# Fredcasts — RSS Amplifier Everything Fredcasts publishes, via the RSS Amplifier directory. Page: Feed: --- ## [Act 137: Inside the 1894 saloon that built its own brewery](https://BeersWithNigel.podbean.com/e/act-137-inside-the-1894-saloon-that-built-its-own-brewery/) _2026-07-21 · Beers with Nigel_ Nigel and Nick roll into a bar built by Schlitz in 1894, still pouring beer in downtown Excelsior Springs. Brewer Keith Hudson and Main Street director Lindsay pull up a chair to talk homebrew clubs, Missouri's oddly generous liquor laws, and how craft beer turned a sketchy downtown bar into a destination. Grab a beer, this one runs long and it's worth it. [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/z3ss4g8qphzw8bkw/137_AtlasSaloon_06152026_mixdown.mp3) ## [Ep. 136: Homebrewers' beef: two Lee's Summit teams settle the score](https://BeersWithNigel.podbean.com/e/ep-136-homebrewers-beef-two-lees-summit-teams-settle-the-score/) _2026-07-14 · Beers with Nigel_ Two rival Lee's Summit homebrew teams walk into a studio for the first-ever "homebrewers' beef" episode. Flip the Record and Witness Brewworks join Nick and Nigel to talk origin stories, a blockbuster brewer trade, and Oktoberfest bragging rights. Crack a beer, this one's a long one. [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e2tgp5pzz4dwgz57/136_TheHomeBrewersBeef_06142026_mixdown.mp3) ## [Act 135: Twenty breweries come together to honor a Lee's Summit legend](https://BeersWithNigel.podbean.com/e/act-135-twenty-breweries-come-together-to-honor-a-lees-summit-legend/) _2026-05-12 · Beers with Nigel_ Mac Lamken co-founded Diametric Brewing and built something bigger than a taproom — he built a community. On Episode 135, recorded live at Diametric in Lee's Summit, Blake McCarter and Courtney and Dave Lamken join Nigel and Nick to preview "Worth the Climb," a 20-brewery collaborative lager series honoring Mac's life and raising money for veterans and first responders through the Battle Within.… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vmsf8cbx9ma4zm9w/135_WorthTheClimb_05122025.mp3) ## [Act 134: Welcome to the ghetto burbs & the home of Street Katz Brewing and a pack of trash pandas](https://BeersWithNigel.podbean.com/e/act-134-welcome-to-the-ghetto-burbs-the-home-of-street-katz-brewing-and-a-pack-of-trash-pandas/) _2026-04-23 · Beers with Nigel_ Nick and Nigel take the show on the road to the "ghetto burbs" for Episode 134, recording live at the home of Dan and Ashley Maloney — the couple behind Street Katz Brewing. The still was running when they arrived. It was still running when they left. Dan's beer journey started with hot Budweisers at an Albuquerque frat house and bottomed out somewhere around a coolers original in 1983. These days… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5pt26f7a972g99zw/134_StreetKatz_03082026_Au_mixdown.mp3) ## [Act 133: Retired at 55, moved home, opened a brewery & made a gold medal IPA he swore he'd never make](https://BeersWithNigel.podbean.com/e/act-133-retired-at-55-moved-home-opened-a-brewery-made-a-gold-medal-ipa-he-swore-hed-never-make/) _2026-03-20 · Beers with Nigel_ Steve Holle spent decades in real estate investment before walking away at 55, moving back to his Kansas City hometown and opening KC Bier Co. — one of the region's most distinctive breweries. Now 12 years in, Steve sits down with Nigel and Nick to talk about the brewery's German roots, the Reinheitsgebot purity law it follows, and why imported Bavarian malt changes everything in the glass. He… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wees84cdpair57jp/133_KCBierCo_02152026.mp3) ## [Act 132: How a Bartender Accidentally Resurrected Kansas City's Lost Whiskey Dynasty](https://BeersWithNigel.podbean.com/e/act-132-how-a-bartender-accidentally-resurrected-kansas-citys-lost-whiskey-dynasty/) _2026-02-18 · Beers with Nigel_ Nigel and Nick head to J. Rieger & Co. in Kansas City's east bottoms to sit down with co-founder Ryan Maybee for one of the most remarkable in Kansas City history. Ryan traces how he stumbled onto the forgotten legacy of Jacob Rieger, a 19th-century immigrant who built the largest mail-order whiskey house in the United States, only to be shut down by Prohibition in 1919. A century later, Ryan —… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rjjxthcspmwsh9jy/130_JReiger_02022026.mp3) ## [Beer Karma #5: Spruce Tips & Figs | Transparent Brewing's Evolution with Nolan Brown & Chris Ham](https://BeersWithNigel.podbean.com/e/beer-karma-5-spruce-tips-figs-transparent-brewings-evolution-with-nolan-brown-chris-ham/) _2026-02-13 · Beers with Nigel_ It's the 5th annual Beer Karma release at Transparent Brewing! Nigel and Nick celebrate this year's experimental stout featuring spruce tips and figs (yeah, we went there) while catching up on a year of massive changes at one of Kansas City's best breweries. Brewery owner Nolan Brown joins to discuss stepping away from brewing after five years, the transition to head brewer Chris Ham, expanding… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/6nehe47gbw7d2dd9/131_BeerKarmaRelease_011252025.mp3) ## [Act 130: 'Day Bracey is my war name'](https://BeersWithNigel.podbean.com/e/act-130-day-bracey-is-my-war-name/) _2025-07-28 · Beers with Nigel_ Day Bracey returns to Beers with Nigel to discuss his international adventures, from representing Black-owned breweries in Barcelona to expanding Barrel and Flow to New Orleans in 2026. Day shares stories from Spain, reveals this year's festival innovations including the debut "Barrel and Float" boat party, and explains why "Day Bracey is my war name." We taste mystery beers, discuss the… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/mbijsekgts8bsyyt/BeersWithNigel-DayJul242025007_2.mp3) ## [Act 129: Cheers to Craft: Raise a glass to Ales West and the bougiest brewery & wine bar in all of Platte City](https://BeersWithNigel.podbean.com/e/cheers-to-craft-raise-a-glass-to-ales-west-and-the-bougiest-brewery-wine-bar-in-all-of-platte-city/) _2025-06-04 · Beers with Nigel_ In this episode of Beers with Nigel, hosts Nigel Woodberry and Nick Parker clink their glasses to the scene in Platte City and Barley & Vine brewery and wine store. Recording from the Barley and Vine taproom, they dive into the expansion of the Ales West beer festival and have a hoppy chat with local brewer and festival maestro, Billy Campbell, about self-distribution, community collaboration, and… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/dc99v72ec5gm43qt/129_AlesWestBarleyVine.mp3) ## [World's cheapest GPUs, deployed fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HnmPaNipCWSp) _2025-06-04 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy a live GPU-backed API in minutes for under $10 ## [Act 128: Brew-tiful Beginnings & Hoppy Adventures at Lotawana Brewing!](https://BeersWithNigel.podbean.com/e/act-128-brew-tiful-beginnings-hoppy-adventures-at-lotawana-brewing/) _2025-05-28 · Beers with Nigel_ Pour yourself a cold one and join Nigel Woodberry and Nick Parker for Episode 128 of Beers with Nigel! This time, they’re lakeside at Lotawana Brewing, diving headfirst into tales of brewing mishaps, mystery beers, spontaneous bull rides, and the eternal debate: is it burping with flair or just a strong commitment to the craft? Expect laughs, unexpected beer trivia, and maybe — just maybe — a few… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q9jpwhcwngxny4c6/128_LotawanaBrewing_05122025_Edit8c0un.mp3)