Brew Skies Happy Hour
Crack open a cold one and join brewer Bret Kollmann Baker and beer historian Michael D. Morgan as they explore how America went from fewer than 100 breweries in the late 1970's to more than 10,000 today.
Brew Skies Happy Hour
Ep 20: Jim Koch of Boston Beer Company - Part 3
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Bret Kollmann Baker and Mike Morgan
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Episode 20
Jim Koch’s impact on the beer industry goes way beyond being a craft brewing pioneer. For example, when a variety of German noble hops was on the verge of extinction due to wilt, Jim Koch spearheaded the effort to save them. When a global hop shortage threatened to extinguish the craft beer industry, Jim Koch sold tons of his hop reserves to craft breweries in order to keep them alive. This is part 3 of a 3 part interview with Boston Beer Company founder Jim Koch.