Brewbound Podcast

The Go-To Podcast for Beer Industry Professionals

The Brewbound Podcast is an extension of Brewbound’s leading B2B beer industry reporting, featuring interviews with beer industry executives and entrepreneurs, along with highlights and commentary from the weekly news. New episodes are released every week. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or your streaming platform of choice.

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Recent Podcast Episodes

Brewbound Podcast: Early 2023 Beer Trends with Bump Williams Consulting

Brewbound Podcast: Early 2023 Beer Trends with Bump Williams Consulting

Bump Williams Consulting’s Dave Williams and Brian “B.K.” Krueger discuss the early 2023 beer category retail trends, how the competition for the cold box is shaking out, the accelerated life cycle of brands, and Dry January and Super Bowl trends.

Brewbound Podcast: Who Won the Super Bowl Booze Ad Battle? Plus, BORGs Explained

Brewbound Podcast: Who Won the Super Bowl Booze Ad Battle? Plus, BORGs Explained

Marketing and ad executives break down the winners and losers of this year’s beverage-alcohol Super Bowl ad battle. Deb Gabor, CEO of Sol Marketing, and Mario Natarelli, managing partner of MBLM, each share an industry insider’s view on the ads for Bud Light, Miller Lite, Coors Light, Michelob Ultra, Crown Royal, Remy Martin and more.

Brewbound Podcast: The Aftermath of Dry January, Plus CiderCon Road Report

Brewbound Podcast: The Aftermath of Dry January, Plus CiderCon Road Report

With another Dry January in the books, how do non-alcoholic beer producers keep up the momentum? Partake Brewing founder and CEO Ted Fleming and Lagunitas CMO Paige Guzman share what’s next for the growing segment and discuss increased competition and what growing retailer support means for NA beer and similar offerings such as hop water.

Brewbound Podcast: Guild Leaders on Advocating for DTC Sales, Protecting Privileges

Brewbound Podcast: Guild Leaders on Advocating for DTC Sales, Protecting Privileges

A new year brings the return of legislative sessions across the country and a new agenda for leaders of state brewers guilds. Texas Craft Brewers Guild executive director Caroline Wallace and Iowa Brewers Guild executive director Noreen Otto share their priorities in 2023, including advocating for direct-to-consumer sales, protecting existing privileges, working with wholesalers and much more.

Brewbound Podcast: How Well Do You Know Your Brewbound Coworkers?

Brewbound Podcast: How Well Do You Know Your Brewbound Coworkers?

To celebrate the Brewbound Podcast reaching 100 episodes, Justin, Jess and Zoe break the format to see how well they know each other (or don’t) after all these years. Brewbound Insider newsletter writer Sean McNulty joins the festivities as quizmaster.

Brewbound Podcast: The Intersection of Beer and Pickleball

Brewbound Podcast: The Intersection of Beer and Pickleball

What do beverage-alcohol producers need to know about getting on tap and in the cold box at the restaurant chain Chicken N Pickle? Mixologist Tim Holmes and director of strategic partnerships Matt Besler discuss with the Brewbound team.

Brewbound Podcast: Sazerac’s Big Move Gets the New Year Started

Brewbound Podcast: Sazerac’s Big Move Gets the New Year Started

The Brewbound team regroups in the New Year to discuss Fireball-maker Sazerac’s big distribution move from RNDC to several beer distributors, as well as total beverage alcohol houses. The team also review Drizly’s predictions for 2023, Athletic Brewing’s seven-figure investment ahead of of Dry January, and the closing of Roadhouse’s deal for Melvin.

Brewbound Podcast: Five Journalists Enter a Zoom & Wrap Up 2022

Brewbound Podcast: Five Journalists Enter a Zoom & Wrap Up 2022

The Brewbound team is joined by Beer Marketer’s Insights senior editors David Steinman and Christopher Shepard to put a bow on 2022. They discuss the most impactful stories of 2022, the blurring of beverage lines, supplier and wholesaler M&A and much more.

Brewbound Podcast: The Most-Read Beer Biz Stories of 2022

Brewbound Podcast: The Most-Read Beer Biz Stories of 2022

The Brewbound team and Insider newsletter writer Sean McNulty discuss the most-read stories on Brewbound.com in 2022, including the sale of Stone Brewing to Sapporo, the annual Brewers Association rankings of the top craft breweries by volume, and more.

Brewbound Podcast: What’s It Like to Open a Brewery in 2022?

Brewbound Podcast: What’s It Like to Open a Brewery in 2022?

Opening a brewery in any year is a challenge. In 2022, amid inflation, rising cost of goods and labor shortages, what’s it like to try to move from brewery-in-planning to open with a full taproom? Sarah Real and Mike Dell’Aquila, the co-founders of Hot Plate Brewing, share their experience.