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So Amanda has been bustling around Sunday River, a ski resort in Maine, shredding up the Spring Brew Fest. With a set of five questions—all ski related, of course, she finds out what kind skier and snowboarder these beer drinkers are. And the most important question of them all: what is your favorite après ski […]The post Slope-Shredding Ski Beers at Sunday River; Entry 113 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

Amanda ventured deep into a world of beer and music from not only Maine, but Norway and Iceland. Strapped with her Lara Croft microphone halter, she prowls the Sunaana, a beer and music festival, looking for tune makers, beer drinkers, and quiet nooks to talk. Hang onto your lederhosen, go backstage, and join Amanda on […]The post Pairing Music and Beer at Sunaana; Entry 112 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

Extreme Beer Festival Great Beer Adventure has replaced all its spent kegs and the taps are flowing again. Amanda returns with fresh audio from the BeerAdvocate hosted Extreme Beer Festival in Boston (February 2-3). What’s an extreme beer festival? Well, you’ll have to hit play to find out. If you asked me though…I’m imagining medieval […]The post Extreme Beer (Fest) Adventure; Entry 111 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

All good adventures eventually make room for a lull in the excitement and newness that marks a journey well-traveled. Episode 110 marks the end of Season 2, where Amanda will be taking a well-earned break into the New Year. She’ll be back in 2018 to bring your more expeditions of beer-related grandeur and wonderment. This […]The post Hoorah For the Maine Beer Adventure; Entry 110 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

Beer Meets Wood is a magical event in downtown Portland Maine that pairs tree stuff with beer stuff in fun and interesting ways. So yeah, you can bet your fanny pack and beer holsters Amanda rolled up in there with a hot mic and timeless questions like, “If wood could talk, and beer could talk, […]The post Beer Meets Wood – Conversations of Arboreal Wonderment; Entry 109 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

Fill your cooler and buckle up – we’re headed for a road trip edition of Great Beer Adventure to Mapcon 2017 in Swedesboro New Jersey. This is a podcaster’s conference through and through. You couldn’t find a better place to do some field recording, try out a new brewery, and make some new friends. With […]The post Roadtrippin’ to Mapcon 2017; Entry 108 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

This week we’re jumping in a time machine crafted from an old fermenter and heading back to April – namely the Craft Brewers Conference. Amanda spent a few days getting dozens of people on mic to talk about everything from brewery pets to beers that gave attendees their first “Ah ha!” moment. Prepare from some […]The post Time Traveling Back to the Craft Brewers Conference; Entry 107 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

Amanda is wrapping up her series on starting your own brewery this week. She’ll be asking a handful of brewers what their once piece of advice is if you’re thinking about getting elbow deep in hops and grain. Not surprisingly, no one said throwing sprinkles into the brewing process was a good idea (although if […]The post Start Your Own Brewery – Advice; Entry 106 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

Part two of Amanda’s Start Your Own Brewery series features a host of brewers discussing what they found to be the hardest part of getting their beer, taps, and bottles up and running. Their answers range from paperwork and licenses to taking out the trash. Listen up for some firsthand insight, a discussion of what […]The post Start Your Own Brewery – The Hardest Part; Entry 105 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

Amanda has been brewing like a champ. Getting dehydrated in the steamy confines of breweries while, at home, she’s swarmed with summer distraction fairies. All while barely having a roof over her head. Despite all the summer fun, in this episode Amanda kicks off her series on what it takes to open up a brewery. […]The post Start Your Own Brewery – Paperwork Woes; Entry 104 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

Episode 103 marks the two-year anniversary of Great Beer Adventure. To celebrate 730 days of good beer, road trips, plane rides and conferences we’re peeking behind the veil of how the show is made. You may’ve thought Amanda waves a magic wand to summon lager fairies and porter trolls to assemble the show for her. […]The post Great Beer Adventure’s 2 Year Anniversary – How Adventure is Made; Entry 103 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

Half the fun in going out for a beer is checking out where the beer itself is poured. This week’s episode focuses on tasting rooms – those magical places where people come together to make new friends, make fun of old pals, and try some new drinks. Amanda is joined in studio by Heidi Geist […]The post The Magic & Glory of Tasting Rooms; Entry 102 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

Different format – same great adventure. Episode 101 introduces a new format that branches out with new segments. You’ll be hearing stories from more people about how beer has touched their life and made great memories. There’ll be blood sucking arachnids, covert bar infiltration, and beer that pairs poorly with turkey. So hit play and […]The post Craft Beer Ah-Ha! Adventures; Entry 101 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

Strap on your party hat and grab a pint glass – it’s the 100th episode of Great Beer Adventure. Amanda takes the spotlight in this episode as Tim Bissell runs her through the show at Dirigo Brewing. Tim has some interesting stats about Amanda’s show, but what I’m really interested in is how many beers […]The post The Past, Present, and Future of Great Beer Adventure; Entry 100 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

Ready for something new? Things are getting switched up here in the upcoming episodes, so you better be. This week Amanda passes the microphone-torch to the Great Beer Adventure’s lead correspondent, Jack Butcher in Georgia. Jack is interviewing Chas Vales – Founder and CEO of the up and coming BeerThirty app that lets you track […]The post Time to Discover New Beer with BeerThirty; Entry 099 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

Slap on some sunglasses and head back to Orlando with Amanda this week as she talks with Richard Dine (owner and head brewer) from Dead Lizard Brewing Company. Brewing seems to be passed down from generation to generation in the Dine family. I have a hunch some magical reptile gave one of Richard’s ancestors crucial […]The post Dead Lizard Brewing Company; Entry 098 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

There are lagers all around this week in Heidi Geist’s studio as Amanda sits down with Sean from Banded Horn, Tom from Dirigo Brewing, and Ashley from Austin Street Brewing. There will be some beer history and a fair amount of giggling. Prepare for dad jokes and subtle palate flavors put into your head (unwillingly […]The post The Great Lagerfest Roundtable Adventure; Entry 97 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

Amanda is back in Florida this week at Ten 10 Brewing with Nick Moench, head brewer of Inoculum Ale Works. Steve Schmidt from the Market the Brew podcast set her up with Nick since she was coming into Orlando the same day 10 Ten was hosting a bottle release for Inoculum. Sound like a complicated […]The post Sours Only With Inoculum Ale Works; Entry 096 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

If you haven’t caught on yet, Amanda does a fair bit of traveling and beer exploring. She’s in Boston this week with a like-minded guest: Nathaniel Boyle, host of the Traveler’s podcast. Beer can be a great indicator of creativity lurking around different cities and countries. Passion and imagination are contagious, after all. So get […]The post Travel, Beer, and Imagination with Nathaniel Boyle; Entry 095 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.

Amanda is back in New York for her last brief brewery bio in the state, for now. She’s popping in at Strong Rope Brewery to hang out with Jason Sahler, Strong Rope’s head brewer (and pretty much head everything). Strong Rope puts a heavy focus on highlighting locally grown ingredients in their beer. The brewery’s […]The post Strong Rope Brewery; Entry 094 appeared first on Great Beer Adventure.