Roundtable Discussion on WV Beer

Another Roundtable discussion podcast from West Virginia Beer Roads has dropped. For this Roundtable, Charles and Erin got together to talk about the state of craft beer and brewing in West Virginia — especially in the Charleston-Huntington region.

This episode’s guest is our friend and fellow craft beer aficionado, Brad Deel, from South Charleston. Brad has a way of putting things so that he makes his point in an interesting and often entertaining manner. So listen in as we discuss the ups and downs of our local craft beer market.

Listen to the podcast here

The Roundtable Topic List

1. The changing craft beer market in the Charleston-Huntington region. Is craft beer declining in popularity?
2. With talks of two more downtown Charleston brewery taprooms in the planning stages, can the market handle them added to the three brewery taprooms already in the downtown district.
3. The state of local craft beer advertising, marketing, & promotion
4. Shouldn’t the city of Charleston give more support to the beverage alcohol businesses in its Elk City district, similar to what they do for their downtown brewery taprooms?
5. What’s going on it Teays Valley and Putnam County. They need a craft brewery in the suburbs.
6. Are our local beer festivals in decline?
7. Why don’t we have any formal brewing education programs in our region?
8. How come downtown Huntington is so far behind downtown Charleston in developing a craft brewing district?