U.S. of N/A: Non-Alcoholic Beer and THC Drinks
The U.S. of N/A podcast series is about the people and places putting N/A beer and related beverages on the map, one crafted sip at a time. In each episode we'll sit down with guests who are helping raise the quality, profile, and accessibility of non-alcoholic beer, THC and CBD infused drinks, hop waters and seltzers. Brought to you by N/ATION Beer.
Episodes
21 episodes
Crafting The Perfect Cannabis Cocktail
In a category still getting its footing in the consumer consciousness, creating a perfectly flavored cocktail infused with THC/CBD is a task with many layers to it. So explains today's guest, Ben Kennedy, who along with his wife K...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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41:51
Asheville's NoLo Charts A Sobering Climb From Helene's Devastation
How can a mountain town, hundreds of miles from the ocean, be expected to defend itself from a major hurricane? That's what the residents of Asheville, North Carolina and the surrounding Blue Ridge mountains had to be asking themselves o...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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31:59
Cannabis Beverages: Growing A House Of Brands
Cannabis beverages have exploded in the market, not coincidentally just as consumer preferences seem to be shifting away from alcohol. In today's episode we're joined by Lehua Brands CEO Sierra Elaina, herself a veteran of the alcohol in...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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30:08
From Hops To Hemp: A Craft Beer Pioneer
If you've enjoyed an American craft beer over the last few decades, you've benefited from the efforts of our guest today. Keith Villa founded Blue Moon Brewing Company for Miller Coors back in 1995, which would of course become an iconic...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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57:19
The Past, Present & Future of Non-Alc
The state of the (NA category) is strong, and getting stronger. Today's episode has a bit of a "state of the industry" feel to it, as I'm joined by Laura Silverman, founder of Zero Proof Nation<...
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Episode 17
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55:16
Hop Politics: The Evolving Business Of Beer
"The good news for beer is beer is a non-partisan issue." So proclaims this week's podcast guest, Brian Crawford, President and CEO of The Beer Institute, a Washington DC based trade association representing the interests of the industry primar...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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34:37
Crafting A Non-Alcoholic Brewery For The Long Haul
The phrase, "slow and steady wins the race" could easily apply to Portland, Maine's Kit NA Brewing. In a category largely defined by rapid growth and headlines around the ramifications of younger consumers not drinking like their older c...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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31:56
Creating A Dad-Powered Moderation Movement
It all started with two forty-something friends exchanging texts, and suddenly realizing they both were mixing NAs with full-strength beers for a blended ABV at the same time. In our latest podcast episode, we chat with
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Episode 14
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24:33
Building An NA Brand Through Partnerships & Community
Ted Fleming has been in the adult non-alcoholic beverage category since 2013, before many were even thinking about it. He founded Partake Brewing in 2017, but four years prior had launched one of the world's first online non-alcoholic e-...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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34:39
The Science Behind The Suds: Pulling Back The Curtain On A Nascent Industry
Non-Alcoholic beer is basking in the glow of incredible growth and significant improvements in quality and taste, but challenges that could threaten its trajectory remain. In our most technical episode to date we're re-joined by Reducaholic's T...
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Episode 12
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41:39
Forging An Inclusive And Sustainable NA Community In The Steel City
We travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for this episode, and sit down with the co-owner of Two Frays Brewery, Mike Onofray, and the owner of The Open Road
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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45:05
From Prairie To Planet: How Go Brewing Reset Their NA Sights
In the second stop of our summer road trip series, we take a visit to Naperville, Illinois, home of the taproom and brewery for Go Brewing, and sit down with Co-Founder and CEO, Joe Chura. The brewery has been on a whirlwind of growth since lau...
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Episode 10
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35:50
Propelling The NA Revolution From America's Heartland
Residing in one of the smallest markets in the country currently supporting an AF bottle shop, Lafayette, Indiana's Generation NA has become a leader in the non-alcoholic beverage movement. In this episode, owner Rob Theodorow shares his founde...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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43:36
Non-Alcoholic Beer In The Windy City: Prelude To A Road Trip
In this episode, we sit down with Chicago craft beer savant turned podcaster, Dave Zalatoris, host of the popular Chicago podcast Beer In Front (part of the OddPo...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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24:32
Non-Alcoholic Beer Notebook: Finding Good N/A Options In The Wild
In this Notebook episode we sit down with our friend Chi Jennings, known on Instagram as mysoberaflife, a fervent fan of non-alcoholic drinks of all stripes. We talk about her strategy for f...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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27:09
Decoding The Dry Beer Movement: Launching An N/A Brand Around The Consumer
In this episode we sit down with Momentum Brewery and ProofNoMore’s co-owner Lars Dahlhaus to better understand the non-alcoholic beer category, where it may be headed, and how he’s working to build a brand around the ‘why’ and ‘where’ consumer...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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24:33
Everything in Moderation? The Intersection Of Craft N/A & Little Beers
We set out to explore the middle ground between N/A and the big, boozy imperials and extra-hopped beers that helped make American craft beer famous, and figure out if it offered any clues as to where non-alcoholic beer could be headed. While IP...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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25:37
Non-Alcoholic Beer Notebook, With The Modern Substitute
In our first N/A beer notebook episode, we're joined by Myles Faulkner of The Modern Substitute, an informative newsletter featuring weekly recommendations of N/A beers, wines and spirits. In this episode Myles and I talk about the rising non-a...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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25:16
Why Your Local Brewery Will Be The N/A Revolution's Next Catalyst
While thus far the non-alcoholic brewing space has been dominated by Big Beer, Athletic Brewing, and dozens of other N/A-only brewers, the N/A movement is now showing up in local breweries around the country. In this episode we chat with our fr...
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Episode 3
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34:59
Can Asheville's Growing N/A Movement Tap Into Its Craft Brewing Success?
In our first-ever N/ATION road trip, we headed to the mountain mecca of craft beer in the east, Asheville, North Carolina. In this two-part episode we first chatted with Jason Pedrick, owner of NoLo, Asheville's non-alcoholic bottle shop that w...
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Episode 2
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52:20
Johnny Atmosphere & The Psychology Of Non-Alcoholic Drinking
In our inaugural episode we sit down with Atmosphere Brewery's Jonathan Zimmerman, known in some circles as Johnny Atmosphere, who shares his founder story around why he decided to launch a 0.0% ABV N/A beer brand in partnership with a 400 year...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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26:44