Denny Luce - Kris McKenzie - John Ream
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Tap the Craft Podcast is an informational craft beer podcast targeting the everyday beer drinker. The hosts are craft beer enthusiasts whose passion for this hobby comes out in the show. This podcast is focused on talking about the craft beer hobby in layman terms, not elitist speak. Entry into craft beer should not be a daunting and scary endeavor, so we want to help you learn about craft beer so you too can become a craft beer enthusiast. So whether you are well experienced or new to craft beer, there is something you.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Brewery interviews and attentive tastings turn individual beers into clear lessons about flavor, production, experimentation, and the people doing the work.
Tap the Craft Podcast brings brewery conversations to the table with a beer already poured. Denny Luce and Chris McKenzie ask brewers how they built their operations, developed recipes, chose ingredients, and handled the less romantic work of production and regulation.
A brown ale's drying finish gets its due, and your next sip gets more interesting.
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A Christmas-week brewery interview that moves from holiday banter into precise tasting notes.
This Christmas-week episode follows Brandon Bingman of Middle Ground Brewing in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, with Denny Luz and Chris McKenzie starting in holiday cheer before the talk settles into beer.
A grounded brewery conversation about experiments, flavor ideas, and skipping a flagship.
Tap to Craft spends this stretch with Adroit Theory Brewing and Mark Osborne, and the brewery comes across as a place that treats each release like a live experiment rather than a fixed signature beer.
A year-opening beer chat about cleaner styles, pricing, and value.
Tap the Craft opens the year with a practical read on where 2026 beer may be headed: cleaner lagers, balanced IPAs, and the familiar question of whether taproom prices still hold up.
Loose, live-room beer talk with cap ratings, tasting notes, and plenty of banter.
Tap to Craft opens Season 12, Episode 1 with Danny Lewis and Chris McKenzie moving between beer check-ins, cap ratings, and tasting notes without much ceremony. The talk stays loose and conversational, and that helps the show feel like a real room rather than a polished segment.
A conversational brewery episode that mixes origin story, production talk, and the realities of keeping the operation moving.
Wanderback Beer Works reads like a brewery conversation that starts loose and settles into the work behind the place. Brian, Chris, and Justin stay at the center, with room for the buildout, the brewing handoff, and the day-to-day grind of keeping the operation moving.
A beer conversation that keeps process, flavor, and can art easy to track.
Tap to Craft treats beer talk as a straightforward walk through process, taste, and branding. The hosts give Liquid Intrusion Brewing enough room to explain how flagships, hop choices, and can art fit together, and the tasting stays grounded in clear sensory notes: lemongrass,…
A brewery story where heritage, hard work, and community end up in the same glass.
Montclair Brewery feels grounded in family memory, West African heritage, and a plain belief that beer can carry culture without losing its place as beer.
A relaxed Mississippi brewery stop with solid process detail and a light legal frame.
This episode gives Southern Prohibition Brewing a clean introduction as a first Mississippi beer stop. Denny and Chris keep Bill Childress at the center of his first podcast appearance, and the conversation stays grounded in the practical side of the brewery: the state change…
Bourbon talk, barrel stories, messy good pours.
Bourbon reviews with memory, candor, and community.
Everyday life, thought through together.
Tap the Craft Podcast Episode 303 opens its Black History Month segment with the claim that Black-owned breweries number about 86 of nearly 10,000 U.S.
Tap to Craft sits down with Mark Osborne of Adroit Theory Brewing Company and presents the brewery as a place where experimentation matters most.
Denny Luce and Chris McKenzie kick off season 12, episode 13 live from Boise and Tampa with New Year banter and a quick look at what is in their glasses.
Denny Luz and Chris McKenzie kick off the Christmas-week recording with some holiday banter before bringing on Brandon Bingman of Middle Ground Brewing.
Hosts Denny Lewis and Chris McKenzie interview Andrew and Jasmine Dill, founders of Liquid Intrusion Brewing, a Black-owned brewery in Maryland.
Hosts Denny and Chris interview Bill Childress, production manager at Southern Prohibition Brewing in Mississippi, exploring his craft beer journey and tasting three of the brewery's beers.
The hosts interview Denise and Leo, the owners of Montclair Brewery in New Jersey.
Denny Luce and Chris McKenzie pair Thanksgiving courses with specific beer styles in Episode 296, recorded live on Monday, November 24, 2025.
Jack Snyder, social media, marketing and entertainment manager at Cold Harbor Brewing in Westborough, Massachusetts, joins hosts Danny Lewis and Chris McKenzie for a live Facebook recording on August 18, 2025.
Episode 288, recorded August 4, 2025, opens with Daniel Lewis settling a listener's question on the origin of 'lambic,' tracing it to a 1794 mention as 'Alambic' and noting that nobody knows the true source.
Denny and Chris open season 12, episode 11 of Tap to Craft by welcoming Brian, Chris, and Justin from Wanderback Beer Works in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
Danny Lewis and Chris McKenzie open a live Tap to Craft session that starts with a shower install, a weird weekend, and Chris's week in the Idaho wilderness before drifting into beer talk and listener check-ins.
This episode explores the shift from hazy IPAs to more balanced, precise beer styles, focusing on new hop products and brewing science.
Two craft beer enthusiasts discuss their current drinks and share knowledge about craft beer in an accessible, non-elitist way.
Hosts Denny and Chris introduce the episode, discuss the weather, and prepare to taste two beers from Alabama.
The hosts chat about their week and introduce the episode, focusing on craft beer education for everyday drinkers.
The hosts introduce themselves and their guest, discuss the beer they are drinking, and set up a casual conversation about craft beer.
The hosts discuss their Saint Patrick's Day evening and a gifted beer from Alabama, sharing their passion for craft beer in an accessible way.
The hosts discuss their Memorial Day weekend and share what craft beers they are drinking, aiming to make craft beer accessible to everyday drinkers.
The hosts discuss craft beer in layman's terms, with a focus on helping listeners become enthusiasts, and share what they are drinking.
An interview with the founder of Brewing Kindness about using craft beer for community fundraising and awareness.
An interview with a brewery founder discussing craft beer and brewing.