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Bean to Barstool — 193 episodes

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Redux: Spencer Hyman of Cocoa Runners

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Bonus: Why I Don't Think You Should Use AI Graphics for Your Craft Chocolate Business

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Whisky and Whimsy with David Herrick of Foundry Chocolate

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Bite Sized: Liang Wang of Kessho Chocolate

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Tyler Cagwin of Nostalgia Chocolates on Selling Cacao to Breweries

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Redux: Beer Educator Em Sauter

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Bonus: 5 Most Versatile Beer Styles for Pairing with Craft Chocolate

8

Collaboration Case Study: Estelle Tracy on Educators Partnering with Craft Chocolate Makers

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Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Wandering Monsters Brewing

10

Collaboration for Chocolate Makers, Part 4: Creative Collaborations To Consider

11

Redux: Chocolate Educator Sanna Forslund

12

Bite Sized: Liang Wang of Kessho Chocolate on Branding & Art

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Collaboration for Chocolate Makers, part 3: Working with Other Craft Chocolate Makers

14

Beer Learning and Language with Scott Fielder and Chris Crowe

15

Elmer Pineda of Yojoa Chocolate in Honduras

16

Collaboration for Chocolate Makers, Part 2—Partnering with Beverage Alcohol Producers

17

Mike King of Encore Coffee and Chocolate

18

Collaboration for Chocolate Makers Part 1: Why Do It, and General Considerations

19

Brewing Pastry Stouts Thoughtfully with Wandering Monsters Brewing

20

Redux: Uncommon Cacao

21

Bite Sized: Pairing Beer and Chocolate

22

Global Black Chocolate Makers Month with London Coe

23

Bean to Barstool Redux: Omnom Chocolate

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Bonus: Piano Keys Remix—Ale Sharpton's Chocolate Vanilla Imperial Stout with Creature Comforts

25

Good Flavors Are Universal: Liang Wang of KESSHŌ Chocolate

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Bonus: Red Rock Chocolate Festival

27

9 Things Craft Chocolate Can Learn From Craft Beer

28

Looking Back at 2025 (+ Favorite Beers & Chocolates)

29

Storytelling Through Beer Pairings with Joanne Mumbey of BeyLoved Pairings

30

Bonus: Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival Recap

31

The Chemistry of Chocolate with Professor Robyn Araiza & Jorge Torres

32

Bonus: Copa Cerveza, Judging, and the Madness of October

33

Previewing the Second Annual Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival

34

Cacao Farming, Fermentation, & Beer with Sarah Bharath, Part 2

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Cacao Farming & Fermentation with Sarah Bharath, Part 1

36

Angi of ChocolateSpiel on Color and Pairing

37

Kumi Arhin of Ofori Brothers Wine

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Pairing Tea and Chocolate with Estelle Tracy

39

The Award-Winning Chocolate Beers of Third Eye Brewing

40

Bite Sized: Dorothy Neary of NearyNogs Chocolate

41

Piety & Desire Chocolate In New Orleans

42

Front Porch Chocolate

43

Pairing and Tasting with Estelle Tracy (Episode 100!)

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Chocolate, Music, and Irish Whiskey with NearyNogs Chocolate

45

Drinking Intentionally with Namesake Coffee

46

Nico Silverman of Diego's Chocolate

47

Chasing Wonder with Serge Savchuk of Vaka Chocolate

48

Roots Forged In Fire—Tandy Peterson of Embers Chocolate

49

"How Great Is Mexico?" — Cervercería Itañeñe & Tout Chocolat

50

Yellow Bird Chocolate & Albion Malleable Brewing

51

Flights Across America with Joel Geier

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Bonus: Pairing the Beers of Chimay with Craft Chocolate

53

Kathryn Laverack and Victoria Hopper on Cacao & Chocolate Cocktails

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Bite Sized: Nick Davis of One One Cacao

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Zadkiela Rios on Pairing Beer, Chocolate, and Other Indulgences

56

Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival: Cacao, Farming, & Flavor in the Heartland

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Coffee, Cacao, Cocktails, and Curiosity with Charlene Cabioch

58

Every Bean Has a Story: Monica Rogan of Goodnow Farms

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Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Raven Hanna

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Bonus: How To Pair Standard-Strength Porters and Stouts with Craft Chocolate

61

Looking Back, Looking Forward: 4 Years of Bean to Barstool

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Bonus: Pairing Fruited Sour Ales with Craft Chocolate

63

Bite Sized: Brian Simpson of Riverbend Malt

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Coffee, Chocolate, & Beer in Panama with Franz Zeimetz of Lost Origin Coffee Lab & Casa Bruja and Jaime Pérez of Bocao

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Bite Sized: Hi-Wire Brewing 10W-40

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Pairing Spirits and Chocolate with Shay Pal

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Bonus: How To Pair IPAs with Craft Chocolate

68

Judging, Pairing, and the Definition of Craft with Clay Gordon

69

Moksa Brewing's Pastry Stouts with Head Brewer Cory Meyer

70

How to Host a Beer and Chocolate Pairing!

