All Episodes
Bean to Barstool — 203 episodes
Bite Sized: David Herrick of Foundry Chocolate on Their Annual Whisky Bar
Media Relations for Craft Chocolate Makers: Maintaining Relationships and Communicating New Stories
Allo & Rachel of Craft Connections Beverage Education Summit
Media Relations for Craft Chocolate Makers: All About Press Releases
A Bar Apart with Luke Owen Smith
Media Relations for Craft Chocolate Makers: Building a Media List
Bite Sized: David Herrick of Foundry Chocolate on Whisky Chocolate R&D
Media Relations for Craft Chocolate Makers: Identifying Your Company's Stories
The Past, Present, and Future of Women of Cacao
Media Relations for Craft Chocolate Makers: Why You Need a Media Plan
Redux: Spencer Hyman of Cocoa Runners
Bonus: Why I Don't Think You Should Use AI Graphics for Your Craft Chocolate Business
Whisky and Whimsy with David Herrick of Foundry Chocolate
Bite Sized: Liang Wang of Kessho Chocolate
Tyler Cagwin of Nostalgia Chocolates on Selling Cacao to Breweries
Redux: Beer Educator Em Sauter
Bonus: 5 Most Versatile Beer Styles for Pairing with Craft Chocolate
Collaboration Case Study: Estelle Tracy on Educators Partnering with Craft Chocolate Makers
Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Wandering Monsters Brewing
Collaboration for Chocolate Makers, Part 4: Creative Collaborations To Consider
Redux: Chocolate Educator Sanna Forslund
Bite Sized: Liang Wang of Kessho Chocolate on Branding & Art
Collaboration for Chocolate Makers, part 3: Working with Other Craft Chocolate Makers
Beer Learning and Language with Scott Fielder and Chris Crowe
Elmer Pineda of Yojoa Chocolate in Honduras
Collaboration for Chocolate Makers, Part 2—Partnering with Beverage Alcohol Producers
Mike King of Encore Coffee and Chocolate
Collaboration for Chocolate Makers Part 1: Why Do It, and General Considerations
Brewing Pastry Stouts Thoughtfully with Wandering Monsters Brewing
Redux: Uncommon Cacao
Bite Sized: Pairing Beer and Chocolate
Global Black Chocolate Makers Month with London Coe
Bean to Barstool Redux: Omnom Chocolate
Bonus: Piano Keys Remix—Ale Sharpton's Chocolate Vanilla Imperial Stout with Creature Comforts
Good Flavors Are Universal: Liang Wang of KESSHŌ Chocolate
Bonus: Red Rock Chocolate Festival
9 Things Craft Chocolate Can Learn From Craft Beer
Looking Back at 2025 (+ Favorite Beers & Chocolates)
Storytelling Through Beer Pairings with Joanne Mumbey of BeyLoved Pairings
Bonus: Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival Recap
The Chemistry of Chocolate with Professor Robyn Araiza & Jorge Torres
Bonus: Copa Cerveza, Judging, and the Madness of October
Previewing the Second Annual Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival
Cacao Farming, Fermentation, & Beer with Sarah Bharath, Part 2
Cacao Farming & Fermentation with Sarah Bharath, Part 1
Angi of ChocolateSpiel on Color and Pairing
Kumi Arhin of Ofori Brothers Wine
Pairing Tea and Chocolate with Estelle Tracy
The Award-Winning Chocolate Beers of Third Eye Brewing
Bite Sized: Dorothy Neary of NearyNogs Chocolate
Piety & Desire Chocolate In New Orleans
Front Porch Chocolate
Pairing and Tasting with Estelle Tracy (Episode 100!)
