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Weezie’s 12 is a short form podcast by Cheers Charlotte host Jay Weezie. Jay asks the same 12 questions to Industry, Influencers and Amateurs in the food and beverage world. Some questions are simple and some are little more thought provoking. They all are in good fun to give you another side of the people that serve you beer, cook your food, or you follow on Instagram.

In between full length episodes of Cheers Charlotte you’ll get these 10-20 minute episodes of Weezie’s 12. Each week is a different person sometimes suggested by a previous guest of the show, but always someone interesting and creative.

Travis Tolson, co-owner and brewmaster of Amor Artis Brewing in Fort Mill, SC is up this week. Amor Artis is certainly a hidden gem just south of Charlotte. Making classic styles of beers the way they should be made is Travis' wheelhouse. Amor Artis came on the scene with some of the best sour beers around and followed up with crisp clean west ipas and pilsners. Get down to Fort Mill and check out this great little brewery.

Now lets get his answers to the 12 questions...

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Weezie’s 12 is a short form podcast by Cheers Charlotte host Jay Weezie. Jay asks the same 12 questions to Industry, Influencers and Amateurs in the food and beverage world. Some questions are simple and some are little more thought provoking. They all are in good fun to give you another side of the people that serve you beer, cook your food, or you follow on Instagram.

In between full length episodes of Cheers Charlotte you’ll get these 10-20 minute episodes of Weezie’s 12. Each week is a different person sometimes suggested by a previous guest of the show, but always someone interesting and creative.

This week friend and social media influencer Jessica Gaddy or @Finickylady on Instagram joins Jay to give her answers to the 12 questions. Jessica does great work for The Unknown Brewery Ginger Ale and Pizza truck. Also with @ShrimpandGrisettes the feed she shares with her husband Eric Gaddy resident beer photographer in Charlotte.

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Weezie’s 12 is a short form podcast by Cheers Charlotte host Jay Weezie. Jay asks the same 12 questions to Industry, Influencers and Amateurs in the food and beverage world. Some questions are simple and some are little more thought provoking. They all are in good fun to give you another side of the people that serve you beer, cook your food, or you follow on Instagram.

In between full length episodes of Cheers Charlotte you’ll get these 10-20 minute episodes of Weezie’s 12. Each week is a different person sometimes suggested by a previous guest of the show, but always someone interesting and creative.

This week Jeff Fissel the Executive Director of the NC Brewers and Music Festival joins Weezie to answer the 12 questions. Jeff runs one of our favorite festival in the state. Over 40 breweries with live music and camping at historic Rural Hill in Huntersville. We can't wait until this one comes back in 2022.

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Weezie’s 12 is a short form podcast by Cheers Charlotte host Jay Weezie. Jay asks the same 12 questions to Industry, Influencers and Amateurs in the food and beverage world. Some questions are simple and some are little more thought provoking. They all are in good fun to give you another side of the people that serve you beer, cook your food, or you follow on Instagram.

In between full length episodes of Cheers Charlotte you’ll get these 10-20 minute episodes of Weezie’s 12. Each week is a different person sometimes suggested by a previous guest of the show, but always someone interesting and creative.

This week and old favorite Chris Harker of Triple C Brewing joins Jay. Triple C is one of the original 5 breweries in Charlotte and has become a mainstay in bars and restaurants around the city. After years in the industry it was fun to get Chris's thoughts on the 12 questions.

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Weezie’s 12 is a short form podcast by Cheers Charlotte host Jay Weezie. Jay asks the same 12 questions to Industry, Influencers and Amateurs in the food and beverage world. Some questions are simple and some are little more thought provoking. They all are in good fun to give you another side of the people that serve you beer, cook your food, or you follow on Instagram.

In between full length episodes of Cheers Charlotte you’ll get these 10-20 minute episodes of Weezie’s 12. Each week is a different person sometimes suggested by a previous guest of the show, but always someone interesting and creative.

This week Eugenia Brown or @BlackBeerChick on Instagram joins Weezie to get the 12 questions treatment. Eugenia has unique outlook on the craft beer industry as an influencer but also as an industry professional with her company Black Beer Chick that gets women of color interested and involved in the craft beer world.

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Weezie’s 12 is a short form podcast by Cheers Charlotte host Jay Weezie. Jay asks the same 12 questions to Industry, Influencers and Amateurs in the food and beverage world. Some questions are simple and some are little more thought provoking. They all are in good fun to give you another side of the people that serve you beer, cook your food, or you follow on Instagram.

In between full length episodes of Cheers Charlotte you’ll get these 10-20 minute episodes of Weezie’s 12. Each week is a different person sometimes suggested by a previous guest of the show, but always someone interesting and creative.

This week we go back to the Influencer with Ashley of @FloridaHopMama.

Suggested by season one guest Amanda of the Art of Beers on Instagram Ashley gets the 12 question treatment with some interesting answers.

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This week we caught up with the brothers from Free Range Brewing Jeff and Jason Alexander. We had them on the show in the early years of Cheers Charlotte so it was time to catch and see what they have been up to the past few years in the Charlotte beer scene.

We discuss their new taproom in Camp North End, the evolution of their draft list and what's next for the brewery as we emerge from the pandemic.

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Weezie’s 12 is a short form podcast by Cheers Charlotte host Jay Weezie. Jay asks the same 12 questions to Industry, Influencers and Amateurs in the food and beverage world. Some questions are simple and some are little more thought provoking. They all are in good fun to give you another side of the people that serve you beer, cook your food, or you follow on Instagram.

In between full length episodes of Cheers Charlotte you’ll get these 10-20 minute episodes of Weezie’s 12. Each week is a different person sometimes suggested by a previous guest of the show, but always someone interesting and creative.

Kevin Martin has been making award winning meads from home for years. Part of the Carolina Brewmasters homebrew club his meads and ciders were always a favorite at the club meetings. So when it came time to go pro he and some other members of the club started up Goodroad Ciderworks. As Head of Fermentation there he oversees all things on the production side of things. Kevin is as interesting as they get to talk with.

Enjoy his 12 answers.

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We have a preview of the upcoming Hops & Smoke beer and food event coming up on April 19th at Southern Strain Brewing. We sat down with Chef Michael Bowling from Hot Box Next Level Kitchen to talk about the munchies being prepared for this special beer and food event. The crew is excited to talk with Divine Barrel’s Ben Dolphens and Bart Roberts (Southern Strain head brewer) about their special West Coast Double IPA collab they brewed for the Hops & Smoke event.

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Weezie’s 12 is a short form podcast by Cheers Charlotte host Jay Weezie. Jay asks the same 12 questions to Industry, Influencers and Amateurs in the food and beverage world. Some questions are simple and some are little more thought provoking. They all are in good fun to give you another side of the people that serve you beer, cook your food, or you follow on Instagram.

In between full length episodes of Cheers Charlotte you’ll get these 10-20 minute episodes of Weezie’s 12. Each week is a different person sometimes suggested by a previous guest of the show, but always someone interesting and creative.

Rolling along in season 2 of this endeavor. I wanted to bring on some people that work behind the bar and serve us our cocktails and pour us our beers. So I this week I have one of my favorites, formerly of O-ku and Indaco, Larisa Yanicak is now the Beverage Director for South48. Those are the people that do Mac's Speed Shop and Southbound. We have a lively discussion as she answer Weezie's 12.

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