Better on Draft | Craft Beer Podcast

In this not-episode Rob explains why this is not an episode!
Upcoming events:
- May 22 - Chris Lane from Renegade in Denver
- May 29 - Rob is at Books & Brews Brownsburg at a Schlafly Tap Takeover
- June will be prerecorded things due to vacations
- July 18 is the Indiana Brewer's Guild Summerfest at Victory Field
- August 20th is the Michigan Homebrew Festival that we heard about in episode 388

Wendy and Rob talk to Greig of Brewaucracy with Bill and Michelle of the Detroit area about beer judging. We get some of our burning questions answered about how to get started and see a bit behind the curtain of what a beer judging session looks like at a competition. If this show piques your interest in getting involved in beer judging or sheds some light on what a style is and why it's important, let us know!
Some organizations and events discussed on the show:
BJCP
Brewer's Association (BA)
Cider Association
Mead Makers Association
Michigan Homebrewers Festival

Kristen Radaich joins Wendy and Rob to talk about her recent book, Beer Hiking Minnesota, Wisconsin & the Upper Peninsula. We talk about hiking with dogs, finding breweries near trails, finding trails near breweries, beer flights, and so much more.

Wendy and Rob get caught up on various pieces of beer news. Some new laws, TTB stuff, mergers, grocery store beer, harbingers of spring, celebrities doing celebrity things, and some cool new technology useful to the beer industry.
March Draftness is coming to May. If you are a brewery in Michigan who wants to be involved, email us!

We had some real-world difficulties this week so cut the show very short. 
Episode 386 will be on March 27 and will most likely be a news show.
April 10 we will talk to Kristen Radaich about her book: Beer Hiking Minnesota, Wisconsin & the Upper Peninsula: Great Hikes and Breweries from the Twin Cities to the Northwoods
May 8 we have Nick Lesogor of Exit 12 Homebrew to learn about BrewTubers, an online homebrew club.