Beering Ain't Easy

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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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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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.

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, 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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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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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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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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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 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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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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