Best The Pils Project Podcasts (2025)

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412: Colt Carpenter of Pax Verum Sources Intentional Ingredients for Nuanced Beers 1:08:43

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Over the past two years, five beers that Lapel, Indiana’s Pax Verum sent to Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine for review have scored 95 or above. That naturally piqued our interest, so when we planned our Craft Brewers Conference itinerary we made sure to visit the hip outpost an hour north of Indianapolis. Head brewer and co-owner Colt Carpenter cut h…

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411: Matt Warner of Parrotdog Takes a Counterintuitive Approach to Hops in Classic, Bright, and Hazy IPA 1:09:10

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Parrotdog has been a craft-brewing mainstay in New Zealand for nearly 15 years, and with national distribution and a production brewery and taproom steps from the beach and Wellington’s airport, they reach a broad audience of consumers across a range of styles. While their core line features everything from a classic C-malt IPA to pils with “vivid …

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410: NZ Grape Ale? All-Riwaka Pils? Fork & Brewer’s Brayden Rawlinson Applies European Influence to Local Ingredients 1:10:25

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In Wellington, New Zealand, the Fork & Brewer has to live up to a reputation, and head brewer Brayden Rawlinson is up for the challenge. Under the leadership of previous head brewer Kelly Ryan (now with Freestyle Hops), the downtown brewpub garnered numerous awards, and the expectations placed on his successor were huge. Yet Rawlinson brings his ow…

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409: NZ Pilsner in Perspective with Paweł Lewandowski of Mount Brewing 1:07:26

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While hop-forward lager may be a relatively new phenomenon in the States, New Zealand brewers have been brewing their own version of pilsner for decades using homegrown hops. Yet threading the needle in a precise style with hops that can have strong notes, such as mineral and diesel, is no small feat. In this episode, Paweł Lewandowski, the award-w…

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408: Brent McGlashen of Mac Hops is Harvesting Sunshine on the Family Farm in Motueka 1:00:51

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New Zealand is pretty far from everything, so competing on price for commodity bittering hops was never a great strategy for the country’s small number of hops growers. Things were pretty grim in the early 2000s, when fifth-generation farmer Brent McGlashen joined his dad working on the family farm, Mac Hops, just outside the town of Motueka on the…

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407: Biotransformation Myths and Realities in Hoppy and Non-Alcoholic Beers, with Dr. Peter Bircham 59:24

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Two straight weeks of nothing but doctors on the Craft Beer & Brewing podcast? This week’s episode is another scientific barnburner with the head of R&D for Wellington’s Garage Project. Dr. Peter Bircham has been working in laboratory settings with yeast for many years, but for the past few he’s taken on an additional role beyond the academic, work…

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406: Dr. Tom Shellhammer and Dr. Ron Beatson Discuss the Impacts of Genetics, Terroir, and Pick Timing on New Zealand Hops 1:13:19

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Dr. Ron Beatson is the retired hop breeder who built a storied career at Plant & Food Research developing some of the most popular New Zealand hop varieties today, and Dr. Tom Shellhammer is the Oregon State University professor whose research into hop oils, hop terroir, hop-growing techniques, and more have made an indelible impact on the Pacific …

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405: Pete Gillespie of Garage Project and Hāpi Research Is Fighting the Forces of Homogenization 1:32:52

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Homogeneity is the name of the game in certain circles of brewing—whether it’s massive brewers who standardize their hop lots by blending before pelletizing, or it’s hop companies that blend lots to iron out highs and lows in a particular crop year. On the other end of that spectrum is Pete Gillespie and his team at Garage Project and Hāpi Research…

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404: Bright Spots in Beer’s Economic Data with Contributing Editor Kate Bernot 49:22

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Earlier this week, our Industry All-Access subscribers received in their email inbox this week’s subscriber-exclusive article that Kate reported, parsing the latest industry economic data but reading beyond the surface for a deeper look at what’s really going on. We’ve all read the hyperbolic clickbait articles out there about craft beer’s demise, …

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Episode 403: Offset’s Conor Brown Is Lying to You About Low-ABV IPA 1:07:24

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From their tiny outpost in the ski town of Park City, Offset Bier has turned Utah’s challenges—such as a ban on serving draft beer higher than 5 percent ABV—into opportunities. Last year was a breakout one for the budding brewery—we named their session IPA Dopo one of our Best 20 Beers in 2024, while another session IPA, Divi, won gold medal at Gre…

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402: Colorado WCIPA Roundtable With Cannonball Creek, Westbound & Down, and Amalgam 1:47:09

2M ago1:47:09

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Strong brewing communities produce clusters of great breweries, and the Colorado brewing world, centered in Denver, is no different. Friendly competition drives innovation, exploration, and refinement as well as knowledgeable consumers with higher and higher expectations, and in this episode, we brought together three friends (each medal-winning br…

