The Jared Velbeer Podcast

Episode 16: Eric Hild, Senior Lead Brewer, Toppling Golliath Brewing Co.

Howdy craft brewers and enthusiasts! In today's very special episode, we have Eric Hild, Senior Lead Brewer at Toppling Goliath Brewing Company. Clark and Barbara Lewey founded Toppling Goliath Brewing Company in 2009 in beautiful Decorah, Iowa after a runaway success in home brewing. In less than a decade, Toppling Goliath has become world-renowned for IPAs and barrel-aged stouts. We now distribute in 30 states and create more than 40 beers that rotate throughout the year.  So sit back, relax and pop a cold one as we dive in further to explore more about them in this episode!

Episode 15: Jeremy Kosmicki, Head Brewer, Founders Brewing Company

Howdy craft brewers and enthusiasts! In today's very special episode, we have Jeremy Kosmicki, Head Brewer at Founders Brewing Co.  They’ve been ranked in the top breweries in the world by Ratebeer.com for the last five years, and have several beers listed in the top 100 beers of the world on Beeradvocate.com. They’re now among the top ten largest craft breweries in the country and one of the fastest-growing. So sit back, relax and pop a cold one as we dive in further to explore more about them in this episode!

Episode 14: Ken Grossman, Founder, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

Howdy craft brewers and enthusiasts! In today's very special episode, we have Ken Grossman, the founder of the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, popularly known as the G.O.A.T. of craft beers. Ken Grossman started Sierra Nevada with a hand-built brewhouse and the odds stacked against him. In 1980, that patchwork of pipes, pumps, and tanks began making beers that forever changed the course of American craft brewing. He then went on to become a billionaire entrepreneur getting his name etched in the Beer Hall of Fame. So sit back, relax and pop a cold one as we dive in further to explore more about them in this episode!

Episode 13: Joey Redner and Justin Clark, Cigar City Brewing

Howdy craft brewers and enthusiasts! In today's very special episode, we have Joey Redner and Justin Clark from Cigar City Brewing. Steeped in the unique culture and history of Tampa, Florida, Cigar City Brewing began handcrafting award-winning beer in 2009. Cigar City Brewing’s ales and lagers bring to mind the sun and citrus for which Florida is known while taking cues from the cigar industry upon which Tampa was built. Behind all of Cigar City Brewing’s liquid is the philosophy that quality is achieved by giving first-rate ingredients to first-rate people in a space where they are free to pursue their passion. So sit back, relax and pop a cold one as we dive in further to explore more about them in this episode!

Episode 12: Noah Bissell, co-founder at Bissell Brothers Brewing

Howdy craft brewers and enthusiasts! In today's very special episode, we have Noah Bissell, the co-founder at Bissell Brothers Brewing. Bissell Brothers was conceived in November 2011 by brothers Noah and Peter Bissell, in response to Noah’s homebrewing obsession, and Peter’s interest and burgeoning experience in entrepreneurship and marketing.  Noah’s insatiable desire to explore further into mixed fermentation and barrel-aging led the company to perhaps its most dramatic move – The opening of its second production facility and taproom in the boys’ hometown of Milo – a rural community of 2,500 – in 2018. At Bissell Brothers Three Rivers, beers are produced with mixed cultures of yeast and bacteria, as well as aged in foeders and barrels, and customers enjoy a wide variety of canned and draft beverages produced in Portland as well. So sit back, relax and pop a cold one as we dive in further to explore more about them in this episode!