477: Source Material with Firestone Walker: Anywhere & Everywhere

About this episode

This episode explores the international sourcing of hops for Firestone Walker beer, featuring a conversation with hop farmer Brent McGlashen from New Zealand.

When you look at the top restaurants around the world, no matter what cuisine they may focus on, there’s one commonality they all share, and that’s deep relationships with those who grow and raise the very best ingredients. It’s the same in beer—you can’t be the best at what you do without the meaningful, personal, financial, and long-standing relationships that ensure the brewery has access to the very best quality ingredients. These relationships don’t materialize overnight, but for Firestone Walker, they’re the product of 30 years of work. In this series, we highlight a number of these crucial growers, brokers, and processors who have played a role in the world-class beer that Firestone Walker makes. Episode 3: Anywhere & Everywhere In this third episode of the Source Material series, we look at the international reach of hops with which Firestone Walker brews and head to New Zealand for a conversation with Brent McGlashen of Mac Hops, part of the bigger NZ Hops collective. Brent’s family has been farming hops down in Motueka for five generations, and their two farms produce quite a bit of the New Zealand hops that make their way into Firestone Walker beer. Joining from…

People in this episode

Guest: Brent McGlashen

Topics covered

• hops sourcing
• brewing ingredients
• agriculture relationships
• international beer
• craft beer
• Firestone Walker

Keywords

• hops
• Firestone Walker
• craft beer
• New Zealand
• brewing
• agriculture
• Mac Hops
• NZ Hops

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Firestone Walker, Mac Hops, NZ Hops

Places: Motueka, New Zealand

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