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CRAFTED is the podcast from BLISTER that dives deep into the craft world of beer, coffee, whiskey, watches, wine, and more. Our guests are some of the very best and most passionate brewers, distillers, winemakers, coffee producers, retailers, and founders that launched craft companies when success was unlikely, but their passion and principles caused them to forge ahead anyway. CRAFTED explores how things get made, and does so with the remarkable people that insist on making things well.
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- Yesterday50 min
Keeping American Textiles Alive for 160 Years w/ Faribault Mill
Why does a wool blanket cost $200? After touring Faribault Mill, most visitors ask a different question: why doesn't it cost more? In this episode, Faribault’s CEO, Ross Widmoyer, explains the remarkably involved process of turning raw wool into a finished blanket, and how Faribault blends generations of textile expertise, old machinery, and modern technology to keep one of America’s oldest manufacturing traditions alive. We Want to Hear from You! Have a topic, craft category, or craft company you’d like to see us cover? Email us at: info@blisterreview.com to share those or any other thoughts you have about CRAFTED. RELATED LINKS: Faribault Mill Get Yourself Covered: BLISTER+ Order our 26/27 Winter Buyer’s Guide Enter Our Free Weekly Gear Giveaways TOPICS & TIMES: Faribault Mill’s History Ross Widmoyer’s Path To Textiles The Process of Textile Production Craftsmanship & Quality Control The Future of Textile Manufacturing CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Podcast Bikes & Big Ideas GEAR:30 Cinematic The Vault
- 1 weeks ago1h 4m
From a Chicken Coop to the Patina Thunderdome: Inside Nicks Handmade Boots
Nicks Handmade Boots makes a few hundred pairs a month, all by hand, and the number of possible boots on their website runs into the millions. For the customer, that means a boot built around your foot, your work, and your taste. For the shop floor, it means almost no two boots are built quite the same way. Today, Nick Jarrett and Lucas Grasberger walk Eli through how one of those boots actually gets made, from raw hide to finished pair. We Want to Hear from You! Have a topic, craft category, or craft company you’d like to see us cover? Email us at: info@blisterreview.com to share those or any other thoughts you have about CRAFTED. RELATED LINKS: Nicks Boots Glossary Get Yourself Covered: BLISTER+ Order our 26/27 Winter Buyer’s Guide Enter Our Free Weekly Gear Giveaways TOPICS & TIMES: Nick & Lucas’ Introduction to Bootmaking The History of Nicks Boots How Boots Are Made Leather Types & Sourcing Boot Lasts, Fit, & Customization Patina & the Thunderdome New Designs & Leather Experiments Expanding Into Leather Goods The Delta Arch insole CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Podcast Bikes & Big Ideas GEAR:30 Cinematic The Vault
- 2 weeks ago1h 27m
Would Anthony Bourdain Hate the New Movie 'Tony'?
‘Tony,’ A24's new film, follows a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain through his first summer in a Provincetown kitchen. It's charming, it's well reviewed, and it might be exactly the kind of tidy origin story Bourdain would have hated. Today, Eli’s friend and executive chef of Everett's 8800 at Big Sky Resort, Youssif El-Rakabawy, joins Eli to talk about ‘Tony’ and revisit Kitchen Confidential. We Want to Hear from You! Have a topic, craft category, or craft company you’d like to see us cover? Email us at: info@blisterreview.com to share those or any other thoughts you have about CRAFTED. EPISODE SPONSORS: livemomentous.com - code: Blister RELATED LINKS: Tony Roadrunner Kitchen Confidential Don't Eat Before Reading This Get Yourself Covered: BLISTER+ Order our 26/27 Winter Buyer’s Guide Enter Our Free Weekly Gear Giveaways TOPICS & TIMES: First Impressions of Tony Bourdain’s Meaning to Restaurant Culture Kitchen Confidential & Restaurant Realities Bourdain’s Origin Story What the Film Gets Right Comparing Roadrunner and Tony Bourdain’s Legacy CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Podcast Bikes & Big Ideas GEAR:30 Cinematic The Vault
- 3 weeks ago46 min
James Beard Awards VP, Dawn Padmore
In the American culinary world, winning a James Beard Award can change your life overnight. Today, Jonathan talks with the VP of the James Beard Awards, Dawn Padmore, about the origins & evolution of the awards; their current 'open call' season for submissions; and the impact of winning or being nominated for a James Beard Award. We Want to Hear from You! Have a topic, craft category, or craft company you’d like to see us cover? Email us at: info@blisterreview.com to share those or any other thoughts you have about CRAFTED. RELATED LINKS: FactorMeals.com - code: BLISTERPOD50OFF BLISTER+ Get Covered Order our 26/27 Winter Buyer’s Guide Enter Our Free Weekly Gear Giveaways TOPICS & TIMES: Creation of the James Beard Foundation Evolution of the Awards 5 Categories of James Beard Awards Dawn's Background Media Awards Diversity of Food Coffee Nominations Process What Should People Know CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Podcast Bikes & Big Ideas GEAR:30 Cinematic The Vault
- 4 weeks ago1h 9m
The Roots of American Craft Distilling w/ St. George Spirits
