series of collaborations based around the famous '80s television show, Voltron. I had the opportunity to sit down with Four Hands CEO and President, Kevin Lemp, to talk...
info_outline Episode 162: Halpatter Brewing, Part 2Florida Beer Podcast, powered by the Florida Beer Blog
In Part Two of our interview with Halpatter Brewing co-founders, Chris Candler and Jeremy Gable, we will go into the future of Halpatter Brewing, and also a nod to the past--especially the importance of the name "Halpatter" to both of them and to Lake City itself. Listen in... Executive Producer: Field Producer/Photographer: Steve Pekala Editor: Guests: Chris Candler and Jeremy Gable of Equipment Sponsor: | Featured Product: | Interested in becoming FBP’s next Title Sponsor? Support the Show on Patreon: Opening Voice Over Courtesy...
info_outline Episode 161: Halpatter Brewing, Part 1Florida Beer Podcast, powered by the Florida Beer Blog
Situated in north Florida, just south of the intersection between Interstates 10 and 75, is the town of Lake City. Formerly known as Alligator Village by the Seminoles, it became a major railroad hub in the early 20th century. Its influence is starting to rise again with Halpatter Brewing--Lake City's only brewery and a significant player in the north Florida beer scene. In their historic building, we sat down with co-founders Chris Candler and Jeremy Gable to talk about building their brewery, the importance of Lake City to the Halpatter story, and some of the more colorful stories that they...
info_outlineThis week, we start with vodka, straight from Miami! Bernard Smalls is the creator of BALT Vodka, a 7-times distilled, gluten-free, South Florida strawberry-flavored vodka that is out of this world. He created it to celebrate the friends he lost to gun violence in Miami Gardens, and we'll talk to him about those experiences, the creation of BALT Vodka, and where you can find it.
After that, we're going into the vault, back to St. Augustine in Jan. of 2020. We spoke to Doug and Courtney Murr, owners of the recently reopened Dog Rose Brewing in St. Augustine's Lincolnville neighborhood. Listen to them as we chat about Doug's considerable time brewing in the Nation's Oldest City, brewing for tourists vs. brewing for locals, and those tour trains that keep passing by. Listen in...
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Guest: Bernard Smalls of BALT Vodka
Guest: Doug and Courtney Murr of Dog Rose Brewing
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