Beering Ain't Easy

Houston's Best German Pilsner

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Ryan) — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Can we all admit that Houston makes some damn good Pilsners? This week Ryan and Drew set up another spectacular blind tasting to crown Houston’s Best German Pilsner in an episode rife with controversy. Will Lil’ Snack from 11 Below hold onto its blind tasting crown, or will one of the new challengers steal their thunder? Listen to find out!

Featured Beers:

Lil’ Snack. 11 Below Brewing, Houston, TX. 4.5% ABV.

Cloud Punch. Bad Astronaut Brewing, Houston, TX. 5.2% ABV.

Dollar Pils Y’all. Holler Brewing Co., Houston, TX. 5.4% ABV.

Professor Pils. Paradigm Brewing Company, Tomball, TX. 5.5% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs:

Fredericksburg, TX

Karbach Brewing

Pilsen, Czech Bohemia

Josef Groll - inventor of the Pilsner

Huggy Brewer

Untappd

Nook Brewing

713 Music Hall

Blackberry Smoke

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The Houston Beer News Episode

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew) — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000

After many months on the road gathering the latest and greatest beer news, Ryan and Drew highlight the highs and the lows, the ups and the downs, and the the rising and falling breweries of the Houston area and beyond. It’s not all gloom and doom my friends… in the words of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, craft beer is “not dead yet.”

Featured Beers:

Nectar Double IPA. Seventh Tap Brewing, Shreveport, LA.

Spin Craft. Bad Astronaut Brewing, Houston, TX

The Fallen:

Urban South HTX

Buffalo Bayou Brewing

Family Business Brewing (Austin, TX)

Klaus Brewing

Cascade Brewing. Portland, OR

The Rising:

True Anomaly Brewing

Gulf Coast Distillers / Giant Texas Distillers / Tejas Beer / Big Bend Brewing Co. / Marfa, TX

Anchor Brewing / Chobani Yogurt

Project Halo Brewing

Craft Culture X / For the Culture Brewing / Ovennik

Other Shout-Outs:

Parish Brewing

Frida Kahlo

Hip Hop Vintage Flea Market

Hulk Hogan / Real American Beer

11 Below Brewing

Fortress Brewing

B-52 Brewing

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The Macro Beer Blind Tasting

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Ryan) — Tue, 9 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000

And the winner is… America, obviously. The Beering Ain’t Easy podcast embarks on a blind tasting adventure through the most recognizable American Lager macro beers and one notable exception - Troy Aikman’s patented Eight Beer. Can Troy’s beer redeem the Cowboys playoff losing streak, or will he be relegated to the Keystone Light division? Will Ryan’s love of conspiracy theories finally pay off in a big way by being the first to uncover Houston Brewery moves? And lastly, will Ryan love or hate his Nickelback concert experience? You don’t want to miss this one.

Featured Beers:

Bud Light. Anheuser Busch, St Louis, MO. 4.2% ABV

Miller Lite. Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI. 4.2% ABV

Coors Light. Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO. 4.2% ABV

Pabst Blue Ribbon. Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX. 4.8% ABV

Eight Elite Light Lager. EIGHT Brewing Co, ?? United States. 4% ABV

Other Shout-Outs:

Troy Airman / Dallas Cowboys

Barry Switzer / University of Oklahoma

Faubourg Brewing Co. New Orleans, LA

Verona, WI

Oregon State Food Science Dept

Phil Leinart (AB, Harpoon, Ommegang)

Gayle Benson: New Orleans Saints, Pelicans

Keystone Light

Michelob Ultra

Hipster Sauce

11 Below Brewing

Fortress Brewing

B-52 Brewing

X Files

Salt & Oak Brewing / Hazeboiz

Nickelback / Houston Rodeo / Houston Chronicle

Drake/Bun-B

Vector Brewing, Dallas, TX

Oak Highlands Brewing, Dallas, TX

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Sour Feelings and Brewery Faux Pas

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew) — Tue, 5 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +0000

We drink two of the best sours in Texas, Atrial Rubacite from Jester King and Sea of Waves from True Anomaly, all while sharing our opinions and detailed instructions on how to perform the biggest faux pas when visiting breweries. Ryan brings it home with some beer news and Drew shares his toddler woes on airplanes.

Featured Beers:

Atrial Rubacite. Jester King Brewery, Austin, TX. 5.8% ABV.

Sea of Waves. True Anomaly Brewing, Houston, TX. 8.5% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs:

GABF

Texas Craft Brewers Conference

Houston Beer Guide

Houston Beer Month

Elder Son

Southern Yankee

Yelp

4J Brewing

Texas Roadhouse

Home Alone / Kevin McAllister

Draught Queens

Idaho Springs, CO

Westbound and Down Brewing

Lion King

Spindletap

Keyboard cat

PETA

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BAE After Dark: Hot and Smoky

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Ryan) — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +0000

We back? It’s been a minute since our last episode, so we pay penance to the beer gods by drinking weird beers while we bring you up-to-speed with the state of affairs in craft beer and in our hoods. Tarot cards, anonymous Facebook posts, and Troy Aikman branded beer, all in the same episode?

Featured Beers:

Slice Sipper. Sixpoint Brewery, Brooklyn, New York. 5% ABV.

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier-Marzen. Schlenkerla (“heller-Brau” Trum), Bamberg, Bayern Germany. 5.1% ABV

Evan’s 5 Year Beer. Eureka Heights Brew Co., Houston, TX. 3.5% ABV.

Buckle Bunny. Eureka Heights Brew Co, Houston, TX. 4.5% ABV

Other Shout-Outs:

Mike’s Hot Honey

Ingenious Brewing

Black Page Brewing

H-Town Brewing

Astral Brewing

North Shepherd Brewing

Vallenson’s

Misfit Outpost

Equal Parts Brewing

Location Six Brewing

Project Halo Brewing

Galveston Bay Brewing

Great Heights Brewing

Holler Brewing

Bad Astronaut Brewing

Nook Brewing Company

Nextdoor

Shell Houston Open

Swag Brewery Hoppy IPA Craft Beer Candle

Texas Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M

Bill O’Brien

Houston Texans

Jumbo Fischer

Nick Saban

Bill Belicheck

Troy Aikman’s 8 Beer

Ace Ventura

Dan Marino

Pineapples on Pizza

LL Cool J

Love Guru

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Fear Factor: Beer Mixed Drink Edition

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Ryan) — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000

It has been well established on our Podcast that host Ryan likes his beers (and other drinks) unadulterated. So what did we do to him? We made him face his fears and drink a wide range of beer mixed drinks for the first time ever, tournament style! And let him talk about more conspiracy theories.

Featured Beer Mixed Drinks:

Michelada: Spicy Michelada Mix by Space City Snax. Maracas Mexican Lager by Nook Brewing Company, Broken, Arrow, OK (or Zeno’s if you are Ryan).

Black and Tan: Guinness and Zeno’s Pale Ale by Lone Pint Brewing Company, Magnolia, TX.

Black Velvet: Guinness and La Vostra Prosecco

Shandy: Zeno’s Pale Ale and Lemonade

Other Shout-Outs:

Joe Rogan

Fear Factor

Harp

Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy

Goose Island Summer Shandy

Sierra Nevada

Left Hand Milk Stout

Craft Culture X: Ovinnik and For the Culture Brewing

Anchor Brewing / Sapporo

Houston Beer Block Party

Squats and Hops

Is it Cake?

Mini Boss / Eureka Heights

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Drinking Euro Beer and Howling at the Moon

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Ryan) — Wed, 6 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Ryan and Drew crack into some of the best beers from Belgium and Germany while sitting outside on the edge of the Austin, TX wilderness. In an episode rife with bad accents and pronunciations, your hosts discuss why Euro beers have fallen down so far on the Beer Advocate ratings while paying homage to these classic styles. Will Ryan learn to appreciate the Belgian quad? Will we be able to finish the episode without being interrupted by coyotes? Tune in and find out.

Featured Euro Beers

Duvel. Duvel Moortgat. Puurs, Vlaanderen Belgium. 8.5% ABV.

Ayinger Celebrator. Ayinger Privatbraurei. Aying, Bayern Germany. 6.7% ABV.

Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier. Bayerische Staatsbraurei Weihenstephan. Freising, Bayern Germany. 5.4% ABV.

Abt 12. Brouwerij St. Bernardus. Watou, Vlaanderen Belgium. 10% ABV.

Trappistes Rochefort 10. Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Remy. Rochefort, Wallonie Belgium. 11.3% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs:

Beer Advocate

Asa Hanrahan - Flying Saucer Houston

Toppling Goliath

AB InBev - Breckinridge, Shock Top

Kid Rock - Bud Lite

Karbach Brewing

Surly Brewing (MN)

Spindletap (HOU Hobby Airport)

King’s Bierhaus

Chimay

Cool Runnings

The Trappist - Oakland, CA

Kloster Kreuzberg Dunkel

Side Project

Guiness

Trappist Westvleteren 12

Jester King

Fat Tire

Epic One Water Brew (recycled water beer by Devil’s Canyon Brewing)

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/may/02/recycled-wastewater-beer-epic-cleantec-san-francisco-drought-california

Beer Advocate Rankings from 2010

https://web.archive.org/web/20100828090327/http://beeradvocate.com/lists/top

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The Mexican Lager Blind Tasting

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew) — Tue, 1 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0000

In this episode, we do what we love best - beer news and blind tastings - but also answer some pretty important questions. Mexican Lagers are often considered basic beers, but are craft Mexican lagers an exception? And more importantly, could you pick them out of a lineup? And while we’re at it, where do you stand on putting fruit in your beer? It's time to take a stand.

Featured Mexican Lagers:

Scout. True Anomaly Brewing, Houston, TX. 7.6% ABV.

Dos Equis Lager. Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma S.A. de C.V. 4.2% ABV

Modelo Especial. Grupo Modelo, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. 4.4% ABV.

Pacifico Clara. Grupo Modelo, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. 4.5% ABV.

Tecate Light. Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma S.A. de C.V. 3.9% ABV

Houston Beer Block Party on Aug 19th

https://houstonbeerguide.com/houstonbeerblockparty/

Other Shout-Outs:

Anchor Brewing (Christmas Ale, Liberty Ale, Anchor Steam)

Sapporo

Black Page Brewing. Houston, TX

Spindletap Brewing

Laser Brewing

Corona

Bacardi Limon

Micheladas

Total Wine

Anita Brewing

Space City Snacks

White Oak Music Hall

Dumb & Dumber

Wayne’s World

Chuck Norris

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Beer GPT

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (chatgpt, Ryan, Drew) — Tue, 4 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000

The Beering Ain’t Easy podcast has evolved into a new form fueled by Chat GPT and Artificial Intelligence, or in short, Beer GPT. We test out the capabilities of current AI and whether it poses a risk to white collar jobs, the writer’s guild, or at a minimum the low-grade humor you come to love on our podcast. We play around with AI generated beer descriptions, movie descriptions, and even generate and record a Beering Ain’t Easy rap!'

Featured Beers:
Dry Hopped Kolsch. New Magnolia Brewing, Houston, TX. 4% ABV.

One Very Important Thought. Lua Brewing, Des Moines, IA. 6.4% ABV.

Referenced Insane AI Beer Commercial link:

https://youtu.be/Geja6NCjgWY

Other Shout-Outs:

Saloon Door West

Trill Burgers / Bun B

Pink Boot Society

Miller Lite Ice Cubes

Bell’s Two Hearted Ale

Belching Beaver / Deftones

Anchor Brewing/ Anchor Christmas

Constellation Brands Discussion: Funky Buddha, Four Corners Brewing, Cycle Brewing, Ballast Point

Art Car/Hipster Sauce

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

DMX

Hot Ones / John Mulvaney

Open AI

Dall-E

Skynet/Terminator

Adam Sandler

South Park / Awesome-O

Law and Order

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Fat Tire's Recipe Change and Sustainable Beer

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew) — Tue, 16 May 2023 10:00:00 +0000

One of the earliest US craft beer icons from New Belgium, the one and only Fat Tire, has gone through a major overhaul. New recipe, new logo, and new branding with sustainability at the forefront. We pull out our last batch of the old recipe and drink it side by side with the new and debate which tastes better, what does it mean to be a carbon neutral beer, and whether sustainability actually sells. And in true podcast fashion we’ll go off track with trivia about the brewery, pop culture from Fat Tire’s original release in 1991, and popular songs that were hijacked by movies.

Featured Beer:

Fat Tire (old vs. new recipe). New Belgium Brewing Company, Fort Collins, CO. Amber / Blonde Ales. 5.2% ABV.

