Boiling Springs, South Carolina is the home of New Groove Artisan Brewery. Co-Owners, Jonathan Duke and Josh Dodson joined on this episode, as did our good friend, Chris Finen.

Chris and Jonathan go back a number of years. He paid to a visit to the Brewery in 2025, and was so impressed, encouraged us to do an episode.

These guys opened the Brewery in 2017. What sparked their interest in this venture and how has their business evolved over the past nine years? Including

New Groove has what they call the "Masterworks Bottle Society". You just might get hooked to being a member once hearing about it.

In addition to his duties as Co-Owner, Jonathon also brews the good stuff. From Pastry Stouts to great tasting Lagers. They leave no stone unturned. You want variety, come to New Groove.

Craft Beer is not the only thing New Groove is known for. Josh Dodson likes to focus on the food aspect of things. He calls himself the CBO (Chief Burger Officer)

We had a lot of fun getting to know these guys and you will to.

Cheers!

Cabin Fever was a Beer Fest in Murfreesboro, TN that Cedar Glade Brews put on in February 2026, and was appropriately named.

This was their inaugural Cabin Fever event and it turned out perfectly.

This was an amazing day! The weather was great, we were hanging with our homies the Foamies (The Foamy Heads), and there was an All-Star cast of people from the local beer scene, all around us.

We may have explored the beer fest to sample several beers before we hit the mics - including some fantastic ones from some home brewers.

We did find some time to actually hit the record button and talk to some awesome people in many facets of the beer community.

I think our plan was to come back after we recorded this and record some more, but drinking the beer and socializing with everyone there was just too hard to pull away from.

Nevertheless, we spoke to some absolute legends in the business that we're all fans of, and got to meet some new people for the first time - which was fantastic.

Enjoy the episode and be in awe of the lineup of guests that joined us - one right after the other.

We couldn't possibly have had more fun than we did with seeing and chatting with several of our friends in and out of the craft beer world.

Cheers!

One of the oldest breweries in the United States is located in Utica, New York. Saranac was founded in 1888 by FX Matt. Yes, 1888!

With that much history, we needed to learn more. Fred Matt is President of Saranac and is a 4th generation family member now running things. Boy, does he have some stories to tell!

We we're on the edge of our seats listening to the rollercoaster ride it has been. From how Saranac managed to stay in business when Prohibition started in 1920. The marketing efforts many years later that increased sales thanks to a well-known actor.

Through it all, Fred Matt says they have continued to evolve with changes throughout the years. Including events like The Boilermaker 15k and the annual Oktoberfest celebration.

Saranac is most certainly here to stay. Fred Matt says another generation will one day be taking over this family tradition.

Cheers!

This one is a year old but 'Tis the season. Apparently Spotify didn't think we needed video of this one anymore and they converted it to audio only. We'll circle back on that.

We're always looking for a reason to drink craft beer and since it's close to St. Patrick's Day - that gave us a reason to do just that and record it.

Steve and Scott discuss a couple of recent trips they just came back from. Our good buddies Chris Finen and Michael Stokes join us to talk about some of our favorite Irish Red Ales and Irish Stouts, plus Steve breaks out a very festive hat that you'll want to see the video of.

There is plenty of Guinness conversation including fun facts, our opinions of Guinness, examples of other Irish beers, and a few terrible limericks.

We closeout the episode with a shoutout to 321 For Life and Troegs Independent Brewing for their upcoming Celebration of World Down Syndrome Day on 3/21/25.

There is even a little bonus clip after the episode with Scott Mertie, of Nashville Brewing Company, giving us the origin of St. Patrick's Day.

Sit back, crack your favorite Irish beer or whiskey and enjoy!

Cheers!

We wanted to share this audio clip from May of 2024 and from Episode 17, where Scott Mertie from Nashville Brewing Company gives us the history of St. Patrick's Day. (We weren't utilizing video back then)

We actually recorded Episodes 16 and 17 in person with Scott Mertie on St. Patrick's Day in 2024 at Blackstone Brewing Company / Nashville Brewing Company.

We love Scott Mertie and we always appreciate his wealth of knowledge he shares with us.

Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Cheers!

Steve and I did an Instagram Live Happy Hour the day before the very first Great Lakes beer was hitting the stores in Tennessee, and after we had dropped the episode where we talked to Chris Brown and Josh Sazy from Great Lakes making the announcement.

This was just to get the word out and discuss it amongst ourselves and see if anyone wanted to hop on with us to further discuss. Rich from the Foamy Heads joined us for a couple of minutes too.

We're not really counting this as an episode, but it's an hour's worth of content and just some fun conversation about Great Lakes beer being distributed into TN.

Although some of the info is a little dated, as the beer is here now, we wanted to continue the passion we have for Great Lakes Brewing Company.

We hope you enjoy, we didn't want to bury this in the archives and thought this was as good of a place to put it, as any.

Cheers!

Emily Hutto is the founder and owner of RadCraft as well as a writer, freelancer, author, strategic marketing professional, podcaster, and public speaker specializing in the craft beverage supply chain.

RadCraft is a marketing and communications agency that focuses specifically on the craft beer industry. They help breweries, maltsters, and other companies in the craft beverage supply chain promote their brands and tell their stories.

In this episode we ask Emily where the RadCraft name comes from and how Radcraft was born. We also talk about why sourcing local grains and why a brewery knowing their malt house is important. Emily was a home brewer and went Pro, but instead of brewing beer at a brewery, she created RadCraft.

We have some fun with Emily at the end of the episode and give her a scenario about a fake brewery that has some issues, and ask her what she would do to fix it.

One of the best things about doing this podcast is meeting people in the industry through other contacts, who we were not originally on our radar, and this episode was literally born because of that.

We met Emily while we were connecting with Brent Manning from Riverbend Malthouse (Episodes 98 and 99), as RadCraft does all of their marketing, and we are so thankful for that. Not just for her joining us on the episode, but forming a friendship with her, and her having continued contact. Stay tuned for more things with Emily coming soon.

Emily and RadCraft are truly at the top of their game and we can't thank her enough for joining us, and we look forward to chatting with her again in the future.

You will know the names Emily Hutto and RadCraft after listening to this episode!

Cheers!

Steve and Scott

-The Brewery Underground Podcast

Welcome to another Foamy Underground Production!

We welcome Braden Gall and Chris Chamberlain to the podcast along with our good friends Mitch and Rich of The Foamy Heads.

Braden and Chris created and narrated a 7 part Podcast series called 'Mashville: An Improbable History of Nashville Craft Beer', that all of us thoroughly enjoyed.

Mashville was well researched, produced and narrated, and we were along for the journey, as all of the places they talked about, were familiar to us.

Chris is a Food, Drink and Travel Writer for the Nashville Scene and is a patron at many local establishments.

Braden is Owner of 440 Sports / Media, Host on ESPN Sports and also loves the local craft beer scene, especially in East Nashville.

We had a great time talking to Chris and Braden, they're funny, witty, and speak the same beer language that we do.

Cheers!

Steve and Scott