Chocolate, Music, and Irish Whiskey with NearyNogs Chocolate
Drinking Intentionally with Namesake Coffee
Nico Silverman of Diego's Chocolate
Chasing Wonder with Serge Savchuk of Vaka Chocolate
Roots Forged In Fire—Tandy Peterson of Embers Chocolate
"How Great Is Mexico?" — Cervercería Itañeñe & Tout Chocolat
Yellow Bird Chocolate & Albion Malleable Brewing
Flights Across America with Joel Geier
Bonus: Pairing the Beers of Chimay with Craft Chocolate
Kathryn Laverack and Victoria Hopper on Cacao & Chocolate Cocktails
Bite Sized: Nick Davis of One One Cacao
Zadkiela Rios on Pairing Beer, Chocolate, and Other Indulgences
Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival: Cacao, Farming, & Flavor in the Heartland
Coffee, Cacao, Cocktails, and Curiosity with Charlene Cabioch
Every Bean Has a Story: Monica Rogan of Goodnow Farms
Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Raven Hanna
Bonus: How To Pair Standard-Strength Porters and Stouts with Craft Chocolate
Looking Back, Looking Forward: 4 Years of Bean to Barstool
Bonus: Pairing Fruited Sour Ales with Craft Chocolate
Bite Sized: Brian Simpson of Riverbend Malt
Coffee, Chocolate, & Beer in Panama with Franz Zeimetz of Lost Origin Coffee Lab & Casa Bruja and Jaime Pérez of Bocao
Bite Sized: Hi-Wire Brewing 10W-40
Pairing Spirits and Chocolate with Shay Pal
Bonus: How To Pair IPAs with Craft Chocolate
Judging, Pairing, and the Definition of Craft with Clay Gordon
Moksa Brewing's Pastry Stouts with Head Brewer Cory Meyer
How to Host a Beer and Chocolate Pairing!
Bonus: Beer Tarot for World Tarot Day with Courtney Iseman
The Wonder of One Cacao Tree with Raven Hanna
Bonus: All About Beer Fermentation
Somerville Chocolate & Aeronaut Brewing
Bonus: All About Hops
Nick Davis of One One Cacao
Bite Sized: Arcelia Gallardo of Mission Chocolate
Episode 77: Brad Kintzer of TCHO Chocolate
Bonus: All About Malt
Mushrooms in Beer & Chocolate
Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with AJ Wentworth of Chocolate Conspiracy
Guest Episode: Luke Owen Smith Interviews Phoebe Preuss of Living Koko
Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Michele Hauf, Author of Lust & Chocolate
Bonus: Rum, Whiskey, Wine, & Beer with Manoa Chocolate
Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Chris Heier of Half Hitch Brewing
Learning/Unlearning—Sarah Bharath on Cacao Lavado, Teaching with Stories, & Unlearning What We Think We Know
Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Nicole Hewat of World Tree Chocolate
All About Vanilla
My Favorite Beers & Chocolates of 2023
Adam Krantz of Monsoon Chocolate
Chocolate Educator Max Gandy
Martyn O'Dare of Firetree Chocolate
Beth Demmon on Cider & Beer
Pairing Fall Beer Styles with Craft Chocolate
Quick Bonus Episode: Beers Remembered
Oliver Holecek of Primo Chocolate
Bite Sized: Anna Seear of Ritual Chocolate on Honeycomb Toffee 75%
Cacao Pulp in Brewing with Leila Carvajal Erker & Sam Mosle
Blackest in the Forest: Bartender & Pastry Chef Michael George on Cocktails, Cacao, & Celebrating Self
Pairing Witbier & Hefeweizen with Craft Chocolate (Bonus)
Coffee & Cacao
How to Taste with Author Mandy Naglich
Leila Carvajal of Cocoa Supply
Beer Basics (for Chocolate Lovers...and Everyone Else)
Bite Sized: Emily Stone of Uncommon Cacao
Arron Liu of Chocobien (Ep. 60)
Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Hazel Lee of Taste with Colour
Sarah Bharath on Cacao Fermentation (Ep. 59)
Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Natalie Suwanprakorn of Xoconat
Estelle Tracy on Pairing Wine & Chocolate (Ep. 58)
Quick Bonus Episode: Final Gravity Zine & Patreon Info
Hi-Wire Brewing's 10W-40 Chocolate Imperial Stouts (Ep. 57)
Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Artist Annabelle Popa
Arcelia Gallardo of Mission Chocolate (Ep. 56)
Bite Sized: Erica Gilmour of Hummingbird Chocolate
Trinidad & Tobago Cacao in Beer & Chocolate (Ep. 55)
Quick Bonus Episode: Exciting Announcements!