Other Beer Related Shout-Outs:

Voodoo Ranger Juice Force IPA

Torched Earth

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Paulaner Oktoberfest

Kirin

Michelob Ultra

Shiner Bock

Referenced Good Beer Hunting Article

https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/sightlines/2023/1/12/new-belgium-fat-tire-gets-full-makeover-after-sales-tumble

Pop Culture References

Bryan Adams “Everything I Do”

McRib

Harry Belafonte (RIP)

Beetlejuice

Leslie Nielson

Zoolander (Wham Wake Me Up)

Martin House

Reservoir Dogs "Stuck in the Middle with You"

Kenny Loggins

Forrest Gump "Fortunate Son"

Office Space "Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta"

Wayne's World "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Top 5 Movies of 1991

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Home Alone

Silence of the Lambs

City Slickers

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Aging IPA's and the Bud Light Saga

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew) — Wed, 3 May 2023 10:00:00 +0000

So, you’re supposed to drink IPA’s fresh, right? Well it may be common sense to you but we’re going to test it in an experiment anyway as is tradition. We sample three Saint Arnold Art Car IPA’s at varying levels of freshness and answer why do IPA’s degrade, how do they degrade, and what are the best and worst types of beers to age? And just in case proving common sense beer facts is not your thing, we also provide a meticulous and entertaining recap of the Bud Light Culture War Saga from the month of April!

Beers We’re Drinking:

Art Car. Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 1 month old, 4 months old, 6 months old

The Bud Light Saga

Dylan Mulvaney

Easy Carry Contest

Big Kettle Brewing

Kid Rock

Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene

Coors Light

Rep Dan Crenshaw

Ultra Right Beer

Other Shout-Outs:

Eureka Heights Brewing

Flying Saucer

Topo Chico

Karbach

Crush City IPA

Dos Equis

Beer Advocate

Untappd

hazeboiz

Parish Brewing Company. DDH Ghost in the Machine.

Saloon Door Brewing

Bakfish

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The Houston Flying Saucer with Asa Hanrahan

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Asa, Drew, Ryan) — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Asa Hanrahan, General Manager of the Houston Flying Saucer, joins the podcast to share his experiences spanning 16 years at the cornerstone beer bar and landmark of Downtown Houston! We discuss the craft beer evolution in Texas, Houston new downtown patio space along Main Street, the staying power of the franchise, and the resurgence of Euro beers. You’ll even find out the most famous people to step foot in the Houston Saucer! And if that’s not enough, Drew finally joins the Ring of Honor after 18 years!

Beers We Mentioned:

New Belgium Sunshine Wheat

Green Flash West Coast IPA

Arrogant Bastard Ale

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Celebration

Live Oak Pilz

Shiner Blonde

Euro Beers: Duvel, Paulaner Hefeweizen, Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen, Guiness

Other Shout-Outs:

The First Five Texas Breweries: Shiner, Saint Arnold, Rahr, Real Ale, and Live Oak

Rodeo Goat

Paradigm Brewing

Bad Astronaut Brewing

Great Heights Brewing

Altstadt Brewing

Petrol Station & Hay Merchant

Treehouse

Doug Flutie

Adrian Peterson

Ken Grossman

Dallas Keuchel

Paul Val

Christina Hendricks

Frank the Tank

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The Hops Are Watching: Beer Conspiracy Theories

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Ryan) — Tue, 4 Apr 2023 10:00:00 +0000

This week we talk about the one topic Ryan enjoys more than beer… conspiracy theories. We go through a series of wacky beer-related conspiracy theories and make up a few unsubstantiated theories of our own. Plus Ryan runs down Birds Aren’t Real and his favorite conspiracy theories of all time and Drew explains the myth of the Sumerian beer goddess Ninkasi. As Shania Twain might have said: Man, hops make me feel like a woman!

Featured Beers:

Banger IPA. Saint Arnold Brewing. Houston, TX. Imperial Hazy IPA. 8.4% ABV.

Houston Haze. Spindletap Brewing. Houston, TX. Hazy IPA. 7% ABV.

HTX IPA. Urban South HTX. Houston, TX. Hazy IPA. 6.2% ABV.

Tetraplex. Grimm Artisanal Ales. Brooklyn, NY. Triple IPA. 10% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs:

Ninkasi Brewing. Eugene, OR

Star Sailor (Houston, TX)

Paradigm Brewing. Houston, TX

Bad Astronaut Brewing. Houston, TX

Karbach Brewing. Houston, TX

Belching Beaver Brewing. San Diego, CA.

Corona

Bill Gates / Heineken

Hazeboiz

Busch Light

Southern Star. Conspiracy Theory IPA.

Great Heights Brewing. Houston, TX

Conspiracies:

Phytoestrogen

JFK

Mount Rushmore

John Connor / Terminator

Roswell, New Mexico

Richie Rich

X-Files

Area 51

Fake Moon Landing

Birds Aren’t Real

HEB > Total Wine > Specs

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Does the Color of Your Beer Affect its Taste?

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Ryan) — Fri, 3 Mar 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Does the color of your beer affect how it tastes? Is Saint Patrick’s day and its green beer ruining your favorite lager? You better believe that the Beering Ain’t Easy podcast is here to conduct the experiments that no one asked to be conducted.

Featured Beers:

Cloud Punch. Bad Astronaut Brewing. Houston, TX. German Pilsner. 5.2% ABV.

Loggerbier. Equal Parts Brewing. Houston, TX. German Pilsner. 4.9% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs:

“It Wasn’t Me” by Shaggy

Disney World

Wu Tang Clan

Inside Out (Pixar)

Goldfish

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The Austin Drip

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam, Ryan) — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Adam returns on this episode to share some great beers from Austin and we gush all about the beer scene in Dripping Springs! And of course in addition to the beer we stray off course with some truly ridiculous and hilarious stories (as is tradition when Adam joins the podcast).

Featured Beers:

Hamilton Pale Ale. Family Business Beer Company, Dripping Springs, TX. 4.9% ABV.

Black Skies. Vista Brewing, Driftwood, TX. 4.9% ABV Black Pilsner

Electric Jellyfish. Pinthouse Brewery, Austin, TX. 6.5% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs:

Ghost Note Brewing Company

Twisted X Brewing

Santos. Saint Arnold Brewing Company (Houston)

True Anomaly Brewing (Houston)

Spindletap (Houston)

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Karl Malone

Nate Bargatze

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Negative Space at Ludicrous Speed

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Ryan) — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 11:00:00 +0000

After we had so much fun tasting verticals and horizontals during our Eureka Heights episode, Ryan and Drew are back at it again with none other than the Negative Space Milk Stout from 11 Below Brewing! Come find out all about the awesome Negative Space variants and whether this beer is better fresh or slightly aged (and our thoughts on beer aging in general). And if that’s not all, we’ll bring you up-to-speed with our quest to visit all 70+ Houston breweries and make up excuses on why it takes so long to get to all of them!

Featured Beer:

Negative Space. 11 Below Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 9.0% ABV. (2022 and 2021)

Bonus Beer: Java Space

Other Shout-Outs:

Eureka Heights Nuke the Whales

Saint Arnold French Press

Brash Milk the Venom

Ghost Face Killah. Twisted Pine Brewing Company.

11 Below Big Mistake

Hot Tub Beers

Saint Arnold Divine Reserve

Racer 5 IPA

Mel Brooks Movies: Spaceballs, Blazing Saddles, History of the World Part I, Robin Hood Men in Tights

Galveston Bay Brewing Company

Whole Foods Brewing

Bakfish Brewing (RIP)

Vallensons

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Time Machine: Best Beers of 2010

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew) — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Join the Beering Ain’t Easy podcast as we jump in a time machine to drink the top 5 beers of 2010 (hint hint one is a big one!). But that’s not all - we’re going to give you the full and unadulterated 2010 experience. This means top 2010 news stories, top music, top movies, slang, and of course after 5 beers we engage in passionate discussions on the history of craft beer itself. Take a break from your first world problems because this episode is lit!

Top 5 Beers of 2010:

#5: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. 5.6% ABV

#4: 90 Minute Imperial IPA. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. 9% ABV.

#3: Arrogant Bastard Ale. Arrogant Consortia (Stone). 7,2% ABV.

#2: Two Hearted Ale. Bell’s Brewery. 7% ABV.

#1: Pliny the Elder. Russian River Brewing Company. 8% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs:

Zymurgy Home Brewing Magazine

Antonine Dodson

iPad

President Obama

Mark Zuckerburg

H1N1 Swing Flu

Great American Beer Festival (GABF)

Rodeo Clown (Karbach) & Endeavor (Saint Arnold Brewing)

Sculpin (Ballast Point)

Chilean Miners

Space X / Elon Musk

Wikileaks/ Julian Assange/ Chelsea Manning

Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Chernobyl

All Day IPA (Founders)

Kidz Bop Radio

Justin Bieber

Taylor Swift

Maharaja (Avery)

Avatar / James Cameron

Inception

Heady Topper (Alchemist)

Dinner (Maine Beer Company)

MUSIC FEATURED:

Tik Tok by Kesha

Empire State of Mind by Jay Z and Alicia Keys

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Beer World Records

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Ryan) — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Ryan and Drew use their extensive research to tell you about beer-related world records so you don’t have to google them for yourself! And don’t google them, because we may have made some of these up. Plus, do kids ever throw up where you want them to and is Wade Boggs full of shit?

Beer:

Dunkel. Klaus Brewing Company. Houston, TX. 4.8% ABV

Fake Landing. Bad Astronaut Brewing Co. Houston, TX. 6.6% ABV

Fruity Haze Haze Juice. Eureka Heights Brewing Co. Houston, TX 6.5% ABV

Other Shout-Outs:

Frost Town Brewing. Houston, TX

Beers Looking at You (Beer Shop in Webster)

Andre the Giant

Wade Boggs

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Hindenburg

Texas A&M: Northgate, Ring Dunk, College Station

Nook Brewing Company. Broken Arrow, OK

Brewdog

@usernamewithbeerinit

Flying Saucer

Infinite Ghost. Parish Brewing Company

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Going Nuclear: A Eureka Heights Tasting

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Ryan) — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Stout Season is here! Ryan and Drew go full-on “nucular” by tasting a variety of Eureka Heights Nuke the Whales Imperial Milk Stouts aged across multiple years and their variants. What can go wrong with drinking four 11% ABV stouts? Apparently a lot of things.

Beer:

Nuke the Whales (2021). Eureka Heights Brew Co.

Nuke the Whales (2020). Eureka Heights Brew Co.

Nuke the Whales (Coffee and Vanilla 2021 Variant). Eureka Heights Brew Co.

Nuke the Whales (Coconut, Pecan, Cocoa Nibs, and Vanilla 2021 Variant). Eureka Heights Brew Co.

Other Shout-Outs:

George W Bush

Houston Astros

Jose Altuve

Mattress Mack

Bun B

Paul Wall

Ted Cruz

Andre Johnson

Talladega Nights

Divine Reserve Series. Saint Arnold Brewing Company

Untappd

Stone Brewing

Independence Day

The Simpsons

PETA

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Painful Experiences and The Search for the Perfect Buzz

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew) — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Come join us this week while we take a trip down memory lane, rattling off some of our best beer memories as we discovered beer and craft beer, and of course some of the most painful experiences to keep it from being too sappy! And on that topic, sometimes there is a fine line between a great beer experience and a painful beer experience. Is it possible to achieve the perfect buzz? You’ll have to tune in to find out!

Beer:

Heavy Hands. Spindletap Brewery, Houston, TX. 8% ABV.

Black Matter. Manhattan Project Beer Company, Dallas, TX. Coffee Stout. 8.6% ABV.

Festbier. SpindleTap Brewery, Houston, TX. 4.2% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs:

Yellow Rose. Lone Pint Brewing.

Birra Moretti

Belican (Belize Beer)

Ghost in the Machine. Parish Brewing.

Epcot Beers Around the World

Negative Space. 11 Below Brewing.

Pacifico Claro

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Costco

Great American Beer Festival

Flying Saucer / Beerfeast

Notorious BIG

HALO

Corona / Keystone Light

Bombshell Blonde. Southern Star

Jim Adler the Texas Hammer

Triceratops. Ninkasi Brewing Company

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Hot Takes and Unpopular Opinions

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew) — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Do you hate a beer that everyone loves? Love a brewery that everyone hates? Are you the type of person who holds back your opinions for fear of how stupid you sound, or do you just put it out there in the open for all to dissect? Well, Ryan and Drew choose the latter path, letting rip their beer industry Hot Takes and Unpopular Opinions.

Beer:

Cloud Punch. Bad Astronaut Brewing, Houston, TX. German Style Pils.

Neon Sunshine. Sun Cloud Brewing, Oklahoma, OK. Belgian Wit.

Other Shout-Outs:

Martin House Brewing

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Untappd

Brash Brewing. Houston, TX.

Karbach / AB InBev (Love Street)

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Oktoberfest: Houston vs. The World

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew, Ryan) — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +0000

We’re back with the third annual Oktoberfest Episode! This time we ramp things up by not only tasting our beers blind, but also taking our reigning champ, Paulaner, and putting it head to head with three Houston beers. And if that isn’t enough for you, Ryan and Drew test the myth of “Das Boot” with a good ole’ fashioned beer boot chug!

