Ep. 99 - Cody Martin of Martin House Brewing

Drink Beer, Think Beer With John Holl

If you were scrolling through beer-tinted social media this week, you likely saw the color purple. Martin House Brewing in Texas announced its latest beer: Grape Punch Pickle Beer. It's a riff off of their extremely popular Best Maid Pickle ale.

Cody Martin co-founded the brewery with two friends nearly a decade ago, and as he explains on the show, had plans for a saison to be the company's flagship. That didn't work out.

He’s an experimental brewer and is happy to try different ingredients in different ways to see where they land in a beer. In the last few years the brewery has gotten notoriety for making a beer that tastes like wing sauce and another that tasted like ranch dressing. There's also been a breakfast cereal beer and an upcoming one with haggis.

However, it is the pickle beer, made in collaboration with Best Maid, a local company, that has paved the road to success and made the brewery famous. It's now the brewery's flagship is found at grocery and other stores around Fort Worth. Special variations like the purple version, come out now and again.

During the show, Cody talks about recipe development and how these beers come together. He also offers up a simple recipe for you to make Koolickles at home.

This Episode is sponsored by:

NZ Hops
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• Host: John Holl
• Guest: Cody Martin of Martin House Brewing
• Sponsors: New Holland, NZ Hops, and The Beer Edge
• Tags: Beer, Pickles, Gose, Saison, Texas, Purple,