Thirsty Maryland
Thirsty Maryland is a travel podcast into the Heart of Maryland agriculture and craft beverage industry. Michael and Rachel Focus on the people, their stories and the beverages (and food) they craft. Along the way they receive stories of hardships, success, family and growth in the local wine, beer and spirit industry. As well as tastings and recommendations of all the Maryland’s Craft Beverage has to offer. Michael and Rachel have lived in this great state their whole lives and it is their mission to bring all that Maryland has to offer to the public in the form they know best, audio media. Both of the hosts have a history in radio and broadcasting and have produced radio shows based on Wine, Beer and Spirits. They have worked in the business most of their careers and bring a fresh perspective of this growing industry. “We love our state and all the craft food and beer it has to offer.”
Episodes
Michael and Rachel travel to Havre de Grace and meet with Lev Shellenberger and Aaron Hopkins. Where the Hopkins family has started a farm brewery on their 100 year old 4th generation family farm.
https://hopkinsfarmbrewery.com/
Rachel and Michael visit Eden Perrigo Sales Manager at the Baltimore Spirits Company. They compare the home at the Union Collective with their previous location and talk about future plans. And oh yeah the taste some wonderful spirits.
https://baltimorespiritsco.com/
Rachel and Michael talk about the need to support the local Beer, Wine and Spirit industry this holiday season and beyond. While highlighting some of their local favorites for the holidays.
Rachel and Michael sit down with John Levenberg, and brothers Enrique and Felipe Pallares of The Wine Collective in Hampden. A unique urban tasting room and production facility to try their amazing wines and food, learn about the winemaking process.
www.winecollective.vin
Rachel and Michael travel to Cecil County and visit with the three generations that run the daily operations of Dove Valley at their 100 acre farm on the Rising Sun country side.
for more information visit their website https://www.dovevalleywine.com/
Rachel and Michael travel to the first brewery in Cecil county Firetower Farm Brewery in Colora Md. and meet with Roger Davis who is making some amazing beers on the Kilby dairy farm.
Rachel and Michael visit the wineries of the Gunpowder Wine Trial in Harford and Baltimore County. They also sample some wine cheese that will be featured as part of their, GPWT's 2019 Wine and Cheese Event: Nov 2-3 and Nov 9-10. For more information on the trail, the wineries, the events, and tickets visit gunpowderwinetrail.com
Rachel and Michael visit Ken Carter of Maryland Meadworks in Hyattsville and taste some very incredible meads.
marylandmeadworks.com
On this episode Rachel and Michael visit Sangfroid Distilling a small, artisanal distillery in Hyattsville focusing on fruit-based brandies, and dutch-style gins.
sanfroiddistilling.com
On this episode Rachel and Michael visit Alecraft Brewery in Bel Air MD. They are two businesses, a full-service home brew supply shop and a Microbrewery specializing in artisanally crafted small-batch brews.
AlecraftBrewery.com
Michael visits White Tiger Distillery in Forest Hill and talks with owner and founder Itsara Ounnarath, They taste and discuss the spirits produced there that pay homage to and merge cultures.
Michael visits with Kevin Mooney of Harford Vineyard and Winery and talks about some the challenges of this years vintage and taste some great wines.
Michael is with Colin Mitchell from Wine World Beer and spirits and they preview Fall seasonal beers : Dogtoberfest from Flying Dog Brewery, Octoberfest from Black Flag Brewing Company, Falling Pumpkin from Falling Branch Brewery, 31 from DuClaw Brewing CompanyDuClaw Brewing and Foxy from Union Craft Brewing
On this episode Michael sits down with Master Distiller and co-owner Ryan Vierheller of the Waldorf Maryland distillery in Southern Maryland. They talk about his family's history in distilling and taste some of their finest creations.
This week Michael visits with the CMO of Flying Dog Brewery Ben Savage, and they talk about the history of the brewery and what's happening now.....and taste through the East Coast Hop Project
Michael is back in Mt Airy this time visiting Loew Vineyards, and chatting with Rachel Lipman a fourth generation winemaker. She discusses her family's rich history in winemaking and her pride in carrying on the family tradition.
Michael visits Rockwell Brewery in Frederick MD, and speaks with co-owner Paul Tinney and taste some beers with head brewer Scott Mckernon.
Michael visits the American Shochu Company at their lab in Frederick MD, and speaks with owner Taka Amano who along with his wife Lynn and assistant distiller Cari Yarmus are the first in the country distilling an alcoholic beverage called shochu that is very popular in Japan.
On this episode Michael sits down with Phineas Deford the third generation of the Deford family at Boordy Vineyards. They discuss the past, present and future of Boordy and taste some limited release wines.
On this episode, Josh of Wine World joins Michael at World of Beer in Towson, to try some Maryland Craft Beers selected, to enjoy this summer. Union Brewing's Steady Eddie and Old Pro, Key Brewing’s Undertow, and Speed Wobbles, Black Flag’s Crisis Core and Flying Dog’s Dead Rise
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