Beering Ain't Easy

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
 

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

Follow Beering Ain’t Easy on Facebook or Instagram, email us at [email protected], or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.
 

Four Beers Polka by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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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

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

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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

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

Follow Beering Ain’t Easy on Facebook or Instagram, email us at [email protected], or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.

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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.

Follow Beering Ain’t Easy on Facebook or Instagram, email us at [email protected], or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.

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.
 

Follow Beering Ain’t Easy on Facebook or Instagram, email us at [email protected], or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.

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).

Follow Beering Ain’t Easy on Facebook or Instagram, email us at [email protected], or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.

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).

Follow Beering Ain’t Easy on Facebook or Instagram, email us at [email protected], or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.

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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).
 

Follow Beering Ain’t Easy on Facebook or Instagram, email us at [email protected], or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.

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