Ep. 12 - Sean Hoots - Hoots & Hellmouth - wsg Rich Blair
Stop & Taste Conversations - New Holland Brewing
Release Date: 05/20/2016
Ep 36 Carl Setzer - Great Leap Brewing - Beijing
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I met Carl a year ago at the China Craft Beer Conference. Carl’s passionate and direct approach to life, business and brewing stood out and fueled my curiosity. I was really grateful that we were invited to be part of the 2017 Beijing Invitational Craft Beer Festival. Besides the festival, Carl hooked us up with historical tours of Beijing and welcomed me to three unique Great Leap Breweries. This conversation happened with in view of the Great Wall of China, on a patio up in the hills, while the first kettle-soured brew of his Great Leap Fermentation project quietly came...
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Ep 35 David J. Kwiatkowski - Sugar House Bar - Detroit
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In episode Thirty Five, my guest is Dave Kwiatkowski from the Sugar House in Detroit, Michigan. Dave and I sat own over glasses of whiskey in Corktown and talked about his adventure in classic cocktails, small business and community building. Dave’s a natural and encouraging champion for Detroit, Drinks and drinks IN Detroit. The Music: “Wealthy Street” on intro and outro, © and courtesy of Drew Nelson Guest Bio After graduating from the Ross School of Business at The University of Michigan with a BBA in 2000, Kwiatkowski moved to Chicago where he traded equity...
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Ep 34 The Knickerbocker's Jon Boer and Ryan Cioffi
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In episode thirty four, my guests are New Holland teammates, Jon Boer and Ryan Cioffi. THey’re heading up the beer and spirits making at our new brewpub and distillery, The Knickerbocker in Grand Rapids. We’ll hear how they came into a life in beverage and what to look forward to drinking on Bridge street and beyond. The Details The Drinks: Blue Haven Fitzgerald and Debits and Credits Centennial Pale Ale The Music: “Wealthy Street” on intro and outro, © and courtesy of Drew Nelson Jon Boer - New Holland Brewing: Head Pub Brewer: Jon is a Holland native, married to...
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Ep. 33 Fred Swanson: Distill America & Great Taste of the Midwest
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I’m pretty sure I met Fred in 1993 during my first Great Taste of the Midwest, which would be a formative experience. It was a few years into the beer business, but roughly two before I’d join the ranks of Midwest breweries. He has been a magnanimous brewery wrangler that cares deeply about connecting people to experience. He and his team have kept their festival special throughout decades of change. I think I speak for everyone in the Midwest brewing community when I say that we all look at “the Great Taste” as the grand daddy of the Midwest beer fest, and the...
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Ep 32 - Rave Associates - Jim Warbritton and Rick Lack
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Some of you may know a little or a lot about the world of beer wholesalers, or maybe nothing at all. I’ve been calling on Rave Associates, a beer and wine wholesaler in Ann Arbor since 1995, when the current owner, Jim Warbritton. was a sales rep, and we’d cruise around to accounts together, selling all the beer we could get our hands on. Jimmy and his executive VP, Rick Lack - the self-proclaimed “King’s of Michigan Beer” joined me to trade some stories, just before we headed into their trade show in Novi, Michigan to meet and greet the retailers of Southeast...
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Ep 31 Ginger Johnson - Women Enjoying Beer & The Fifty Percent
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Ginger and I met years ago over beer and chocolate. She was in Michigan to present at the MBG and MBAA Winter Conference and took an extra day or so to hang on the farm. Ginger is a tireless advocate for equity in marketing, and has made a name for herself by establishing her own consulting businesses, Women Enjoying Beer. and The Fifty Percent. We talk shop including beer, gender, service and training. Here’s Ginger from the secret lair at Red Horse Ranch. The Drinks: New Holland's Mischievous II Sour Ale & Pilgrim's Dole Wheatwine 2014...
