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The guys interview Erik Lars Myers and Susan H. Ficke, authors of the recently released second edition of North Carolina Craft Beer & Breweries. Erik is the head brewer at Mystery Brewing in NC and Susan is a professor. They teamed up to write this awesome book which gives you an in-depth look at all […]

We’re back behind the mics and tackling the seemingly more and more important topic of buyouts in the craft beer industry. The guys talk about what makes a brewery attractive to a buyout, who might be primed for one and who would never go down that road. Check us out on twitter @beerculturepod!

Are you a beer geek and need some new gift ideas to tell your friends and family? Are you the friends and family and need an idea of what to get the beer geek in your life? Well this is the episode for you. We run down ideas for gifts for the holidays. We guarantee […]

This week we run down how to best taste beer. We talk about the best way to expand your palate, your vocabulary, appropriate glassware, and more! For our second topic of the week we continue our style series. This week we delve into Porters! Check it out as we talk about the origin of the […]

This week we have a chat about beer societies. What are the pros and cons of asking someone to pay upfront for guaranteed bottles of rare beers? How would the guys improve this process? Also we continue our style series with Porter. We talk about the history of the style, where it is currently and […]

We’re back! After a few weeks off, we’re back in the saddle with GABF coverage. Since we haven’t been back since all the news of breweries being bought left and right hit, we did a big segment on the news and also read a listener’s email.

Did you know that pumpkin beers are out in August??? Of course you did, everyone complains about seasonal creep this time of the year. We talk about what it means, if it’s impacting craft beer and more. Our second topic is the beginning of a series where we focus on the impact certain beer styles […]

Episode 20! We can’t believe we’ve made 20 of these and people are listening. This week we talked about what to do if you’re becoming jaded or bored with beers that aren’t limited release. After that we talk about breweries that do series for beers or treat the same base beers with different adjuncts. As […]

We kick off this episode with a discussion of what to do with old beer in a bottle shop and how breweries try to prevent this. A reader email sparks a discussion of how to buy beer for others and what to do when they drink all your beer! Our Mix 6 discussion ranges from […]

Steve from Clown Shoes Beer joins us on the show for our very first interview with a brewery! We talk all about Clown Shoes, how they got started, what their vision is as well as their labels and branding. It’s a milestone for Craft Beer Culture and something we hope to do frequently in the […]

Josh is a member of a Beer of the Month club. What does this entail and how does he like it? We find out the ins and outs, the pros and cons and everything in between. Additionally the guys talk about if beer competitions like GABF are good or bad. A gold medal can seriously […]

There is a great debate between beer websites. Which community do you embrace and spend all of your time on? The original Beer Advocate? The upstart Talk Beer? The smaller, but equally informative RateBeer or the community voted Reddit /r/beer? They all have their pros and cons and their own stories and this week we […]

Josh is fired up this week about bias that comes into play with reviewers who have something to gain by giving a beer a favorable review. We also talk about how this is also prevalent in other review sites and how to combat it. A recent post on Reddit also brought up a sensitive topic, […]

This week was the yearly American Craft Beer Week where we come together and celebrate craft beer with events, get togethers and lots of beers. The guys discuss some of their favorite events, what they wish they saw and what breweries are doing it right. The discussion also turns to homebrewing and the impact it’s […]

Josh and Patrick both have “cellars” where they keep beer that can be aged. But is this good for the beer or even necessary? When does it become hoarding? The guys also talk about the recent uptick in combining exercise and beer, whether its via yoga, running clubs or the like. As always the guys […]

This week we talk about brewery merchandise. This includes apparel, glassware, accessories and everything in between. We also hit on this weeks best beer news including a nudist beer fest!

There are an infinite amount of ways to take your brewery idea from concept to market, but which are the best? Is there even a best way? Also, when you’re picking a beer how do you do it? Rating sites? Recommendations from a friend? We talk about all those and more as well as the […]

How much does a brewery’s branding and packaging play into your decision to buy the beer? Does a brewery even need good branding or is all about the beer? It’s all discussed this week. We also talk about beer dinners, Patrick doesn’t like them but Josh is a member of a very unique one which […]

Craft Beer Culture is back this week with the new format. We talk in depth about Untappd and the ever rising prices in the beer community. We quickly go over Thrillist’s Craft Brewery March Madness brackets, the face of craft beer and the most respected breweries in the game!

We switched things up this week and instead of one big topic, we talk about a few different ones. First off we talk about the recent litigation in craft beer and what that means for the future. Then we discuss tasting etiquette and follow it up by expressing how much we dislike beer snobs.