Episode 1: Restaurant Ownership, Fitness at the Small Biz Level, New-School...
On my first independent episode, I spoke with Twin Cities restauranteur Matty O'Reilly about his projects -- Top-100 craft beer bar Republic, the innovative City House project on the Mississippi River,...
View ArticleEpisode 2: Boatin' on Lake Minnetonka with 56 Brewing and Chef Angel Luna
This episode was recorded while cruising around Lake Minnetonka on Frayed Knot, the 56 Brewing boat! I spoke with Kerry and Kale of 56 about annual releases, calories and craft beer, and we shared some...
View ArticleEpisode 3: Habanero Rum, Food Writing, Restaurants That Touched our Souls,...
Episode 3 was recorded at City House St. Paul, a great open-air restaurant on the Mississippi River ... so pardon the boats, wind, bean bags, and sandwich order in the background. Tyson Schnitker of...
View ArticleEpisode 4: Beer Sales Then and Now, How Left Hand Mooooves Around Minnesota,...
Mike Walters, the first out-of-state employee hired by Left Hand Brewing, came with local beer hero Joe Shea to explain how he brought Left Hand to Minnesota nine years ago. It wasn't like it is now,...
View ArticleEpisode 5: Tina Spurr of Indeed Brewing, Eddie Wu of Cook St. Paul
Edited, and now the intro is fixed! This week, I spoke with Indeed Brewing Company brewer Tina Spurr about how her parents became everyone's parents, her ascent into Indeed Brewing Company's Wooden...
View ArticleEpisode 6: Tattersall Distillery, Anatony of a Fund-Raiser with No Kid Hungry
Episode 6 of the Minnesota Skinny was partially recorded at Tattersall Distilling in Minneapolis, and partially at the Rock Elm Tavern in Plymouth. I had a delicious cheeseburger but ate it before I...
View ArticleEpisode 7: 612 Brews with Attitude, Oktoberfest in F-Town, Minnesota Rollergirls
This week, Robert Kasak of 612BREW talked about bein' cool! He outlined the importance of building your identity in a booming industry, and setting yourself apart as more and more competitors come....
View ArticleEp. 8: Great American Beer Fest Chats w/John Legnard of Blue Moon, Beverly...
This week features my first interviews from the Great American Beer Festival! I spoke with Blue Moon Brewmaster John Legnard about how a brewery this big began in the corner of a ballpark and now has...
View ArticleEpisode 9: Surly Darkness, Child of Darkness, Shawn Smalley's 666 Wings
This episode was recorded at the Harbor Bar in Stillwater. I spoke with Shawn Smalley, the man behind Smalley's Caribbean Barbeque, about his rise to restaurant stardom. He looked back at the days with...
View ArticleEpisode X: Mr. Northeast, Suburban Restaurant Biz, Modeling School, GABF Chat...
Dan Wellendorf, a.k.a. Mr. Northeast 2016, took me into his playbook for claiming that crown, and let us know what to expect when I set up that night to record. At the Rock Elm Tavern in Plymouth, I...
View ArticleThe Podcast at the End of the World
This week's recording was done at Modist Brewing during their Pre-Post-Apocalypse Party. I spoke with Minnesota' Whiskey Girl, Angela Mackenthun, and Louis Dachis of Ace Spirits about the history of...
View ArticleEpisode 12: A 10-Topping Burger, Sixpoint Brewery, Punch Bowl Social
It's a small, action-packed show! We began with a 10-topping cheeseburger from Cowboy Jack's (Wednesday is $2 burger day!), then Patrick Williams of Punch Bowl Social looked back on his path from...
View ArticleAflevering 13: Next Level on Belgian Beers, GABF Chat w/New Holland Brewing
This week, we went next-level with Boom Island Brewing. Head brewer and co-founder Kevin Welch discussed their new holiday release, their upcoming Kriek release, how they built their brewery, and their...
View ArticleEpisode 14: Making Beer with the Band, a World-Class Beer Bar Spawns a...
This week, Emily Brink - GM of world-class beer bar The Happy Gnome and fellow Miami Dolphins superfan - chats about the bar and bakery she helped open a few miles from the Gnome, and the six-game...
View ArticleEpisode 15: Lift Bridge Brewing Co., Heather Maranda of Epic Ink
Probably don't play the first two minutes out loud at work. Joe Falkowski of Lift Bridge Brewing Company debuted 2016 Biscotti on the air, and laid out his path from the bootleg VHS concert tape...
