Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

487: Ben Allgood and Brady Jones of Geisthaus are Finding their Brewing Identity by Focusing on Lager

June 12, 2026·1h 21m·6-min readconversationalculture
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Jamie Bogner sits down with Geist House co-founders Ben Allgood and Brady Jones in Sacramento to explore how their small 10-barrel, two-vessel brewery earned a GABF gold medal in under a year by focusing exclusively on lager brewing. The conversation dives into their technical choices, in

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Ben Allgood

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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

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Ben AllgoodBrady JonesJamie Bogner

Companies

Geist HouseRubiconLoomis Basin Brewing CompanyAdmiralWhite LabsLallemand

Products & Tools

WLP833Nova lagerSpalt SelectLorien

Topics

Small Business

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