Oktoberfest Beers:

Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier. Paulaner Brauerei, Munich, Bayern Germany. 6% ABV.

Oktoberfest. New Magnolia Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 6% ABV.

Oktoberfest. 11 Below Brewing, Houston, TX. 5.3% ABV.

Oktoberfest. Galveston Island Brewing, Galveston, TX. 5.4% ABV.

Disclaimer: We grabbed the wrong Paulaner Oktoberfest beer (Festbier vs. Marzen) this year so it made for a few curveballs!

Das Boot Challenge:

Weihenstephaner Helles. Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan. Bayern Germany. 4.8% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs:

Devil and the Deep

Von Wolfhausen. Eureka Heights Brewing Co.

Texas Leaguer Brewing

Pints and Panels

Music to My Beers - Pearland, TX

Vallensons

Beerfest

Total Wine

Article Drew references on switch to light beers (although Paulaner’s website gives credit to Augustiner!)

https://vinepair.com/articles/american-oktoberfest-beer-doesnt-taste-like-german-brew-heres/

Four Beers Polka by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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Adjunct Series: Blueberry Beer

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew) — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +0000

This week we take our beer Adjunct Series into the wild world of blueberries! That’s right, we’re trying four different styles of beers from four different breweries to tell you the best way to enjoy fruit in your beer. While we’re at it, we’ll tell you the many different ways of how to brew with blueberries!

Blueberry Beers:

Blueberry Blonde Ale. Galveston Bay Brewing, Dickinson, TX. 6.2% ABV.

Fullbrook Blueberry Cream Ale. Fullbrook Ale Works, Richmond, TX. 5.2% ABV.

Blue Money. Boulevard Brewing Company, Kansas City, MO. 7.5% ABV.

Blueberry Boyfriend. Prairie Artisan Ales, Krebs, OK. 5.4% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs

Brewsology Beerfest (Houston Museum of Natural Science)

Martin House Brewing. Mystic Mountain Blueberry.

Nook Brewing Company (Official Brewer’s corner)

Pints and Panels

Cascade Brewing

Bern Appetit podcast

Sonic Drive-In

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2 Year Anniversary: Drew Turns 40, Adam Moves to Austin

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Ryan, Adam) — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The Beering Ain’t Easy Podcast is celebrating it’s two year anniversary! We bring back original co-founder Adam onto the show to talk about his move to Austin, Drew turning forty, and Ryan’s bathroom etiquette conundrum. Plus we do micro-recaps of the HTown Brewery challenge and cover Turkey Forrest, Elder Son, and Klaus Brewing!

Beers We’re Drinking:

Hops Drop. Spindletap Brewery, Houston, TX. 6.5% ABV.

Space Train. Eureka Heights Brewing, Houston, TX. 5.5% ABV.

Black Quad. Real Ale Brewing, Blanco, TX. 10.5% ABV.

Come visit the Houston Block Party Hosted by the Houston Beer Guide 8/27!

https://houstonbeerguide.com/houstonbeerblockparty/

Other Shout-Outs

Favorite Podcast Beers: Pliny for President (Russian River), Plaid Habit (Boulevard), Candy Green (Spindletap)

Past Blind Tasting Winners: Hipster Sauce and Lil’ Snack (11 Below)

Favorite Podcast Moments to go back and Listen: EP 9 The Chase, S2 EP6 Sticky Situation (Adam after bourbon)

Bad Astronaut Brewing

Twisted X

Blue Owl

Ghost Note Brewing

Dripping Springs

Jester King

Brash

Equal Parts

Live Oak Pre-War Pils

Saint Arnold

Key & Peele

Treehouse

Pedialyte

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Glassware Experiments and the Houston Block Party

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Sylvia, Ryan) — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0000

It’s been a wild month for the Beering Ain’t Easy podcast, and we’re glad to be back on the air bringing you another one of our patented beer experiments, this time testing whether specialty beer glassware makes a difference on the taste of your beer! Plus, we bring back friend-of-the-show Sylvia, aka @houstonbeermother, to promote the upcoming and awesome #Houstonbeer event coming to the Houston area August 27th. You don’t want to miss out on the Houston Block Party!

Beers We’re Drinking:

Kemah Suprema. Saloon Door Brewing, Webster, TX. Lager. 4.7% ABV.

Flying Duck. Flyway Brewing, Little Rock, AR. Amber. 4.9% ABV.

Amber. Altstadt Brewery, Fredericksburg, TX. 4.8% ABV.

11th Hour. Equal Parts Brewing, Houston, TX. IPA. 6.9% ABV.

Zeno’s Pale Ale. Lone Pint Brewery, Magnolia, TX. 5.5% ABV.

Glassware We Tested:

Spiegelau

Teku

Tulip

Craft Master Grand

Solo Cup

Pint Glass

Frosty Mug

The Main Event: Houston Block Party Hosted by the Houston Beer Guide

https://houstonbeerguide.com/houstonbeerblockparty/

Other Shout-Outs

@pourcharacter glasses (Wu Tang)

Yellow Rose (Lone Pint)

Saint Arnold Summer Pils

Ghost in the Machine

Port Aransas

Vallenson’s

New Magnolia

Elder Son Brewing

Houston Beer Fest

Star Sailor

Mordor

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Brewery Shakeups and Recession Beers

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew) — Wed, 6 Jul 2022 10:00:00 +0000

It’s a wild world out there folks - fiercely independent breweries selling to macro-breweries, the Houston beer scene rotating owners and brewers like musical chairs, gasoline costing more than craft beer, and hot dog eating champions having to compete on crutches! What in the world comes next, and how does craft beer fare in a recession? Are these signs of the end of times, or is this just some elaborate craft beer soap opera? Either way, he Beering Ain’t Easy podcast is here for it with a tub of popcorn at the ready.

Beers We’re Drinking:

Coastal Love. Wicked Weed Brewing, Asheville, NC. 6.3% ABV.

Floridian. Funky Buddha Brewery, Oakland Park, FL. 5.2% ABV.

Vulgar Display of Power. Brash Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 14% ABV.

Loggerbier. Equal Parts Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 4.9% ABV.

Soap Opera Music Credit:

Days of our Lives

Houston Brewery Shout Outs:

Closed: Six Wards

Resuscitated: City Acre, Bearded Fox

Sold: Holler, Local Group, Brash

For Sale: B-52, Copperhead

In trouble: Buffalo Bayou

Other Houston shout outs: Equal Parts, Bad Astronaut, Huggy Bear, 8th Wonder, Petrol Station, Eureka Heights, Laser Brewing

Other Shout-Outs

Coors

Joey Chestnut / Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

Ballast Point

Sold: Stone Brewing, Modern Times

New Belgium

Bell’s

Brewery X

@hazeboiz on Instagram

Constellation Brands

Phantasm Powder

After recording, we found this great Beer Chronicle article that covers the moves in more detail.

https://www.beerchronicle.com/as-temps-rise-so-does-the-pressure-several-houston-breweries-closing-selling-and-changing-ownership-in-2022/

Cost of Beer / Recession Articles :

https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/news/drizly-examines-how-recessionary-economics-impact-alcohol-purchasing/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/craft-beer-expensive-cost_n_5670015

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Things Dads Say

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Ryan, Drew) — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 10:00:00 +0000

In honor of Father’s Day upcoming, we discuss the transformation everyone must go through when becoming a dad: solitary hobbies, grilling expertise, awkward friend-making, and most importantly, the dad jokes. We talk about the weird phrases we grew up with, the new ones we’ve picked up along the way, and quiz each other on the proper dad response for a given scenario. Plus we talk about our dads’ beer preferences and if they have changed since the podcast began!

Beers We’re Drinking:

Reve Coffee Stout. Parish Brewing Company, Broussard, LA.

S8 Rice Saison. Transmitter Brewing, Brooklyn, NY.

Ennio Pils. New Magnolia Brewing Company, Houston, TX.

Other Shout-Outs:

23 and Me

Moose Drool Brown Ale. Big Sky Brewing Company, Missoula, MT.

Brewing Projekt

Bourbon Paradise. Prairie Artisan Ales.

Dupont Saison

Top Gun

Budweiser

Captain Morgan

Adam’s Custom Woodworking

Favorite Dad Instagram accounts: @thedad @middleclassfancy

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Gluten Free Beer

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew, Meredith) — Tue, 31 May 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Have you ever tried a Gluten Free Beer? How are they made without barley or wheat? What’s the difference between Gluten Free and Gluten Reduced? The Beering Ain’t Easy Podcast will answer these questions and more as Drew’s wife Meredith joins the show for the first time ever to sample 5 different styles of Gluten Free beer and come to terms with our daughter’s Celiac’s disease diagnosis.

Featured Beers:

Favorite Blonde. Holidaily Brewing Co. Golden, CO. 5% ABV.

Citrus Gose. Holidaily Brewing Co., Golden, CO. 3.9% ABV.

Redbridge. Anheuser Busch, St. Louis, MO. 4% ABV.

Glutenberg IPA. Glutenberg Craft Brewery, Montreal, Canada. 6% ABV.

Beulah Red Ale. Holidaily Brewing Co., Golden, CO. 5.2% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs:

Ground Breaker Brewing. Portland, OR

@thebrewbabe on Instagram

Hye Cider Company. Fredericksburg, TX (Hye Hops)

Gluten-free grains: Millet, buckwheat, rice, quinoa, white sorghum

Urban South HTX

Total Wine

Meredith’s top 3 beers: Art Car IPA (Saint Arnold Brewing), Jai Alai (Cigar City Brewing), Blue Tile IPA (Great Heights Brewing)

Link to Gluten Free Breweries!

https://bestglutenfreebeers.com/5-dedicated-gluten-free-breweries-us/

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What Beer Tastes Best Warm?

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew) — Tue, 17 May 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Who wants a nice warm beer? Yeah, we thought so. But as parents, we’ve found that our kids often distract us mid beer at parties or events and leave us with a lovely can of lukewarm. Which led us to an experiment to explore - which beer tastes best warm? The Beering Ain’t Easy podcast has done all the detective work so you don’t have to!

Featured Beers (Saint Arnold Brewing Variety Pack. Houston, TX):

Fancy Lawnmower

H-Town Pils

Amber Ale

Art Car

Other Shout-Outs:

Yeti

Michelob Ultra

Lil’ Snack. 11 Below Brewing Company, Houston, TX.

Pre-War Pils. Live Oak Brewing Company, Austin, TX.

H-Town Brewery Challenge Featured Breweries:

Urban South HTX

Platypus Brewing

Texas Leaguer Brewing

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Bad Astronaut Brewing

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew, Chris, Rocky) — Tue, 3 May 2022 10:00:00 +0000

This week we bring you an exclusive sneak peak of Bad Astronaut Brewing, a major brewpub coming to Houston’s Hardy Yards later this year! Chris and brewmaster Rocky walk us through their concepts for the space, their extensive experience in brewing startups to scale ups, and tell us what it truly means to be a Bad Astronaut. And in true Beering Ain’t Easy fashion, we find a way to get in some hot takes about kids at breweries. You don’t want to miss this one!

Beers We Were Drinking:

Loggerbier. Equal Parts Brewing, Houston, TX.

Other Shout-Outs:

Karbach Brewing / Eric Warner

Cru Brewing Systems

Kroger on 11th

Flying Saucer

Beer Run - Song by Tom Snyder

NSYNC

Professor X

Netflix

Bad Astronaut Favorite Music to Brew to:

Electric Wizard

Dead South

Bad Astronaut Favorite All Time Beers

Augustiner Helles

Schonramer Pils

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Gelatinize My Oats: Oatmeal Stout Blind Tasting

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew) — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Upon seeing the early signs of summer weather in Houston, Ryan and Drew decide to send off stout season in style via a Beering Ain’t Easy patented blind tasting! This time we put three Oatmeal Stouts head-to-head, including the award winning Settler’s Stout from Vallensons Brewing Company. Can “new” Houston beers overtake an English beer from the 1700’s, and are the host tastebuds as refined as GABF judges? Plus we update you on our HTown Brewery Challenge by recapping Baa Baa Brewhouse, Twisted Acre, and Battlehops!

Featured Oatmeal Stouts:

Settlers’ Oatmeal Stout. Vallensons Brewing Company, Pearland, TX. 5.9% ABV.

Aybara. Back Pew Brewing Company, Porter, TX. 8.7% ABV.

Oatmeal Stout. Samuel Smith, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire England. 5% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs:

Saloon Door Tasty AF

Great American Beer Festival

New Brewer Magazine

For the Culture Brewing (coming soon!)

Baa Lite (craft lager)

Deep Dive N 2 A Dive Bar (new CTS Podcast)

Hot Tub Beers (new CTS podcast)

Farm Drinkery and Caddy Shack Bar (Spring, TX)

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The Fruited Sour Episode

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew, Larry, Michael) — Tue, 5 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Can Fruited Sours sweep you away on a tropical vacation from standard craft beers, or should they only be served at the kids table? Will we uncover health benefits unbeknownst to our hosts? We bring on two guests from the neighborhood to participate in a debate as old as marshmallow creme while we sample six of the biggest name breweries in Slushy/Smoothie beers!

