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It’s modern American history, one beer at a time! Join VinePair contributing editor and columnist Dave Infante for Taplines, a weekly interview... more

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Episodes

How Four Corners Crafted a Big Beer Buyback

George Esquivel is the co-founder of Four Corners Brewing Company in Dallas, Texas. He joins Taplines today to talk about... more

03 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
How Anheuser-Busch InBev Built Its Biggest Brand of the 21st Century

Kimberly Clements, co-founder and managing partner of Pints LLC, joins Taplines today to talk about Anheuser-Busch's introduction of a little... more

19 Nov 2024 · 54 minutes
Meet the Middle Tier's Master Matchmaker

Joe Thompson, the founder and president of Independent Beverage Group, is a five-decade drinks business veteran, and one of the... more

05 Nov 2024 · 59 minutes
The Oral History of the "F*CK AB-INBEV" Shirt

Steve Luke, founder and head brewer of Seattle’s Cloudburst Brewing, joins Taplines today for a freewheeling conversation about an iconic... more

22 Oct 2024 · 1 hour,
The Cross-Category Battle for the Future of Hard Tea

This week on Taplines, we're going cross-category with our pond-crossing pal from Cocktail College: VinePair's managing editor, Tim McKirdy. Tune... more

08 Oct 2024 · 49 minutes
The Road to Beer History Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions

We’re putting our normal Taplines format on the shelf today for a very special reunion episode of sorts with journalists... more

24 Sep 2024 · 59 minutes
Shattering Homebrewing’s Pint-Glass Ceiling

Today on Taplines, meet Annie Johnson. She’s a longtime homebrewer, the self-avowed Queen of Beer, and an old source of... more

10 Sep 2024 · 58 minutes
Inside Anheuser-Busch’s "Microbrewing" Skunkworks

Like any good parable, the "David and Goliath" self-mythology of the American craft brewing industry in the '80s and '90s... more

27 Aug 2024 · 1 hour,
How Stone Brewing Dropped a $56-Million Stunner on Molson Coors

Today, we’re joined by the one and only Bianca Bruno, an editor of the venerable trade publication Beer Business Daily,... more

13 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Saving Narragansett, New England’s Beloved Legacy Lager

After trading hands several times and closing its Rhode Island facility to contract brew, the Narragansett brand was eventually scooped... more

30 Jul 2024 · 50 minutes
When Bud Light First Got Fruity

Our guest this episode is Jeff Musial, a bev-alc industry veteran who was working in research and development for new... more

16 Jul 2024 · 42 minutes
How Cold IPA Got Hot

In 2018, Gold Dot Beer’s Kevin Davey was working as the brewmaster of Portland Oregon’s Wayfinder Beer when he hit... more

02 Jul 2024 · 51 minutes
Why Brut IPA Never Hit It Big

Towards the end of the Teens, Kim Sturdavant was brewing at Social Kitchen & Brewery in San Francisco when he... more

18 Jun 2024 · 46 minutes
The Controversial Rise of Big, Honkin' Pastry Stouts

Pastry stouts — sweet, saccharine, indulgent beers built on flavors more common to a bakery than a brewery — emerged towards... more

04 Jun 2024 · 53 minutes
The Inside Story of "Black Is Beautiful" Stout, One of the Biggest Cause Beers Ever Brewed

In the early months of the pandemic, Marcus Baskerville was working as the head brewer at Weathered Souls Brewing Company,... more

21 May 2024 · 56 minutes
How Budweiser's Iconic 'Whassup!' Ad Went Down

In 1999, Vinny Warren was working at Chicago ad firm DDB and on the hunt for a hit idea for... more

07 May 2024 · 50 minutes
Angry Orchard and the Fight for Hard Cider's Soul

Joining Taplines today is Ryan Burk, the former head cider maker of Angry Orchard Hard Cider. These days, he’s making... more

23 Apr 2024 · 55 minutes
How Beer Boosted the First Wine Cooler Boom

Nothing exists in a vacuum, Taplines listener, and beer certainly doesn’t. When Stuart Bewley and his cofounder dreamed up the... more

09 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Craft Brewing's "White Dudes with Beards" Dilemma

In the mid-2010s, J Jackson-Beckham, PhD was an academic with a homebrewing habit, blogging incisively about what she called “the... more

26 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
The Beginning of Goose Island’s Game-Changing Barrel-Aging Program

Joining Taplines today is Seth Gross, a former Goose Island Brewing Co. brewer who was at the meeting where Goose... more

12 Mar 2024 · 49 minutes
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Joining Taplines today is Ryan Burk, the former head cider maker of Angry Orchard Hard Cider. These days, he’s making cider under... more