Latest Fireside Chat Video Available
On Wednesday, we had what may have been my favorite discussion in the Beervana/Breakside Fireside Chats. It was more intimate, frank, and searching than our earlier chats, perhaps because it touched a particular soft place these breweries have. Namely, how does a brewery live, thrive, and survive selling something other than IPAs in a world that just wants hops? The brewers we spoke to each had different enough businesses that their answers to our questions went down personal and individual tracks. Who were those folks?
Bill Arnott, Founder and Brewer of Seattle’s Machine House Brewing, which focuses on English-style cask ale.
Dan Carey, Co-founder and Diploma Master Brewer of New Glarus Brewing in the town of the same name near Madison, Wisconsin. New Glarus is known for many kinds of beers (lagers, wild ales, Spotted Cow), but not IPAs.
Alex Ganum, Founder and Brewer at Portland’s Upright Brewing. Alex does make IPAs, but that’s because he makes everything. Upright is known for its flagship pils, barrel-aged wild ales, and lately cask ales.
Below is our video recording, and I recommend you at least watch part of it—even if you ultimately prefer the podcast audio version instead. It’s worth seeing these three and listening to the way they speak. It touches more on that intimacy than mere audio can.
Again, the audio can be found at Soundcloud or your favorite podcast service.