The craft brewery used to be a place for self-proclaimed beer nerds to sample the hot new IPA. Now, young kids, toddlers, and even infants take up as much space as beer-drinking adults. So how did this happen? It’s a story of a fast-growing industry finally slowing down, and its core customer base growing up. Sporkful senior producer Andres O’Hara investigates how craft breweries became the go-to spot for parents, with help from journalist and author Joshua M. Bernstein. Then he talks with two brewery owners—Damian Fagan of Almanac Beer Company and Jason Goldstein of Icarus Brewing Company—who’ve had very different experiences managing children in their spaces. 

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The Sporkful production team includes Dan Pashman, Emma Morgenstern, Andres O'Hara, Kameel Stanley, and Jared O'Connell.

Interstitial music in this episode by Black Label Music:

• "Lucky Strike" by Erick Anderson
• "Mother Tucker" by Steve Pierson
• "Iced Coffee" by Josh Leininger
• "Slightly Carbonated" by Erick Anderson
• "Nice Kitty" by Kenneth J. Brahmstedt
• "Child Knows Best" by Jack Ventimiglia
• "Desplat" by Paul Fonfara
• "New Old" by JT Bates

Photo courtesy of Damian Fagan. 

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