Fear Of A Craft Beer Planet

Just in time for Philly Beer Week, we sit down with Felicia D'Ambrosio and Tom Peters from the LEGENDARY Monk's Cafe in Philadelphia. In the first half we discuss all things Belgian Beer, Federal Donuts and Phish with Felicia. We get to the bottom of how she's involved with Federal Donuts and how they became the official donut of Phish's Bakers Dozen at Madison Square Garden last Summer. Oh, and Felicia ALSO works at Monk's! Tom Peters, the owner of Monks joins the conversation for the second half. Felicia and Tom drop SERIOUS beer science and help us remember why we love what we do in the beer business. Tom tells us us the Monks story first hand and gives us a rare look behind the curtain at one of the most important beer bars on EARTH! We are still swooning from this episode and can't thank Tom and Felicia enough. Grab an Orval, pour it in a glass, and thank Tom Peters while you're listening to this episode!

RJ Bee, Co-Founder of The Osiris Podcast Network, joins the circus for segment 2 from Pizzeria UNO from Hamilton NJ. Phish Lyricist, Osiris Co-Founder, and IPA connoisseur Tom Marshall is at the table, along with Ken from Industrial Arts Brewing, and the usual ship of fools. We open a 2 yr vertical of KBS which Tom had never had, Jay Rose tells the delightfully awkward story of how he met Tom in a parking lot, and RJ explains the genesis of the Osiris Network and where the Network is headed. More Industrial Arts is opened and discussed, and general late-in-the-show-shenanigans ensue.

Tom Marshall is a writer of lyrics for a band you may be familiar with called Phish. If you've listened to any of the previous 76 episodes of this podcast, you would have picked up on the fact that we're huge Phish fans, making this a gigantic deal for us. Tom is also the co-founder of the Osiris Podcast Network which we are currently a part of, along with 30 other music and lifestyle based podcasts. We found out that Tom is a huge fan of Industrial Arts Brewing's Wrench IPA so we had Ken from Industrial Arts stop by with some of their beers. Tonewood Brewing from Oaklyn NJ also stopped by to drop off some FUEGO IPA for the show because that just made sound, logical sense. Eli from Tonewood was #verybusy and didn't jump on the mic, but we throughly enjoyed the Fuego! We get into Tom's love of IPA's, some Phish stories, industrial Arts Brewing, Weed Legalization, and more. If you're a new listener, welcome to the party and we hope you dig what you hear enough to stick around! If you've already checked us ou

#76 starts with the announcement of some pretty exciting news for us. We're sort of on fire (FUEGO) right now! After the announcement we get right into the episode. We kick around some Allagash related topics, get on the subject of the Grateful Dead and we were "off to the races." Rob Tod, the owner of Allagash, hangs with us about halfway through the episode and talks about his journey from part time keg washer at Otter Creek Brewing in the mid 90's to the owner of one of the most beloved breweries in the country. Rob is also a Dead Head and we get to the bottom of that too! Jared from Allagash prepared a beautiful cheese pairing for the beautiful Allagash beers we drank with Rob Tod, and he guides us though that. We're very proud of this episode and we're super grateful to Rob Tod and Allagash and The Pour House for putting up with our shenanigans on a Monday night!

Part 2 of our Record Store Day extravaganza at Jupiter Records in Woodbury Heights NJ. Ryan Horner from Dogfish sits in, Chuck Garrity from Death Of A Fox Brewing saves the day with a corkscrew to open the Neshaminy In The Midnight Sour, George from the Woodbury FAF Coalition Explains Lot 323, and Jay Rose and Rob explain how they both discovered the No Simple Road Podcast on the same day at the same time. Good stuff. If you want open a beer and play a drinking game while you listen, DRINK every time Rob mentions Ohio.

This is segment 1 of 2 from what has now become a bit of a tradition for us. This is our 3rd Record Store Day Podcast, and the second year in a row we've done it from Jupiter Records in Woodbury Heights NJ. Record Store Day falls right at the end of the Hippie High Holidaze of Bicycle Day, 4/20, the anniversary of Prince's death and Earth Day. Seeing as how Dogfish Head is the official beer of Record Store Day, we had Ryan Horner from Dogfish sit in with some beautiful liquid. The theme of this one was "Opening The Vaults." We all brought beers from the deep dark recesses of our collections and opened them on the show. Most of the beers that were opened were older than our children. Rob opens a VERY sour Stone Enjoy After, Jay Rose breaks down how to drink a sour beer, Steve Zimmerman from Jupiter shares some of the more ridiculous things he finds in record collections, and Richard enjoys an 11 year old 120 IPA. Chuck Garrity from Death Of A Fox Brewing in Clarksboro NJ hangs for a bit to expla

Everyday is IPA day. Even though there's an actual "IPA Day" on the calendar (sometime in August maybe?) it really occurs every day of the week. Saison needed its own day to bask in the sunlight and be appreciated for its delicate intricacies, and Allagash Brewing created such a day. We celebrated Saison Day with our very good friends at Tonewood brewing. Ryan Egan from Tonewood sat in, Jared Ruocco from Allagash stopped by to explain Saison Day, we figured out where our lost microphone cables escaped to, and Richard explains his latest employment situation. I don't remember the last time we laughed this hard on a podcast. If you need a few HA-HA's in your life, this is the episode for you. Pop open a beautiful Saison and enjoy the ride.

#72 was recorded at the Blue Monkey Tavern in Merchantville NJ first with just us, then with the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewing, Sam Calagione. You might remember Dogfish from such productions as 60 Minute IPA, 90 Minute IPA, 120 Minute IPA, and literally changing the face of craft brewing in America. We wrap up AC Beer Fest, we talk about Dogfish Beers, the Beer Biz, music, craft beer cocktails, and variety pack packaging that doubles as a cooler. A very compelling episode with one of the people on our Craft Beer Mt. Rushmore. Heady stuff!

