We’re “getting our sip on” with a very cool guest, when Ale Sharpton of Atlanta and Cruisin’ for a Brewsin’ joins host Jimmy Carbone and Blind Tiger’s Dave Brodrick to relive the highlights of CBC 2013.
Among the highlights: There are now more than 2,500 craft brewers in the US, with 85 percent being nano or brewpubs. The CBC had upwards of 7,000 attendees with thousands of beers being poured. Jimmy networked D.C., talking in the “common currency” of larger craft beers (e.g. Lagunitas). Ale and Dave weigh in on their favorite hangout spots in D.C. from their time at the Conference.
Switching coasts (sort of), Green Flash brewer Chuck Silva talks about the company’s growth in San Diego and their expansion to Virginia Beach, where they’ll be opening a second Green Flash Brewing Company branch, complete with a one-acre beer garden. Chuck also talks about collaborative brewing with the Belgians as the in-studio guests sip Green Flash’s Black Saison.
Then it’s back to Ale and what he knows best: The Atlanta (and Georgia) brew scene. Eric Johnson of Wild Heaven Craft Beers calls in to join the conversation about how Georgia has (slowly) grown to love craft beer with new laws benefiting the industry. Plus info on what Ale calls, “the best beer festival in America”: Classic City Brew Fest, taking place this Sunday (4/7) in Athens, GA.
You can listen to episode #157 of Beer Sessions Radio™ here.