Join us for our very first craft beer "Happy Hour" episode!

We are joined by Ashley Gibson, Marketing Director for Mill Creek Brewing Company in Nolensville, TN and Cameron Heitmeier, Territory Sales Representative of New Heights Brewing Company in Nashville, TN.

Ashley was really excited to talk about her "European Vacation" where she just visited Dublin, Brussels, and Munich for a well-known event called "Oktoberfest". She brings the stories of drinking it up with the locals. Plus, her experience on this trip of "proper glassware" when visiting a brewery.

While the season for Oktoberfest beers is winding down here in America. We still have some great stories of our experiences with recent check-ins.

Ashley and Cameron both have a job of making sure they keep up with consumer demand at beer stores across the area. With the ever-changing landscape in the craft beer market, it certainly keeps them on their toes.

Speaking of changes! The day we recorded this episode; it was announced that Mill Creek Brewing Company location is soon to be closing. The plan is to open elsewhere hopefully soon. Another change is Yazoo Brewing Company and that taproom closing.

Cheers to Happy Hour! Thanks for stopping by!

Steve Sullivan teamed up with Rich and Mitch from The Foamy Heads Podcast for a special collaboration episode recorded at the 4th Annual Cedar City Fall Brewfest in Lebanon, Tennessee. Meanwhile, Scott was off enjoying Kill the Lights craft beer festival in Knoxville!

Breweries from across Middle Tennessee gathered to showcase some of their best craft beers, and we were there to sample, discuss, and break down what makes these local breweries special. From great beer and creative brewing styles to delicious festival food, we're bringing you the full Brewfest experience!

John Overby – Cedar City Brewing Co. | Lebanon, TN

Cedar City head brewer John Overby joins us to discuss the brewery's core beer lineup and his passion for exploring different beer styles. As Lebanon's craft beer scene continues to grow, John shares which styles are gaining popularity among local beer drinkers. We also discuss an exciting collaboration with Smackdab Brewing in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, another brewery represented at the festival.

Sean Cassidy – TennFold Brewing | Donelson, TN

We also catch up with Sean Cassidy, head brewer at TennFold Brewing in Nashville's Donelson neighborhood. Sean shares his journey from being a regular TennFold customer to becoming its head brewer, a position he's held for over a year.

We discuss TennFold's diverse and consistent lineup of core beers, along with some of the experimental brews the team has been working on. And, of course, Rich has a few questions about what's brewing behind the scenes!

Join The Brewery Underground Podcast and The Foamy Heads as we celebrate the breweries, brewers, and craft beer community that make Middle Tennessee such a great place to enjoy local beer.

Cheers!

We celebrate National Mead Day at HoneyTree Meadery and explore Nashville mead, Nashville craft beer, and the changing craft beverage industry.

Recorded during The Brewery Underground’s 3rd anniversary celebration, founders Ross Welbon and Dru Susan talk new bottles and branding, changing drinking habits, lower-ABV and non-alcoholic options, supporting local bees, building community, and what’s next for HoneyTree Meadery.

We absolutely love Dru and Ross and they have always treated us like family, and are about the friendliest people you'll ever meet, and we're lucky to know them.Special Shoutout to our good friend JT for creating the music for this episode and the last one. We love this song and used it for both the intro and outro because it's so good.

Cheers!

We got BEER MAIL!

Our good friends Nick and Ashley sent us a surprise box packed with 12 beers, so naturally we had to fire up the cameras and see what was inside.

And this box did NOT disappoint.

We uncover several different RAR PB Galaxy beers, Divine Barrel’s Ice Cream Paint Job, The Alchemist, Dogfish Head, New Belgium, New Trail Brewing, and one beer that immediately got our attention — a PICKLE LAGER from Tree House Brewing.

There’s no interview, no real plan and definitely not much preparation. Just Scott and Steve opening a box, talking beer and discovering what our friends sent us.

A huge thank you to Nick and Ashley for putting together such an awesome selection of beers from all over. Now comes the hard part…deciding which ones we’re drinking first.

Cheers!

Three years, 146 episodes, and a whole lot of great beer and even better people!

We’re celebrating the third anniversary of The Brewery Underground Podcast from Honeytree Meadery in East Nashville.

We look back at how much the Nashville craft beer scene has changed over the past three years, from new breweries and closings to acquisitions, changing taproom experiences, and the continued evolution of craft beer.

We also reflect on how the podcast has grown, what we’ve learned along the way, some of our favorite experiences, and the friendships we’ve made throughout the craft beer community.

And since it wouldn’t be much of an anniversary celebration without friends, several familiar faces join us throughout the episode to talk beer, mead, Nashville, and plenty more.

Grab a beer—or a mead—and celebrate three years underground with us!

Cheers!

Earlier this year, we had the opportunity to meet up with beer community friends Tom and Tracy Munden here in Nashville. They were visiting from Colorado and live in the western part of the state.

Tom reached out to us after listening to our podcast. We all spent a few hours together one evening at Stoke Haus Brewing and Barbecue in East Nashville. It was there we shared a lot of laughs over some great beer. Plus, some unexpected surprises that you will hear us talk about.

Tom is known as Colorado Beer Hunter on social media platforms. He's also a Cicerone-CBS.

He's been all around Colorado visiting many of the breweries and has a website dedicated to all his brewery travels.

In addition, he's been a judge in a local beer festival. That led us into doing a bit of a deep dive of what you can learn judging beer styles.

One beer style we debated was the seasonal pumpkin beers that are out right now

Our beer discussion also led us down the path of " Untappd", and the rating system used by all of us. Tom has rated more than a few beers on there!

Cheers!

Our friend Cody Brown from Cody’s Beer Adventures sent us a box, so naturally we had to open it on camera and see what was inside.

We dug into a haul featuring North Carolina craft beer from Salty Turtle Beer Company, Bill’s Brewing Company, Wilmington Brewing Company and more, with everything from hazy and West Coast IPAs to a honey brown ale.

And Cody didn't stop at beer. There were a few bourbon and whiskey surprises hiding at the bottom of the box too.

Thanks to Cody for the killer beer mail and for giving us another reason to put Wilmington and the North Carolina coast on our craft beer travel radar.

This is a BONUS VIDEO and not a numbered episode of The Brewery Underground Podcast.

Cheers from The Brewery Underground!

We’re smack dab in the middle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee for a special collaboration episode with our friends The Foamy Heads!

For Episode 144 of The Brewery Underground Podcast, we sit down with the team behind Smackdab Brewing for a behind-the-scenes look at a brewery that’s getting closer to opening its doors. Located just south of Nashville in Murfreesboro, Smackdab is preparing to become the newest addition to Middle Tennessee’s growing craft beer scene.

We recorded inside their future taproom while the work was still underway, giving us a chance to hear the story before the first official pint is poured.

The Smackdab crew shares how a group of homebrewers spent years working toward opening their own brewery, why they chose to put down roots near downtown Murfreesboro, and the work that has gone into transforming an older family-owned building into their future home.

We also talk about their plans for the beer. Expect everything from traditional lagers, Czech pilsners and dark beers to hazy and West Coast IPAs, fruited sours and more experimental releases. Smackdab even has a cool concept planned for its beer menus: “Analog” for traditional styles and “Digital” for the more modern and experimental side of craft beer.

And because this is a Foamy Underground collaboration with our good friends Rich and Mitch, you know there are plenty of laughs, beer conversations and detours along the way.

Join The Brewery Underground Podcast and The Foamy Heads as we get an early look at Smackdab Brewing and the next chapter of craft beer in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and the greater Nashville and Middle Tennessee beer community.

This is a Foamy Underground Production.

Cheers!