Great Beer Adventure

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.