Host Richie Tevlin and Co-Host Evan Blum talk with Tom Nielsen, Director of Brewery Operations at Emberside Brewery, opening Fall 2026 in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. A 20-year veteran of the craft beer industry, Tom spent two decades at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., where as a leader in R&D and quality he helped shape some of the brewery's most beloved beers including Torpedo Ale, Hop Hunter IPA, and Hazy Little Thing. Now back in his home state of New Jersey, he is building Emberside's debut lineup from the ground up.
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EPISODE NOTES:
Mentioned Craft Brands
Sierra Nevada Brewing - Chico, CA
New Trail Brewing - Epi 41 - Williamsport, PA
Single Hill Brewing - Yakima, WA
Odell Brewing Company - Fort Collins, CO
Founders Brewing - Grand Rapids, MI
Bell's Brewery - MI
Stone Brewing - San Diego, CA
Farmers Brewing - Princeton, CA
Rupee Beer
Human Robot - Epi 10, 15, & 62 - Philadelphia, PA
Dogfish Head Brewery - Epi 100 - Milton, DE
Victory Brewing - Downingtown, PA
The Lost Abbey's - Cardiff, CA
Georgetown Brewing - Seattle, WA
Tenma Beer Project - Oakland, CA
Twin Elephant Brewing - Chatham, NJ
Oakflower Brewing - Millington, NJ
Sunken Silo Brew Works - Lebanon, NJ
Untied Brewing - Providence, NJ
Icarus Brewing - Epi 85 - Brick, NJ
Tonewood Brewing - Barrington, NJ
The Alchemist Brewery - Stowe, VT
Hill Farmstead Brewery - Greensboro Bend, VT
Mentioned People
Mike LaRosa - Epi 41 - Owner of New Trail Brewing
Zack Turner - Founder of Single Hill Brewing
Vinnie Cilurzo - Co-Owner of Russian River
Matt Brynildson - Brewmaster of Firestone Walker Brewing
John Mallett - Former New Belgium & Bells Brewery R&D
Dan Carey - Co-Founder and Brewmaster of New Glarus Brewing
Garrett Oliver - Legendary American Beer Writer & Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster
Val Peacock - ABInBev's Manager of Hop Technology
Jeremy Moynier - Brewer of Stone Brewing
Jamie Floyd - Co-Founder of Ninkasi Brewing
John Henning - Oregon State
Angela Randazzo - Oregon State
John Segal - CBC 5 - Owner of Segal Hop Ranch
Sam Calagione - Epi 100 - Founder of Dogfish Head Brewery
Charles Kyle - Communications Manager at Sierra Nevada Brewing
Gilbert Sanchez - Director of R&D at Sierra Nevada Brewing
Tomme Arthur - Co-Founder of The Lost Abbey & Port Brewing
Bill Covaleski - Co-Founder of Victory Brewing
Ron Barchet Jr - Co-Founder of Victory Brewing
Max Koby - Founder of Abstrax Hops
The Connell family - Rice Trader
Olson Kundig - Architecture
Eric Orlando - Epi 13 - Director of Government Affairs at the Brewers Guild of NJ
Scott Jennings - Head Brewer of Sierra Nevada Brewing
John Kimmich - Founder of The Alchemist Brewery
Steve Gonzalez - Head Brewer of Stone Brewing
Breeze Outhwaite - Senior Innovations Scientist for Totally Natural solutions
Other Mentions
Abstrax Hops
Yakima Chief - National Hop Producer
Hop Quality Group
Brewers Association
Haas - National Hop Producer
Segal Hop Ranch - CBC 5 - Yakima Hop Ranch
Beer Lobo - CA Beer Bar
Lukr Faucet - Beer Draft Systems
The Michael J. Jackson Foundation
What We Drank?
Trailside Pounder
Pilsner | 5.0% | Thora & Tangier
New Trail brewing (Collab w/ Emberside Brewery)
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