Episode #35 Session Beers with Jason Oliver of Devils Backbone
This week we have a very exciting guest Skyping in to discuss session beers. Jason Oliver; founding Brewmaster at Devil’s Backbone located in southern Virginia. Jason celebrates 20 years in brewing profession working in a variety of breweries before answering the call of the wild at a startup brewery in 2009. His Germanic training and love of drinkable beers made him the perfect candidate to help this brewery catapult to the forefront of the industry while racking up numerous awards along the way.
Join the conversation as we discuss the origins of these beers as well as how to brew these smaller beers. We’ll Dig into brewing processes as well as ingredients selection.
Industry News:
- Pabst to open up back in WI. Looking to get more diverse and offer beers from historical company recipes. Tap room on site http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/02/business/pabsts-new-owner-digs-into-old-recipes-as-it-looks-to-the-future.html?src=me&_r=0
- Brewdog have updated their free list of recipes to include brews from 2016, including upcoming brews
- CraftFreedom.org
- Operation Liberation Homebrew
- Devil’s BackBone Hoopla: Thursday, September 29 through Sunday, October 2
Sponsors:
- House of Brews
- LaMotte (brewing water test kit)
- Red Clay
- Saluds
- Ballast Point