71

Bonus: Beer Tarot for World Tarot Day with Courtney Iseman

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The Wonder of One Cacao Tree with Raven Hanna

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Bonus: All About Beer Fermentation

74

Somerville Chocolate & Aeronaut Brewing

75

Bonus: All About Hops

76

Nick Davis of One One Cacao

77

Bite Sized: Arcelia Gallardo of Mission Chocolate

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Episode 77: Brad Kintzer of TCHO Chocolate

79

Bonus: All About Malt

80

Mushrooms in Beer & Chocolate

81

Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with AJ Wentworth of Chocolate Conspiracy

82

Guest Episode: Luke Owen Smith Interviews Phoebe Preuss of Living Koko

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Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Michele Hauf, Author of Lust & Chocolate

84

Bonus: Rum, Whiskey, Wine, & Beer with Manoa Chocolate

85

Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Chris Heier of Half Hitch Brewing

86

Learning/Unlearning—Sarah Bharath on Cacao Lavado, Teaching with Stories, & Unlearning What We Think We Know

87

Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Nicole Hewat of World Tree Chocolate

88

All About Vanilla

89

My Favorite Beers & Chocolates of 2023

90

Adam Krantz of Monsoon Chocolate

91

Chocolate Educator Max Gandy

92

Martyn O'Dare of Firetree Chocolate

93

Beth Demmon on Cider & Beer

94

Pairing Fall Beer Styles with Craft Chocolate

95

Quick Bonus Episode: Beers Remembered

96

Oliver Holecek of Primo Chocolate

97

Bite Sized: Anna Seear of Ritual Chocolate on Honeycomb Toffee 75%

98

Cacao Pulp in Brewing with Leila Carvajal Erker & Sam Mosle

99

Blackest in the Forest: Bartender & Pastry Chef Michael George on Cocktails, Cacao, & Celebrating Self

100

Pairing Witbier & Hefeweizen with Craft Chocolate (Bonus)

101

Coffee & Cacao

102

How to Taste with Author Mandy Naglich

103

Leila Carvajal of Cocoa Supply

104

Beer Basics (for Chocolate Lovers...and Everyone Else)

105

Bite Sized: Emily Stone of Uncommon Cacao

106

Arron Liu of Chocobien (Ep. 60)

107

Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Hazel Lee of Taste with Colour

108

Sarah Bharath on Cacao Fermentation (Ep. 59)

109

Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Natalie Suwanprakorn of Xoconat

110

Estelle Tracy on Pairing Wine & Chocolate (Ep. 58)

111

Quick Bonus Episode: Final Gravity Zine & Patreon Info

112

Hi-Wire Brewing's 10W-40 Chocolate Imperial Stouts (Ep. 57)

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Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Artist Annabelle Popa

114

Arcelia Gallardo of Mission Chocolate (Ep. 56)

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Bite Sized: Erica Gilmour of Hummingbird Chocolate

116

Trinidad & Tobago Cacao in Beer & Chocolate (Ep. 55)

117

Quick Bonus Episode: Exciting Announcements!

118

Nicole Hewat of World Tree Chocolate (Ep. 54)

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Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Sara Ratza of Ratza Chocolate

120

Lust & Chocolate with Author Michele Hauf (Ep. 53)

121

Quick Bonus Episode: Pairing Doppelbock with Craft Chocolate

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Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Scott Watson of Loon Chocolate

123

The Chocolate Conspiracy's Beer-Infused Bars (Ep. 52)

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Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Chocolate Educator Sanna Forslund

125

Favorite Beers & Chocolates of 2022

126

Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Sam Ratto of Videri Chocolate

127

Curating Chocolate with Spencer Hyman of Cocoa Runners (Ep. 50)

128

Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Harshit Gupta of Madhu Chocolate

129

Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Tyler Cagwin of Nostalgia Chocolate