Featured Fruited Sours:

SLUSHY XL Unicorn Juice. 450 North Brewing Company, Columbus, IN.

Smarty Bruja Berry. Ingenious Brewing Company, Humble, TX.

Braaaaaaaains - Blueberry, Black Currant, & Plum Double Fruit Smoothie Sour. Drekker Brewing Company, Fargo, ND.

Yesterday. Baa Baa Brewhouse, Brookshire, TX.

Triple Spilled - Rainbow Sour Belts, Pineapple, Banana, Orange, Vanilla. Urban South HTX, Houston, TX. Collaboration with Craft Beer Kings.

Hydra / Hawk. Mortalis Brewing Company, Avon, NY. Collaboration with Horus Aged Ales.

Other Shout-Outs:

Smoothie King

8 Row Flint / Rosewater (Houston Bourbon Bars)

Disney World

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If You Pour It, They Will Come: Featuring Star Sailor

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew, Marin) — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:00:00 +0000

We continue on our quest to highlight great guests from the beer industry, and this week we're joined by Marin, owner of one of Houston's best beer bars - Star Sailor. We'll hear all about the entrepreneurial challenges of opening a business during Covid, the glorious highs of building an inclusive business environment, and even tips on how Ryan and Drew can be better communicators! And beer. Lots of amazing beer.

Featured Star Sailor Beers:

DDH Art Car. Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Houston, TX.

3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Cuvee Armand & Gaston

Pink Caddy. Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Houston, TX.

Cali Green DDH. Brash Brewing Company, Houston, TX.

The 610. Great Heights Brewing Company, Houston, TX.

Stefan. Equal Parts Brewing Company, Houston, TX.

Eldritch. Equal Parts Brewing Company, Houston, TX.

Wiley Roots Featured Beer

Zodiac: Pisces. Wiley Roots Brewing Company, Greeley, CO. 6.4% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs:

@spacecitysnax

Hughie’s

Constellation Coffee

The Montrose Group

@htownbeerguys - Beer can succulents

Space Montrose

Holler Dollar Pils Y’all

North Coast Grand Cru

Whip In (Austin, TX)

Eureka Heights / Walking Stick / Ingenious / Vallensons / New Magnolia / B-52 Brewing / Urban South HTX

Destihl Deadhead IPA Series: Tourbus

The Fallen: Petrol Station / Hay Merchant / Falling Rock (CO)

Aristocats

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The Hops and Grain Supply Chain

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew, Ryan Leer) — Tue, 8 Mar 2022 11:00:00 +0000

We bring on special guest Ryan Leer to hear about how his passions for homebrewing and videography mashed together into a career at Brewers Supply Group (BSG), a subsidiary of Rahr Malting. We’ll hear about the craft beer boom from the eyes of the raw material supplier, take a ride through the Yakima hop farms, and throw in some amateur wrestling stories while we’re at it!

Featured Beers:

Nitro Coconut Truffle. Southern Tier Brewing Company, Lakewood, NY. Imperial Milk Stout. 10% ABV.

Candy Clouds. Parish Brewing Company collaboration with Weldwerks Brewing Company. IPA. 8% ABV.

Little Black Rain Cloud. Lupulin Brewing Company, Big Lake, MN. Scotch Ale/Wee Heavy. 11.1% ABV.

Dip Check. Arbeiter Brewing Company, Minneapolis, MN. IPA. 6.7% ABV.

Davy Bockett. Alamo Beer Company, San Antonio, TX. Helles Bock. 4.2% ABV.

False Idol Brewing, Dallas, TX

BSG Social Tags:

FB: @BSGCraftbrewing

IG: @BSG

Other Shout-Outs:

Bushel Boy Farms

Northern Brewer

Tasty AF Nitro. Saloon Door Brewing Company, Houston, TX

Dogfish Head Brewery

Standing Stone Brewing Company, Ashland, OR

Caldera Brewing Company, Ashland, OR

Crux Fermentation Project, Bend, OR

University of Minnesota Wrestling

Encanto

Ryan Leers’s earliest work - Marty McFly Hoverboard Halloween Costume (link below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYl1REbXCOw

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Houston vs. Dallas: The Texas Showdown

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew, Ryan, Wes) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Houston versus Dallas - A sibling rivalry of Texas-sized proportions. The Beering Ain’t Easy podcast will settle the debate once and for all as we battle two Houston and two Dallas hazy IPA’s, blind tasting style. Is this a winner takes all endeavor, or can we collectively find common ground to bring these cities together? We’ll bring on special guest and Dallas correspondent Wes to answer this question and discuss the brewery hot spots in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Featured Beers:

Heavy Hands. SpindleTap Brewery, Houston, TX. 8% ABV.

Fruity Pellets. Great Heights Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 6.2% ABV.

Assault is Next. Turning Point Beer, Bedford, TX. 8.2% ABV.

Apollo 11. Celestial Beerworks, Dallas, TX. 8% ABV.

Other Houston Shout-Outs:

Richmond Arms

Saint Arnold Brewing Company

Petrol Station

Eureka Heights Brewing Company

Astral Brewing

Yellow Rose (Lone Pint )

Other Dallas Shout-Outs:

Vector Brewing

Deep Ellum Brewing Company

Manhattan Beer Company

Community Beer Company

On Rotation

False Idol Brewing

Oak Highlands Brewery

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The Hype Beer Economy

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Ryan) — Tue, 8 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0000

What are your thoughts on the hype beer market that is driving craft beer nerds across the globe to empty their pockets for a rare beer find? Is this bad economics or the future of marketing? Can you drive up huge interest for a beer in a tasteful way? We’ll ponder these questions and more in this week’s episode, plus we circle back on the H-Town Brewery challenge by talking about Saint Arnold Brewing and Eureka Heights!

Featured Beer:

Holy Ghost. Parish Brewing Company, Broussard, LA. Triple IPA. 11% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs:

Ghost in the Machine. Parish Brewing Company.

Instagram

Air Jordan’s

Baa Baa Brewhouse. Houston, TX

Mostra Coffee

Other Half Brewing Company. New York, NY

Belching Beaver Brewing Company. San Diego, CA.

Toppling Goliath Brewing Company. Decorah, IA.

Ballast Point Brewing Company. San Diego, CA.

Modern Times Brewing Company. San Diego, CA.

Brash Brewing Company. Houston, TX.

Weathered Souls Brewing Company. San Antonio, TX.

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium

Tavour

Half Time Beverage

Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail

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Beerfest: 15 Years Later

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew) — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:00:00 +0000

In this episode, we revisit the cult classic Beerfest 15 years later to see if the movie withstood the test of time. What has been its impact to drinking competitions and the beer industry in general? Is it still funny? And what the hell is a ZJ?

Featured Beer:

Aventinus. Schneider Weisse G. Schneider & Sohn, Kelheim, Bayern Germany. Weizendopplebock. 8.2% ABV.

Featured Movie:

Beerfest (2006) - Now streaming on Hulu!

Other Shout-Outs:

Von Wolfhausen. Eureka Heights Brewing Company, Houston, TX. Festbier.

Broken Lizard

Matt Forte

Donald Sutherland

Willie Nelson

Super Troopers

Heisler Beer (Hollywood fake beer)

Castle Wolfenstein

Northern Brewer

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Dallas Beers and PBR Tweets

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew, Ryan) — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 11:00:00 +0000

We pick two breweries from Dallas to go head to head, Peticolas Brewing Company and Manhattan Project Beer, in an IPA vs. IPA and Winter Ale vs. Winter Ale battle. Plus we cover the highly scandalous and hilarious serious of tweets from Pabst Blue Ribbon and balance out all the Dallas talk by recapping some great Houston breweries from our H-Town Brewery Challenge - City Acre, New Magnolia, Paradigm, and Equal Parts!

Featured Beers:

Wintervention. Peticolas Brewing Company, Dallas, TX. 10% ABV.

Christmas Coalition. Manhattan Project Beer, Dallas, TX. 10.5% ABV.

Double Half Life. Manhattan Project Beer, Dallas, TX. Double Hazy IPA. 8% ABV.

Sit Down or I’ll Sit You Down. Peticolas Brewing Company, Dallas, TX. Imperial IPA. 10% ABV.

PBR Tweets

https://uproxx.com/life/pbr-apologizes-for-ass-eating-tweet/

Other Shout-Outs:

Paradigm - Precision IPA

Parish Brewing - Holy Ghost

Dallas Marathon

Jameson shots

Equal Parts - Loggerbier

New Magnolia - Dry Hopped Kolsch and Coconut Affogado Stout

Equal Parts: Burial in Space Stout

Bay to Breakers San Francisco

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What Counts as a Christmas Beer?

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew, Adam) — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0000

There are a lot of winter and “Christmas” beers that come out around the holidays, but do they all really count as Christmas beers? We take three completely different styles of “Christmas” beers and put them to the test to see if they are Christmas enough! Plus Drew pulls out a relic beer from the back of his beer fridge named “Santa’s Butt” and we debate what are the best and worst Christmas songs of all time. I don’t know if there’ll be snow, but have a couple beers!

Featured Beers:

Seasick Crocodile. Praire Artisan Ales, Krebs, OK. Sour. 6.3% ABV.

Celebration Fresh Hop IPA. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA. 6.8% ABV.

Happy Holidiculous. Saloon Door Brewing, Webster, TX. Russian Imperial (Pastry) Stout. 11.8% ABV.

Santa’s Butt. Ridgeway Brewing, South Stoke, Oxfordshire England. Winter Porter. 6% ABV.

Christmas Songs!

DMX sings Rudolph: https://youtu.be/AXca4WcCzlo

Favorites:

All I want for Christmas by Mariah Carey (Ryan)

NONE WHATSOEVER (ADAM)

Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives (Drew)

Least Favorites:

All the Chipmunks songs (Ryan)

All of them (Adam)

So this is Christmas by John Lennon (Drew)

Other Songs Received by our Beering Ain’t Easy Poll:

Feliz Navidad

What Christmas Means to Me by Stevie Wonder

Jingle Bell Rock

Green Christmas by the Barenaked Ladies

Dominick the Christmas Donkey

Last Christmas by Wham

Baby it’s cold (rapey) outside by Dean Martin

Run Rudolph Run

Christmas in Hollis

Back Door Santa by Bon Jovi

Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa by De La Soul

Santa Baby

Where are you Christmas by Faith Hill

Christmas Tree Farm by Taylor Swift

Other Shout-Outs:

Eureka Heights Advent Calendar (and Nuke the Whales Imperial Milk Stout)

2021 Beer Meme Competition - hosted by @hopculturemag and @halftimebev

Anchor Brewing: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Spindletap Brewery: Candy Green

Maine Beer Company: Dinner

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The Hop Tea Experiment

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Ryan, Drew) — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0000

The Beering Ain’t Easy Podcast is back at it again with a patented beer experiment! This time we make teas out of three different types of hops and see if we can identify them based on their expected flavor profile. And somewhere in the middle of the episode we go completely off the rails and hold our own Judge Judy court to resolve a dispute from the neighborhood Facebook group. You won’t want to miss it!

Featured Hops:

Simcoe - Passionfruit, stone fruit, pine resin, apricot, citrus zest (or zent)

Ekuanot - Melon, Berry, lime, apple, papaya, green pepper, floral/grassy/herbal

Willamette - Pepper/spice, green/grassy, floral/earthy

Other Shout-Outs:

Healthline article about beer health:

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/case-for-health-benefits-of-beer

Dallas Marathon

Podcasts we listen to: Nateland, ‎The Jeselnik & Rosenthal Vanity Project, My Dad Wrote a Porno, Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Cross the streams media podcast shout-outs: 3 Beers and a Mic, Bern Appetit, Movie Gap

Judge Judy

Art Car. Saint Arnold Brewing Company.

Abita Turbodog

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Sticky Situation: Peanut Butter Stouts

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew, Ryan) — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0000

It’s Peanut Butter Stout Time, Peanut Butter Stout Time! We’ll stack up four peanut butter stouts in a taste-off to find out which is the peanut-butteriest while Ryan educates us on the history of adjuncts and how peanut butter is added to the brewing process. We’ll also give some on hot takes on Reinheitsgebot and our opinions on what stout adjuncts are acceptable to drink. Lastly, we’ll bring you up-to-date on our HTOWN brewery challenge as we recap trips to No Label, Local Group, 11 Below, Gordon Street Tavern, and Holler!

Featured Beers:

Peanut Butter Milk Stout. Belching Beaver Brewery, Oceanside, CA. 5.3% ABV.

Peanut Butter Pretzel Stout, Martin House Brewing Company, Fort Work, TX. 6.5% ABV.

Peanut Butter Temptress. Lakewood Brewing Company, Garland, TX. 9.1% ABV.

