State of the Beer Union

New Brewery Alert! We had the honor of interviewing Michael and Ben Dees, and assistant Brewer Jason at their beautiful new brewery in downtown Sanford. If you’re around, pick up some beer or yummy bites (lookin at you too, vegans!) and sample some of the best offerings for purchase in town! Be sure to check out their social media for upcoming events, including the grand opening extravaganza in January! Don’t miss this event either! https://www.facebook.com/events/s/clan-kringle-kilt-party/474757190621500/  

We interview Matt Heafy of Trivium Live on his Twitch stream talking German beer and Beer culture and talk about the Gords Gone Wild.

We discuss a beer with a glittery swirl.  Quite mesmerizing.

Ed went straight from pounding beers with Trivium to the studio to record!  We talk a bit about the band, and some about metal in general, while trying a couple new beers in studio.

This is our second episode back! We will be be releasing episodes biweekly from here on out. In this episode, we talk more about things we've been working on, we have to talk about Pumpkin Seltzer that everyone is coming out with. Lots of other stuff, just listen!

Hey guys, we're back!  Ed, Lesley and Etchie are swilling on mic once again!

We have TONS of beer news to go over!  We also have multiple interviews from the different vendors at SMaSH Festival, and we learn about the New World Celts (Volusia Chapter).   Here's a list of all the vendors we talked to at the festival and if the people have been on the show before, there's also a list of episodes you can find them. – Ivanhoe Brewing (episode 19) poured by Eric Van Wormer – Red Light Red Light poured by the owner and head brewer Brent Hernandez – Playalinda Brewing (episode 66) poured by Assistant Brewer Mike – Ravenous Pig (episode 23) poured by Head Brewer Larry Foor – Half Wall Brewery poured by Brewer and Sales Director Ian Muessig – Tampa Bay Brewing Company (winner) poured by Beer Rep. Jeremy Labadie (episode 26) – Intracoastal Brewing (episode 27) poured by brewer and cofounder Donald Atwell (Bag Lunch was episode 16) (People's Choice Winner)   Want more information on the New World Celts?  These are the members we talked to, and the email for you to get in contact with them for more information. David Lammers  Angela Hart Blair Willacker Ann-Marie Willacker Facebook: New World Celts Volusia All our events are on Facebook.  Email: volusia@newworldceltsinc.org

We have a whole new format for your enjoyment!  If you want to know the details, you gotta listen!  Our interview is with Ed, and Jeanna is now doing Beer News!  Let us know what you think!  We visited with Blair and Ann-Marie Willacker at McK’s Tavern in Daytona Beach, where Blair is brewing. Learn all about it in the episode! You also know Blair & Ann-Marie from Odd Elixir and Abbey Bar, some of our favorites in Deland!  We also sit down with our other co-host Ed Irvin of Tomoka Brewing, it was basically his birthday and we drank Natural Light Catalina Lime Mixer! Here are the articles that were brought up on the episode: Controversial Beer Name- www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/dallas-manhattan-project-beer-gets-in-a-naming-controversy-11735133 Product Recall- nypost.com/2019/08/19/beer-recalled-due-to-risk-of-explosion/

This week, Jeanna’s husband Ken set up with with Mike Delancett at Hourglass/Sourglass Brewery in Longwood, he recently did a collab with Garrett at Sideward and the band Baroness, and it’s Hourglass’s 7 year anniversary today! Go check out Hourglass, either location, they’re doing cool stuff and Mike was a lot of fun to talk to. #yourbeerhourglass #greenbottleawareness #fermentedinflorida

We all head to Tomoka to meet an old friend, and it's like Ed was never gone.  We talk Beer (obviously) and friendship.

This episode number caused us to go off the wall and have a lot of fun on this one.

Todd and Debbie join us from Port Orange to share stories about Ed, sample a couple beers, and basically just have a great time.  Cheers!

The most people in studio.  The most beer in studio.  What could go wrong?

FIELD TRIP! This week, we took a private jet to the Space Coast and had a fantastic time with Brewmaster Ron Raike. We are following our recent trend of discussing the history of the Central Florida craft beer scene, and Ron has been vital to the success of our industry. We discuss lots of topics, including brewing with 80lbs of mushrooms, Jeanna's hole gets pigeoned, Lesley set up some comedy plans, and Etchie likes charcuterie! Everything in this description is true, except for the private jet part. We can't afford that yet. Check it out and please subscribe to the show! Cheers!

We sit down and talk with Mike Smith, general manager of the Sullivan in downtown Sanford.

Our first show with a Jeanna take over!  We talk about different Breweries in Cleveland, a former brewery in Puerto Rico, some music talk, and a few other things.

We talked with Brad from Enemy Ink for the first half hour and made 2 major announcements regarding the show's future.

We discuss end of Red Cypress Brewing Company and get a special beer delivery Beer Chugs N Harmony by Pontoon Brewing and Digi-Dude Nate.

Stand up comedian David Noboa comes in the studio with various beers from Boulevard Brewing!

This episode we talk to Amanda, the owner of Grumpy's, to learn more about her bar, which opened up about a year ago.  This was a really fun place to be and we urge all of you to check it out next time you're on Mills!