The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast The Brit And Yankee Pub Staff
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Craft Beer, brewery reviews, and brewer interviews, recorded on location and from The Brit and Yankee Pub Studios located somewhere in Chicagoland. Presented by The Brit, Phil Clark, and co-hosts, Chuck Fort (Sr. Brewing Consultant at Church Street Brewing), and Ken McMullen (Brewmaster at Hopvine Brewing). Nominated for 2007 and 2016 Podcast Awards...yeah, it's a while ago but we're still podcasting because we love craft beer!
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The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 399-Jon Miller of Bubblehouse Brewing
Since 2021, Lisle has been home to Bubblehouse Brewing, and when we asked the craft beer community in the Chicago area where we should visit for our next interview, the Bubblehouse 'popped' up as a favorite. The Brit and co-host Ken McMullen (Fox Republic Brewing brewmaster) headed over there and sat down with Jon Miller, Head Brewer and co-Founder, to discover more about this very popular brewery and taproom! CHEERS!
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The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 398-A Safe Haven for Hops at Harbor Brewing
In this episode we venture back up to Lake County and the village of Lake Villa, where we visit with Harbor Brewing Company Founder Kyle Wenzel, and Head Brewer Adam Brose. HBC has been around for over 5 years and has built a large following in their taproom, plus the biergarten located at Winthrop Harbor where you can find awesome beer and views of Lake Michigan. With over 24 taps, these guys seem to be doing it right, and we recommend a visit to one or both of the locations! CHEERS!
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The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 397-The 7th Annual Barley Wine Show
This year, The Brit has asked a panel of brewers and chums to help him taste, chat about, and arbitrarily pass judgement on a range of barley wines. We have gathered them from across the USA, plus we have a couple that come from the UK, home of the barley wine style. Joining The Brit are, from Art History Brewing Tom Rau, Ed and Mike Seaman from Broken Brix, Chuck Fort from Church Street Brewing, and ex-tavern landlord John Karwoski. Thanks to Tom, we are recording this at Geneva Lager Works, home to the production arm of Art History Brewing. We also have a short video to accompany a couple of the tastings which can be found on our YouTube channel. Plus Cindy Rau stops by later, just to make sure Tom is not getting too rowdy! CHEERS!
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The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 396-Black Lung Brewing Revisited
It was during Covid in December of 2020 when we first checked in via Zoom with Josh Grubbs at Black Lung Brewing. Since then he has opened his primary brewery and taproom in Round Lake Beach, and has expanded to a satellite taproom in Fox Lake beside beautiful Lake Nippersink. After our short recording hiatus, we wanted to restart our podcast episodes with a success story. We find out more on their first 3 years, how their brews have been refined, and hear lots of stories about the brewery and beer names. Guest co-host is ex-landlord John Karwoski, and BLB assistant brewer/metal band member Rob Noon is on hand as well. We recommend a visit if you haven't done so yet! CHEERS!
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The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 395-Seasons Greetings and Seasonal Beer
We are back in the pub studio for this episode, which will be the last one until the end of January, as we are taking a short hiatus. We do have an all-star cast in the house with co-host Ken McMullen from Fox Republic Brewing, co-host Chuck Fort from Church Street Brewing, plus the head brewer from Church Street, Sean Gregor. And in this is a bumper edition we have a 6-pack of seasonal brews to taste, plus all the pub chat on many topics. We hope you enjoy our festivities and Cheers for the Holidays!
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The Brit and Yankee Craft Beer Podcast-Pubcast 394-Matt Strysik of Knack Brewing-A Craft Beer Oasis in Kankakee
The greater Chicagoland area hosts many of Illinois craft breweries, but there are plenty of downstate options to visit and enjoy. In this episode The Brit, and co-host Ken McMullen of Fox Republic, travel to Kankakee IL to visit founder and brewer Matt Strysik, who together with his wife Emily, co-own Knack Brewing located alongside the Kankakee River. This is a grass roots operation but Matt is producing extremely high quality, and very drinkable beers, tapping in to the tastes of the area clientele but also testing out the waters with some adjunct variants. Definitely worth a visit downstate!! Cheers!
Customer Reviews
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What a wonderful insight into craft beer. Look forward to each episode and learning more about the process to making and tasting craft beer.
Great podcast!
Love the interviews, and if you love beer this podcast is for you.
Good Information and Laughs
The Pubcast is really fun. The guys really know their beer. Years and years of practice, I assume!