Ep 21 May Erlewine at Earthwork Harvest Gathering
Stop & Taste Conversations - New Holland Brewing
Release Date: 09/22/2016
Ep 36 Carl Setzer - Great Leap Brewing - Beijing
Stop & Taste Conversations - New Holland Brewing
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
Stop & Taste Conversations - New Holland Brewing
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
Stop & Taste Conversations - New Holland Brewing
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
Stop & Taste Conversations - New Holland Brewing
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
Stop & Taste Conversations - New Holland Brewing
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
Stop & Taste Conversations - New Holland Brewing
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
Stop & Taste Conversations - New Holland Brewing
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
Stop & Taste Conversations - New Holland Brewing
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
Stop & Taste Conversations - New Holland Brewing
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
Stop & Taste Conversations - New Holland Brewing
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_outlineOur first ever live-podcast happened during the Harvest Gathering 2016 at Earthwork Farm in Lake City, Michigan. A three day celebration of music and community, the Harvest Gathering is like nothing else. Earthwork is home of the Bernard family farm as well as the Earthwork Music Collective. My first guest on Friday was May Erlewine Bernard. She is a remarkable musician and sweetheart to boot. We met in “Maddie’s Circle”, which hosted workshops throughout the weekend. It was a tranquil scene on log benches with warm conversation and kind souls.
The Details:
The Drinks: Incorrigible White Sour Ale
The Music:
“Wealthy Street” © and courtesy of Drew Nelson for Podcast intro and outro, May performs, Wild, and Sweet Days © and courtesy of May Erlewine
Guest Bio
May Erlewine comes from a family of artists and musicians. Early on she was exposed to music (and people) of all kinds. May was home-educated, came up singing and while still just a teenager hitchhiked all across North America playing in small and large towns, riding freight trains, and busking on the streets. In her travels May Erlewine came to know the land and the pulse of the people. Her songs show a very real connection and concern with everyday folk.