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Idaho Booze Podcast

Expert reviews, insider interviews, and all the other stuff you would expect from me, Steve Koonce, in my newest content, a podcast. idahobooze.substack.com

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60:47

Summer Cocktails with Warn Reserve

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/05/23

Warn Reserve Cocktail Company is back, packing some serious flavor into your summer cocktail program. The cocktails: delicious. The new promo code and deal: amazing. You will love Adrienne’s twist on classic cocktails that she shares with us on this week’s show. That plus lots going on this Memorial Day Weekend, so we go over everything in the Boise Beer Buddies Community Calendar. Subscribe today on Apple, Spotify, Substack, or YouTube!Warn Reserve Summer Cocktail RecipesHow to Make a Huckleberry

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63:58

Ste. Chapelle & Sawtooth Winemaker Meredith Smith

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/05/16

Where do you start with somebody like Meredith Smith? She started at Sawtooth when it was still a small winery in South Nampa and quickly rose to become probably the most important winemaker in Idaho. We talk all about the current state of Idaho Wine and where we would like to see it go in the future. Meredith also schools us all on growing, harvesting, and picking out the right grapes for her wines and how she works hand in hand with area farmers to achieve such amazing results for Sawtooth and

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64:44

Hiking Up to Spring Creek

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/05/09

Jeffrey Badigian, owner and brewmaster at Spring Creek Brewing in Eagle, joins me today to talk all about starting a brewery that’s a little off the beaten trail. What I found was a hidden gem, making some seriously delicious beers and putting out a great assortment of food. Jeff talks about the trouble he had starting up during the pandemic, and what it’s like owning a brewpub in a neighborhood away from the city. Then, in Friday Night Pints, I review his beers on tap and talk all about what’s

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62:09

Split Rail Spring Releases

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/05/02

I mean, where do you start with a guy like Jed Glavin. He has transformed the way people drink wine in Idaho and has brought adventure, curiosity, and creativity to the Idaho wine scene. His excellent wines are just as crushable in cans and kegs as they are in the bottle, and the artist’s approach that he brings to winemaking certainly sets him apart from his peers. Savor and enjoy this amazing interview with Jed Glavin from Split Rail. Also, we have the Warn Reserve Cocktail of the Week: Kentucky

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22:31

Templin Lands in Idaho

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/04/25

Templin Family Brewing has landed in Idaho, and it brought some tasty beers! See what one of the finest breweries in the Beehive State has to offer. In Friday Night Pints, I go over some fun new IPAs that I found wandering around the Treasure Valley, and our Warn Reserve Cocktail of the Week will turn more than a few heads. Get this episode on Spotify, Apple Pods, YouTube, or wherever they stream fine podcasts! Subscribe to “Journey to Idaho Wine”All the info on PINTS UP IDAHO for Craft Beer

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30:08

Pours and Pints

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/04/18

Spring releases are releasing around Idaho, and I was fortunate enough to hit up Telaya Winery to sample their new Idaho wines. Hear my thoughts on those, plus my newest venture. Then, in Friday Night Pints, I visit a couple of old haunts, then hit up Oldspeak, the new book bar from our friends at Aliteration Ales. My thoughts on if they were able to succeed in creating a cozy safe space for beery bookworms. Finally, our Warn Reserve Cocktail of the Week is a twist on a minty favorite. Subscribe to

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28:19

The Masters and Idaho Craft Beer Month

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/04/11

It’s Masters week, so we talk about how to raise that BAC while lowering that score out on the course. It’s also Idaho Craft Beer Month (it can be two things), and somebody put out a mix pack of Idaho brewers that is banging. I review the whole pack to let you know if it's the right box for you. Then, I have a special announcement at the end of the show. Lots happening on this guest-less version of the Idaho Booze Podcast. Subscribe to “Journey to Idaho Wine”All the info on PINTS UP IDAHO for Craft

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70:42

Meet Idaho's Godfather of Beer

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/04/04

Bittercreek Alehouse is probably where you had your first real beer, and the founder/owner/operator of Bittercreek is on the show to talk about his excellent restaurants and his other interests, including Woodland Empire Alecraft! Dave has been pushing craft beer in Idaho since the 90s, and his passion for it has never been bigger since he purchased Woodland Empire. Hear how he is turning Woodland into a brewery focused on locally sourced products and how that will affect the beers coming out in the

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80:04

Treefort Music Fest is Here!

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/03/27

Boise’s very own music festival, Treefort Music Fest, is happening right now in the City of Trees. On this week’s show, Bert’s Brewing comes on the show to talk about the official beer of Treefort, Pure Imagination. Then David Roberts, the head of Alefort, comes on to talk about all the fun things going on at this year’s frothiest fort. Download the pod here on Substack, or at Apple Pods, Spotify, and a special video pod is available at YouTube. Get 15% Off Orders Over $40 with Promo Code

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79:53

Enter Barbarian

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/03/14

Where do you start with Barbarian? They make unique and amazing beers, have an amazing vibe at both locations, and they’ve done it all without compromising themselves to the horrors of distribution! Bre Hovely sits down and talks with me about all this and more, plus I’m talking more Trump tariffs and how they will affect the price at the tap in addition to in the can. Lots going on this weekend in Idaho, so we go into the Boise Beer Buddies Community Calendar to find you something green to kiss for

