The Taproom Exclusive

In this special edition episode, I talk with Keri Sullivan owner of the Barrel Room in Canton, Ohio about her tenure as the owner, how she got into craft, and more. Then I sit down with Tim Rastetter & Joe Lero of Thirsty Dog briefly to discuss how the industry has changed since Tim started, Joe's tedious task of tasting barrel aged beers and more!

Stout fans, rejoice! This week, Masthead brewmaster and co-founder Mike Pelechaty talks about their delicious Single Origin Coffee Stout. Unfortunately, I misread the recording time, so this week's episode is a little shorter. Hear where they get their beans from, the types of bean they use, and more! Tune in!

Hot off the presses! Masthead co-founder and brewmaster Mike Pelechaty sits down with me this week to discuss their delicious Extra! Extra! double dry hopped double New England IPA. We discuss the New England haze craze, the origins of Extra! Extra! and more! Tune in!

In the Masthead Brewing Company premiere, I sit down with brewmaster Mike Pelechaty to discuss their seasonal offering, Jalapeno IPA. Hear about how the idea for this beer came about, plus Mike talks about why he decided to make beer professionally, where the name Masthead comes and more! Tune in!

In the Saucy Brew Works finale, Dan Jozwiak and I discuss their Modern Crimes toasted coconut porter, their barrel aged biere de garde, plus we get into Saucy's new equipment and much more!

This week's samples include: Clubhouse Brewing Company's Veteran's Drive, Urban Artifact's Girls Rock Cincinnati fundraiser, Trek Brewing Company's Licking County Food Pantry fundraiser, Platform's Singers' Club of Cleveland fundraiser, Endeavor Brewing Company's Feel Better Foundation fundraiser, Warped Wing's Crayons To Classrooms fundraiser, Listermann's Cincinnati American Heart Association fundraiser!

This week, Dan Jozwiak and I discuss the Love You, Bye hazy IPA from Saucy Brew Works. Dan and I talk about the popularity of this style of IPA, the beer going from a seasonal to the year-round lineup, plus we talk about their brew of Sierra Nevada's Resilience IPA and more! Tune in!

This week's samples include: Railroad Brewing Company's Project DREW fundraiser, Platform Beer Company's Non-Profit Tuesday, Eudora Brewing Company's SICSA fundraiser, Rhinegeist Charitable Suds benefitting The Council on Child Abuse, Figleaf's Blue Skies Purple Hearts and Gold Stars fundraiser and more! Tune in!

Last weekend, I drove to Columbus to speak with some of the best and brightest in the Ohio craft beer world about 2018, some of our favorite beers, outlook to 2019 and much much more! Tune into this super-sized episode! My co-panelists include: The Hop & The Bean Northeast Ohio Craft Brewery News NEO Craft Beer Community The Gnarly Gnome & The CincyBrewcast Points on Pints

Like IPA's? This week, Dan Jozwiak and I cover the delicious IPA ASAP from Saucy Brew Works. Hear about the profile of this beer, we get into the can design, and much more! Tune in!

This week's samples include: Platform Non-Profit Tuesday, Zaftig's Central Ohio Leukemia & Lymphoma Society fundraiser, Land Grant Socks For Soldiers event, Sideswipe 5th anniversary, R. Shea King School fundraiser, Endeavor's Feel Better Foundation fundraiser, Trek Brewing Company's Newark Ohio Pride Coalition fundraiser, and so much more! Tune in!

This week, I talk with Dan Jozwiak of Saucy Brew Works about his background in beer, being an advanced Cicerone, plus we get into Saucy's Habituale, and find out where the Saucy name comes from!

This week's samples include: Ohio craft beer social media mashup, Rhinegeist Charitable Suds event, Ignite Brewing Company's Resilience IPA tapping, Fat Head's 2019 lineup, Zaftig's Pups & Pints event, Hoof Hearted canning release, Southern Tier Cleveland's first Cleveland Brew'd tapping and much more! Tune in, now on the Northeast Ohio Craft Brewery News Network!

This week's samples include: Crooked Handle's Resilience tapping with proceeds going to Sierra Nevada's Camp Fire relief fund, Rhinegeists's Cornerstone Renter Equity fundraiser, Jackie O's 13th anniversary, HiHo's 2 year anniversary plus releases from North High and Listermann! Rick Armon and Marc Bona's top ten stories of 2018 and more! Tune in!

In the Franklin Brewing Company finale, Howard, Mark and Aaron get into their Library Company fresh hop IPA. Hear all about this awesome IPA, how it differs from their regular IPA, the local growers they get their hops from AND the premiere of my new segment BETWEEN TWO HOPS! Tune in!

This week, I continue my chat with Mark, Aaron and Howard as we dive into their 1724 ESB. Mark and I get into the history of this style, the happy accident that helped create an imperial version, the story behind the name and much more! Tune in!

This week, I talk with Aaron, Mark and Howard about Franklin Brewing Company's America's Gold Kolsch style ale! We get into Franklin's history, what brought them to brew beer, and so much more! Tune in!

We've got another jam-packed edition of The Tasting Glass this week! Working Class Brewery's Malachi House fundraiser, Masthead & Columbus Brewing Company are teaming up to help Santa Sleigh ALS, Trek Brewing Company's Habitat For Humanity's House That Beer Build fundraiser, Platform's International Youth Leadership Foundation fundraiser, Hoppin’ Frog Brewery's Grace House Akron fundraiser, Yellow Springs Brewery's Artemis Center fundraiser, Little Fish Brewing Company's Community Food Initiatives fundraiser, Streetside's League for Animal Welfare fundraiser, Terrestrial Brewing Company's Santa Paws event benefitting three charities and much more!

In the premiere of my feature on Franklin Brewing Company, I talk with Aaron, Mark and Howard about Noel Spice, their holiday ale. We get into Howard's love of Christmas, the original idea of this beer, why they don't release this beer until Black Friday, and much more! Tune in!

In this week's edition of The Tasting Glass on the Northeast Ohio Craft Brewery News Network: R. Shea Brewing's Toys for Tots drive and fundraiser, 13 Below's Habitat For Humanity Fundraiser, Platform's Crohn's and Colitis Foundation fundraiser, West Side Brewing's Tacky For A Cause benefitting Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Warped Wing's Equitas Health fundraiser, plus beer releases from Endeavor Brewing, Masthead, Hightower, Phoenix and more!