In Episode 1, we head to the Steel City, visiting hidden gems like Squirrel Hill's Chengdu Gourmet, East Liberty's Kelly's Bar and Lounge, and the old Pittsburgh Brewing Company facility in Lawrenceville, which once made beer for Jim Koch at Samuel Adams. We also talk to local legends like Caleb Cornell, Todd Zwicker, and Day Bracey.
If you’re looking for harbor views, blow-your-mind barbecue, and an unpretentious beer scene, Baltimore might be the city for you.
In Episode 3, Hop Culture Magazine Founder and Untappd Director of Strategic Sales and Media Kenny Gould heads to Brooklyn, arguably the best borough in New York. ???? Feel free to prove us wrong! The entire Hop Culture team called New York home for many years, so in a way this was a little bit of a homecoming for Gould. In Brooklyn, Gould hits up one of the most important breweries on the East Coast (hint: Other Half), one of the best craft beer bars in the country with a former Hop Culture alum (hint:Tørst), and much more. If you’re looking for breweries with some of the highest-rated IPAs and mixed-fermentation beers in the country (not to mention top-notch coffee and spirits), taprooms redefining what it means to be a beer consumer, and an elite beer bar with spiritual guides instead of bartenders, you should probably cross the bridge into Brooklyn. In classic New York fashion: This is a very big city yet with a small, tight-knit beer community that’s always coming up with so
Get off at the next exit and join us on our road trip around the country with Season One of Next Exit, the show about interesting places, cool people, and cold beer. In Episode 4, Hop Culture Magazine Founder and Untappd Director of Strategic Sales and Media Kenny Gould heads to the City of Brotherly Beery Love. In Philadelphia, Gould travels down a back alley to a rolled up garage door with a little green light on to visit one of Hop Culture’s 12 Best Breweries of 2021. Challenges the head brewer of a lager loving industry hidden gem to a foam chugging race. And drinks at one of the top five places in the world to have a beer. If you’re looking for some of the best breweries and bars in the entire country, this historic city should probably ring your bell. “Yo, Adrian, [we] did it!”
In Episode 5, Hop Culture Magazine Founder and Untappd Director of Strategic Sales and Media Kenny Gould heads to The Queen City with City Brew Tours Chief Personnel Officer and Brewvana’s Brews Less Traveled podcast host Brian Hatheway. Brewvana goes beyond the bottle shop, discovering hyper-local brews you can’t get at home. For example, the Brews Less Traveled beer club focuses on the best uncharted beer cities across the United States, complete with weekly virtual tastings. Each month the beer club sends out eight beers from different breweries across one unique beer city—each hand picked by a team of beer experts. Then, drink right alongside your fellow travelers in a Brews Less Traveled live stream and virtual beer tasting. You’ll hear from brewers and other industry experts, chat with fellow Travelers and explore the beer scene in and around that month’s featured city. Learn more about Brewvana here: https://bit.ly/3E9824w In Cincinnati, one of those off-the-beaten-path beer