#71 takes place around a kitchen table at a kitschy Air B & B right outside Atlantic City NJ with Cam and Erin From Ironbound Cider. Ironbound is located on a farm in northwest NJ that produces legitimate, handmade, artful, hard cider. With over 25 years of wine making experience under his belt, Cam is the Cider Maker at Ironbound and walks us through the steps it takes to make such a beautiful beverage. We discuss regenerative farming, employing ex-cons and refugees, cider apples vs eating apples, and the challenges involved with going up against giant multinational sweet cider producers on shelves and on tap. This one is very educational!

Annnnnnd we're back! With a slight equipment upgrade we're back to sounding like we know what we're doing and firing on cylinders! On this episode we celebrate our first legit episode on the Osiris Podcast Network with a 5 year old Allagash Tiarna, and we explain our new theme music which is from our band from the 90's. John Couchoud from South Jersey Beer Scene calls in to help us navigate the ever-murky waters of NJ beer politics, there's a general discussion about a new "craft beer" tasting room in Philly, and Richard explains how he's taking over the world of podcasting one podcast at a time.

This episode takes place at the bar in Rob's house and was recorded on 3 iPhones. We each had one in front of us. All 3 files were sent to Richard where he married the audio to make it sound whole. Only issue was, Jay Rose got 2 calls during the recording which threw off the Synch. Richard being the audio dynamo that he his, saved the episode. JR sounds a little like a Daft Punk robot toward the end which isn't the end of the world. That's what he gets for not turning on airplane mode while recording. We drink beers from Omnipollo, Evil Twin, Neshaminy Creek, and our boys Tonewood. A NICE time was had by all.

This episode was recorded with Jimmy McMillan and Nick Less from their newest Philly Homebrew Outlet location in Oaklyn NJ. We touch on all the interesting things these guys are up to over there from home brewing, to bee keeping, to making homemade sourdough bread, Kombucha, and soap. They're located next to Tonewood brewing and they're ready to help you discover a new DIY hobby! Also, Richard's dog is prominently featured on the podcast barking every 4 seconds followed by Richard clapping at the dog to quiet it down. That does not work. Like at all. Beers are consumed and whiskey shows up at the end just to make sure the end of the podcast is the train wreck it normally is. Mission accomplished.

This episode happened in 3 different places. We did the episode at the Brickwall Tavern in Burlington City. We then cut to a few minutes of a podcast that was never released that Rob and Jay Rose did with Andy "The Beer Man" Coppock on a trip to San Diego in 2015. Then another cut to Cooper Hospital in Camden NJ after Richard's latest procedure. Anyone know what a Dolphin Bed is? You'll find out. Also, Ryan and Schaffer from Evermore Coffee Roasters stop by to talk coffee while sipping Hill Farmstead Beers with us.

This episode has been a long time in the making. We sit down with Eli, Taylor, Ryan and Katie from Tonewood Brewing to discuss how they have risen to become one of the hottest breweries in the region! You'll see how we go from quiet, to comfortable and informative, to complete chaos over the course of 2 1/2+ hours. We added some music in spots, Jay Rose did a voice over 2 hours and 25 mins in to describe the chaos and the end is well... you should hear it, Phish is involved! This might be some of our best work and easily one of the most fun podcasts we've ever done, you'll def hear that when you listen. Grab a Fuego and and take a ride with Tonewood!

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Atlantic City Seafood Fest back in mid September where we had 2, 30 minute segments to pack in as much content as possible. The first segment is with Dan from Brotherton Brewing in Shamong NJ and the second is with Mike from Three 3's brewing in Hammonton. Definitely a departure from what we normally do, but we did it. Grab a beer and try to keep up, we move QUICKLY!

A new Episode! Well that seems logical. I honestly have no idea what we talked about on this episode. Please listen to it and remind me what did or didn't't talk about. #That'sAEuropeanThing

This one was recorded on a stormy Friday night in August at Tiki Tiki Board Games. We were supposed to record live from a a street fest in Woodbury NJ but it got rained out which put us back at Tiki Tiki. We tried to line up guests on short notice and we were 0 for 6. At the end of the show when we thank guests, of which we had none, Richard thanked Goose and Egg. He's a charmer that Richard.

Have you enjoyed a pint of beer at local NJ brewery recently? If you have, you have Andy Newell and Gene Muller From Flying Fish to thank for that. They helped write the legislation to make pints in a brewery a real thing in NJ. We rap with Andy about the long, sordid history of NJ beer laws and what Flying Fish has done to revolutionize how we consume beer from NJ breweries. The beginning of the podcast is a behind the scenes peek at the conversations that go on "off mic." In this instance, the conversation wasn't exactly off mic. Lucky for you, awkwardness and hilarity are our #1 priority.

The return of Richard! After a nasty Diverticulitis flare-up, 7 day hospital stay, and a new accessory added to his body, Richard explains in detail exactly what happened how it happened, and what is the next step in the Summer Of Richard. We sip on a couple beers from 2011, laugh about Jay Rose wearing an ill-fitting track suit on stage, and officially introduce Ryan Harbinson as our 4th member of the squad.

Back at our home base, Tiki Tiki Boardgames in Woodbury NJ. We jump right into talking about all the recent ABI acquisitions including the craft beer website Rate Beer, and the overall sustainability of being an independent craft brewery in 2017. It's a great point, counter point discussion on the current state of the craft beer union. Juice Bomb IPA's take a beating from Rob and Jay Rose (as usual, and Jay Rose takes a beating from everyone toward the end of the show.