Grit & Grain Podcast
1) Episode 175: Building a Community Around Lacey’s Lone Brewery with Casey Sobol
This week are joined by veteran firefighter and Top Rung Brewing Company owner Casey Sobol. For over a decade, Top Rung has slowly but surely built a loyal community around Lacey’s only brewery ...Show More
2) Episode 174: Food and Beer Journalism from Chicago to Tacoma with Kristine Sherred
The Tacoma News Tribune is in the building! We are joined this week by food and dining reporter Kristine Sherred. A longtime food writer who first cut her teeth writing a feature for a Chicago brewer...Show More
3) Episode 173: Merchant du Vin with Aaron Cohn
Way back in 1978, craft beer legends Charles and Rose Ann Finkel founded a small importing business and began shipping classic European beers into the US, effectively changing the American craft beer ...Show More
4) Episode 172: The Future of Beer is “What, When, and Where” with Shanleigh Thomson
It’s 2026! After a short holiday break, we are back to bring you an absolute banger of an episode to kick off the new year. We are joined this week by fermentation expert and beer education icon, Shan...Show More
5) Episode 171: Pre-Christmas Special with Sean Jackson
We’re less than a week from Christmas, which means it was the perfect time to sneak away with our best buddy and former co-host Sean Jackson for a secret Sunday podcast. Tucked away in Doug̵...Show More
6) Episode 170: The Art of Smoothie Sours with Shelby Bible
As odd as it may sound, there really is an art behind making smoothie sours taste good. Like anything else, there are good and bad examples, and often the difference is the thoughtfulness of the ingr...Show More
7) Episode 169: Inside the Brewer’s Studio with Erik Dahlin
We think it’s high time we took this interview gig a little more seriously, so we figured we might as well get some high-quality interview questions locked and loaded for future episodes, but we...Show More
8) Episode 168: Who Brought the Rodenbach to Thanksgiving Dinner?
Less than a week out from everyone’s favorite chaotic family holiday—the annual turkey-fueled collision of joy, gravy, and emotional turbulence—we decided it was the perfect time to sit down with our ...Show More
9) Episode 167: Wacky Podcasts Are Killing the Craft Beer Industry
Time for a good old-fashioned debate. This week, we dive into the now-infamous New York Times opinion piece by famed journalist Mark Robichaux, “Wacky Labels and Silly Names are Killing Craft Beer”. W...Show More
10) Episode 166: Live from the 2025 Washington Craft Beer Summit
We’re back, baby! The Washington Brewers Guild‘s 2025 Washington Craft Beer Summit took place this week in SeaTac, Washington, bringing nearly 100 Washington breweries together under one roof to meet ...Show More