Ridiculous AF. Saloon Door Brewing, Webster, TX. 11.8% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs:

Alamo Draft House

JIF Peanut Butter

No Label Interesting Beers: Cof-Hefe, Golden Knight (Golden Stout)

Men’s Health Magazine

Teotihuacan Mexican Cafe - One of Drew’s favorite Mexican restaurants in Houston

Tasty AF - Peanut Butter Milk Stout @ Saloon Door

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The Intersection of Beer and Sports

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew, Ryan) — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0000

What is the best sport to watch while drinking? To play while drinking? While we’re at it, what is a sport anyway? Do things like golf, Nascar, horse racing, and bowling count? What is your criteria for defining a sport versus a game? Your Beering Ain’t Easy hosts answer all these questions, plus we share “Uncle Rico” moments as we reminisce on our peak sports performances.

Featured Beers:

Stratospheric Clouds. Spindletap Brewery, Houston, TX. NEIPA. 8% ABV.

Dollar Pils Y’all. Holler Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 5.4% ABV.

Black is Beautiful. Weathered Souls Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX. 8.9% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs

Netflix Series: F1 Drive to Survive

Houston Astros

Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Fun Zone Dolla Dolla Bills Y’all)

Kingpin (Woody Harrelson/ Bill Murray)

Uncle Rico (Napoleon Dynamite)

Varsity Blues

Bern Appetit Podcast

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What Draws You to a Brewery?

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew, Ryan) — Tue, 2 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000

What draws you to breweries? Other than the beer of course! We poll the audience and tap into Ryan’s brewery connection to find out the truth. Plus, Adam and Drew lament over a challenging solar system science project assigned to their kids and debate whether it is ever acceptable to offer feedback/coaching to your kid’s teachers. Lastly, we update you on our HTOWN Brewery Challenge status by recapping True Anomaly, 8th Wonder, Great Heights, and Walking Stick!

Featured Beers:

Vernal. Equal Parts Brewing Company, Houston, TX. Marzen. 6.1% ABV.

Gorlami. Equal Parts Brewing Company, Houston, TX. Italian Pilsner. 5.1% ABV.

Slippin’ into Darkness. Brazos Valley Brewing, Brenham, TX. Russian Imperial Stout. 10.5% ABV.

Hazy Hop Bomb IPA. Symbol Brewing, Dallas, TX. 6.5% ABV.

Kaleidoscopic. Urban South HTX, Houston, TX. Triple IPA. 10% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs

Re-grained Spent Grain Food Company

CNN/Fox News

SpindleTap Brewery, Houston, TX.

Eureka Heights Brewing Company, Houston, TX

The Nook Brewing Company. Broken Arrow, OK.

King’s Bierhaus, Houston, TX

Ladder to Heaven. Hazy DIPA. Great Heights Brewing Company, Houston, TX.

Purple Flour - Pizza food truck at Great Heights

Eatsie Boys - Food truck at 8th Wonder

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A Guide to the Houston Beer Scene With Sylvia, The Houston Beer Mother

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Ryan, Sylvia, Adam) — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0000

The Beering Ain’t Easy podcast gets the low down on the Houston Beer Scene in this awesome interview with Houston Beer Influencer Sylvia, aka the @houstonbeermother! Sylvia has been following the Houston beer scene since the beginning, and she not only acts as a brand ambassador for many Houston breweries, but she also has her own Houston Beer podcast (The Draught Queens) and runs the Houston Beer Guide website. We talk about upcoming Houston Beer events and releases, must-see breweries, Renaissance Fest, and shine bright lights on all the great beer-related things going on in H-Town!

Featured Beers:

Hyper Light. Back Pew Brewing, Porter, TX. 4.2% ABV.

Blue Testament. Back Pew Brewing, Porter, TX. 5.2% ABV

One Helles of a Lager. Klaus Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 5.4% ABV.

Hazy Pale Ale. Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 4.7% ABV.

Doc Hoppiday. Saloon Door Brewing, Webster, TX. 6.4% ABV.

Pumpkinator (2020). Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Houston, TX.

Cocodiculous. Saloon Door Brewing, Webster, TX. Coconut Imperial Stout. 11.8% ABV.

What’s Sylvia Up To?

Follow Sylvia @houstonbeermother on Instagram!

Subscribe to the The Draught Queens podcast!

Houston Beer Guide website

Texas Beer Collective FB Page

@Budzbees Local Honey Farm

Houston Girls Pint Out

Other Shout-Outs

The Maharaja. Avery Brewing Company, Boulder, CO.

Light Hearted Ale. Bell’s Brewery

SpindleTap Beers: Heavy Hands, 5% Tint, Hop Gusher, Houston Haze, Houston Haziest, Triple Crown

Saloon Door Beers: Happy Hoppidiculous (coming soon), Tasty AF, V for Vienna, Kema Supremah

Vallensons Beers: Honey Belgian Ale (Honey Pot)

Renaissance Fest: Brigadoon Brewery (Black Plague Stout), Polish Tavern, Sea Devil Taproom

Pints for Prostates

Music to My Beers Festival (Pearland)

Nobi Public House

Cidercade

Texzas Food truck at SpindleTap

Frost Town Brewing

Big Al Craft Brew House / Turkey Forest

Grumpy McGregors

Saint Arnold / Great Heights / New Magnolia / Eureka Heights / Twisted Acre/ Misfit/ Location Six / Lone Pint/ Walking Stick/ Galveston Island Brewing / Baa Baa Brewhouse

Martin House

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The Second Annual Oktoberfest Battle

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew, Adam) — Tue, 5 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Some things are best repeated, so we rekindled the magic from last year and brought back the Oktoberfest Battle! 4 Beers - Local vs. State vs. National vs. International - and only one winner! Come join us while we talk Oktoberfest, celebrate college football with cheesy player/beer associations, and discuss a real life dad situation where their elementary school daughter asked “what’s a stripper?” Yikes!

Featured Beers:

Festbier. Ingenious Brewing Company, Humble, TX. 5.5% ABV.

Cozy Bavarian. 3 Nations Brewing, Carrolton, TX. 6.8% ABV.

Oktoberfest. Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO. 6.1% ABV.

Oktoberfest Marken. Paulaner Brauerei, Munich, Bayern Germany. 5.8% ABV.

Bonus Beer: Oktoberfest. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA. 5.5% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs

Beerfest

Team America

D&Q Beer Station

SpindleTap Heavy Hands DIPA

Buffalo Bayou Brewing Crush City IPA

Eureka Heights IPA

Texas Leaguer Mr. Oktoberfest

Altstadt Oktoberfest

Alabama Crimson Tide / Oklahoma State Cowboys

Tim Tebow

Keystone Light / Bud Light / PBR / Red Dog / O’Doul’s

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Season 2 Trailer

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew) — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +0000

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The HTOWN Brewery Challenge

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew, Ryan) — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Featured Beers:

Houston Haziest. SpindleTap Brewery, Houston, TX. 10.5% ABV.

Six Demon Bag. Eureka Heights Brewing Co., Houston, TX. Belgian Strong Ale. 12% ABV.

Featured Breweries (HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker)

Misfit Outpost

Fortress BeerWorks

Stovetop Brewing (Craft Beer Cellar Cypress)

SpindleTap Brewery

Senate Avenue Brewing

Galveston Island Brewing

Other Shout-Outs

Beer Chronicle Houston

@hoppywonderwoman on Instagram

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time

Featured Sponsor: Thrive Coffee

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Italian Pilsners and Other Juicy Tidbits

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew) — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000

So we let Adam drive the agenda on this episode, and let’s just say we hit every topic under the sun while still managing to review Ennio, a tasty Italian Pilsner from the New Magnolia Brewing Company. Come listen to us discuss the Houston Brewsology Beerfest, 911 call dad hacks, the new Shiner Bock ad campaign, and debate the best beverage to consume at an all-inclusive resort! You won’t want to miss all the juicy tidbits and nuggets of wisdom we have to offer.

Featured Beers:

Ennio Pils. New Magnolia Brewing Company, Houston, TX. Italian Pilsner. 5% ABV.

Featured Event:

Houston Brewsology Beerfest. Houston Museum of Natural Science.

https://www.facebook.com/events/houston-museum-of-natural-science/houston-brewsology/508424136951094/

Featured Sponsor: Thrive Coffee

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https://drinkthrive.org

Shiner Bock’s new add campaign:

https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/shiner-beers-first-new-brand-platform-in-5-years-aims-to-capture-the-best-of-the-texas-experience/

Other Shout-Outs

Emergency Responders

Spaghetti Westerns

Andrew Cuomo

The Sopranos

Kings of Leon

Riviera Maya. TRS Yucaton - Mexican Resort Adam Visited

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Revenge of the Middle Child

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Bernie, Drew) — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000

It’s been a little bit since we hit you with a dad-centric episode, so we decided to tackle the dynamics between children in a family, specifically tales of middle children tired of their sibling’s shit. Come join Adam and Drew and special guest Bernie, co-host of the Bern Appetit and 3 Beers and Mic podcasts, as we not only talk about the dad life, but also tackle Octoberfest travel tips, Anheuser Busch, fast food, and much more!

Featured Beers:

Rhinestone Life. Great Raft Brewing, Shreveport, LA. IPA. 7% ABV.

Tropical in Nature. Great Raft Brewing, Shreveport, LA. Hazy IPA. 6% ABV.

One Stop Hop. Breckinridge Brewery, Littleton, CO. Imperial Hazy IPA. 9% ABV.

Budweiser. Anheuser Busch / AB InBev - Damnit Bernie!

Featured Guest Podcasts:

Bern Appetit

https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/bernappetit/

3 Beers and a Mic

https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/3-beers-and-a-mic-podcast/

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Other Shout-Outs

Russian River Brewing Company (Pliny the Elder / Pliny the Younger)

Maine Beer Company

King of Beers documentary

Michelob Ultra

Oktoberfest

Taco Bell

KFC

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The Beer Olympics

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew, Will, Adam) — Tue, 3 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Beering Ain’t Easy is celebrating 1 year as a podcast, and we’re bringing on not one but two guests to celebrate in the most epic way we know how - An Official Beer Olympics! We’ll each go toe-to-toe on games that most of us have not played since college - Beer Chug, Flip Cup, Beer Pong, and Darts - and we’ll reminisce on our favorite moments of the podcast. Who has the skills and stamina to outlast the rest? And more importantly, will the hosts or the guests come out victorious?

Featured Beers:
TEX Beer. 8th Wonder Brewery, Houston, TX. Blonde Ale. 4.3% ABV.

Bombshell Blonde. Southern Star Brewing Company, Conroe, TX. 5.25% ABV.

Buckle Bunny. Eureka Heights Brewing Company, Houston, TX. Cream Ale. 4.5% ABV.

Pabst Blue Ribbon. Pabst Brewing Company. Lager. 4.8% ABV.

Featured Music

Olympic Theme. John Williams

Other Shout-Outs

College Beverages: Coors Light, Smirnoff Ice, Natural Light, Natty Ice, Naturdays, Keystone Light

Karbach

Pedialyte and Powerade

The Sandlot / Scotty Smalls

Ring of Honor - Flying Saucer Draught Emporium

Big 50 - Little Woodrow’s. Houston, TX

Lil Snack. 11 Below Brewing Company

Beering Ain’t Easy Favorite episodes per the guests: The Suburban Life, Houston Hops, Houston’s Best Pilsner, What’s Up with Non-Alcoholic Beers?

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Meet the Brewer Series: Nook Brewing Company

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew, Alex Foster) — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the first ever Beering Ain’t Easy Podcast “Meet the Brewer” series featuring the Nook Brewing Company out of Broken Arrow, OK! You'll meet co-owner and head brewer Alex Foster, hear about their fantastic Terminal Velocity Dopplebock, and learn all about what it’s like to start up a small business brewery during the pandemic. We may even get some insight on how brewers feel about Untappd ratings…you should definitely tune in!

Featured Beers:

Terminal Velocity. Nook Brew Co, Broken Arrow, OK. Dopplebock. 8% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs

Oklahoma State

Old English

Ube Potatoes

Untappd

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Beer Vacations

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam) — Tue, 6 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Adam comes back from his Gulf Shores, Alabama vacation with a beer run from - hold up - the Carolinas? We’ll try and figure out why and also talk about our favorite beer-related vacations of all time, our bucket list brewery trips, and strategize how to take an official Beering Ain’t Easy business flight. Come join us as we escape the norm and get into vacay mode!

Featured Beers:

Black Pils - Local Lager Series. Hi-Wire Brewing, Asheville, NC. Dark Lager. 4.8% ABV.

Mexican Cake. Westbrook Brewing Co., Mt Pleasant, SC. Imperial Stout. 10.5% ABV.

