Seen Through A Glass

Seen Through A Glass is mostly about drinks and food in central Pennsylvania, hosted by long-time drinks writer Lew Bryson. There are shows about particular products -- maple syrup, soft-serve ice cream, whiskey -- or profiles of individual towns, like Lock Haven, Carlisle, or Altoona. We also talk about life in central Pennsylvania, and what you can find there: covered bridges, excursion railroads, state parks, anything interesting we can find between Williamsport, Clarion, Johnstown, and Harrisburg (and occasionally elsewhere, when I travel). We do interviews, visits and descriptions, and there’s always What I’m Drinking Today; might be whiskey, might be beer, might be coffee. Grab a slice and a glass and join us! Seen Through A Glass is partially sponsored by the Happy Valley Adventure Bureau, the tourism board for Centre County. The show accepts NO money from the businesses and people I talk to. If that ever changes, I’ll let you know.

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Episodes

Thursday Dec 15, 2022

Hold Everything, It’s the Holidays! - Episode 3

Thursday Dec 15, 2022

It's the extra-special, double-sized, chockful of drinks HOLIDAY EPISODE!! We went to Hershey to talk with John Trogner about Tröegs Mad Elf ("It's goofy shit!" he says), one of the best holiday beers made anywhere. We talked to Lucy Rogers and Phil Jensen at Big Spring Spirits in Bellefonte about their beloved eggnog. Plus we have a whole bunch of stuff from this season's Mifflinburg Christkindlmarkt, including visits to Stamm House (to see Krampus!) and Rusty Rail Brewing.
Enjoy! Happy Holidays!
This episode uses these sounds under the following license:Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"record_scratch_short.wav" by Halleck https://freesound.org/people/Halleck/sounds/29938/ "Champ de tournesol by Komiku at https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Music Box (Carol Of The Bells) by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Santa Arriving Sound Effect BY SPANAC Promoted on https://www.freesoundslibrary.com/All sounds sourced by STAG Music Librarian Nora Bryson, with our thanks.

Thursday Dec 01, 2022

Pickle Vodka, Caddy Ridin’, and How I Got The Bird - Episode 2

Thursday Dec 01, 2022

Our first producer interviews! I talk to Barrel 21 distiller Erica Unruh, and Charlie Schnable, co-founder of Barrel 21 and Otto's Pub & Brewery. Tim Bowser of Elk Creek and I take the Cadillac to visit Therapy Brewing, Rosko's Brew House, and Bald Birds Jersey Shore. We get a farm-raised, fresh-killed turkey for Thanksgiving (and all that that entails). And I get some education on gin.
This episode uses these sounds under the following license:
Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Glow" by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au "Champ de tournesol" by Komiku
Both promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
All sounds sourced by STAG Music Librarian Nora Bryson, with our thanks.

Thursday Nov 17, 2022

My Wife, The Duck, and The Confluence of The Susquehanna - Episode 1

Thursday Nov 17, 2022

This is Episode 1, the first real content episode. We’ll be talking about what it was like for me and my wife to adjust from drinking in the Philadelphia suburbs to drinking in central Pennsylvania. I’ll tell you about some cooking I did with local ingredients. Then we’ll visit a couple smaller breweries just across the Susquehanna from each other.

This episode uses these sounds under the following license:
Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Champ de tournesol" by Komiku at https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
All sounds sourced by STAG Music Librarian Nora Bryson, with our thanks.

Monday Nov 14, 2022

The Pilot, and a Drink

Monday Nov 14, 2022

This Pilot episode will tell you what Seen Through A Glass (STAG) is about, who I am, why I decided to do a podcast, and what you can expect in following episodes. The first real episode will drop in a few days.

(Wow. I've learned a lot about editing since this episode. I'm going to leave it as is, though. Cheers! 28 May 2025)

This episode uses these sounds under the following license::
Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Champ de tournesol" by Komiku at https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
All sounds sourced by STAG Music Librarian Nora Bryson, with our thanks.

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