This week we stop in Jefferson City Missouri to chat with Prison Brews brewer Rod Dothage. In addition to their prison theme, Prison Brews boasts the only wood fired pizza oven in Jefferson City, and offers Bocce tournaments (pronounced BOW-chee in this region of the country). Later we take a hard hat tour of the former Missouri State Penitentiary where plans are underway to stabilize and install a museum in at least one of the structures that once comprised “the bloodiest 47 acres in America.”
Links for this episode:
Prison Brews
305 Ash St.
Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
This week we learn how Santa Fe Brewing Company head brewer Ty Levis and president Brian Lock became involved in the brewing industry head brewer. They have a very cool tap trailer, too. Later we spend a morning hiking Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument.
This week we sit down with Brian Lock, president of Santa Fe Brewing Company. Santa Fe Brewing is New Mexico’s oldest brewery, and they are one of only a handful across the U.S. to bottle condition their beers. Later we swing by Old Santa Fe.
This week we sit down with Schlafly’s Dan Kopman (who had just returned from vacation) to discuss the process and vision behind founding the first brewpub in Missouri since Prohibition. Afterward we take a stroll around the Missouri Botanical Garden.
The May/June 2010 issue of Brew Your Own magazine (byo.com) includes a recipe from Joe Short of Short’s Brewing Company in Bellaire, Michigan. You may remember that Travel by the Pint featured Joe in Season 1, Episodes 3 and 4. The recipe is for The Magician Ale, described on the Short’s website as “A lustrous dark red London ale”.
We’re in Grand Rapids this week to chat with brewer Chas. Thompson about Schmohz Brewery, before heading to the beach to fly kites at the Great Lakes Kite Festival in Grand Haven.
Links for this episode:
Schmohz Brewery
2600 Patterson SE
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546
Great Lakes Kite Festival
State Park at Grand Haven, Michigan
Mackinaw Kites & Toys
& MACkite Kiteboarding
106 Washington Street
Grand Haven, Michigan 49417
Special appearance by:
Marc Gottfried, Brewmaster and James Hellmuth Assistant Brewer Morgan Street Brewery & Restaurant in St. Louis, Missouri.
We return to Kelly’s to learn about the brew your own program, which eventually snowballed into the brew pub business. Later we take one of the world’s longest trams to the top of Sandia Peak.
Special appearance by:
Mark Naski, head brewer Amalgamated Brewing (The Stable), St. Louis, Missouri and Dan Kopman, Vice President, COO, The Saint Louis Brewery (Schlafly Beer), St. Louis, Missouri
This week we speak with Dan Cavin, brewmaster at Kelly’s Brew Pub. Kelly’s keeps an astounding 20 beers on tap at all times. Afterward, we learn a bit about the history of the surrounding neighborhood, which has been a part in the heritage of Route 66 since 1937.
Special appearance by:
Steve Buszka, Jennifer Clark-Buszka and Seth Rivard, of the Muskegon Brewing & Distilling Company, currently under construction in Muskegon, Michigan.
Fred Bueltmann, Beervangelist & Partner of New Holland Brewing Company describes their beer menu and philosophy, as well as pub food and their burgeoning distillery. Afterward, we explore the town’s Dutch heritage, and chat with Alisa Crawford, the only American professional Dutch miller.
Square One Brew master John Witte chats about the history of Square One; their beer, spirits and food menu; and his unorthodox career path into professional brewing. Later we discover the secrets of City Museum.
