Better On Draft | A Craft Beer Podcast

The Downey Brewing family join the Better on Draft podcast to discuss their travels and how far along they are opening their brewery. Episode #21 Drink List Surly Brewing Company – Coffee Bender Smuttynose Brewing Co. – Hayseed Downey Brewing Company – Daddy’s Home Smuttynose Brewing Co. – Pumpkin Ale Sierra Nevada – Oktoberfest Brooklyn Lager – Pumpkin Ale Rochester Mills Beer Co. – Snow Dazed Hill Farmstead Brewery – Everett Rochester Mills Beer Co. – Cornerstone IPA Founders Brewing Co. – Project Pam

Nick, the brewer from Black Lotus Brewery join the show to discuss the turnaround of the brewery over the last few years. Episode #20 Drink List Rochester Mills Beer Co. – Newton's ALEChemy Ale Short's Brewing Company – Space Rock Black Lotus Brewing Co – 00Saison Black Lotus Brewing Co – Miss Michigan Falling Down Beer Company – Angry Beaver Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits – Pineapple Sculpin Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits – Watermelon Dorado Odd Side Ales – Java Chip Stout Weyerbacher Brewing – Sunday Morning Stout Allagash Brewing Company – Triple

North Center Brewing joins us to talk about the new happenings of their brewery as we drink some heavy hitting beers from Short's and Bell's Brewery. Episode #19 Drink List Rochester Mills Beer Co. – Snow Daze Rochester Mills Beer Co. – Cornerstone IPA Rochester Mills Beer Co. – Blueberry Pancake Milkshake Stout Rochester Mills Beer Co. – Rochester Red Rochester Mills Beer Co.– Pine Knob Pilsner Rochester Mills Beer Co. – Newtons ALEchemy New Holland Brewing Company – Dragons Milk Reserve Vanilla Chai Odd Side Ales – I Want My HTV Odd Side Ales – Mokka Munt Odd Side Ales – Colossal Oversight Guinness – Nitro IPA Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits – Dorado Short’s Brewing Company – Batch 5000 Bell’s Brewery – Hopslam

The week before, Rochester Mills Brewery dropped off a lot of different beers to try, so we tried them all! Episode #18 Drink List Griffin Claw Brewing Company (GCBC) – Grand Trunk Bohemian Short's Brewing Company – Swirl Stout Rochester Mills Beer Co. – Snow Daze Rochester Mills Beer Co. – Rochester Red Rochester Mills Beer Co. – Milkshake Stout Rochester Mills Beer Co. – Pine Knob Pilsner Rochester Mills Beer Co. – Newton's ALEChemy Double IPA Rochester Mills Beer Co. – Cornerstone IPA

A full house as Rochester Mills Brewing joins us as well as a representative from Powers Distribution to discuss beer, hockey, and the podcast history.

We try different variants of Griffin Claw's Flying Buffalo and talk about this weeks news in beer. Episode #16 Drink List Griffin Claw Brewing Company (GCBC) – Flying Buffalo X Great Lakes Coffee Bourbon Imperial Stout Griffin Claw Brewing Company (GCBC) – Flying Buffalo Coffee Bourbon Imperial Stout Bell's Brewery – Hopslam Robinsons Brewery – Trooper 666 Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits – Habanero Sculpin

We drink this years version of the Bourbon Barrel Plead the Fifth as well as talk about this weeks news in craft beer. Episode #15 Drink List Griffin Claw Brewing Company (GCBC) – OB.LIV.I.OUS – (2015) Bourbon Barrel Aged Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits – Victory At Sea (Peppermint) Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits – Wahoo White Dark Horse Brewing Co. – Bourbon Barrel Plead The Fifth Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits – Habanero Sculpin Short's Brewing Company – Earl of Brixom Three Floyds Brewpub – Gumball Head Allagash Brewing Company – White Saint John Malt Brothers Brewing – Burnt Bottom

Creator of Craft Check joins the show, Atwater Black & Cran, Perrin Black Goat and more! Episode #14 Drink List Perrin Brewing Company – Black Goat The Brooklyn Brewery – Insulated Lager Atwater Brewery – Black and Cran Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits – Habanero Sculpin Three Floyds Brewpub – Gumball Head If you have a minute, please feel free to rate us on iTunes, we would truly appreciate it! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/better-on-draft-a-craft-beer-podcast/id1091124740?mt=2 www.twitter.com/betterondraft www.facebook.com/betterondraft www.untappd.com/bodpodcast www.youtube.com/c/betterondraft www.instagram.com/betterondraft SPOTIFY- https://open.spotify.com/show/0rofqU5VHPmEjcGLwJbocm

Craft Check for Android, Big Bad Baptist and more! If you have a minute, please feel free to rate us on iTunes, we would truly appreciate it! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/better-on-draft-a-craft-beer-podcast/id1091124740?mt=2 www.twitter.com/betterondraft www.facebook.com/betterondraft www.untappd.com/bodpodcast www.youtube.com/c/betterondraft www.instagram.com/betterondraft SPOTIFY- https://open.spotify.com/show/0rofqU5VHPmEjcGLwJbocm

