Cheers, and welcome!
Celebrating and exploring the world of craft beer, Beer Busters is a mostly on the road podcast that travels to breweries and other beer spots to sit down and chat and drink and play games with a wide array of people in the industry.
And then, COVID.
Since the onset of the pandemic in 2020, Beer Busters has shifted to remote production over Zoom. While not being able to travel to record on site is a huge bummer, this change in production has allowed for some new opportunities. We are now able to incorporate guests from further away and can book guests on much shorter notice. The video component allows for the ability to generate further content, such as the Happy Fun Time Game Show videos on YouTube. And, well, not having to pack up all our equipment and hit the road for up to three hours for an episode recording is kinda nice sometimes.
Beer Busters was founded in 2013 and is hosted by brothers Dan and Wayne Baker and their cousin, Steph Heffner.
Who Are the Beer Busters?
Dan Baker | dan@beerbusterspodcast.com
Co-host, Producer, Audio Engineer
Dan Baker is a seasoned broadcaster, podcaster, entertainer, and drinker. Having worked in radio since 2008, his unyielding passion for all things audio has been a driving force for his creative endeavors. His experience on-air and behind the scenes have shaped a desire to create the best possible content while striving for excellence.
Dan is responsible for all audio engineering and production for Beer Busters, and has served as a creative and technical consultant for many other up-and-coming podcasts.
Dan is also a budding improviser and standup comic. He lives in Philadelphia with his cat, Moo.
Steph Heffner | steph@beerbusterspodcast.com
Co-host, Brewologist, Director of Production
Steph Heffner is an avid homebrewer and member of the Berks Homebrew club. She is a graduate of the American Brewers Guild in the Craft Brewers Apprenticeship program and enjoys reading any and all books on brewing.
With a love of traveling, she has visited just about every brewery in Pennsylvania as well as several across the U.S., working to increase her unique check-ins on Untappd. In all her travels Steph has amassed an extensive collection of almost two hundred unique growlers.
Steph is the brains of Beer Busters with her extensive knowledge and experience of brewing and beer. She also is the most prolific writer of articles on the Beer Busters website and serves as the chief guest booker and works tirelessly to network on behalf of Beer Busters in the craft beer world.
Wayne Baker | wayne@beerbusterspodcast.com
Co-host, Creative Designer, Technical Director
A beer drinker since age 21 and craft beer drinker since a few years later, Wayne was a late comer to the podcast. After being recruited to do some graphic design work, he sat in on the second episode and had such a good time he never left.
Wayne has a passion for and years of experience in all things creative and technical, from graphic design and video production, to web design and content development. He writes and hosts the Happy Fun Time Games, as well as designing and editing the video versions. Much of Beer Busters bonus content is directed, edited and produced (at admittedly varying paces) by Wayne, including Last Call audio and Punishment video content on Patreon.
He is also into most nerdy things and currently lives in Philadelphia, PA.
