This Beer Lover Visited Over 1500 Breweries (and Wrote a Book About It)

About this episode

Joel Geier discusses his extensive travels to over 1500 breweries and his book detailing his experiences.

Joel Geier, author of Flights Across America: A Beer Lovers Journey, shares the origins of his love for beer, why he visited 1500 breweries, and his beer flight to end all beer flights. Buy Flights Across America: A Beer Lovers Journey: https://www.amazon.com/Flights-Across-America-Brewery-Journey/dp/B0DN3RH9KJ Follow Joel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brewery_travels/ Follow Badger Beer Report: https://www.badgerbeerreport.com/ PATREON SUPPORT patreon.com/respectingthebeerpodcast Uncut episodes with bonus content Access to exclusive beers Access to 50-minute video tour of McFleshman's FACEBOOK GROUP https://www.facebook.com/groups/respectingthebeer QUESTIONS? Email us at respectingthebeer@gmail.com -- CHAPTERS 00:00 Welcome to Respecting the Beer! 01:24 Beer Journey Origins 03:12 Traveling for Breweries 04:27 Why Flights Matter 05:23 Flights vs Europe 09:09 Creative Flight Boards 10:41 Picking the Perfect Flight 14:46 Notes Cask and Czech Pours 19:05 Flights of Flights Stories 20:46 Ultimate Uber Flight Picks 28:58 Weirdest Beer Ever 32:08 Flights Versus Full Pours 35:03 Flights Across America: a Brewery Lovers's Journey by Joel Geier 36:17 Support us on Patreon…

People in this episode

Hosts: Bobby Fleshman, Allison Fleshman

Guest: Joel Geier

Topics covered

• beer culture
• brewery visits
• beer flights
• travel
• book writing

Keywords

• breweries
• beer flights
• travel
• beer lovers
• book

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: McFleshman's Brewing Co, Badger Beer Report, Patreon, Facebook

Books & works: Flights Across America: A Beer Lovers Journey

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