We are joined by the founder of Urbanrest as he discusses the process of opening the beer and how different it'll be from other local brewers. If you have a minute, please feel free to rate us on iTunes, we would truly appreciate it! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/better-on-draft-a-craft-beer-podcast/id1091124740?mt=2 www.twitter.com/betterondraft www.facebook.com/betterondraft www.untappd.com/bodpodcast www.youtube.com/c/betterondraft www.instagram.com/betterondraft SPOTIFY- https://open.spotify.com/show/0rofqU5VHPmEjcGLwJbocm

We finally get our hands on a bottle of Dragon's Milk Triple Mash, did it live up to the hype? If you have a minute, please feel free to rate us on iTunes, we would truly appreciate it! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/better-on-draft-a-craft-beer-podcast/id1091124740?mt=2 www.twitter.com/betterondraft www.facebook.com/betterondraft www.untappd.com/bodpodcast www.youtube.com/c/betterondraft www.instagram.com/betterondraft SPOTIFY- https://open.spotify.com/show/0rofqU5VHPmEjcGLwJbocm

Beer, Mead, and Cider, Dominic from Cellarmen's joins us to discuss the opening of their brewery and how they truly did everything from scratch! If you have a minute, please feel free to rate us on iTunes, we would truly appreciate it! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/better-on-draft-a-craft-beer-podcast/id1091124740?mt=2 www.twitter.com/betterondraft www.facebook.com/betterondraft www.untappd.com/bodpodcast www.youtube.com/c/betterondraft www.instagram.com/betterondraft SPOTIFY- https://open.spotify.com/show/0rofqU5VHPmEjcGLwJbocm

Ryan and Nicole of 3 Nicks Scoreboard stop by to show their support for the podcast and talk about the upcoming holiday parties going on at the bar.

This week on better on draft, our 2 month anniversary show, The hosts try a plethora of new beers including a beer that was inspired by Kim Jong Un.

This week, the hosts are joined by the crew from Mike's Unhappy Hour to discuss various beer topics. Also the BCBS announcement is made! Episode #7 Drink List Oddside Barrel Aged Citra Pale Ale Oddside Barrel Aged Mayan Mocha Stout Goose Island 312 infused with coffee beans and vanilla Stone Enjoy By 10.31.15 Rustic Leaf Sliverback IIPA Rustic Leaf Toes In The Sand Rustic Leaf Amber

This week on the show, Dan, Nick and Ken talk about the possible hop shortage & the impact it could have on craft beer, more updates on the SABMiller/ABI merger including congress stepping in & and it's possible impact on Michigan and more! Episode #6 Drink List Axle Ruby New Belgium Ben & Jerry's Salted Caramel Brownie Brown Ale New Holland Dragon's Milk with Raspberries Wolverine Brewing Massacre.

Discussing the effects of how you purchase beer and what the most amount of money you’ll spend, playing video games while drinking and its effect on your skill, and beer news for the week. Episode #5 Drink List Bells Brewery Inc – 30th Anniversary Ale Founders Brewing Co – Backwoods Bastard Bell’s Brewery Inc – Neptune: The Mystic Arcadia Ales – Barrel Aged Shipwreck Porter

Even with technical difficulties at the beginning, Ken, Dan, and Nick power through as we discuss everything from beer games, an update to the ABI and SABMiller merger, Ballast Point being the smallest potential brewery with its own IPO, the beer board game that looks way too complicated when you just want to drink, and an interview with Shannon Long from Pure Brews America. We also prepare for the Fall Beer festival the following day by doing some tastings. Episode #4 Drink List Stone Brewing – Barrel Aged Arrogant Bastard New Holland Brewing – Dragon’s Milk with Toasted Chiles Black Lotus – Gourdie Howl ROAK – Devil Dog infused with Dates, Raisins, and Vanilla Beans

This week we really hammer down some of the intricacies that is the ABI/SABMiller merger and what itdoes for the American and foreign markets. Eric Stephenson stops by to help us get the information from the side of a craft brewer. We look into what it means, what is craft, and if and why as a consumer we should care. A lot of talking didn’t leave for a lot of drinking, but we still managed a nice little list including the delicious New Belgium Hop Stout! Episode #3 Drink List Falling Down Beer Company – Captain Trollbridge Lagunitas Brewing Company – Equinox Falling Down Beer Company – Harvest Ale (2015) New Belgium Brewing Company – Hop Stout

We welcome two guests from North Center Brewing as we discuss starting a brewery from scratch, creating the recipes for mass production, discuss what is craft and what is not, and promote their slogan “If you like it, then it’s a good beer”.  Don’t judge, just drink, and cheers to this weeks long beer list! Episode #2 Drink List Warsteiner Premium Verum / German Pilsener North Center Brewing Maple Brown North Center Brewing TA’s IPA North Center Brewing You’re My Boy Blueberry Pie Ale (Nice Bloobs) American BADASS Beer Company BADASS Lager Robinsons Brewing Company Trooper 3 Floyds Brewing Company Permanent Funeral Right Brain Brewery Barrel Aged Fat Lad Founders Redankulous New Belgium Pumpkick (Infused with Cranberries and Oak Chips sitting in Whiskey)