EP 034 with Dr. Fermento

Crude Conversations

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 152 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Cody has a conversation with longtime Alaska beer columnist Jim Roberts, better known as Dr. Fermento. Jim's been writing about and involved in the Alaska craft beer scene for over two decades. Back then, there were only about eight breweries in Alaska, today there are over forty. In an article he wrote for Crude last year, he called Alaska "the Beer Frontier." They talk about how Jim is "a beer drinker with a writing problem," some suggestions for the curious and the uninitiated beer drinker, how there's a niche for every beer drinker in the world in Alaska, and the time Dr. Fermento was invited to the Playboy Mansion.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show. This week I sit down with Jim Roberts, better known as Dr. Fermento, a long-time Alaska
0:06.8	craft beer columnist. If you want to know about Alaska craft beer, Jim's your guy.
0:12.4	He and his wife came to Alaska in 1979 and he quickly
0:15.6	started familiarizing himself with home brewing and getting to know the local
0:19.0	craft beer scene and the people involved in it. Fast forward to 1992 and Jim is the president of
0:24.8	Anchorage's great Northern Brewers Club. Fast forward again in 1997 and he's
0:29.8	writing a weekly column in the Anchorage Press newspaper. Today he continues that weekly
0:34.5	column with the same intention he began with to introduce people to great Alaskan
0:39.3	beer. Okay time for the crude company men shout out.
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0:49.0	Trina Dober, Seward Brewing Company, David North, Crystal Liska, Derek Adolf, Blue and Gold Board Shop,
0:57.6	Shane Robinson, Sharon Liska, and Scott Liska.
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1:19.0	Okay, back to Dr. Fermento.
1:21.0	Jim's been writing about and involved in the Alaska craft beer scene for over two decades now.
1:27.0	Back in the early 90s when he first started covering the scene, Jim says there were only
1:31.2	about eight breweries in Alaska.
1:33.0	Today, there are over 40.
1:35.0	In an article he wrote for the crew website last year,
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