Fun Beer Places We’ve Visited:

Dripping Springs, TX

San Antonio, TX

Tampa, FL

Cigar City Brewing. Tampa, FL

Angry Chair Brewing. Tampa, FL

7venth Son Brewery. Dunedin, FL

Epcot “Drinking Around the World” @ Disney World

Bucket List Beer Vacations:

Munich Oktoberfest

Portland, OR

San Diego, CA

Russian River Brewing Company. Windsor, CA

Maine Beer Company. Freeport, ME.

Other Shout-Outs

Stephen King

Flora-bama (Nightclub near Gulf Shores)

Yelp

Petey Pablo. Raise Up (clip played in episode)

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Blind Tasting: Houston's Best Pilsner

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Drew, Adam) — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0000

The Beering Ain’t Easy blind tastings are back, and who better to celebrate it with than friend of the show Ryan! This time we stack up five Pilsners from the greater Houston area to see who wins the Crisby Boi crown! And if that’s not enough, we coach Ryan through the process of successfully transitioning from the city to his newfound dad life in the suburbs.

Featured Beers:
H-Town Pils. Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 5.2% ABV

Loggerbier. Equal Parts Brewing, Houston, TX. 4.9% ABV

Lil’ Snack. 11 Below Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 4.5% ABV

Blue Testament. Back Pew Brewing Company, Porter, TX. 5.2% ABV

Czech Swing. Texas leaguer Brewing Company, Missouri City, TX. 5.4% ABV.

Other Shout Outs:

Eureka Heights Brewing Company

New Magnolia Brewing Company

Urban Dictionary

Neighborhood Facebook meltdowns

Prince (the symbol)

HEB

Czech Republic

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Father's Day, Hurricanes, and CBD Beer

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam) — Tue, 8 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Father’s Day, Hurricanes, and CBD Beer, oh my! In this episode, we tackle all the tough topics: surviving Houston during Hurricane season, legalization of marijuana in Texas, cats on leashes, and which holiday is less appreciated between Mother’s and Father’s Day. And we get funky with our beer selection by bringing on our first CBD infused beer - Hempwing IPA by Ingenious Brewing Company!

Featured Beer:

Hempwing. Ingenious Brewing Company, Humble, TX. CBD Infused IPA. 8.3% ABV.

Other Shout Outs:

“Blueberry Yum Yum” by Ludacris - song clip featured in episode

Sweetwater Brewing Company. Atlanta, Georgia.

Aphria buyout of Sweetwater - check out our Sweetwater Meme on Instagram!

Justin Bieber “Yummy”

Scooby Doo Mystery Machine

Cats on Leashes

Lake Houston Wilderness Park

Costco and Target

Orange Home Depot Buckets

FACT CHECK:

We recorded this episode just days before this historic news came out on buying beer and wine on Sundays, so we may have missed this fact. Still a baby step for Texas, but progress!

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/texans-can-buy-beer-wine-at-10-a-m-on-sunday-starting-sept-1/

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Adam's San Antonio Beer Adventure

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew) — Tue, 25 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000

In this episode, we catalogue Adam’s whirlwind beer tour of San Antonio breweries and drink some fantastic atypical beer styles! And if that isn’t enough, we discuss lawn maintenance, trying to be cool after kids, Pee Wee Herman, and more!

Featured Beers:

Dignity Common. Black Laboratory Brewing, San Antonio, TX. California Common. 5.6% ABV

Craven Cottage. Roadmap Brewing Co., San Antonio, TX. English Pub Ale. 6.1% ABV.

Round About Midnight Porter. Weathered Souls Brewing Co., San Antonio, TX. 7.5% ABV.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

Minivan Dad IPA. Roadmap Brewing Company.

Black is Beautiful. Weathered Souls Brewing Co.

Dos Sirenos Brewing. San Antonio, Texas.

Anchor Steam. San Francisco, California.

Alamo Beer Company, San Antonio, TX.

Freetail Brewing Co., San Antonio, TX.

Other Shout Outs:

@heyjodicollins

Tavour (beer shipped to your home)

Pee Wee’s Big Adventure

La Cantera

The Frio

Alamo, Riverwalk, Fiesta Texas

HEB

Fireball shots

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Kids Sports and Brash Beer

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam) — Tue, 11 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000

In this episode, we combine two topics that probably should never be combined again: Kids sports and one of our favorite breweries in the Houston area, the Brash Brewing Company. We’re going to talk at length about Brash, feature its aptly named “Biggest Motherf******” stout, and then catalogue our hilarious observations and experiences as our kids join the competitive youth sports world for the first time.

Featured Beer

Biggest Motherf***** A Very Large Stout. Brash Brewing Company, Houston, TX. Russian Imperial Stout. 15% ABV.

Other Mentioned Beers from Brash:

Pussy Wagon

Cortado

Black Masses

Milk the Venom

Vulgar Display of Power, aka Burnt Folgers

Other Shout Outs:

Petrol Station. Houston, TX (RIP)

Angry Chair Brewing. Tampa, FL

Fat Tire. New Belgium Brewing Company, Fort Collins, CO.

Pokemon Go

Cristiano Renaldo

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Gettin' Freaky With Martin House Brewing

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew) — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Adam and Drew depart from their IPA lovefest and venture into the wild and wacky world of food-inspired beer, and Martin House Brewing in Fort Worth, Texas is definitely where you go when you want to scratch that itch. Come join us while we taste an array of Martin House food-inspired beers and discuss beer trends for 2021 - things are going to get weird!

Featured Beers (All from Martin House Brewing Company in Fort Worth, TX)

Best Maid Sour Pickle Beer. Sour- Gose. 4.7% ABV.

Space Pizza. Herb and Spice Style Beer. 5.2% ABV.

Bananas Foster. Fruit and Field Style Beer. 6% ABV.

Puppy Chow. Pastry Stout. 8% ABV.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

Buffalo Wangz. Martin House Brewing.

Ranch Dipping Sauce. Martin House Brewing.

Great article about Martin House and why they make weird beers:

https://oct.co/essays/martin-house-weirdest-beers

Craft beer trends 2021

https://beveragedynamics.com/2021/01/19/craft-beer-trends-in-2021/

Other Shout Outs:

1994 Little Rascals (sound clip about pickles)

Two Rows / BJ’s Brewery

Star Trek

Plus Size Jesus

Muddy Buddies - same thing as Puppy Chow

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First Time Parent vs. Experienced Parent

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew) — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Now that Drew’s back from the birth of his third daughter, Adam and Drew take the opportunity to reflect on the hilarious differences between being a first time parent and a third time parent. And let us tell you, the difference could not be greater… Plus Adam recaps his month long sabbatical from alcohol and we discuss some fantastic IPA’s from the Great Heights Brewing Company in Houston, Texas!

Featured Beer:

Blue Tile IPA. Great Heights Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 6.6% ABV.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

Other highlights from the Great Heights taster lineup: Denali, Fruity Pellets, The 610

Brash Brewing Company. Houston, TX.

D&Q the Beer Station. Houston, TX.

Nonalcoholic beers that Adam tried: O’Doul’s, Beck’s, Heineken 0.0

Art Car. Saint Arnold Brewing Company. Houston, TX.

Other Shout Outs:

The Blue Tiles on Houston city streets

Dan’s Irish Sports Bar. Walnut Creek, CA. Special shout out to the Spazmatics

Benihana’s

The Snoo (rocking bassinet from the future)

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What's Up with Non-Alcoholic Beers?

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew) — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000

What is up with non-alcoholic beers? What’s the point? Does an NA IPA satisfy your IPA cravings? Did runners create this fad just to have one more thing to gloat about? Adam decided to take a month off drinking to train for a marathon, so we brought on an assortment of NA beers from the Athletic Brewing Company and Lagunitas to answer those questions and more!

Featured Beers:

Upside Dawn. Athletic Brewing Co., Stratford, CT. Golden Ale. <0.5% ABV

Run Wild. Athletic Brewing Co., Stratford, CT. IPA. <0.5% ABV

NA IPA. Lagunitas Brewing Co., Petaluma, CA. IPA. <0.5% ABV

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

Clausthaler Original. Radeberger Gruppe.

Busch NA

O’Douls

Phantom Bride IPA. Belching Beaver Brewery, Oceanside, CA. 7.1% ABV.

Saint Arnold Brewing Company - “Hop Water” on tap

Miller Lite / Miller High Life

Other Shout Outs:

Total Wine and More (purchased all beer here)

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A Saint Paddy's Day Special

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam) — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Come celebrate Saint Paddy’s day with Beering Ain’t Easy! We’ll pour green beers, blind taste test Irish Red Ales, showcase some bad Irish accents, crown a winner for the best beer bomb, and debate the tough economic decisions behind determining the right amount of Tooth Fairy money!

Featured Beers:

Smithwick’s. Guinness, Saint James’ Gate, Leinster Ireland. 4.5% ABV.

Dublin Me Luck. 11 Below Brewing, Houston, TX. 5.7% ABV.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

Crispy Business. Real Ale Brewing Company, Blanco, TX. 4.5% ABV (pre-game green beer)

Guinness Draught

Other Shout Outs:
Sake Bombs/ Irish Car Bombs /Jaeger Bombs / Flaming Dr. Peppers / Vegas Bombs

Buena Vista - Great spot to grab Irish coffees in San Francisco’s Ghiradelli Square

MUSIC:

Clip from the Departed: I’m Shipping up to Boston by Dropkick Murphy’s
Irish Music Clip credit: Fiddle-De-Dee by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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Battle of the Belgians

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Michael, Adam) — Tue, 2 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0000

We’ve spent a lot of time on IPA’s and stouts on this show - now it’s time to switch it up a bit and bring on the Belgian beers! In this episode, we bring back friend of the show Michael to taste four different types of Belgians including a bizarre Eucalyptus tripel, crown the official beer of Neurology, and go on a rant about shower beers.

Featured Beers:

Orval. Pale Ale. Brasserie d’Orval, Villers-devant-Orval, Luxembourg, Belgium. 6.2% ABV.

Delirium Nocturnum. Strong Dark Ale. Huyghe Brewery, Zelle, Vlaanderen Belgium. 8.5% ABV.

Brother Thelonious. Strong Dark Ale. North Coast Brewing Company, Fort Bragg, CA. 9.4% ABV.

Tre Fontane Tripel. Abbazia Tre Fontane, Rome, Italy. 8.5% ABV (lots and lots of Eucalyptus)

Devil’s Backbone. Triple. Real Ale Brewing Company, Blanco, TX. 8.1% ABV.

Abt 12. Quadrupel. Brouwerij St. Bernardus, Watou, Vlaanderen Belgium. 10% ABV.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

Trappistes Rochefort 10 (featured in our Thanksgiving 2020 episode)

Westmalle Trappist Tripel. Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle.

Scrimshaw. North Coast Brewing Company, Fort Bragg, CA.

Chimay. (Bieres de Chimay)

Delirium Tremens (the official beer of Neurology). Huyghe Brewery, Zelle, Vlaanderen Belgium.

Duvel. Belgian Strong Golden Ale. Duvel Moortgat, Puurs, Vlaanderen Belgium (Champagne of Beers)

Miller High Life (Also the Champagne of Beers)

Other Shout Outs:

The Trappist. Oakland, CA.

Craftbeer.com (location of tasting sheets in link below)

Vicks VapoRub

Robert Craft

Quad City DJ's

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Testing Home Brew Kits and The Great Brewing Mishap

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam) — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Adam and Drew take a stab at home brewing for the first time ever! Knowing our history, this should go off without a hitch right? Right??? In this episode we bring you two 1 Gallon Pale Ale Home Brew Kits - Northern Brewer vs. Brooklyn Brew Shop - in a showdown to determine which kit is best for you. And that’s not all - you’ll get to witness one of the most epic home brewing fails of all time!

Featured 1 Gallon Home Brewing Beer Kits:

Frosty Footprint Pale Ale (Limited Edition). Northern Brewer (Beering Ain’t Easy Ale Batch #1)

https://www.northernbrewer.com/products/limited-edition-northern-brewer-craft-beer-making-gift-set

American Pale Ale. Brooklyn Brew Shop (Beering Ain’t Easy Ale Batch #2)

https://brooklynbrewshop.com/products/american-pale-ale-beer-making-kit

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

French Press. Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Houston, TX.

YOUTUBE CHANNEL to see things go sideways!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtiY4snKtj1rRqjhk7CdKhQ

HOME BREWING TIPS SO THAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM OUR FAILURES

Why is my home-brew flat?

https://learningtohomebrew.com/why-is-homebrew-beer-flat-how-to-fix/

Avoiding the bottle bomb

http://beersmith.com/blog/2009/08/27/5-home-brewing-tips-to-avoid-the-dreaded-bottle-bomb/

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Beer Etiquette: How to Win the Beer Game

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam) — Tue, 2 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Are you allowed to bring beer home that you brought over to your friend’s house? What about if you stored it temporarily in their fridge? Well, look no further, because Adam and Drew have answered all your questions and more by laying down the official rules of Beer Etiquette…and its loopholes.

Featured Beer:

Gulf Coast IIPA. Collaboration between Parish Brewing Company in Broussard, LA and Untitled Art in Waunekee, WI. 8.5% ABV.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

Miller Lite

Shiner Holiday Cheer. Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX.

