Talking beer with head shepherd Ross Williams
June 10, 2024
We always love talking beer with Ross Williams, who has been around the West Virginia commercial brewing scene for longer than most. After college, Ross began his brewing career at Morgantown Brewing, and now he’s been head brewer at Bad Shepherd Beer Company since its start-up in 2016.
Ross brews fun and tasty beers and we get an inside look at several of them. Shortly after we recorded this podcast, one of the beers we tasted — Chuck Norris Jeans IPA — won third place at the Foam at the Dome craft beer festival in Charleston on June 8th.
Listen Here
Spend an hour with Erin and Charles as they converse with Ross on Episode 84 of the West Virginia Beer Roads podcast.
Podcast Timeline
| TIME | SUBJECT |
| 4:40 | Discussion of the P.O.D.A. |
| 10:25 | Beer Tasting #1: Bad Shepherd Maibock |
| 18:06 | What beers Ross likes to drink and what he likes to brew |
| 23:18 | Discussion of the fastest moving beer styles in West Virginia |
| 26:00 | Discussion of Bad Shepherd IPAs |
| 31:16 | Differences in various WV regions and beer sales |
| 36:30 | Beer Tasting #2: Chuck Norris Jeans IPA |
| 41:11 | Ross talks about his background in brewing before Bad Shepherd |
| 44:25 | Some thoughts on the reopening of Morgantown Brewing |
| 46:23 | Ross talks about what it was like growing up in Romney, WV |
| 51:10 | What beers are coming up this summer at Bad Shepherd |
| 56:45 | Ross talks about Bad Shepherd Beer/Black Sheep Burritos staff and menu |
Check out our article about Bad Shepherd’s start-up back in 2016
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