Women Drinking Beer

After months of talking about a love of Venn Brewing, Katie and Cathy finally devote an entire episode to the closest brewery to Cathy's house.  Join us for four great beers, the Vic Secret, Raspberry Wheat, Solarizing, and Vanilla Milk Stout.

Join Katie and Cathy as they have so much fun talking with Bre and Heather of Beer and Body Craft Beer Girls while trying some hard water and beer from Fair State Brewing Cooperative.  Learn about the supportive group from Bre and Heather, admins of the Minnesota chapter, during our Makers Corner.  This week's beers: Lemongrass Ginger Hard Water, Hibiscus and Orange Zest Hard Water, Zoot! and Mirror Universe.

Sam from the Wandering Weirdos blog joins Katie and Cathy with some beers from a trip to North Kansas City, MO and Fort Worth, TX. Sam tries the beers we are trying, and tells us about her journeys and Wandering Weirdos. This episode's beers are Big Rip Brewing Co:Death by Stereo Coffee Kolsh, (Dry) Doorkeeper Cinnamon Roll Porter, and Supreme Exchange Pilsner; Hop Fusion Ale Works;Feisty Redhead Hibiscus Cherry Blonde.  Find the Wandering Weirdos blog at: https://wanderingweirdos.com/

Summer itself may be winding down, but we at Women Drinking Beer want to hold on to it just a little longer.  We try three perfect beers for summer at the lake, the patio, or just wherever.  This episodes beers: Modist: Into It, Fairstate/ Modern Times collab: Crank!n Foamers, and Pryes Main Squeeze.

Kaleigh is back!  We first spoke to Kaleigh in episode 26 when she was with Insight.  She's now with Mighty Axe Hops and we had so much fun chatting with her about hops, terrior, and beer.  Beers tried: Wooden Hill: Minnesota Might and Dangerous Man: Terroir.  

A special interview conducted by Katie of Women Drinking Beer!  Wes Burdine, owner of the newly named Black Hart of St. Paul Bar (formerly Town House) asked WDB to sit down with Deb & Jill of Urban Growler.  We discuss new beer releases, plans for distribution, and a few upcoming events.  Deb & Jill opened the first female owned microbrewery in MN and are very active in their St. Paul, LGBTQ, and Beer communities.  Special thanks to Wes Burdine for his equipment and editing the interview!

Join us as we have a beer (or three) with Ashley Hauf of 10KBrew and First Draft Minneapolis

Come have a beer with us as we try some offerings of Mikkeller San Diego ! First though, we discuss What's Keeping Us Crafty supported by Hum's Liquor (1:34) with Katie's pick, recommended by Rey from Hum's Liquor, IndaCouch by Modist and Cathy's pick Bancreagie by Brau Brothers - both Minnesota breweries! Find out what we think of Mikkeller SD's Building Blocks (7:59,) Raspberry Blush (10:13,) Staff Magician (15:23,) and Beer Geek Breakfast (20:48.) Our Maker's corner this week features Candidly K Handmade (13:16) with hand-stamped silver jewelry by Kristin.  Kristin uses the handle Candidly K Made It which is why I was confused and gave the wrong name for the business, sorry :( Make sure to stick around for our favorite beer, blooper, and new auralicious audio recommendation The West Wing Weekly.  

This week Stephanie and Kelsey of 612Brew came and had a beer with us! We learned about how each of them got into beer and landed at 612Brew and about the rebranding/relaunch of this now 6 year old brewery.  We sipped on the new "flagship" beer Mill City Pils and the original flagship Unrated while the ladies discussed their upcoming Wednesday Pint for a Cause on April 3rd for Global Response Management to give aid to those affected by the war in Yemen.  A dollar for every pint sold goes toward a different charity no matter what kind of beer you get! Stephanie & Kelsey also told us about new one-off beers they'll be canning monthly and how excited they are for Art-A-Whirl! *Bonus* An extra long outtake at the end with some tips on how to get your dog or cat to photograph well for Instagram! 

Join Women Drinking Beer as we *finally* try Modist Brewing on air! Modist is located in the north loop across from the Target Field, home of the Twins. But first, we discuss our newly branded segment What's Keeping Us Crafty (2:10) Cathy's pick is Urban Growler's Vanilla Latte Blonde Ale and Katie tries Omni's It's Like That Double NEIPA. Find out what we think of Modist's Dream Yard (8:47,) False Pattern (12:34,) and First Call (23:24) We also have our new Maker's Corner where we tell you about a maker who inspires us! This week is Craft Notes Make sure to stick around for our favorites, blooper, and our new auralicious audio recommendation!

