The Brewing Network isn’t just one podcast though. It is a few. Home brewers get the expertise of Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer and Sean Z. Paxton has a great show on beer and cooking. The most general leaning podcast is the Sunday/Monday Session that speaks to brewers each brewers and has featured L.A. newcomers like Three Weavers and MacLeod’s.
But the most interesting choice is the Sour Hour hosted by Jay Goodwin the former Bruery and now Rare Barrel founder. It is all about sour. And the podcast started off with a bang. Bringing in Michael Tonsmeire, the author of American Sour Beers. I like this show because it is low key, letting the information be the draw and not the sometimes juvenile humor in other podcasts. Plus the episodes are in the hour range which is a much lower time investment.
The other cool thing is you get a look at the thought process of the Rare Barrel beers. Which I now, really, really want to try.