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Brew Skies Happy Hour

Crack open a cold one and join brewer Bret Kollmann Baker and beer historian Michael D. Morgan as they explore how America went from fewer than 100 breweries in the late 1970's to almost 9,000 today.

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Ranked #1

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Episode 8 - North Carolina's First Craft Brewery

Episode 8 - North Carolina's First Craft Brewery

These days, North Carolina and craft beer go hand in hand - especially Asheville - but it wasn't always that way. North ... Read more

14 Jul 2022

1hr 20mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 7: Maureen Ogle - Author of Ambitious Brew

Episode 7: Maureen Ogle - Author of Ambitious Brew

Ambitious Brew by Maureen Ogle was instrumental in getting us started on this journey into the history of craft beer so ... Read more

30 Jun 2022

1hr 17mins

Ranked #3

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Episode 6: Charlie Papazian - The Johnny Appleseed of Beer

Episode 6: Charlie Papazian - The Johnny Appleseed of Beer

Charlie Papazian is, amongst many other things, the author of The Complete Joy of Home Brewing, founder of Zymurgy Magaz... Read more

16 Jun 2022

1hr 6mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 5: Ken Grossman, Sierra Nevada, and Taking Craft Beer to the Next Level.

Episode 5: Ken Grossman, Sierra Nevada, and Taking Craft Beer to the Next Level.

In recent years, hops have become a staple of American Craft Beer. That all began in the 1980s with Sierra Nevada. In th... Read more

19 May 2022

57mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 4: Dr. Theresa McCulla from the Smithsonian

Episode 4: Dr. Theresa McCulla from the Smithsonian

Dr. Theresa McCulla has what might be the best job in the world. As the curator of the American Brewing History Initiati... Read more

5 May 2022

59mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 2: Jack McAuliffe, New Albion, and America's First Craft Brewery

Episode 2: Jack McAuliffe, New Albion, and America's First Craft Brewery

In 1976 Jack McAuliffe started New Albion Brewing Company which is widely considered the first microbrewery in the US. J... Read more

17 Mar 2022

50mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 3: Fritz Maytag, Anchor Steam, and the Knowledge

Episode 3: Fritz Maytag, Anchor Steam, and the Knowledge

When Fritz Maytag purchased a struggling brewery in San Francisco in the 1960s called Anchor Steam, he wasn't planning o... Read more

17 Mar 2022

1hr 8mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 1: Who Are We, What Are We Doing, and Why?

Episode 1: Who Are We, What Are We Doing, and Why?

Who the hell is Michael D. Morgan? And who is this Bret Kollmann Baker person? Find out in this episode while also getti... Read more

16 Mar 2022

27mins

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