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Ep 30 - Kyle Hollingsworth & Friends from TC Microbrew & Music Festival
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Talking beer, music, collaboration and creativity with a talented panel of musicians and beer enthusiasts, featuring Kyle Hollingsworth of the String Cheese incident and Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Grammy winning Peter Madcat Ruth of Madcat Midnight Blues Journey and The Change, Mike Shimmin from Joshua Davis Trio and others, and Nicholas Barron from The Strapping Owls. We talk shop, taste beers and even play a little music. The Music: “Wealthy Street” on intro and outro, © and courtesy of Drew Nelson Live music performed and improvised by our esteemed panel. - String Cheese...
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Ep 29 - Richard Dinwoodie
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Drinking pints at the market with Richard is a quintessential British experience. We got to talk about his history, the UK beer market and all sorts of other stuff. Next time, we’ll need to get his business partner Mike to join us, as the two of them together is even better. Here we are from The Rake at Borough Market in August of 2016. The Drinks: The Music: “Wealthy Street” on intro and outro, © and courtesy of Drew Nelson Guest Bio: Richard Dinwoodie has been in the beer industry for almost thirty years. He has been a champion for a diverse marketplace,...
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Ep 28 Chris Black - Falling Rock Tap House
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Chris and I go waaaay back to when I first started going to the Great American Beer Festival, aka the GABF. I believe my first GABF was 1995, when Chris was just getting the project now known as The Falling Rock going, so we’ve covered some ground, not only in Denver, but Madison, Chicago, Philly - Chris gets around and is a huge part of our craft beer family. He’s a warm soul with a kind heart and I respect him a great deal. We had a great time hanging out at Big Beers in Breckenridge The Details The Drinks: Barrel Knickerbocker Old Fashioned, Zeppelin Bend Reserve...
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Ep 27 - Mark Dredge - UK Author
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I got to know Mark a little bit at the Brewers Association’s beer dinner at The Salon with Chef Nicholas Balfe and Adam Dulye. We got to chatting and decided in short order that more beers and conversation were in order. We met at what we thought would be a quiet beer garden in his neighborhood, but as the London Craft Beer Festival let out a few blocks away, a post-fest party gathered around us, sharing our picnic table, beers and lively conversation well after the Mics were off. The Details The Drinks: Cloudwater DIPA v6 & v7, Five Points Pale Ale The...
info_outlineEpisode 12 - The Details
Sean Hoots is the affable and artistic front man for Hoots & Hellmouth, a Philly-based roots and rock band. Theirs a warmth and poetic nature to their music which was only deepened for me after getting a chance to talk with Sean about how Hoots & Hellmouth came to be and where they’re headed. It was great fun to have them play for our Beer Barrel Jamboree during CBC and we look forward to them headlining Hatter Days in Holland on June 11th
The Drinks: Barrel Knickerbocker Gin Old Fashioned, New Holland Incorrigible White Sour Ale, Amaro Montenegro, Ranger Creek Brewing and Distilling, Rimfire - Mesquite Smoked Whiskey
The Music: Suns courtesy and © Sean Hoots, I Don’t Mink Your Cussing, courtesy of and © Hoots & Hellmouth
Guest Bios
Sean Hoots is a maker of music from the land of West Philadelphia where he lives with his beloved wife, Allison, and their animals, Penelope and Behemoth. Perhaps best known for his roots/rock ensemble Hoots & Hellmouth, Hoots has been writing, performing, producing, and recording across a wide swath of genres for almost three decades. Music is everything. Beer runs a close second.
Rich Blair is an appreciator of good food and aficionado of all things boozy. I often stay up too late and wake up too early, both of which are fueled by my passion and purpose; spreading the gospel of a good drink shared with good people. Being Director of Sales at New Holland Artisan Spirits allows this to happen all across the good ol’ US of A. I have been called a great many things, my favorite of which is “dad.” Stealing away to spend time with my family gives my life balance and meaning. Bonfires when the weather is warm or roasting marshmallows in the fireplace when it’s not, an evening at home with the ones I love are the most peaceful and precious moments.