Blue Moon

Fat Tire

Karbach

Other Shout-Outs:

Boston

Old School vs. New School NEIPA’s

Dumb & Dumber

Adam’s Dad Backpack beer cooler

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Origins: Iowa and the Quest for the Perfect Beer Temperature

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew) — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Our second Origins episode has finally arrived! This time Adam takes us to his home state of Iowa to talk about the cold, the drinking traditions, and even a shout out to his high school prom date. And if that’s not enough, we’re doing another patented Beering Ain’t Easy beer experiment - tasting 2 different Midwest stouts at 3 different temperatures to let you, the listener, know which beer temperature is the most ideal for your drinking enjoyment. Have your thermometers at the ready!

Featured Beers:

Imperial Banshee. ReUnion Brewery, Coralville, IA. Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout. 10% ABV.

Brewer’s Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout. Central Waters Brewing Company, Amherst, WI. 10.5% ABV.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

King Sue. Toppling Goliath Brewing Co., Decorah, IA.

Other Shout-Outs:

Iowa City, Iowa

University of Iowa

Iowa State University

The Pork Industry and Adam’s prom date

Slipnot

John Wayne

Featured Metal Music:

False Awakenings by Anders: https://soundcloud.com/anttu-janhunen/false-awakenings

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Battle of the Best Low Cal IPA's

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew) — Tue, 5 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Has your New Year’s resolution come into direct conflict with your obsession with craft beer? Well, do we have a solution for you! Come join Adam and Drew for an epic 8 beer tournament battle to crown the winner for the best low cal IPA’s on the market, plus we’ll “weigh in” on Dry January and New Year’s Resolutions!

Featured Beers:

Light Hearted Ale. Bell’s Brewery, Comstock, MI. 3.7% ABV. 110 Calories.

Hop Skinny IPA. Community Beer Company, Dallas, TX. 4.5% ABV. 95 Calories.

Daytime IPA. Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma, CA. 4% ABV. 98 Calories.

One-y 100 Calorie Hazy IPA. Oscar Blues Brewery, Longmont, CO. 4% ABV. 100 Calories.

Good Behavior. Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO. 4% ABV. 110 Calories.

Low Dose. Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 4.4% ABV. 118 Calories.

Slightly Mighty. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE. 4% ABV. 95 Calories.

Hop 99. Abita Brewing Company, Abita Springs, LA. 4.2% ABV. 99 Calories.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

Two Hearted Ale. Bell’s Brewery, Comstock, MI.

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The Mysterious Beer Resale Market

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew) — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0000

Have you ever tried to order a special release beer from a brewery website and find it sold out in a matter of minutes? Well, that my friends, is due to the secondary beer market, a mysterious shadow organization thwarting local beer drinkers at every turn. Your favorite investigators Adam and Drew stumble over themselves trying to figure out the inner workings of the secondary beer market, and along the way give their opinions on being a parent during New Year’s Eve as well as recap their very first home brewing experiment!

Featured Beers:
Pixel. Baa Baa Brewhouse, Brookshire, TX. NEIPA. 7.3% ABV.

Final Sin. Baa Baa Brewhouse, Brookshire, TX. NEIPA. 7.2% ABV. Collaboration with Beer Zombies Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

Northern Brewer - Home brew kit that we will be featuring on a future episode

Holy Ghost. Parish Brewing Co., Broussard, LA

Ghost in the Machine. Parish Brewing Co., Broussard, LA

Bourbon County Brand Stout. Goose Island Beer Co. Chicago, IL

Pliny the Elder. Russian River Brewing Company, Windsor, CA

Other Shout-Outs:

Mary Jo Peckham Park. Katy, TX

ISO: FT

Hazeboiz (@hazeboiz) on Instagram - hilarious memes

www.mybeercollectibles.com

Houston Craft Beer Society Facebook group

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Beer!

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew) — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0000

It’s the most wonderful time in the year for drinking beer! In this episode, Adam and Drew highlight the ungracefulness of keeping the magic alive for their kids during Christmas, touch on out-of-hand Christmas parties, and discuss their favorite holiday beers of all time. We have a double-header Christmas Ale comparison too! Anchor 2019 vs. Anchor 2020 and a vertical tasting of Saint Arnold Christmas Ale from 2019 and 2020.

Featured Christmas Beers:

2019 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year (Our Special Ale). Anchor Brewing Company, San Francisco, CA. Winter Warmer. 6.9% ABV.

2020 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year (Our Special Ale). Anchor Brewing Company, San Francisco, CA. Winter Warmer. 7% ABV.

2019 & 2020 Christmas Ale. Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Houston, TX. Old Ale. 7% ABV.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:
Oakspire. New Belgium Brewing Company, Fort Collins, CO.

Knob Creek Bourbon

Chimay Belgian Ales

Shiner Holiday Cheer. Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX.

Other Shout-Outs:

TattooYou Phone App

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Craft or Crap?

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam, Michael) — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0000

We’re back at it again with another epic blind tasting with a new guest, friend of the show Michael! This time we’re going to see if we can differentiate between craft and mass produced Ambers, Pilsners, Brown Ales and Bocks, in other words “Craft or Crap.” Check out the episode notes and try this at home!

Blind Tasting Beers (*All beers were found at Total Wine & More in Houston, TX)

Featured Pilsners:

Hans Pils. Real Ale Brewing Company, Blanco, TX. 5.3% ABV.

Miller High Life. Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI. 4.6% ABV. The “champagne of beers”

Featured Amber Ales

Austin Amber. Independence Brewing Co. Austin, TX. 6% ABV.

Fat Tire. New Belgium Brewing Company, Ft. Collins, CO. 5.2% ABV.

Featured Brown Ales

Bell’s Brown Ale. Bell’s Brewery, Comstock, MI. 5.8% ABV.

Newcastle Brown Ale. Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma California. 4.7% ABV * NOTE in the podcast we incorrectly referenced John Smith's in England, which was the original brewer.

Featured Bocks

Shiner Bock. Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX. 4.4% ABV.

Bockslider. Martin House Brewing Company, Fort Worth, TX. 5.6% ABV.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

Urban South HTX - Michael’s favorite Houston Brewery right now

Ghost in the Machine. Parish Brewing Co., Broussard, LA.

Cherry Rodeo Clown. Karbach Brewing Co, Houston, TX.

Bourbon Barrel Hellfighter. Karbach Brewing Co. Houston, TX.

Hopadillo. Karbach Brewing Co. Houston, TX.

Other Shout-Outs:

Friend of the show Michael

Untappd - Hit us up for that new badge lol

The Flying Saucer

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The Best Beer Commercials of All Time

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew) — Tue, 8 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0000

On this episode, we present to you the ultimate Beer Commercial Tournament Bracket! Come join us to hear eight of the best beer commercials of all time compete for bragging rights for top honors, and see if Adam’s desire to thwart Drew’s picks is enough to bust the bracket apart.

Featured Beer:

(512) Whiskey Barrel Aged Double Pecan Porter. (512) Brewing Company, Austin, TX. 9.5% ABV

Featured Beer Commercials with Links!

The Banquet (Dilly Dilly) - Bud Light, Anheuser Busch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTH3a_2zb1o

Spuds Mackenzie - Bud Light, Anheuser Busch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWAFOPntWYc

Boldest Six Pack - Tecate, Cerveceria Cuahtemoc Moctezuma S.A. de C.V.

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ITJu/tecate-light-six-pack-song-by-jonz

Bitter Beer Face - Keystone Light, Coors Brewing Company

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOP5PBIghhc

Man Laws - Miller Lite, Miller Brewing Company

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RLCD-PpWqU

The Frogs - Budweiser, Anheuser Busch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8TTWtbT088

Wazzup - Budweiser, Anheuser Busch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tauYnVE6ykU

The Most Interesting Man in the World - Dos Equis Lager Especial, Cerveceria Cuahtemoc Moctezuma S.A. de C.V.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U18VkI0uDxE

Bonus Commercial

Corn Syrup! - Bud Light, Anheuser Busch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIlX0Gg0GRI

Other Shout-Outs:

1995 Super Bowl XXIX: Chargers vs. 49ers (sorry Adam)

Burt Reynolds (RIP)

Jerome Bettis ("The Bus")

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The Ultimate Hazy IPA

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew) — Tue, 1 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0000

Adam and Drew thoroughly discuss their man crush on SpindleTap Brewery and their world-class hazy IPA’s, and even broadcast live for the first time at the SpindleTap 5th Anniversary party! Featured beer: Haymaker Triple IPA.

Featured Beers:

Haymaker. SpindleTap Brewery, Houston, TX. Triple IPA. 10% ABV.

Other Favorite SpindleTap Beers Mentioned:

Houston Haze

Heavy Hands

Candy Green

Stratospheric Clouds

Other Shout-Outs:
Mike Tyson Punch-Out

Urban Air Indoor Trampoline Park

Shawn Kemp

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Thanksgiving Dinner Beer Pairings

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew) — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:00:00 +0000

Ever wondered what the best beer is for pairing with your Thanksgiving Dinner? Adam and Drew have done the homework for you by putting beers to the test for both the main course and dessert. Come join us for another delicious beer centric episode, with a few turkey frying mishap stories sprinkled in!

Featured Beers:

Main Course:

Trappistes Rochefort 10. Brasserie de Rochefort. Rochefort, Belgium. Belgian Quadrupel. 11.3% ABV.

Plaid Habit. Boulevard Brewing Company. Kansas City, MO. Brown Ale - Imperial/ Double. 12.4% ABV.

Dessert:

Breakfast Stout. Founders Brewing Co. Grand Rapids, MI. Stout - Oatmeal. 8.3% ABV.

Porter. Founders Brewing Co. Grand Rapids, MI. Porter. 6.5% ABV

Other Shout-Outs:

HEB - For the single serve “thanksgiving dinner” purchases

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The Beers of Instagram

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew) — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 11:00:00 +0000

How do ‘hot chick’ beer influencers stay fit while knocking down so many high ABV beers? Do exotic beer photographers ice their beer on hikes, or do they shed the extra weight? In this episode we ask the tough questions, guide you through the world of beer Instagram, and make a pitch for a woefully unrepresented Instagram influencer type, “The Beer Dads of Instagram.” And be sure to stick around for a gulf coast IPA battle between Urban South and Urban South HTX!

Featured Beers:

Snowball Juice IPA. Urban South Brewery, New Orleans, LA. NEIPA, 7% ABV.

Coastal Harmony. Urban South HTX, Houston, TX. Double NEIPA.

Other Shout-Outs:

@txbeerdude on Instagram - great beer reviews!

No Label Brewing Company in Katy, TX and their great beer photography

#beerdadsofinstagram. - Post your best “dad beer” photo!

Urban South Coastal Harmony Relief Collaboration - support those hardest hit by Gulf Coast hurricanes!

https://urbansouthbrewery.com/coastal-harmony

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Keeping it Professional

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam) — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 11:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Adam and Drew ‘keep it professional’ by unprofessionally discussing at-work personas, epic virtual meeting fails, out-of-hand office parties, and most embarrassing professional moments. If that doesn’t draw you in, then this sugar bomb of a beer will - Black is Beautiful Imperial Double Pastry Stout by Parish Brewing Co!

Featured Beer:

Black is Beautiful. Imperial Double Pastry Stout by Parish Brewing Company, Broussard, LA. 10% ABV.

Variant of Black is Beautiful by Weathered Souls Brewing Co. San Antonio, TX.

Other Shout-Outs:

MJF Foundation - All proceeds of Parish Black is Beautiful go to the MJF (Michael James Jackson Foundation), which funds technical education and career advancement for black, indigenous, and people of color in the brewing and distilling industries.

https://www.themjf.org

Jimmy from the Houston Craft Beer Society FB group - for the beer hookup and story!

Founders KBS - Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout

Dave and Busters

WebEx, Zoom, and Microsoft Team - for giving us tons of remote meeting laughs through Covid.

Jeffrey Toobin - For being the biggest Zoom call idiot alive.

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Origins: Bourbon Barrel Arkansas Stouts

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam) — Tue, 3 Nov 2020 11:00:00 +0000

In the first of our podcast’s Origin series, we explore Drew’s home state of Arkansas in a most excellent fashion - a side by side tasting of Arkansas Bourbon Barrel Aged stouts with a “point of reference” using Founder’s Kentucky Breakfast Stout. In addition to a great beer lineup, we’ll break down Arkansas beer politics, touch on the growing craft beer scene in the state, and share a few memories from Drew’s early days.

Featured Bourbon Barrel Aged Stouts:

BDCS (2020). Ozark Beer Company, Rogers, AR. 10.2% ABV.

Lord God (2020). Flyway Brewing, Little Rock, AR. 10.1% ABV.

Nighty Night (2019). Lost Forty Brewing, Little Rock, AR. 11.5% ABV.

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS). Founders Brewing Company, Grand Rapids, MI. 12% ABV.

