Mitch Steele joins me from New Realm Brewing to discuss Lager brewing, supply chains and the evolving world of Craft Brewing.
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Topics in This Week’s Episode (47:48)
- This week I welcome back Mitch Steele. Mitch is the COO and Brewmaster at New Realm Brewing and a former Brewmaster at Stone. Mitch wrote the book on IPAs called: IPA Brewing Techniques, Recipes and the Evolution of India Pale Ale. (Note: Amazon Affiliate Link)
- We start by discussing some of the new projects Mitch is working on at New Realm.
- Mitch talks about the Seltzer market and how it has started to fall off a bit at New Realm.
- We also discuss his efforts to create low calorie beers and the challenges in distributing it.
- Mitch explains why New Realm has started making German style Pilsner and related Lagers, and how their Lagers have become quite popular.
- We talk about some of the challenges in making great lagers and Mitch provides some tips in brewing lagers.
- We briefly discuss IPAs and some of the newer trends in IPAs which still dominate the Craft Beer market.
- Mitch explains some of the supply chain woes Craft brewers are facing including malt shortages, very high shipping costs and long delays in the supply chain.
- We also discuss inflation and how it has impacted craft brewers.
- Mitch gives his closing thoughts on where he sees Craft Brewing going in the coming years.
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Thanks to Mitch Steele for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!
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