BJ’s Brewhouse with Alex Puchner | Ep. 276
How much beer do you need to brew to serve 200 restaurants?
Alex Puchner has been with BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse since they started brewing 25 years ago. It’s a unique setup they have there at BJ’s, with a group of breweries across the country supplying beer to the 200+ restaurants in their chain. A lot of beer.
Alex joined us this week to talk about his early days of brewing with the legendary Maltose Falcons homebrew club and his adventure with BJ’s. We learned about their core beers, their new brew club, and some of the brews coming out of their R&D brewery.
We sampled a few of their beers including a fantastic Coffee Blonde and their Cookies and Cream Pizookie Porter. A mild take on a pastry brew, which Alex says is about as wild as he’s going to get.
The Beer List
- BJ’s Brewhouse
- 25th Silver Bock
- Brewhouse Blonde (Kolsch)
- Coffee Cult Blonde
- Committed DIPA
- Cookies and Cream Pizookie Porter
- Jeremiah Red
Craft Beer News
- Grimbergen Abbey in Belgium is Going to Start Brewing Again After a 200-Year Hiatus
- A Beer Specially Formulated for Drinking at 35,000 Feet
- R&B Brewing Co. in Vancouver Canada has Introduced a Beer for Zoom Calls
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Howdy Tim !
I am with the coffee roaster that BJ’s uses for the Coffee Blonde that was a bronze medal winner. BJ’s is a great client for my company and Alex is an amazing advocate for CULT. I am happy to send you and your partner a couple bags of our Organic Uganda White Nile coffee if you would like to try it. Simply send me an address. We love sharing and making new friends.
Thanks,
Hans Schatz (president CULT)
Hi Hans, thanks for the offer! We’d love to sample your coffee. I’ll drop you an email. Cheers!