Mashing-In News: Soil-to-Glass Podcast, Sierra Nevada Pils Party
GOOD MORNING, SOUTH PUGET SOUND!
Friday, July 25, 2025 — Matt LeBlanc turns 58 today!
Friday in craft beer: from a soil-soaked séance with Haas and LINC on the Grit & Grain Podcast to pilsner pageantry in Tacoma, anniversary ales in Portland, and industry reckonings coast to coast, the glass is full—and every pour tells a story.
Of Roots and Revelations: Grit & Grain Goes Deep with Haas and LINC
Of course, they came bearing stories—deep, loamy tales of terroir and sunlight, of Idaho soil symphonies and Washington wheat whispers. For Episode 153 of the Grit & Grain Podcast, Peaks & Pints transformed into a fermentation confessional booth, where Rikki Welz of Haas Hops (the botanical oracle herself) and Brian Estes of LINC Malt (the barley bard with dirt under his nails and poetry in his grain bins) met in glorious conversation. This was no ordinary beer chat; this was a “soil-to-glass” séance, a rare alignment of root and cone, base and bloom, told in the sacred dialects of lupulin and lignin. They spoke of farms like they were cathedrals, of sensory analysis as sacrament, of brewing not as a recipe but as a collaboration with earth itself. Listener, bring your boots and your pint glass—this one’s rich, raw, and rooted. (Grit & Grain Podcast)
Pints, Pilsner, and Panache: Sierra Nevada PILS Struts Into Tacoma
Prepare yourself, Tacoma—on Thursday, July 31, Peaks & Pints rolls out the red carpet for Sierra Nevada’s impossibly crisp new PILS, where pressed flannel meets pilsner glamour, live jazz seduces the foam, and swag rains down like divine favor from the gods of grain and groove. (Peaks & Pints)
Craft Beer & Brewing Podcast: Whitney Burnside Blends Old Growth with New Vision
In Episode 426 of the Craft Beer & Brewing Podcast, Whitney Burnside of Grand Fir Brewing reveals how she’s breathing new life into old-school Pacific Northwest hops—crafting lean, expressive West Coast IPAs that balance forest-floor nostalgia with medal-winning modernity. (Craft Beer & Brewing)
Midyear 2025: U.S. Craft Beer Sees Drop in Breweries and Output
The U.S. craft beer industry saw a 1% drop in brewery count and a 5% decline in production by mid-2025, as inflation, tariffs, and shifting consumer habits squeeze the market—though small local breweries and non-alcoholic beer continue to show signs of growth. (Craft Brewing Business)
Hops, Homies, and JoJos: Living Häus Turns 3 in Style
Living Häus Beer Co. celebrates its 3rd anniversary July 26–28 in Southeast Portland with four collaboration brews, guest taps from top West Coast breweries, a special clam pizza from Whit’s Pizza Pies, and a free fried food finale on Monday courtesy of Reel M Inn. (Brewpublic)
San Diego Brewers Guild Hosts 2025 Craft Beer Con
The San Diego Brewers Guild will host the 2025 Craft Beer Con on Tuesday, August 5 at MiraCosta College’s San Elijo campus, featuring educational tracks, industry panels—including “Founding Voices of SD Beer”—a trade show, and a beer-filled happy hour, all open to the public and celebrating San Diego’s legacy as The Capital of Craft. (The Brewer Magazine)
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