InterBrews: A Craft Beer Centric Podcast Based in Texas

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Texas craft beer, one brewery conversation at a time.

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InterBrews follows Josh into Texas breweries for relaxed conversations with beer people, especially around Houston. Episodes mix tasting notes, taproom updates, brewing decisions, jokes, and the kind of side trails that happen when friends talk over a fresh pour.

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About InterBrews: A Craft Beer Centric Podcast Based in Texas

InterBrews is a Texas craft beer conversation show with a strong Houston-area pulse. It is built around brewery tables, taproom visits, live recordings, and the easy unpredictability of talking with beer people in their own spaces. Josh guides the room, but the show leaves space for interruptions, jokes, clarifications, and whatever a fresh pour brings up. Some episodes focus on specific breweries such as Local Group Brewing, St. Arnold Brewing, True Anomaly Brewing, Holler Brewing, Baileson Brewing, and Brazos Valley Brewing Company. Others widen into the mechanics of the scene. The show can talk about beer competitions, judging categories, fruit smoothie beers, wild fermentation, Texas Brown, lagers, Pilsner, and the practical choices breweries make as they grow. It also spends real time on the culture around the glass. Beer is treated as memory, neighborhood, hospitality, and a reason for people to sit down together. A conversation about whether a beer gets into the soul can sit beside a practical exchange about food pairings, taproom design, special releases, and aluminum can supply. That range is central to the appeal. InterBrews is not polished into a tight industry briefing. It keeps the pauses, asides, running bits, and mild chaos that make local beer conversations feel lived-in. The humor is playful and self-aware, especially when Josh turns a Patreon pitch, nickname story, or production hiccup into part of the episode. Guests come across as working brewery people rather than distant brands. Their comments reveal how taprooms survive, how releases change, and how communities form around favorite pours. The show is especially good at making a brewery feel visitable. Listeners leave with names, rooms, beers, and personalities in mind. InterBrews suits craft beer fans who like technical details, but it is just as much for people who care about the social life around breweries. Its center is beer, but its real subject is the people who keep pouring it.

Made for: For craft beer fans who care about Texas breweries, taproom culture, beer styles, and the personalities behind the pours. It especially suits listeners who like relaxed interviews with jokes, detours, and local detail.

What sets it apart: InterBrews stands apart through its lived-in access to Houston and Texas brewery spaces. It blends credible beer-scene specificity with informal, sometimes messy conversation that feels recorded at the table rather than staged behind glass.

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    InterBrews 261: Brandon and Huggy Bear at Local Group Brewing

    Hidden gem

    InterBrews 261 records at Local Group Brewing with Huggy Bear, Brandon Phelps, and Josh, and the intro says the episode was taped before Huggy Bear announced he was leaving Local Group.

    Apr 7, 2022·1h 27m·5 clips
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    InterBrews 260: Cuvee Coffee founder Mike McKim

    Mar 26, 2022·1h 8m
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    InterBrews 259: Dylan and Aaron at Fass Brewing Co.

    Jan 13, 2022·1h 25m
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    InterBrews 258: Liquid Lunch LIVE at Star Sailor with Marin Slanina

    Hidden gem

    InterBrews host Josh interviews Maren about Star Sailor's first year after its December 5, 2020 opening during the pandemic.

    Dec 13, 2021·1h 38m·5 clips
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    InterBrews 257: Brock Wagner & Aaron Inkrott at St Arnold Brewing

    Hidden gem

    Brock Wagner and Aaron Inkrott talk at St.

    Dec 12, 2021·1h·2 clips
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    InterBrews 256: Charles Vallhonrat

    Hidden gem

    Josh Stewart talks with Charles Vallhonrat, executive director of the Texas Craft Brewers Guild, about the state of Texas craft beer in late 2021 and the guild’s new Texas Craft Brewers Cup.

    Dec 2, 2021·53m·3 clips
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    InterBrews 255: Liquid Lunch LIVE @ True Anomaly with Michael Duckworth

    Hidden gem

    InterBrews 255 records a live Liquid Lunch conversation at True Anomaly with host Josh and brewer Michael Duckworth about Texas beer, brewing methods, and barbecue.

    Nov 15, 2021·1h 40m·5 clips
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    InterBrews 254: Chuck Coleman & Shae Whittington at Frankenboltzzzz Brewing Co.

    Hidden gem

    Chuck Coleman and Shae Whittington describe Frankenbolts Brewing Co.'s March 27 opening in Montgomery, Texas, alongside the brewery's small-scale production model.

    Oct 23, 2021·1h 8m·2 clips
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    InterBrews 253: Mike and Cathy Rape with Bruce and Bridgett Leslie at The Ferm Meadery

    Hidden gem

    InterBrews visits Mike and Cathy Rape at The Ferm Meadery in historic downtown Conroe after four and a half months of operation.

