This week's guests are Co-Owner Chris Mazzone and Tasting Room Supervisor Kristen Wilson of Eight & Sand Beer Company located in Woodbury, NJ. The brewery has enjoyed great success since opening including winning a Silver Medal at the 2017 Great American Beer Festival for "Bad Hombre" and being in the USA Today's Top Ten for the best new brewery in the US! Kristen and Chris also introduced us to a few of their new releases including "Nevertheless She Brewsisted", a beer that Kristen and the ladies of Eight & Sand brewed for National Women's Day. We also talk awards, building a sustainable and environmentally friendly brewery, and much more!
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Publish Date: 4/24/2018
A podcast 3 years in the making! Vic finally gets Jeff from Heavy Reel Brewing Companyand Zach from Gusto Brewing Companydown in the basement. Head brewers Greg and Dan join the group along with Tom and Richard. We talk about the history and growth of both breweries, some of their newest beers, perfect pours and what happens when a beer doesn’t come out as planned. We also get into a conversation about Pork Roll/Taylor Ham (Editor's note: it is clearly pork roll, taylor ham is blasphemy), haunted breweries and mysterious ice cream stands. Like Ozzy a little off the rails, but the train arrives safely.
Publish Date: 5/1/2024
Happy New Year and welcome to our first show of 2024. We have something a little different on tap for the new year. Manafirkin hosted a Singer/Songwriter showcase last month and Vic had the opportunity to interview several of the musicians before the show as well Todd Hunt, co owner of the brewery. So instead of hearing about yeast and mash tuns, you’ll hear about Fenders and Martins and sound systems. Thanks for listening hope you enjoy it!
Publish Date: 1/14/2024
Pinelands Brewing Co is one of the OG craft breweries in Ocean County, brewing great beer for almost 10 years. Vic, Richard/James and Tom are joined by PBC partners Mike Broderson and Robert Shay. As always the podcast road features a lot of detours as we discuss the Jersey Devil, Black Garlic Beer and the illustrious history of the brewery. Thanks for listening!
Publish Date: 11/28/2023
Vic and Richard venture out of the basement and are joined by Tom as they visit Jason Campbell at Slack Tide Brewing Company’s new location. The crew is also joined by legendary beer writer, Mark Haynie and Slack Tide Social Media Coordinator Rachel Sill.
The conversation runs the gamut, as they discuss GABF in Denver (Vic met his brew hero, Sam Calgione), restraining orders and Jason shares his experience of winning a GABF medal for Avalon Amber in 2018. We also discuss the new expanded brewery, while Rachel shares some upcoming events happening at Slack Tide. Curiously we finish on the subject of UFOs once again and the gang commits to a future podcast at Mark’s place, ETs welcome!Publish Date: 10/4/2023
Vic and Richard venture out of the basement and are joined by Tom as they visit Jason Campbell at Slack Tide Brewing Company’s new location. The crew is also joined by legendary beer writer, Mark Haynie and Slack Tide Social Media Coordinator Rachel Sill.
The conversation runs the gamut, as they discuss GABF in Denver (Vic met his brew hero, Sam Calgione), restraining orders and Jason shares his experience of winning a GABF medal for Avalon Amber in 2018. We also discuss the new expanded brewery, while Rachel shares some upcoming events happening at Slack Tide. Curiously we finish on the subject of UFOs once again and the gang commits to a future podcast at Mark’s place, ETs welcome!Publish Date: 10/4/2023
Vic and Richard are joined by Alexis in the actual basement as they host Donn, Lisa and Brandon from Manafirkin Brewing Company.
In one of our more wide ranging conversations we talk about the brewery expansion, distribution, canning and, of course, try some delicious Manfirkin beers.
Manafirkin is a featured brewery at the Made in Jersey festival on September 30, so this show features a new edition of the world famous (well at least in our world) "So You Think You Can Jersey?" quiz show.
Oh and...there is also UFO talk!
Thanks for giving us a listen!
Publish Date: 8/21/2023