Sara from Twin Cities Beer Choir sat down with us and discussed the awesome-ness that is group singing and beer drinking together!  Beer Choir Twin Cities hosts free events at breweries with an upcoming fundraiser on Saturday, Feb 9th "Galentine's Day!"  Proceeds will be going to Voices of Hope, a women's choir out of Shakopee, MN prison.  **Please Note** Due to some technical difficulties the interview was cut short, but please enjoy our discussion of beer choir and stouts.

Katie and Cathy get to interview the ever-amazing Ann Bobst.  Ann is the lead beertender at Tin Whiskers brewing and a committee member of the Craft Brewers Guild of MN as well as co-head social coordinator for the guild.  We try Tin Whiskers first ever sour and their Super St. Paul based Nut Goodie beer!

Katie & Cathy drink Lakefront Brewing from Milwaukee, WI and a special long bonus "What's Keeping Us Local" segment covering our AdVentCHAR at Rails & Ales year 3 (for us.)

Disclaimer: Explicit! We talk about some weird stuff too, so please know that this is all in good fun and we love everyone, especially our guest! WDB: The Lost files! Katie & Cathy sat down for a fun evening with Lucia, a sales rep for Sociable Cider Werks back in February right before Mardi Gras.  Since then Katie procrastinated, then the file was lost, then it was corrupted, then every time she tried to edit it, the file would corrupt again.  So here it is, in all it's glory, a 2.5 hour interview where we cover Beef with our sister podcast Drink In Geek Out, where Gordon Ramsey can put his beef (definitely in our lasagna) and of course how awesome Lucia is and her cidery home.

This week Katie and Cathy are the tangent express, especially Katie as we get toward the end.  Along with reviewing the elite collab beer by WarPigs Salmon Pants, Lazurite, and Foggy Geezer there's a love letter to Neil Gaiman, beer going places it shouldn't go, why you should keep your beer fresh, and a small rant about doing the MN State Fair right.  Also, singing . . . bad singing. Happy Birthday Paul McCollam!  

Katie and Cathy talk to Allyson, co-lead brewer at Earth Rider Brewery in Superior, WI.  She talks about how she got in the craft beer and how her past experiences influences the directions she takes the beer she brews.  Follow Earth Rider @CedarLoungeBeer and follow Allyson @allysonrolph.

MKE Brewing Co (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is on the table this week.  Katie and Cathy try Outboard, O-Gii, MKE IPA, and Hop Freak. Need a refresher on what our color scale means?  This is also a good episode to listen to for that. Katie and especially Cathy suffer for you by turning off the AC for a cleaner recording, forcing the apartment to be very hot.  Which turned out to be in the beer’s benefit as they taste very refreshing in the heat. Listen to this episode and try these beers in summer!

What do frozen things do in summer?  With the arrival of summer comes a lot of beers that are only brewed in summer.  Join Katie and Cathy as they sample four beers that are awesome and fruity and oh so delicious.  This week’s beer includes: Hell or High Watermelon (21st Amendment Brewery in San Francisco, CA), Mango Blonde (Lift Bridge Brewery in Stillwater MN), Blu Grain Belt, (Grain Belt / Shells in New Ulm, MN) and Short Pants Summer Shandy (BauHaus Brew Labs in Minneapolis, MN).  So find a patio, find some friends, and try these wonderful beers.

Katie and Cathy tackle Evil Twin, or, maybe, Evil Twin (based in Brooklyn but brewed all over the US) tackles Katie and Cathy.  Another beer-motional roller-coaster takes the two for a ride as they try Even More Pecan Pie Jesus, Imperial Biscotti Chili Hazelnut Break, Tropical Super Itchy, I Always Felt Closer to IPAs than I did to People.  

Katie and Cathy find the best of all worlds!  In this interview with Annie, owner of Forager Brewery (Rochester, MN) is a brew pub where everything in the tap room is all old foraged things.  Forager is clearly a love letter to Rochester and Katie and Cathy couldn’t stop gushing about the beer, (including the IPA!) and the tap room.