Heavy Hops Ep. 027: A Dive Into Lux (Grant Netzorg/In The Company of Serpents)
Grant Netzorg, frontman of the Denver based doom trio In The Company of Serpents joins us for our first conversation of 2021. The bands recent release, Lux, landed on multiple
Continue ReadingHeavy Hops Ep. 026: Top North American Albums of 2020 (Luca Cimarusti & Gregg Elzinga)
Joining us for our final episode of 2020 are Luca Cimarusti (Luggage, Annihilus music critic for the Chicago Reader) and Gregg Elzinga of Metal Vinyl Weekend. We reveal our top five
Continue ReadingHeavy Hops Ep. 025: Top International Albums of 2020 (Mikael Stanne/Dark Tranquillity/Grand Cadaver)
Mikael Stanne, vocalist for the melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity joins us for an epic episode! Dark Tranquillity recently released its 12th album Moment on Century Media Records. We
Continue ReadingHeavy Hops Ep. 024: A Dive Into Brewing Education (Christian von der Heide/Siebel Institute)
Christian Von der Heide, President and CEO of Siebel Institute – the oldest Brewing School in the Americas – joins us for a dive into brewing education. How has it
Continue ReadingHeavy Hops Ep. 023: Legal World Of Beer (Ashley Brandt/Tucker Ellis)
Our guest this week Ashley Brandt – a partner at the law firm Tucker Ellis – counsels alcoholic beverage clients across the tiers including breweries, distilleries, wholesalers, retailers, and restaurants.
Continue ReadingHeavy Hops Ep. 022: A Printmakers Journey (Bryn Gleason)
Bryn Gleason is a Chicago-based visual artist and printmaker specializing in Intaglio. Her work has been featured in galleries, art shows and festivals in Minneapolis, New York, Denver, and her
Continue ReadingHeavy Hops Ep. 020: Into The Hops (Magnus Tannergren/Into The Void)
Magnus Tannergren is the founder and editor of Sweden’s Into The Void Podcast. It’s a sonic fanzine covering the heavy underground that has been active since 2014 featuring interviews with
Continue ReadingHeavy Hops Ep. 019: Paid In Soup (Karl Neurauter/Chicago Music Exchange)
The pandemic has put no stop to the world of music retail. Demand is through the roof and COVID has heavily impacted instrument manufacturing, creating challenges for retailers to keep
Continue ReadingHeavy Hops Ep. 018: Pandemic Pizza (Derrick Tung/Paulie Gee’s)
A few Fridays ago Alexi was leaving his apartment to pick up pizza from a neighborhood restaurant. At 7:30pm there were three cars double parked on the block, all delivering
Continue ReadingHeavy Hops Ep. 017 – Part II: Critical Tasting And Evaluation (Eymard Freire/Siebel Institute)
Eymard Freire of the Siebel Institute walks us through critically assessing beer. How do we go about judging a beer based on its appearance, color, aroma, and flavor in order
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