View ArticleEpisode 16: Doughnuts, Wedge Table, Violent Femmes, Mouth Full Karaoke!
I got the low-down (but not the secret recipe) on the law career Anne Rucker left behind to begin Bogart's Doughnuts, (Intro) talked about the Co-op grocery model and the evolution of the farm-to-table...
View ArticleEpisode 17: Beer and Dogs with Minneapolis' Sisyphus Brewing
This week, we recorded in the comedy room of Minneapolis' Sisyphus Brewing! This week marked the two-year anniversary of my wife and I adopting our dog, so it's a dog-friendly episode! I spoke with...
View ArticleEpisode 18: In Funkytown with Thirsty Pagan Brewing, Walt Dizzo of KUWS
This week, we recorded in the basement of Thirsty Pagan Brewing! Funkytown, it's called! TPB head brewer Allyson Rolph explained what exactly happens down here, and gave us the ins-and-outs of...
View ArticleEpisode 19: Colorado Breweries Rock Cut and Left Hand; Dagger Dolls Plough a...
This week's episode was recorded all over Colorado and in St. Louis Park. I spoke with Matthew Heiser, co-owner of Rock Cut Brewing in Estes Park, about how he went from the mountains of Tennessee to...
View ArticleEpisode 20: Locally Laid Eggs, Borealis Fermentery are Small Businesses...
This week, I visited a couple of small businesses who are making a big impact in northern Minnesota. Lucie Amundsen and her husband began Locally Laid Eggs - and, with the help of a Super Bowl ad,...
View ArticleEpisode 21: Power Hour! Artist Shawn McCann, Boom Island Brewing A...
This week we recorded at Boom Island Brewing Company, and at The Howe Daily Kitchen and Bar in Minneapolis! At Boom Island, head brewer Kevin Welch and local artist Shawn McCann told stories from their...
View ArticleEpisode 22: Beer and Life, Loooove, CrafTapped, Mouth Full Karaoke!
I spoke with Katelyn Regenscheid - the mastermind behind the beer/life blog Beer and Life - about her mission to hit every brewery in Minnesota, blogging in the Trump Age, how camping works, meeting...
View ArticleEpisode 23: The Homebrewing Business with Chop and Brew, Bad Weather Brewing
We set up at Bad Weather Brewing after I exhausted myself getting pizza. We talked about home-brewing roots, the past projects that led them together for their (sort-of) collaboration beer, Zac...
View ArticleThe Golden Episode! Kentucky Ale on Beer in Bourbon Country, Tamarack Tap...
Episode 24 on February 24! I spoke with the guys from Kentucky Ale at the Tamarack Tap Room in Woodbury - right before I put away the Tamarack Tap Room's challenge burger in six minutes! - and gave an...
View ArticleEpisode 25: Freshness Guaranteed! Bauhaus Brew Labs, Sports Podcaster Andy...
Sunday liquor sales passed the Senate! Hooooly crap! This week, podcaster Andy Carlson recalled how disdain for a Vikings coach launched his booming Purple FTW! We touched on his ability to keep four...
View ArticleEpisode 26: America's First Hard Coffee is Coming, Duluth's Bent Paddle...
This week's episode was recorded at Republic Seven Corners upstairs, and the soon-to-be-opened Bar Brigade! Twin Cities Restaurateur Matty O'Reilly gave me the down and dirty on his upcoming restaurant...
View ArticleEpisode 27: Kind of Political w/No Kid Hungry and Minnesota's First...
This week, Lizzie Breyer of No Kid Hungry - and Minnesota's truest Tar Heel - talks about efforts to make sure no kid goes hungry in this political climate, and her newest project, Maddy and Maize!...
View ArticleBrewers Panel: Brewing in 2020
While not technically a podcast episode, this panel was recorded March 25 at Top Ten Liquors in Blaine. I was joined by Michael Wagner of Steel Toe Brewing; Keigan Knee of Modist Brewing; Austin Lunn...
View ArticleEpisode 29: Minnesota Sports Previews, the Story of Lawless Distillery
This week, Martha Young - social media thug, marketing whiz, sports expert ... she's got feelings on the Minnesota Wild's upcoming playoff embarrassment, and the collection of so-called baseball...
View ArticleEpisode 30: A Stillwater Bar Turns 69, Minnesota's Whiskey Girl Goes Global
Minnesota's Protector of the Peat, Angela Mackenthun of Beam Suntory, is finally back in her kingdom after some time overseas. You're right: the "Beam" means "Jim Beam," but Beam Suntory encompasses...