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401: Superior Stouts and Standout Sours With Louisville’s Atrium 1:08:16

3M ago1:08:16

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In our latest issue, Louisville’s Atrium Brewing scored a category-leading 98 for their barrel-aged stout Denny-Lou, Blend 1, and that was as good a reason as any to check in with cofounder Mark Rubenstein and head brewer Spencer Guy for some background on brewing stouts. Their proximity to some of the best distillers in the Western hemisphere info…

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400: Episode 400! Craft Beer Vibe Check With Special Host Neil Fisher of Weldwerks 1:27:20

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For this 400th episode of the podcast, Neil Fisher of Weldwerks takes over the host chair and puts Jamie Bogner in the hot seat for a ranging conversation about business, passion, creativity, discipline, openness, and why the current prevailing narrative about the “end of craft beer” in no way describes the reality for many brewers today. It’s a de…

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399: James Herrholz of Corporate Ladder Lays it on Thiccc With Award-Winning Pastry Stouts 1:18:15

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“If you’re a brewer and you’re not making things that you really want to make, or things you want to experiment with and learn more about, then what are you brewing for,” asks James Herrholz, Chief Creative Officer for Corporate Ladder Brewing in Palmetto, Florida. While some may feel “forced” to brew crowd-pleasing adjunct-laden stouts, Herrholz s…

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398: River North Explores the Outer Limits of High ABV Brewing 1:08:40

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Over the past few years, Denver's River North Brewery has collected accolades from top beer competitions around the world—four GABF medals, four World Beer Cup medals, four European Beer Star medals just to name a few—and beers like Father Time and Anniversary 11 have earned top scores from our blind panel. They most recently earned midsize brewery…

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397: Brewing Scientist and Historian Greg Casey Builds a Case for the Worldwide Impact of American Lager Brewing 1:13:05

4M ago1:13:05

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“If you like beer," says Greg Casey, "There’s no better time in the history of mankind to be living in the United States, right now.” And if anyone is qualified to make such a statement, it's Casey. After decades leading yeast and quality programs for some of the biggest brewers in the Western hemisphere, Casey retired to work on his passion projec…

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396: Matt Manthe, Formerly of Odd Breed, Is Drawn to Doing the Hard Things 1:18:54

4M ago1:18:54

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At its height, Pompano Beach’s Odd Breed in Pompano Beach was one of the best-regarded breweries in Florida, winning four GABF medals over a span of three years, and shipping mixed-culture beers to fans around the world. However, real-estate market forces ultimately worked against the niche brewery, and founder and brewer Matt Manthe closed up shop…

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412: Colt Carpenter of Pax Verum Sources Intentional Ingredients for Nuanced Beers 1:08:43

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411: Matt Warner of Parrotdog Takes a Counterintuitive Approach to Hops in Classic, Bright, and Hazy IPA 1:09:10

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410: NZ Grape Ale? All-Riwaka Pils? Fork & Brewer’s Brayden Rawlinson Applies European Influence to Local Ingredients 1:10:25

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409: NZ Pilsner in Perspective with Paweł Lewandowski of Mount Brewing 1:07:26

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408: Brent McGlashen of Mac Hops is Harvesting Sunshine on the Family Farm in Motueka 1:00:51

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407: Biotransformation Myths and Realities in Hoppy and Non-Alcoholic Beers, with Dr. Peter Bircham 59:24

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406: Dr. Tom Shellhammer and Dr. Ron Beatson Discuss the Impacts of Genetics, Terroir, and Pick Timing on New Zealand Hops 1:13:19

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405: Pete Gillespie of Garage Project and Hāpi Research Is Fighting the Forces of Homogenization 1:32:52

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404: Bright Spots in Beer’s Economic Data with Contributing Editor Kate Bernot 49:22

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Episode 403: Offset’s Conor Brown Is Lying to You About Low-ABV IPA 1:07:24

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402: Colorado WCIPA Roundtable With Cannonball Creek, Westbound & Down, and Amalgam 1:47:09

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401: Superior Stouts and Standout Sours With Louisville’s Atrium 1:08:16

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400: Episode 400! Craft Beer Vibe Check With Special Host Neil Fisher of Weldwerks 1:27:20

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399: James Herrholz of Corporate Ladder Lays it on Thiccc With Award-Winning Pastry Stouts 1:18:15

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398: River North Explores the Outer Limits of High ABV Brewing 1:08:40

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397: Brewing Scientist and Historian Greg Casey Builds a Case for the Worldwide Impact of American Lager Brewing 1:13:05

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396: Matt Manthe, Formerly of Odd Breed, Is Drawn to Doing the Hard Things 1:18:54