The “Pre-game” Beer

Chicken and Dumplins. East Sixth Brewing Company, Little Rock, AR. Hazy IPA. 5.8% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs:

Lost Forty Brewing. Little Rock, AR - Winner of the best mid sized craft brewery at the Great American Beer Festival!

Fort Smith Brewing Company. Fort Smith, AR

Beer Geeks of Arkansas - Facebook group for Arkansas craft beer lovers

Harry Potter (lol)

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Halloween and Pumpkin Beers

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam) — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Our spooky number 13 episode just happens to fall on Halloween this year, and the least we can do is celebrate with our favorite Halloween stories and debate one of the most polarizing types of beers out there - the pumpkin ale. Come listen as Drew and Adam recount their ridiculous past Halloween costumes, give you a taste of what it is like to take children to pumpkin patches, and reflect on Drew’s big announcement!

Episode Notes:

Featured Beer: Voodoo Ranger Atomic Pumpkin (Spicy Special Release). New Belgium Brewing Company, Fort Collins, CO. 6.4% ABV

Tasting Notes: A lighter pumpkin ale that hits you with a mouth full of chile peppers with hints of pumpkin and cinnamon. It has an aroma of thanksgiving dinner, but a few drinks in and you’ll need a fire extinguisher!

Other Shout-Outs:

Arne’s: Party Store in Houston, TX with Halloween Costume rentals

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Behind the Scenes of the Beering Ain't Easy Podcast

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew) — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Have you wondered how the dynamics of a dual host podcast come together? Is it magic, or is it a bunch of bs that happens behind the mics? Well in episode 11 of Beering Ain’t Easy, we take you behind the scenes of our podcast and give you a sneak peak at the highly unintelligent decision-making that goes into our assigned roles and responsibilities as well as some of our epic failures along the way. It’s been a fun ride so far and we want you to join along for it! Plus we’ll get to experiment with our first IPA made with South African Hops - Reticulum DIPA by Sigma Brewing.

Episode Notes:

Featured Beer: Reticulum Double NEIPA. Sigma Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 8.8% ABV

Tasting Notes: Very unique tasting IPA, unlike any we’ve tasted before. Nose of berries / fruity pebbles, very slight spicy edge to the taste, and a surprising lack of any citrus flavors. Very easy drinking for 8.8% ABV.

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Houston Hops: Picking Houston's Best Flagship IPA

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Ryan, Adam, Drew) — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Have you ever wondered if your brewery biases influence how you rate a beer? Do you think you’d be able to identify your beer in a blind tasting lineup? Adam and Drew bring on their very first guest Ryan for a very special hop-forward blind beer tasting event to crown the winner of the Best Flagship IPA in Houston, TX! These aren’t the small lot darlings, these are the higher production IPA’s that you’re likely to find in stores outside of the Houston area. We’ll put five beers to the test while also discussing the evolution and explosion of the Houston beer scene.

Episode Notes:

Featured Beers and their descriptions:

Hopadillo: Karbach Brewing Company. Houston, TX. 6.6% ABV.

Hopston TxIPA: 8th Wonder Brewery. Houston, TX. 6.2% ABV.

Art Car IPA: Saint Arnold Brewing Company. Houston, TX 7.2% ABV.

Mini Boss: Eureka Heights Brew Co. Houston, TX. 6.8% ABV.

Hipster Sauce: 11 Below Brewing. Houston, TX 6.5% ABV.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

Rocket Fuel - Vietnamese Coffee Porter. 8th Wonder Brewery, Houston, TX.

Bud Light: Anheuser-Busch. St. Louis, MO.

Miller Lite: Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI.

Shiner Bock: Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX.

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The Suburban Life

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam) — Tue, 6 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Adam and Drew discuss the flight from the cities to the suburbs during the pandemic, and more importantly, warn you about what to expect when living that suburban life. We’ll cover beer selection (or lack thereof), home owners associations, yard of the month, and discuss the personality types you can expect to encounter in neighborhood Facebook groups. Come join us while we drink an interesting Scotch Ale from Oskar Blues Brewery and prepare yourself for a double dose of the burbs!

Episode Notes:

Featured Beer: Old Chub Scotch Ale. Oskar Blues Brewery in Longmont, CO. 8% ABV

Tasting Notes: Very tasty scotch ale with hearty malt flavor with hints of smokiness, raisins, and molasses.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

The Maharaja DIPA. Avery Brewing Company, Boulder, CO. 10% ABV

Other Shout-Outs:

Sesh Coworking Podcasting Studio in Houston, TX

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The Chase: Finding the Best Beer in America

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew) — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:00:10 +0000

Is it possible for dreams to come true? Well they did for Adam and Drew in Episode 9 of Beering Ain’t Easy. In this episode, we discuss beer tasting descriptors, brewery hype, telelearning, and of course tell the story of how Adam chased down one of the highest rated beers in America - Pliny for President.

Episode Notes:

Featured Beer: Pliny for President (Double Dry Hopped Pliny the Elder) - Russian River Brewing Company, Windsor, CA. Double IPA, 8% ABV.

Tasting Notes: Floral notes at first, but definitely a piney, dank, resinous goodness as it warmed up. Very balanced and not to boozy. Quintessential West Coast IPA.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

Candy Green - SpindleTap Brewery, Houston, TX

Other shout-outs:

Spiegelau IPA Glasses

Hamilton’s Tavern - San Diego, CA

Houston Craft Beer Society - Houston Facebook group for folks living that craft beer lifestyle (especially Chris with the beer assist)

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The Oktoberfest Battle

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam) — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 10:00:04 +0000

It’s Oktoberfest season, and Beering Ain’t Easy is bringing you an epic four beer Battle Royale: International vs. National vs. State vs. Local. Are Adam and Drew’s taste buds refined enough to tell the difference between the beers? Will they even be coherent? We’ll answer these questions, and bring also bring you a new Beering Ain’t East Segment - The Untappd Roast!

Episode Notes:

Featured Beers: Mr. Oktoberfest - Texas Leaguer Brewery, Missouri City, TX. Oktoberfest - Altstadt Brewery, Fredericksburg, TX. Spaten Oktoberfest Ur-Marzen, Munich, Bayern Germany. Octoberfest Beer - Bell’s Brewery, Comstock, MI.

Tasting Notes: Tough to differentiate between all the Marzen goodness! Texas Leaguer - More carbonated with a strong malty flavor. Altstadt - subtle, bready and toasty flavor. Spaten - A little darker in color than the rest, always a classic. Bell’s - Smoothest and cleanest of the four, but a much more muted flavor profile.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries from Untappd Roast:

Pussy Wagon - Brash Brewing Company, Houston TX (IPA)

Houston Hazier - SpindleTap Brewery, Houston TX (Double NEIPA)

Endeavour - Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Houston TX (Double IPA)

Hazy Little Thing - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico CA (NEIPA)

Cloud 8 - 8th Wonder Brewery, Houston TX (NEIPA)

Traditional Lager- Yuengling Brewery, Pottsville PA

Pre-War Pils - Live Oak Brewing Company, Austin TX

Featured Music:

Four Beers Polka by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)

Find it here!

Other shout-outs:

Suppenkuche - German Restaurant in San Francisco, CA

King’s Biergarten - German Restaurant in Pearland, TX

The Man Show - Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carrola’s classic show from the early 2000’s

Houston Craft Beer Society - Houston Facebook group for folks living that craft beer lifestyle

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Four Beers Polka by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The Politics of Beer

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam) — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:00:11 +0000

It’s an election year, and you guessed it, things are going to get political around here. Adam and Drew talk about the politics that you care about most - the politics of beer. Come join us while we venture through the weirdest alcohol laws in the US, bask in the beer law freedom we’ve felt during the coronavirus, and speculate what type of beer President Trump would be.

Episode Notes:

Featured Beer: Crankin’ Foamers. An American lager collaboration between Fair State Brewing Cooperative (Minneapolis, Minnesota) and Modern Times (San Diego, California). 4.5% ABV.

Tasting Notes: Great beer for slamming as indicated by the label. Light and smooth with just a little bit of sweetness.

Favorite Beers of the Summer

Don’t Mess Wit Texas: SpindleTap Brewery, Houston, TX

Pre-War Pils: Live Oak Brewing Company, Austin, TX

Other Mentioned Beers

Pliny For President: Russian River Brewing Company, Windsor, CA

Fun Read: Weirdest Alcohol Laws in the US

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Dadding Ain't Easy: A Beer Dad Tutorial

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam) — Tue, 8 Sep 2020 10:00:26 +0000

Adam and Drew explore the one topic where they actually have any semblance of credentials - being dads. This episode unlocks the secrets of how to live the craft beer lifestyle while still representing that dad life. And of course we’ll talk about the most “dad” topic possible - who’s lawn is better?

Episode Notes:

Featured Beer: Peeper from the Maine Beer Company. American Pale Ale coming in at 5.5% ABV.

Tasting Notes: Great traditional American pale ale. Hoppy, clean, and not overwhelmingly citrus

Featured product:

Dad Backpack beer cooler

Featured businesses:

Tru Green

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First Annual Beer and Football Episode: The Ultimate Wager

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Adam, Drew) — Tue, 1 Sep 2020 10:00:40 +0000

As a part of the first annual “Beer and Football” episode, Adam and Drew discuss football rivalries, football wagers, and ask the question that no one else thought to ask: What beer best represents your favorite player or team?

Episode Notes:

Featured Beer: Bicycle Pump from Peticolas Brewing Company in Dallas, TX. German style pilsner coming in at 5.8% ABV.

Tasting Notes: Easy drinking clean and crisp lager.

Other Mentioned Beers/Breweries:

Shiner Bock: Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX

Cosmic Omnibus: Modern Times and Alesmith Collaboration, San Diego, CA

Ghost in the Machine: Parish Brewing Co., Broussard, LA

Fat Tire: New Belgium Brewing, Fort Collins, CO

Prairie Artisan Ales, Krebs, OK

Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat: Chippewa Falls, WI

Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA: New Belgium Brewing, Fort Collins, CO

Vallensons Brewing Company, Pearland, TX

Braincake: Parish Brewing Co., Broussard, LA

Featured Teams:

Chicago Bears

Texas Aggies

Iowa Hawkeyes

Houston Texans

Featured NFL Players:

Johnny “Football” Manziel

Khalil Mack

DeAndre Hopkins

Mitch Trubitsky

Aaron Rodgers

David Johnson

Other shout-outs:

TexAgs - online Texas Aggie forum that frequents the use of the terms “BAS” and “Natty”

Houston Craft Beer Society - Houston Facebook group for folks living that craft beer lifestyle

On every episode, we rate beers on a scale from 0-5, 5 being the highest.

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Beerdemic

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam) — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:00:29 +0000

From drive-by birthday parties to socially distanced happy hours, Drew and Adam explore the world of drinking beer during the Covid-19 quarantine - in one word, the Beerdemic.

Episode Notes:

Featured Beer: Experimental Amber with Coffee. Small batch crowler from BAKFISH in Pearland, TX.

Tasting Notes: Nose is all coffee - a really nice malty amber

On every episode, we rate beers on a scale from 0-5, 5 being the highest.

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Airing Our Dirty Secrets

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam) — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 10:00:14 +0000

Drew and Adam reflect upon their craft beer missed opportunities when living on the West Coast, and debate when/if it is acceptable to change a beer rating on Untappd.

Episode Notes:

Featured Beer: Cosmic Omnibus. Hazy IPA collaboration between Alesmith and Modern Times breweries in San Diego, CA.

Tasting Notes: Fruit forward hazy ipa. Crisp and clean and easy to drink.

California Brewery Shout-outs:

Modern Times

Lagunitas

Las Vegas Brewery Shout-outs:

Bad Beat Brewing

CraftHaus

For all episodes, we rate beers on a scale of 0-5 (5 being the highest).

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Sour Curious

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (Drew, Adam) — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 10:00:28 +0000

Adam has his first experience with a fruited sour, and we reflect on all things "Hype", including...you guessed it... seltzers.

Episode Notes:

Featured Beer: SPILT Pineapple Mango Fruited Sour. Urban South HTX in Houston, TX

Tasting Notes: Delicious in small doses, but hard to drink more than 8 ounces. More juice than beer - texture of fruit concentrate.

Also mentioned: Check out the White Claw video on YouTube by @trevorwallace

For all episodes, we rate beers on a scale of 0-5 (5 being the highest).

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An Introduction to Beering Ain't Easy

beeringainteasy@gmail.com (drew, adam) — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:20:12 +0000

Welcome to Beering Ain't Easy! Come get to know hosts Adam and Drew and find out what the heck this podcast is all about. Crack one if you've got one and drink with us!

Episode Notes:

Featured Beer: Noble Haze, limited release Hazy IPA from Saint Arnold Brewery in Houston, TX.

Tasting Notes: Very crushable hazy IPA at 8% ABV.

For all episodes, we rate beers on a scale of 0-5 (5 being the highest).

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