By Adam and Drew
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The podcast currently has 88 episodes available.