Lance Winters has one of the stranger paths to becoming a master distiller: nuclear engineering, the Navy, brewing, and eventually showing up at St. George Spirits with a bottle of homemade whiskey. Three decades later, Lance has helped shape St. George into one of America’s most influential craft distilleries. In this episode, Lance and Eli discuss St. George’s early days as one of the first American craft distilleries; what it means to create something new in established spirits categories; and the many methods and techniques St. George uses to achieve great distillation. We Want to Hear from You! Have a topic, craft category, or craft company you’d like to see us cover? Email us at: info@blisterreview.com to share those or any other thoughts you have about CRAFTED. RELATED LINKS: St. George Spirits Get Yourself Covered: BLISTER+ Order our 26/27 Winter Buyer’s Guide Enter Our Free Weekly Gear Giveaways TOPICS & TIMES: Lance’s Path to Distilling Origins of St. George Spirits Creating St. George’s Single Malt Bringing Back Absinthe Terroir Gin & Place-Driven Distilling The Future of St. George CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Podcast Bikes & Big Ideas GEAR:30 Cinematic The Vault
- Sep 23, 202649 min
Slow Beer: Templin Family Brewing owner, Kevin Templin
How did Templin Family Brewing become one of the most respected breweries in the USA? Today, Eli talks to owner, Kevin Templin, about his approach to craft brewing, German brewing traditions, and what it takes to build a brewery where quality comes before speed. We Want to Hear from You! Have a topic, craft category, or craft company you’d like to see us cover? Email us at: info@blisterreview.com to share those or any other thoughts you have about CRAFTED. EPISODE SPONSORS: Momentous: livemomentous.com code: Blister Factor: http://factormeals.com/BLISTERBIKES50OFF RELATED LINKS: Get Yourself Covered: BLISTER+ Order our 26/27 Winter Buyer’s Guide Enter Our Free Weekly Gear Giveaways TOPICS & TIMES: From Skiing to Brewing Regulations in Utah German Beers Sensory Evaluation Starting a New Brewery Fermentation Smoked Beers Wine vs. Beer American Light Lager The Art of Expanding The Importance of Glassware State of the Beer Industry CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Podcast Bikes & Big Ideas GEAR:30 Cinematic The Vault
- Sep 16, 20261h 13m
Becoming a Master Bladesmith w/ Zack Jonas
While most of us use knives every day without thinking much about them, Zack Jonas has spent his life thinking about almost nothing else. And today, the founder of Jonas Blade & Metalworks joins Eli to explain how a former philosophy major became one of just over 100 master bladesmiths in the mysterious world of Damascus steel. We Want to Hear from You! Have a topic, craft category, or craft company you’d like to see us cover? Email us at: info@blisterreview.com to share those or any other thoughts you have about CRAFTED. EPISODE SPONSORS: DraftKings.com - code: Blister RELATED LINKS: Get Yourself Covered: BLISTER+ Order our 26/27 Winter Buyer’s Guide Enter Our Free Weekly Gear Giveaways TOPICS & TIMES: Recent Knife Expo "Make and Take" classes The Path to Mastery Journeyman Smith Fit & Finish Master Smith Test Metal to Knife: Damascus Variances & Functionality Forging from Billets Acid & Patterns Edges & Sharpness SEE OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Cinematic Bikes & Big Ideas GEAR:30 Blister Podcast
- Sep 9, 20261h 1m
The James Beard Foundation: Its Origins, Mission, & Current Work w/ JBF Vice President of Impact, Anne McBride
If you love great food and great restaurants, then you’re probably familiar with the extremely prestigious James Beard Awards. But there is more to the James Beard Foundation, and today, you’ll learn more about its origins, its mission, its work today, and you’ll get a fantastic history of American culinary culture from the JBF’s Vice President of Impact, Anne McBride. We Want to Hear from You! Have a topic, craft category, or craft company you’d like to see us cover? Email us at: info@blisterreview.com to share those or any other thoughts you have about CRAFTED. EPISODE SPONSORS: FactorMeals - code: BLISTERPOD50OFF DraftKings.com - code: Blister RELATED LINKS: BLISTER+ Get Yourself Covered Order our 26/27 Winter Buyer’s Guide Enter Our Free Weekly Gear Giveaways CRAFTED ep 115: James Beard Winner, Bucheron TOPICS & TIMES: What is the James Beard Foundation? Origins of the Foundation A History of ‘Fine Dining’ & American Culinary Culture Anne’s Background: from Switzerland to Louisiana How JBF Helps w/ the Business Side of Restaurants More on the Mission & Principles of JBF CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Podcast Bikes & Big Ideas GEAR:30 CRAFTED
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About CRAFTED
CRAFTED is the podcast from BLISTER that dives deep into the craft world of beer, coffee, whiskey, watches, wine, and more. Our guests are some of the very best and most passionate brewers, distillers, winemakers, coffee producers, retailers, and founders that launched craft companies when success was unlikely, but their passion and principles caused them to forge ahead anyway. CRAFTED explores how things get made, and does so with the remarkable people that insist on making things well.
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