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81:07

The Craft of Marketing with Get Hoptimized

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/03/07

Host of the Get Hoptimized podcast and owner of the marketing agency of the same name, Chris Overlay, is on the show today. Chris’ agency is unique in that he only caters to craft beverage makers. So, if you own a brewery, winery, cidery, kombuchery, or any other ‘ery out there, this is the show for you! Chris and I talk about what cash-strapped breweries should be doing right now to maximize their marketing efforts, including great tips on building your own lists, the marketing tools available for

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85:32

Wandering Through a Lost Grove

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/02/28

Jake Black is on the pod this week. He is the founder/big boss man at Lost Grove Brewing in Boise. This conversation was a lot of fun because I have known Jake for quite some time, and we have had many experiences in the craft beer world. We wandered through his journey starting Lost Grove that included him working at just about every restaurant in downtown Boise, plus Jake tells us about the fun and creative beer names and how he came up with those. Then we venture into some other topics including

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44:14

Tarif Talk Goes Mainstream + New Loose Screw Beers!

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/02/21

I am all by my lonesome again for this week’s episode, so I talk about … me! The local media picked up on my Trump talk from last week’s show, so I did them one better and picked up their coverage of my story for my story this week. Sockeye decides to cut bait on its putt-putt golf course concept, what this means for one of Idaho’s biggest breweries. Loose Screw Brewing in Meridian invites me out to try their newly brewed beers … see if the flavor matches the shiny new brewery. Friday Night Pints

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43:07

Very Special Valentine's Day Edition

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/02/14

Happy Valentine’s Day my darling drinkarinos! On today’s show, I go over Trump’s proposed 25% tariffs on imported steel and aluminum and how that will affect you (and me and everyone). Then we play a new game called Innovative or Intolerable featuring some new kind of fruit-flavored malt for brewers, on Friday Night Pints, I review Fremont’s new Head Full of Dynamite Hazy IPA, Crux’s Bochi Bochi, and Split Rail’s Horned Beast. All that plus we have a real seductive Warn Reserve Cocktail of the Week

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92:19

Episode 5 - Love Your Mother

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/02/08

This week’s pod starts innocently enough, with the Super Game Drinking Bowl! Be the envy of your friends at this year’s Super Bowl LIX party with this amazing game. You will turn some heads, and maybe even meet a doctor or two. Then, Chris Baker from Mother Earth Brewing Company comes on the pod to talk all about Idaho’s largest brewery, the good ole days in San Diego, and why you should Love Your Mother. Lots of great beers in Friday Night Pints plus the Warn Reserve Cocktail of the Week is a real

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75:57

Episode 4 - Veering Into the Spotlight

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/01/31

It’s another episode of the Idaho Booze Podcast! In this, the 4th episode of 2025, we Veer back into wine country to speak with Will Wetmore, the head winemaker and creative genius behind Veer Wine Project. What’s that? You haven’t heard of Veer Wine Project? Well, after this episode, you will be tap, tap, tapping away at your phone to order some of Will’s amazing Snake River Valley wines. We taste a few of his offerings, and he tells us all about how he went from bartending at a Boise brewpub to

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25:40

Episode 3 - Dairy-coli

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/01/24

I am rolling solo on this episode of the Idaho Booze Podcast and I have a little to say about a lot. Darigold gets got for dumping shit water into the river and that got me thinking about what Agg gets away with compared to other Idaho businesses. Bob Huebbler from Boise Beer Culture released his Look Back on Idaho Beer for 2024, so I go over that and talk about what’s actually happening to cause the downturn in local breweries. Then I say goodbye to a friend of the show (she’s still alive, just

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63:27

Episode 2 - Breaking Down Brown Beard

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/01/17

It’s Episode 2 of the 2025 season of the Idaho Booze Podcast and we have a beauty of a show for you today with Brown Beard Brewing’s Bryce Tuttle. We talk all about his brewery, beers, and the treasure hunt that he’s sponsoring at Brown Beard. We also talk about him reviving some beers from our long-lost friends at Crooked Fence and why he chose to do that. I also talk about the latest in legalized weed in Idaho and how that might affect the booze business. In Friday Night Pints, we break down

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59:42

2025 Ep. 1 - Happy New Year, Drinkarino's

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2025/01/10

It’s a brand new season of the Idaho Booze Podcast and we’re kicking things off with a bang by having Randy Mann from Up North Distillery on the pod. We talk all about his amazing farm-to-flask movement, the right way to drink cask-strength whiskey, and what separates his distillery from the rest (hint: it’s honey). In Brew News, we delve into everything that’s been going on the last couple of weeks in Idaho’s adult beverage community and we scour the shelves for fun N/A’s in Friday Night Pints

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74:50

Episode 24 - A Real Gem

Idaho Booze Podcast ·

2024/12/20

It’s the 2024 finale of the Idaho Booze Podcast! In this jam-packed episode, I interview Chris McGinnis from Gem State Brewing! We talk all about the eponymous journey he and his wife took to open the brewery, how things are going now, and we live-review a flight of beers. In this week’s Friday Night Pints - written edition, I released my year-end lists and I give those a little tease. We get Holiday Cocktails from some returning champions and we try some new Gem State beers in Friday Night Pints

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