For Press & Producers

Need A Source, A Guest, Or A Speaker?

I talk about craft beverage sales, distribution, digital marketing, data, taproom revenue, and the hemp beverage category. I give reporters actual answers instead of a quote that could have come from anyone, and I turn deadlines around fast.

Email Me A Media Request

Media Kit

Available on request, usually within the hour. Just ask and tell me what you need:

  • Headshots in high resolution, horizontal and vertical
  • Short and long bios, plus the one-line version for a lower third
  • Company logo files and correct brand spelling
  • Topic list of what I can speak to credibly, and what I'll happily send you to someone else for

Booking me for a stage instead? Everything on speaking lives right here. Looking for things I've written myself? That's the published work page.

Quoted, Interviewed, Featured

Where My Name Turns Up

Food & Wine Brewbound VinePair Brewers Association All About Beer Brewing Industry Guide Craft Brewing Business Craft Beer & Brewing BevNET ProBrewer Brew Your Own Authority Magazine

The Ones Worth Bragging About

2023

Brewers Association Mentor Of The Year

The national award for helping other people in this industry get better at running their businesses. Which is the entire job description, so that one meant something.

On the Brewers Association record, and covered by Brewbound, Craft Brewing Business, PorchDrinking, Focus on the Beer, and Brewpublic.

2026

America's No. 1 THC Drink, Per Food & Wine

Kick Fizz Evening Buzz took Double Gold and 97 points at the WSWA Wine & Spirits Tasting Competition, then Food & Wine called it the best in the country.

Read it at Food & Wine and Sporked, plus a Double Gold at the International Non-Alcoholic Competition.

2025

Brewbound Live Pitch Slam Finalist

Kick Fizz made the final eight out of a very crowded field of beverage brands pitching in front of the industry.

Named in Brewbound's finalist announcement and the competition preview.

In Print

Articles That Quote Me

Reporters call when they need someone to say the unglamorous part out loud. I'm usually happy to oblige.

Brewing Industry Guide May 2022
Selling Beer: The Changing Nature of Sales Calls

Kate Bernot on how sales calls changed. My part: "Spray and pray sales tactics, where you canvas the market and hope for the best, that's not the best way to tackle selling in our modern environment."

Brewbound
A Round With… Julie Rhodes

Their sit-down interview series. How I got here, who I work with, and what small brands keep getting wrong.

Brewers Association Feb 2024
Seven Ways to Use Social Media to Reach New Customers

On psychographic segmentation, and why knowing your customer's age bracket tells you almost nothing useful.

VinePair Jul 2025
Hop Take: Booming Hemp-Beverage Business Eyes an Alliance With Beer

Dave Infante on where hemp beverage and craft beer collide, with Kick Fizz in the mix.

Craft Brewing Business Apr 2022
Five Takeaways from the CBP Spring Virtual Conference

A recap of my Selling Beer Inclusively session, which was about selling to people, not to demographics.

Craft Brewery Financial Training May 2022
How Much Should You Spend on Brewery Marketing?

The question every small brand asks, answered with actual numbers instead of a shrug.

ProBrewer
Managing Your Team With a Scorecard System

An Expert Topic piece on holding a small team accountable without turning into a micromanager.

Craft Brewing Business
NYHMS Launches a Business Mastermind Group for Craft Breweries

Coverage of the group coaching program that eventually became the Barrel 2 Business Collective.

University of New England May 2024
UNE Joins Forces With Brewers' and Distillers' Guilds and Industry Experts

Named to the advisory board for Crafting Futures, their craft beverage curriculum. Also picked up by All About Beer and Craft Brewing Business.

Authority Magazine Jul 2025
Wisdom From The Women Leading The Cannabis Industry

A long-form interview on building Kick Fizz and what the hemp beverage category is actually up against.

ShoutOut Colorado
Meet Julie Rhodes: CEO, Consultant, Public Speaker, Author

The origin story version, for anyone who wants to know how a supplier-side sales rep ends up doing this.

VoyageDenver
Conversations with Julie Rhodes

More of the same, with a Colorado small business angle.

On Mic

Podcast Guest Appearances

Sales, marketing, distribution, data, and lately a lot of questions about hemp beverage. I show up with specifics, not platitudes.

All About Beer Podcast Nov 2025
Best Practices for Brewery Social Media: No Trub

With hosts Em Sauter and Don Tse. Trolls, content that isn't filler, and staying recognizable as yourself online.

Brewbound Podcast Ep 338
How Occasions Drive Julie Rhodes' Kick Fizz

Building a beverage brand around drinking occasions instead of around the ingredient.