Nicole Hewat of World Tree Chocolate (Ep. 54)
Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Sara Ratza of Ratza Chocolate
Lust & Chocolate with Author Michele Hauf (Ep. 53)
Quick Bonus Episode: Pairing Doppelbock with Craft Chocolate
Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Scott Watson of Loon Chocolate
The Chocolate Conspiracy's Beer-Infused Bars (Ep. 52)
Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Chocolate Educator Sanna Forslund
Favorite Beers & Chocolates of 2022
Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Sam Ratto of Videri Chocolate
Curating Chocolate with Spencer Hyman of Cocoa Runners (Ep. 50)
Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Harshit Gupta of Madhu Chocolate
Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Tyler Cagwin of Nostalgia Chocolate
Sips + Sweets with French Broad Chocolates & Burial Beer (Ep. 49)
Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Kyle Spears of Carillon Brewing
Sleepy Hollow & a Hallow's Eve Beer (Ep. 48)
Quick Bonus Episode: Introducing the Pairing Beer & Chocolate Zine
Favorites from Denver's Great American Beer Festival 2022 (Ep. 47)
The Glorious Horrors of Scarlet Lane Brewing (Ep. 46)
Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Dr. J. Nikol Jackson-Beckham
Emily Stone of Uncommon Cacao (Ep. 45)
Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Marika Josephson of Scratch Brewing
Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minute with Corina Gimenez of Xoco by Corina
Tasting with Colour with Hazel Lee (Ep. 44)
Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Chocolate Lover Shay Pal
Crown of Horns Fit for a [goat] Queen (Ep. 43)
Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Brett Smith of Branch & Bone
Indianapolis Beer with Amy Beers (Ep. 42)
Ebony & Ivory: Ale Sharpton on Piano Keys Stout
A Wine Sommelier Tastes Beer & Chocolate: Lauren Gay of Tender Mercy (Ep. 40)
Everybody Is Welcome: Celebrating Beer with Em Sauter of Pints & Panels
Trust Your Dopeness: Hannah Ferguson of DOPE Cider House & Winery
New Zealand Beer & Chocolate Writer Luke Owen Smith (Ep. 37)
Painting Flavor with Artist Katie Clark Gabbard (Ep. 36)
Quick Bonus Episode: Asheville Beer & Chocolate
Quick Bonus Episode: Recent New Belgium Chocolate Beers
Beer & Chocolate Collaborations (Ep.35)
Cleveland Chocolate with Noble Beast Brewing (Ep. 34)
Omnom Chocolate (Ep. 33)
Favorite Beers & Chocolates of 2021
10 Years of Videri Chocolate (Ep. 31)
Quick Bonus Episode: Hooray for Hazel with Ratza Chocolate
Nostalgia Chocolate (Ep. 30)
The Imaginative Founders of Rabid Brewing (Ep. 29)
Quick Bonus Episode: Natalya Watson on Becoming a Better Beer Taster
Chocolate and Witch Trials with Megan Giller (Ep. 28)
Quick Bonus Episode: Beer Tasting Party Themes
Witches, Alewives, and Beer History with Dr. Christina Wade (Ep. 27)
Quick Bonus Episode: WeldWerks Double Chocolate Medianoche Imperial Stout with Cultura Chocolate
Traveling Through Chocolate with Sanna Forslund (Ep. 26)
Pairing Beer & Chocolate (Ep. 25)
Conduits of Wonder—Tasting Beer & Chocolate with Our Hearts, Minds, & Senses (Ep. 24)
French Broad Chocolates & Burial Beer Bonbons (Ep. 23)
Loon Chocolate (Ep. 22)
Honey in Brewing Beer and Making Chocolate
Maple (Ep. 20)
Wood, Beer, and Chocolate (Ep. 19)
3 Beans, a Beer, and a Chocolate Bar (Ep. 18)
Episode 17: Maverick Chocolate + Sam Adams Cincy
Episode 16: Cultural Beer Language with Dr. J.
Quick Bonus Episode: Springdale Taza Brig Mocha Stout
Episode 15: Ratza Chocolate
Episode 14: Orpheus + Somerville
Quick Bonus Episode: Smoked Chocolate
Episode 13: Coffee
Episode 12: Favorite 2020 Beer & Chocolate
Episode 11: Flavor as Icon & Ritual
Episode 10: Branch & Bone Against a Violet Sky
Episode 09: A [Malty] Bend in the River
Episode 08: Wolves, Sons, & Ethereal Confections
Episode 07: Pairing Smoke & Spice
Episode 06: Madhu Chocolate + Casa Humilde Cerveceria
Episode 05: Smoke
Episode 04: Beer & Chocolate Pairing Basics
Episode 03: French Broad Chocolates + Burial Beer
Episode 02: Beer & Chocolate Language
Episode 01: Personal Beer & Chocolate Vocabulary