I sat down with Kathy Ganser of Devils Creek Brewery in Collingswood New Jersey. They’ve been brewing up great beer for three years now, in fact their third anniversary is on Saturday May 18th! Questions/Comments about Over Beersemail to cheers@santephoto.comFollow on Instagram & Twitter @santephotoProduced by Freddy ClarkMusic: "Slow Burn"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Over Beers

Over Beers - Devils Creek Brewery

I had the opportunity to sit down with Jeff and Jessie Greco to talk about how you open a brewery, get engaged and keep your full time job while you wear out a lane on the Garden State Parkway getting it all done. Plus make great beer at the same time!

Over Beers - Heavy Reel Brewing Co

I had the opportunity to sit down with Jim Barbiere, head brewer of Two Ton Brewing in Kenilworth New Jersey. We met in their downstairs “speakeasy” taproom along with is father Doc the CFO, the talk about their journey to opening about two months ago.

Over Beers - Two Ton Brewing

After the show back in September on the ABC rule changes, when we had three breweries together on the show, I wanted to do another one where we had a few brewery owners but spoke about the beer, not the state rules. So I asked each brewery to bring two beers so we could sit down and discuss what went in to the beer, why they brewed and how they felt about the beer. I think you’ll find it was a really interesting discussion and we had a lot of fun.

Over Beers - Central Jersey Brewery Roundtable

Throughout history brewing and farming have always been tied together. You brewed with ingredients that were nearby and for farmers that meant you brewed with what you grew yourself. Today there is usually a space between where the grains are grown and where the beer is brewed. That is not the case with Screamin’ Hill Brewery. The brew house sits right on the farm, Owners Brett Bullock and Ryan Cole like to say “From Field To Glass”. Where ever possible they use their own grown ingredients, whether it’s the grains to make their base malt or the pumpkins, tomatoes or basil used to flavor their beers. It’s grown right there.

Over Beers - Screamin' Hill Brewery

Breweries in most places were traditionally in industrial sections of town. When laws changed and they had the opportunity to open a tap room, they were created by carving out a section of the production brewery, putting in some taps, a bar and some stools. Tap room opened. For breweries that started after the law changes, the dynamic changed and they built their taprooms as the center piece. Thought was given to how welcoming the space can be. How will people feel when they visit. It can be a place where people can be social with one another and generate a sense of community. That’s the feeling you will get when you visit Death of the Fox. Plus there’s something different. The smell of coffee greets you when you walk in. In addition to being a brewery, Death of the Fox is also a coffee house.

Over Beers - Death of the Fox Brewing Company

Over Beers - NJ ABC Ruling

A couple of weeks ago the show was at the Fir Farm’s Hop Harvest. One of the places getting hops was Jughandle Brewing Company. We talked about getting together for the release of the beer they were making with the picked hops and that is exactly what we did last Saturday. Jughandle released Fir Coat, their harvest ale.

Over Beers - Jughandle Brewing Company

I knew that there was a rich history of brewing in the Northeast but I had no idea just how rich it was. During his talk Rich Wagner mentioned that he had published a book, entitled “Philadelphia Beer” going through the history of brewing in Philadelphia. I knew I wanted to read it and I knew I wanted to have him on the podcast.

Over Beers - Rich Wagner

There’s the old saying is Blood is thicker than water…but is blood thicker than beer? That’s what I was looking to find out when I visited Fort Nonsense Brewing Company earlier in the summer. FNC is owned and operated by not just two, but three brothers. Andrew, Thomas and James…the Aslanian Brothers. They are brewing a variety of classic ales and lagers with their own unique twists and talk about those beers with only a hint of sibling rivalry during the conversation.

Over Beers - Fort Nonsense Brewing Company

A few months ago I met Mickey and Bobby Clark owners of the Fir Farm. Traditionally they’ve sold Christmas Trees, and they still do, but for the last few years they’ve also been growing hops right here in Central Jersey. They invited me to their 2018 Hop Harvest in early August.

Over Beers - Fir Farm's Hop Harvest

Three years ago, Sanctuary Brewing Company set out to create a brewery and tap room committed to enriching the lives of both humans and animals alike through excellent craft, kindness and philanthropy. They’re making small batch high quality local brews in the town of Hendersonville North Carolina, which is about 30 minutes south of Asheville.

Over Beers - Sanctuary Brewing Company

Insanely Flavorful Ales is the motto of Demented Brewing Company. As you will soon hear, Tom Zuber started out seriously home brewing with the goal of creating a yearly rotation of beers with a lot of flavor. A plan he took with him when he built his brewery in 2015.

Over Beers - Demented Brewing Company

With the nature of the brewing business, it’s not uncommon for brewers to move around a good deal. This is definitely the case for Patrick Morse, the Head Brewer of Staten Island’s Flagship Brewing. His career has had him crossing the US a couple of times as he worked his way up the brewing ranks.

Over Beers - Flagship Brewing Company

This week we’re talking to one of the newest breweries in New Jersey. So new in fact that they have not opened…just yet. Bradley Brew Project is the creation of a husband and wife team, Mike and Chelsey. As you will hear, their love of craft beer brought them together and has fueled their passion to create their own take on a craft brewery.

Over Beers - Bradley Brew Project

Over Beers is a Podcast focusing on conversations with craft beer industry professionals to give craft beer enthusiasts an insight in to their world.  Geared toward people who may be new to craft beer, the goal of the conversations is to find out what set them on their path in craft beer, what inspires their work and how they see the future of their careers and the industry.