    Jul 9, 2021·1h 35m·2 clips
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    InterBrews 252: John & Kathryn Holler at Holler Brewing Company

    Jun 29, 2021·1h 5m
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    InterBrews 251: No Label 10th Anniversary Celebration

    Dec 2, 2020·1h 30m
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    InterBrews 250: Andrew, Michelle and Patrick at Senate Avenue Brewing Company

    Nov 4, 2020·1h 18m
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    InterBrews 249: Craig, Andrew & Warren at Location Six Brewing Co

    Oct 28, 2020·1h 11m
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    InterBrews 248: Kris, Caleb & Bianca at BAKFish Brewing Company

    Oct 21, 2020·1h 13m
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    InterBrews 247: Jeff Colwell and Jeremy Hahn at Excalibur Brewing Company

    Oct 14, 2020·1h 15m
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    InterBrews 246: Justin Engle and Olivia Fry at Houston Cider Co.

    Oct 12, 2020·1h 7m
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    InterBrews 245: Houston Baptist University’s Dr Louis Markos

    Oct 9, 2020·1h 1m
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    InterBrews Required Drinking 005: Spaten Oktoberfest

    Oct 3, 2020·1h 4m
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    InterBrews Required Drinking 004: Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA

    Oct 2, 2020·1h 3m
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    InterBrews 244: 11 Below’s Jeff Handojo

    Sep 8, 2020·1h 11m
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    InterBrews Required Drinking 003: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

    Aug 25, 2020·52m
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    InterBrews Required Drinking 002: Live Oak Hefeweizen

    Jul 17, 2020·52m
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    InterBrews 243: No Label’s Tom Paynter

    Jul 14, 2020·1h
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    InterBrews Required Drinking 001: Saison Dupont

    Jul 7, 2020·49m
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    InterBrews 242: 512 Brewed’s Melanie and Caitlin

    May 29, 2020·1h 7m
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    InterBrews 241: Keenan Zarling

    May 18, 2020·1h 20m
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    InterBrews 240: Blake Niederhofer at Lone Pint Brewery

    May 8, 2020·58m
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    InterBrews 239: Rassul, Ryan & Troy at Buffalo Bayou Brewing

    Apr 25, 2020·1h 46m
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    InterBrews 238: Alstadt Brewery’s Craig Rowan

    Apr 16, 2020·1h 12m
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    InterBrews 237: Southern Star Brewing’s Omar Viengar

    Apr 12, 2020·1h 14m
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    InterBrews 236: Jester King’s Jeffrey Stuffings

    Apr 12, 2020·47m
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    InterBrews 235: Caleb Wilson at Bakfish Brewing Company

    Apr 7, 2020·1h 7m
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    InterBrews 234: John Holler from his backyard

    Mar 23, 2020·1h 7m
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    InterBrews Quick Sips 001:John Holler

    Mar 16, 2020·11m
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    InterBrews 233: Huggy Bear and AnnMarie at Local Group Brewing

    Mar 13, 2020·1h 21m
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    InterBrews 232: Ryan Huff at Huff Brewing Company

    Feb 25, 2020·1h 15m
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    InterBrews 231: New Braunfels Brewing’s Kelly Meyer

    Feb 19, 2020·1h 30m
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    InterBrews 230: Marin, Justin and Dave at Urban South Brewery HTX

    Feb 12, 2020·41m
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    InterBrews 229: Theresa Hutchings and Brett Bray at Fetching Lab Brewery

    Feb 11, 2020·1h 10m
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    InterBrews 228: Shayn, Sean & John at New Magnolia Brewing

    Jan 29, 2020·1h 4m
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    InterBrews 227: Matt Schlabach at City Acre Brewing

    Jan 28, 2020·1h 2m
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    InterBrews 226: BVB’s Josh & Chad with WOTR’s James Simpson

    A casual roundtable discussion among craft beer enthusiasts, focusing on Texas breweries and beer culture.

    Jan 15, 2020·1h 33m
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    InterBrews 225: WOTR’s James Simpson and Chad Pilbeam

    Jan 14, 2020·1h 26m
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    InterBrews 2020 Update

    Jan 11, 2020·15m
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    InterBrews 224: Marcus and Dustin at Bearded Fox Brewing

    Dec 18, 2019·1h 11m
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    InterBrews 223: Kathryn and John at Holler Brewing

    A casual craft beer podcast based in Texas, featuring hosts and guests discussing beer and holiday greetings.

    Dec 11, 2019·1h 19m
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    InterBrews 222: Sarah and Adam at Baileson Brewing

    Host Josh Stewart humorously asks for Patreon support and introduces the craft beer podcast.

    Dec 7, 2019·1h 28m
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    InterBrews 221: Michael Duckworth and Tom Ahlstrom at True Anomaly Brewing

    The host pitches Patreon support for a craft beer podcast based in Texas, then begins an interview at True Anomaly brewery.

    Nov 21, 2019·1h 28m
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    InterBrews 220: Mary & Jake Thorn at Thistle Coffee Shop

    The hosts chat about a baseball celebration and then promote their Patreon, hinting at exclusive content about a brewery's Black Friday event.

    Nov 18, 2019·1h 27m
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    InterBrews 219: Caleb, Kris & Bianca at Bakfish Brewing

    The hosts discuss craft beer from Texas breweries, with a focus on Backfish Brewing, while tasting beers and sharing banter.

    Nov 11, 2019·1h 11m