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In this “East Drinks West” episode we featured “Lager in Place” by Woodhouse Brewing in Santa Cruz, CA, and “Voodoo Pony” from Sideward Brewing in Orlando, FL.

In this episode, Matt sends out a can of “Yacht Money” from Sideward Brewing in Orlando, FL.

And coming from Humble Sea Brewing in Santa Cruz, CA, Quint sends a can of “The Fogfather”.

In this episode, Matt ships off a can of “Send Me An Angel” from Broken Strings Brewery from Orlando, FL.

From the other side of the country, Quint sends out a can of “Roundabout ESB” from East Cliff Brewing Company in Santa Cruz, CA.

This are two beers we’ve both been waiting to true. How worth the wait was it? Listen and find out!

In this episode East Drinks West episode, Matt hands off a Double IPA from Castle Church Brewing in Orlando, FL, while Quint gives Matt a brown ale from Carralitos Brewing Company in San Cruz, California.

Welcome to a new addition to the Big Monster Brewing Podcast feed - “East Drinks West”!

Matt lives in Orlando, FL. Quint lives in Santa Cruz, CA. Recently, they got beers from their favorite brewers across the country to each other. And in each episode of “East Drinks West” they try a new beer from he opposite coast and discuss it.

It’s not the usually beer review, but a fun celebration and discussion of our favorite beers!

In this episode, we featured “Spice Gulls” by Humble Sea in Santa Cruz, CA and “Space Wizard” from Sideward Brewing Orlando, FL.

What happens when you find a 5 year batch of bottled Mr Beer you forgot about in a cooler in your garage? You fire up the camera and drink it!

And that’s exactly what this episode is about. I recently found an entire batch of 20 bottle Mr Beer Octoberfest I had forgotten about in my garage that I made over 5 years ago. I stuck one of the bottles into the refrigerator over night and now I’m going to see how it tastes. This is probably a terrible idea. To see the full video version of this episode visit: https://youtu.be/KNjgAx3oifs

In my ongoing quest to dial in an Old Ale style beer, I brewed an altered version of my original recipe. One fermentable changed, but it’s a big change.

To see the full video version of this episode visit: https://youtu.be/3N31MOsdfSA

The 29th Annual Sunshine Challenge and come and gone and it was a very surprise weekend for me in many ways.I tell you all about it in this episode!

To see the full video version of this episode visit: https://youtu.be/8h42J51Dzq8

It’s judging weekend for the Sunshine Challenge, and I have a bottle of each style I submitted to the competition. I’m tasting them at the same time as the judges to see they’ll be basing their scores and analysis on.

To see the full video version of this episode visit: https://youtu.be/jCX3c_JjdUo

I finally have the time to do a full 5 gallon brew day!I’m making a hazy session IPA for an upcoming podcast crossover game show event and I need this to be a bit of crowd pleasure.Let’s find out how close, or far, I get to the goal.

To see the full video version of this epsiode visit: https://youtu.be/cbRnw7Dhoj4