Brewbound Podcast
Marketing & Making Connections

Alongside Jack's Abby and Von Ebert. How small brands get in front of people without a national budget.

Beer In Front Ep 258, May 2025
Kick Fizz With Julie Rhodes

Dave Zalatoris on where the THC beverage category is heading and who is actually buying.

Rod J BeerVentures Jan 2026
Talking THC Drinks With Kick Fizz

Low-dose beverages next to alcohol, the regulatory mess, and how much consumer education this category still needs.

Free Spirits Aug 2025
Building Kick Fizz, Sessionable Beverages, and Educating the Modern Consumer

The functional beverage show. Founder side of the story, start to finish.

Small Batch Standard Ep 80
How To Market Your Beer

A full episode on marketing a brewery when marketing is one of the nine hats you already wear.

BYO Nano Brew Podcast Ep 39
Social Media Strategies for Nano Brewers

Brew Your Own magazine's show. Social media on a nano budget, which mostly means picking two things and doing them well.

Good Beer Matters Ep 75
Better Beer Marketing

With Jeremy Storton, on what "better marketing" means when you have no team and no time.

Boys Are From Märzen Oct 2022
Julie Rhodes, Not Your Hobby Marketing Solutions

The PorchDrinking show, back when I was still their Industry Editor.

Craft Brewery Financial Training Apr 2020
Q&A on Craft Brewery Sales and Marketing

Recorded a month into the shutdown, on remote selling and keeping wholesaler relationships alive when nobody could visit an account. A time capsule, and the tactics held up better than expected.

I also host one. This Is Not Your Hobby covers the same ground weekly, with more sarcasm. Listen to every episode here.
On Camera

Video, Webinars & Recorded Sessions

Keynotes, panels, and a pile of teaching sessions that live online permanently. Watch one before you book me and you'll know exactly what you're getting.

Craft Beer & Brewing Deep Dive series, on demand
THC Beverages: A Three-Session Panel Series

Presenting on the marketing, sales, and distribution side of hemp beverage, alongside panels on legal and regulatory and on formulation. Free with a Craft Beer & Brewing account.

New York State Brewers Association 2025
2025 Conference Keynote

The full keynote from the New York State Craft Brewers Conference, start to finish, on their channel.

Brewbound Live Winter 2024
Marketing Mastery: Meet Consumers Where They Are

A panel with New Belgium's CMO and BeatBox's SVP of Global Marketing. I covered the version of this that works without their budgets.

Brewbound CBC 2024
Marketing Tips & Tricks From the Craft Brewers Conference

Filmed on the show floor at CBC. Short, practical, no slides.

Rod J BeerVentures Jan 2026
Beyond Beer: Exploring Hemp-Infused Drinks With Kick Fizz

A long live conversation about where hemp beverage fits next to beer, and what retailers still need explained to them.

Beer30 by The 5th Ingredient
Beer30 + Not Your Hobby Marketing Webinar

A joint webinar with the brewery software company on connecting production data to sales decisions.

All About Beer Mar 2023
Start A Brewery: Your Business Plan

Guest contributor on the business plan session, which is where most brewery dreams meet their first spreadsheet.

The Other Business

Kick Fizz In The News

I don't just consult on beverage brands. I run one. Kick Fizz is my low-dose hemp beverage brand, which means I get to take my own advice and find out whether it works.

Reviews

Non-Alcoholic N/ATION

Independent tasting reviews of both lines: Evening Buzz and Day Drinking.

Trade Feature

Beverage Information Group

A new product feature on the infused sparkling beverage line and where it sits in the category.

Distribution News

BevNET

Coverage of the launch and the expansions into Texas, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.

Pickups

Around The Trade

Also covered by RadCraft on the launch and Texas rollout, and by MyBeerBuzz.

For Press & Producers

Need A Source, A Guest, Or A Speaker?

I talk about craft beverage sales, distribution, digital marketing, data, taproom revenue, and the hemp beverage category. I give reporters actual answers instead of a quote that could have come from anyone, and I turn deadlines around fast.

Email Me A Media Request

Media Kit

Available on request, usually within the hour. Just ask and tell me what you need:

  • Headshots in high resolution, horizontal and vertical
  • Short and long bios, plus the one-line version for a lower third
  • Company logo files and correct brand spelling
  • Topic list of what I can speak to credibly, and what I'll happily send you to someone else for

Booking me for a stage instead? Everything on speaking lives right here. Looking for things I've written myself? That's the published work page.