24-Devil Wind Brewing / Crafting a Community

Whatever You Niche

Our guests this episode are Doug Lane and Mike Van Kirk, the masterminds behind Devil Wind Brewing in Xenia, OH. Dana: “cupid”- new single (https://danabandohio.bandcamp.com/track/cupid-3), chaos promo EP (https://danabandohio.bandcamp.com/album/chaos-promo-ep-2), DANA LP (https://danabandohio.bandcamp.com/album/dana), VIDS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAajSunvgQ0), (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hecs4gXQ-B4), topics: the dayton beer scene, OH/ national beer laws and the recent changes, the story of opening a brewery, going from hobby to profession, the roles of owning and operating a business, batch sizes, product development, one’s relationship to alcohol in general, THE FULL FLAVOR OF BUD LIGHT, renewing yourself within your own passions, the focus of Devil Wind Brewery, the reinheitsgebot, how to brew a beer, “THE TASTE IS IN THE PADDLE”, the various styles of beers, the discipline of work you are interested in, the supplies of brewing, the timing of brewing, what is WORT?, is the beer market saturated?, terwah (sp?), crafting beer to a community/ a hyper-local focus, interesting brewing scenes around the US/ world, the potential over-saturation of the craft beer scene, the mission statement of Devil Wind Brewery, shoutouts: Caesars Creek Vineyards (Dayton),