Supplier Spotlight at Southside Cellar

About Supplier Spotlight at Southside Cellar

Every week we host a team from a different Craft Beer Brewery annd other top industry-related insiders, here at Southside Cellar. We sit down for an hour long forum discussion and Q&A session to discuss their brand, their brews, and the future of their Craft Beer concept—all in front of a live, rowdy taproom audience. With 25 years of Craft Beer experience, owner Shawn Howell hosts the weekly podcast with a bevy of brewery owners, brewers, sales reps, suppliers and/or distributors to discuss their respective specialty of the industry. Crack a brew and enjoy the show. Cheers!

Publisher

Southside Cellar, Fort Worth TX

Category

education · leisure · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

17 Jun 2024

Latest episode

10 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

76 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Nov 2026

   Pushing Pints: The Art and Agony of Craft Beer Distribution with Andrea Brashier of Oak Cliff Brewing Co.

   This episode features Oak Cliff Brewing Co. Sales Rep, Andrea Brashier, in for another unfiltered interview from the taproom. And she tells us what it takes to convince a bar manager to give up a tap handle. We move past the romance of the brewhouse and get in the trenches of craft beer sales. She breaks down the brutal daily grind of managing a distribution footprint, the challenges of selling a proudly "Oak Cliff" neighborhood brand across the massive DFW metroplex, and how to combat local ...

2. 

   9 Nov 2026

   The Godfather of North Texas Craft Beer: Fritz Rahr on Two Decades of Brewing

   Before there was a brewery on every corner, there was Rahr & Sons Brewing Company in Fort Worth, Texas. We sat down with North Texas brewing legend Fritz Rahr to talk about what it takes to build a 20-year legacy in the craft beer game. The beer was crisp, the pizza tasty, and yet the night flew by with the man who started it all in DFW, quite literally spawning our local Craft Beer scene. We went past the history to talk about the current business of beer: surviving the modern dist...

3. 

   21 Oct 2026

   Building & Expanding a North Texas Beer-centered Hospitality Endeavor with the Priory Team

   This time around we sat down with some crafty brews and our very own Ben Walter of Priory, long time teammate and Culinary Director of our Pizza Kitchen, to learn about the backstory and future vision of their beer collab & beer dinner business, The Priory. Joining alongside Ben, were our friends Big John McCurdy & Collin Zreet (Advanced Cicerone) also of The Priory. These guys are doing exciting work with this startup brand whether it be collab brews, beer dinners, or beer rela...

Who has been a guest on Supplier Spotlight at Southside Cellar

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Sandra Murphy
• Michael Murphy
• Ryan Hillman
• Nick Bunce
• Michael McCoy

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

19 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

30

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

51