View ArticleEpisode 31: Author/Blogger Aaron Brown, The Food Challenge at Gator's Grilled...
I attempted The Mutt, this gorgeous calorie tower they serve at Gator’s Grilled Cheese Emporium out in Ely, Minnesota. It got the best of me. The mastermind behind Gator’s menu, Vera Olson, sat down...
View ArticleEpisode 32: Inside Looks at Ian Grey's Food Truck, a Preview of Duluth's...
Kind of a short show this week - we’re only running about 35 minutes, but we get a lot done. Buckle up! I spoke with Ian Grey. Ian runs two Minneapolis food trucks, the Curious Goat and the Smoking...
View ArticleEpisode 33: ComicCon Preview with Hudson the Magician, Author Christopher D....
Wizard World Comic Con is here in Minneapolis, Friday through Sunday! This week, I spoke with a couple of the featured local artists who’ll be there. Hudson the Magician sat down with me for a few...
View ArticleEpisode 34: 'Ren and Stimpy' Co-Creator Bob Camp; Ben Quam and Austin Myhran...
This week, I recorded at 612Brew in Northeast Minneapolis! Their Hidden Beach IPA is making its way across the Twin Cities. I had a couple. A few. And I sat down with head brewer Austin Myhran. Myhran...
View ArticleEpisode 35: Pro Cosplayer Mogchelle, Minneapolis' HeadFlyer Brewing
Pro cosplayer Mogchelle told me about her costume laboratory, from the two 3-D printers on top of her bedroom drawer to the machine she made out of a Shop-Vac and pancake griddles. She looked back on...
View ArticleEpisode 36: RKO in the Strip Mall! Lupulin Brewing, WWE Artist-in-Residence...
Four years ago, Rob Schamberger became WWE’s first artist in residence. I spoke with him at Comic Con about some early artistic inspirations, the moment he really found wrestling, and some of the...
View ArticleBONUS: Cider Tasting with Gretchen Perbix of Sweetland Orchard
On this bonus interview segment, I samples some ciders with Gretchen Perbix of Webster, Minnesota's Sweetland Orchard as Minnesota Cider Week gets underway. While sampling two ciders from Minnesota...
View ArticleEpisode 37: Minnesota's Steel Toe Brewing, Kara Doucette of Yelp MSP
This week I spoke to brewer Michael Wagner. He’s originally from Pittsburgh, went to college at West Virginia. We talked some sports - he’s a Steelers guy, I’m a Dolphins guy. We didn’t agree on some...
View ArticleEpisode 38: Opening a Taproom, the Making of Human Combat Chess
This week’s, it’s about grand openings! We’ve got one of the Twin Cities’ favorite local theatre productions opening their signature show, and a Minneapolis Brewery who has been killing it for years at...
View ArticleEpisode 39: Cider 101 with Minnesota's Sweetland Orchard, Twisted Shrub...
This week kicks off our Summer Cider Series! We'll be spending the summer drinkin' apples with some of Minnesota's cider makers - and a couple out-of-state cider makers, and some folks who use apples...
View ArticleEpisode 40: A Minnesota Cider-Maker's Quest and Beer From the Big Apple
This week, we've got a 1-2 punch of a Minnesota cider-maker on the come-up and a NYC-based brewery who has been on the forefront of innovation for years. Out in Buffalo, Minnesota, Colin Post and his...
View ArticleEpisode 41: Cider-Making in Minnesota's Apple Capitol!
I spoke with Steven Jones of Hoch Orchard at Cider Fest a few weeks back. Hoch Orchards is located in Le Cresent, Minnesota, in the heart of the Driftless Region. Steven explained how glaciers played a...
View ArticleEpisode 42: The Cider Company that Began as a Class Project, the Biggest Beer...
This week, our summer Drinking Apples series introduces us to a group of cider-makers who began their company as part of a project at the University of Minnesota! Jason Dayton, one half of the team...
View ArticleEpisode 43: Gabe Noah and Tevin Pittman of 'Profession Confession'
I hung out with the guys from the 'Profession Confession' podcast this week, crushed a 12-pack of Coors Banquet had a great time. If you’re not familiar with the Profession Confession podcast, it’s...
View ArticleEpisode 44: Head Mixologist Trish Gavin, Melina Lamer Explains Switchel!
Episode 44: Head Mixologist Trish Gavin, Melina Lamer Explains Switchel! by The Minnesota Skinny
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