E199: BGR199: Good Word Brewing with Todd DiMatteo

10/26/19 • 44 min

Good Word Brewing is serving up great beer and food in the Atlanta suburbs

When Good Word Brewing opened in Duluth, GA the sleepy Atlanta suburb was just beginning to see some revitalization. The town has welcome new neighbors offering craft beer and great food to the area and Good Word is making its mark on craft beer.

On this week's show Good Word Brewing's co-owner and brewer Todd DiMatteo joins us in the studio. We've known Todd a long time, back when he was the general manager at the famed Brick Store Pub in Decatur, GA. His partner at Good Word, Ryan Skinner, also worked many years at Brick Store as the Beer Manager.

Good Word has been making waves recently. They were invited to this year's Shelton Fest in Buffalo, NY and they've received praise in the press from Thrillist and Hop Culture for their amazing beers. We talk with Todd about what this means for their brewery, Asheville breweries and beer bars, their upcoming 2nd anniversary, and we get his suggestions for pairing beer and Halloween candy.

You Can Brew Good Word Brewing's Never Sleep IPA

Thrillist named Never Sleep one of the best IPAs in America. Todd generously shared his homebrew recipe with the Homebrewer's Association if you want to have a go at it.

Never Sleep NEIPA Homebrew Recipe

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Good Word Brewing is serving up great beer and food in the Atlanta suburbs

You Can Brew Good Word Brewing's Never Sleep IPA

Thrillist named Never Sleep one of the best IPAs in America. Todd generously shared his homebrew recipe with the Homebrewer's Association if you want to have a go at it.

Never Sleep NEIPA Homebrew Recipe

Craft Beer News

Next Week on Beer Guys Radio

EPISODE #200 with Tombstone Brewing!

More Georgia Beer

Check out some of our other episodes from some great Georgia breweries

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Tombstone Brewing's Matt Brown joins us on Beer Guys Radio this week for our 200th episode. We learn about the craft beer and homebrewing scene in Arizona, working with unique yeasts, and the anatomy of a tumbleweed.

Matt Brown was a lawyer before founding his brewery. We've mentioned before how strange it is that so many attorneys go on to open breweries. We should take a head count... maybe start a club.

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