470: Ryan Allen of Soul & Spirits Summons Unusual Flavors with Traditional Methods
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Ryan Allen discusses innovative brewing methods and unusual flavors in craft beer.
Ryan Allen of Soul & Spirits in Memphis loves brewing traditional lager—but when it comes to turning heads at big events like the Great American Beer Festival, he’s not afraid of putting that methodical approach to work on projects that other brewers might view as crazy. Barbecue sauce–flavored beer? Yes. Beer with the taste and consistency of Southern gravy? Check. Barrel-aged stout that tastes like cola (with a spike of something harder)? Of course. In this episode, Allen discusses these outliers in the beer-flavor pantheon—but also shares his approach to brewing with locally grown rice, which he cereal-mashes for everything from IPA to “Southern pilsner.” He also discusses: their Sauce line of barbecue sauce–flavored gluten-free ales using astringent and tannic spices in beer preventing oat milk from curdling in an acidic beer environment building cola flavor through a variety of ingredients malt blends in stout for depth and flavor brewing with locally grown rice making “Southern pilsner” with New Zealand–grown Riwaka hops And more. G&D Chillers The Craft Brewers Conference is coming up April 20 through 23, 2026—and G&D Chillers will be there. If you’re heading to…
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