On this episode of Travel by the Pint, we sit down with Dick Stevens, owner and self-proclaimed “elevator operator” of Elevator Brewery & Draught Haus in downtown Columbus Ohio. Later we hike a section of Old Man’s Cave Trail in Hocking Hills State Park.
This week we’re in Columbus, Ohio, to chat with Scott Francis, brewmaster at Barley’s Brewing Company and Barley’s Smokehouse. Scott started brewing back in the days of Prohibition-style Beer and has witnessed the craft beer resurgence led by the availability of improved ingredients. Later we take a stroll around German Village, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
This week we sit down with Jeff Drumm, owner and brewmaster of Crow Peak Brewing Company in Spearfish, South Dakota. Later we look at a few of the region’s many natural attractions.
This week we return to St. Louis to sit down with Mark Naski, head brewer for Amalgamated Brewing, which brews and distills for The Stable restaurant and bar. Naski takes a very traditional European approach to brewing, sticking to classic methods and ingredients. Next we head to the Lemp Mansion, former home of the Lemp brewing family, before shopping for antiques along Cherokee Row.
Special appearance by:
Steve Buszka, Jennifer Clark-Buszka and Seth Rivard, of the Muskegon Brewing & Distilling Company, currently under construction in Muskegon, Michigan.
In this episode of Travel by the Pint, we sit down with brewmaster Marc Gottfried and assistant James Hellmuth of St. Louis’ Morgan Street Brewery, which brews exclusively with lager yeast. Later we visit the historic Laclede’s Landing, the Mississippi riverfront, and Gateway Arch Park.
This week we sit down with Schlafly’s Dan Kopman (who had just returned from vacation) to discuss the process and vision behind founding the first brewpub in Missouri since Prohibition. Afterward we take a stroll around the Missouri Botanical Garden.
In part two of our interview with Brian McEachron, co-founder of Steamworks Brewing Company, we learn about the Four Corners Mug Club, and more about his specific beer menu. Next we journey west to Mesa Verde National Park.
In part one of our visit to Sullivan’s, we chat with head brewer Dave Shaw about how brewing in a tourist destination effects his menu of beers, before heading over to Bronner’s CHRISTmas Wonderland.