130

Sips + Sweets with French Broad Chocolates & Burial Beer (Ep. 49)

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Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Kyle Spears of Carillon Brewing

132

Sleepy Hollow & a Hallow's Eve Beer (Ep. 48)

133

Quick Bonus Episode: Introducing the Pairing Beer & Chocolate Zine

134

Favorites from Denver's Great American Beer Festival 2022 (Ep. 47)

135

The Glorious Horrors of Scarlet Lane Brewing (Ep. 46)

136

Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Dr. J. Nikol Jackson-Beckham

137

Emily Stone of Uncommon Cacao (Ep. 45)

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Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Marika Josephson of Scratch Brewing

139

Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minute with Corina Gimenez of Xoco by Corina

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Tasting with Colour with Hazel Lee (Ep. 44)

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Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Chocolate Lover Shay Pal

142

Crown of Horns Fit for a [goat] Queen (Ep. 43)

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Bean to Barstool Bite Sized: 5 Minutes with Brett Smith of Branch & Bone

144

Indianapolis Beer with Amy Beers (Ep. 42)

145

Ebony & Ivory: Ale Sharpton on Piano Keys Stout

146

A Wine Sommelier Tastes Beer & Chocolate: Lauren Gay of Tender Mercy (Ep. 40)

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Everybody Is Welcome: Celebrating Beer with Em Sauter of Pints & Panels

148

Trust Your Dopeness: Hannah Ferguson of DOPE Cider House & Winery

149

New Zealand Beer & Chocolate Writer Luke Owen Smith (Ep. 37)

150

Painting Flavor with Artist Katie Clark Gabbard (Ep. 36)

151

Quick Bonus Episode: Asheville Beer & Chocolate

152

Quick Bonus Episode: Recent New Belgium Chocolate Beers

153

Beer & Chocolate Collaborations (Ep.35)

154

Cleveland Chocolate with Noble Beast Brewing (Ep. 34)

155

Omnom Chocolate (Ep. 33)

156

Favorite Beers & Chocolates of 2021

157

10 Years of Videri Chocolate (Ep. 31)

158

Quick Bonus Episode: Hooray for Hazel with Ratza Chocolate

159

Nostalgia Chocolate (Ep. 30)

160

The Imaginative Founders of Rabid Brewing (Ep. 29)

161

Quick Bonus Episode: Natalya Watson on Becoming a Better Beer Taster

162

Chocolate and Witch Trials with Megan Giller (Ep. 28)

163

Quick Bonus Episode: Beer Tasting Party Themes

164

Witches, Alewives, and Beer History with Dr. Christina Wade (Ep. 27)

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Quick Bonus Episode: WeldWerks Double Chocolate Medianoche Imperial Stout with Cultura Chocolate

166

Traveling Through Chocolate with Sanna Forslund (Ep. 26)

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Pairing Beer & Chocolate (Ep. 25)

168

Conduits of Wonder—Tasting Beer & Chocolate with Our Hearts, Minds, & Senses (Ep. 24)

169

French Broad Chocolates & Burial Beer Bonbons (Ep. 23)

170

Loon Chocolate (Ep. 22)

171

Honey in Brewing Beer and Making Chocolate

172

Maple (Ep. 20)

173

Wood, Beer, and Chocolate (Ep. 19)

174

3 Beans, a Beer, and a Chocolate Bar (Ep. 18)

175

Episode 17: Maverick Chocolate + Sam Adams Cincy

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Episode 16: Cultural Beer Language with Dr. J.

177

Quick Bonus Episode: Springdale Taza Brig Mocha Stout

178

Episode 15: Ratza Chocolate

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Episode 14: Orpheus + Somerville

180

Quick Bonus Episode: Smoked Chocolate

181

Episode 13: Coffee

182

Episode 12: Favorite 2020 Beer & Chocolate

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Episode 11: Flavor as Icon & Ritual

184

Episode 10: Branch & Bone Against a Violet Sky

185

Episode 09: A [Malty] Bend in the River

186

Episode 08: Wolves, Sons, & Ethereal Confections

187

Episode 07: Pairing Smoke & Spice

188

Episode 06: Madhu Chocolate + Casa Humilde Cerveceria

189

Episode 05: Smoke

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Episode 04: Beer & Chocolate Pairing Basics

191

Episode 03: French Broad Chocolates + Burial Beer

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Episode 02: Beer & Chocolate Language

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Episode 01: Personal Beer & Chocolate Vocabulary