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Here are a few things you might not know Sean Jackson: He eats Belgian waffles every morning with a side of barleywine syrup; a statue of Manneken Pis of Brussels, the Belgian national symbol depicting...

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A Dark Mild, Schwarzbier, Black IPA, Milk Stout, Baltic Porter, and Barrel-aged Imperial Stout walk in for a performance review. The reviewers leave slurring their words. Welcome to Grit & Grain Episode 71! We pivoted...

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Beer Nerds rejoice! The one and only Michael Perozzo made the trek up from Vancouver, Washington, to sit down with the Grit and Grain podcast to discuss everything from beer names to branding to his...

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In 1920, Michael Loftus, an Irish immigrant and grandfather of BT Loftus, follows the railroad west, settles in Yakima, and buys the family homestead. Twelve years later, Leota Mae, wife of BT Loftus and great-grandmother...

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Electricity introduced AJ Wiltrout to Andy Gaine; beer kept them together. In February 2018, the electrician industry duo opened Caskcades beer bar and game room in downtown Puyallup pouring all styles while pinball machines supplied...

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This week on the Grit & Grain Podcast, we sat down with Larry Rock to discuss funk music, Alabama White Barbecue Sauce, birthing classes, and family. Oh, we did discuss beer too. Rock has been...

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From the Iowa family farm and Critical Juncture Brewing Company to three locations and a distribution company, married couple Lara Zahaba and Brad Benson bet it all on Stoup Brewing. The Italian wine importer and...

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The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) has come a long way since original founder Charlie Papazian launched it in Boulder, Colorado, in 1982. Initially held in conjunction with the American Homebrewers Association’s annual conference, Papazian’s...

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Tacoma’s craft brewing industry today hearkens to a time over a century ago when the city was one of America’s great beer-making capitals, the home to a robust industry of breweries and beer halls. With...

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Job Carr, Allen Mason, Murray Morgan, Michael Sullivan — when Grit and Grain ponders Tacoma’s history, these names pop into our minds. In fact, Michael Sullivan, the only one of those men associated with Tacoma’s...

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At Grit and Grain we do our best to find harmony in the past, present, and future of craft beer. It is no secret that the industry and community we cherish is notoriously resistant to...

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It’s not the norm for the Grit & Grain Podcast to promise and not deliver, but beer happens. This week we welcome our longtime friend and Deschutes Brewery/Boneyard Beer Sales Executive Norm Cartwright to Episode...

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Striking the balance between leveraging social channels to connect with customers while also keeping up with the pace of social without losing your unique voice as a brand has only become more challenging — and...

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It was a sweltering mid-80s degrees and the Grit & Grain Podcast shuffled around the Chambers Bay grounds with 1,300 other sweaty beer tasters, shifting between booths emblazoned with names of the breweries invited by...

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Located in Eastern Washington with its headquarters in the Lower Yakima Valley in Grandview, Wyckoff Farms is a third-generation family business that’s been growing hops for nearly 50 years, as well as grapes on the...

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With Tacoma Beer Week #8 around the corner, we figured it was a great time to feature a few of the young talented brewers making waves in Grit City’s beer scene. Luckily, they also happen...

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He’s been the man behind Keep It Like Vic Secret, What The Flocc, Big Tom Milkshake IPAs, Aroma of Tacoma IPA, It’s Always Sunny in Sigadelphia, There’s Always Money In the Snow Cone Stand, and...

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Selling beer. Sounds like a pretty sweet job, eh? It’s beer! The stuff just sells itself! Not exactly. Just ask Keith Carpenter, which we did. At age 21, Carpenter began his beer career in the...

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It’s Grit and Grain … LIVE! That’s right! This week’s episode is a special one. Matt and Ron were honored to be invited by Nerd Farmer Podcast host, teacher of the year, and homebrewer(!) Nate...

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