If you were around for the Golden Age of BeerTube (2009-2013) you probably remember Mark Starr aka "The Grand Ole Hopry." He was based out of Kansas City and was one of the first BeerTubers to review "whalez" like Pliny The Younger, Founders KBS, and Bell's Hopslam (those last two are now available in supermarkets). Mark was a big fan of Boulevard Brewing (before they merged with Ommegang and Moortgat), and we actually reviewed "The Sixth Glass" together. This interview was shot in January of 2011.

Mark discontinued his channel after only 2 years, though it appears all the videos are still there. I definitely recommend checking him out. Hopefully he'll come back to BeerTube someday.

Mark's channel

https://www.youtube.com/@TheGrandOleHopry1

Our collab review of "The Sixth Glass" by Boulevard Brewing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj3mNnThRh0

Stephanie is the WOMAN behind the aptly named  @craftbeergirlakaCBG  channel. She's a nurse by day and a craft beer enthusiast by night. We actually met through Instagram as we're both located in the Orlando area and have a lot of local acquaintances in common. Oddly enough we've never actually met in person. We talk about all this and more in this podcast.

Be sure to check out our collab review of Cherry Chouffe here: https://youtu.be/8a4JK5W4XJs

Follow Stephanie on all social media outlets here: https://linktr.ee/CraftBeerGirl

Jesse aka  @bumpy-isms  has been around the BeerTube scene since the Golden Age. Though he started out mostly as a viewer and commenter, he eventually got into creating content around 2018. His channel is a mix of homebrewing, beer reviews and pizza reviews.

Mr. Bumpy lives in New Hampshire, which is a prime location since he's within a day's drive to some of the hottest breweries in the country right now. We discuss what it's like to be surrounded by such great beer in this podcast.

After a month-and-a-half hiatus Chad'z Beer Podcast is back, baby! This episode features one of the most popular beer influencers on Instagram: Mateo The Beer Reviewer.

He has one of the biggest organic followings for a Beer 'Gramer with over 8500 devoted fans where's he been posting daily beer reviews since 2012! In this podcast, Mateo and I discuss our mutual love for beer and what it's like being a beer reviewer/influencer who's constantly chasing the next must have beer/brewery/style, etc.

This was a pleasantly fun and surprisingly breezy episode that I think (and hope) everyone will enjoy.

Be sure to follow Mateo here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beer_reviewer/

Untappd: https://untappd.com/user/Beer_reviewer

One of my favorite BeerTubers from the Golden Age was Matt Stewart. He was a bearded beer lover in the Miami area at the time. I can't remember how I found his channel, but I do remember appreciating his honesty and light hearted/every man approach. Matt and I did a few trades and he was the first to introduce me to the wonders of two Florida breweries that were in high demand back then: Cigar City and Funky Buddha. Matt and I actually met once in Albany and we're still friends on Facebook today. Perhaps we'll do a reunion collab review sometime?

Matt hasn't posted in years, but his channel is still available for viewing at https://www.youtube.com/@MtStewart/videos

Have you ever heard it's better to cellar beer vertically rather than horizontally (like wine)? The theory behind is that a bottle stored upright has less surface area exposed to oxygen whereas a bottle laid down on its side increases that area massively and will oxidize quicker and more prominently. I decided to put this theory to the test and conducted an experiment that took me TWO YEARS to complete. I bought two 8-packs of Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout from North Coast brewing and laid one down horizontally. I tasted them at 3 months, 6 months, a year and two years to see if there was a noticeable difference. Was there? Watch and find out!

Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/CyPUumpzDZc

Ryan Reschan started out as a BeerTuber known as "Stumpy Joe Jr." Later on he changed it to "San Diego Beer Vlog" and became a member of the Beer Geek Nation network. Ryan and I did many collab reviews and several trades. Thanks to him I was able to get a lot of Russian River sours and wilds and other coveted west coast-only beers.

Ryan was also a great homebrewer and made a lot of videos about his processes. He actually won a competition sponsored by Stone Brewing and had his "Coconut IPA" recipe scaled up and brewed by Stone! Greg Koch even appeared on his show a few times if I remember correctly.

Ryan doesn't make videos anymore, but I highly suggest checking out his channel archives.

https://www.youtube.com/@RyanReschan/videos

I can't believe it took this long for me to finally meet and collaborate with Shaun and Mike of  @NerdsenseReviews . They're big into comics, sci-fi, Kevin Smith, and other general geek culture (hence the channel name). Oh yeah they're also nerdy about beer. We talk about all these things and more in this episode. Be sure to check out our review of Chimay Red here: https://youtu.be/lZL-PsS6wZs

Follow Nerdsense on the socials here:

YT: https://www.youtube.com/@NerdsenseReviews

IG: https://www.instagram.com/nerdsense/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/nerdsense

X: https://x.com/nerdsensenet

This week's archive edition features one of the most prolific BeerTubers,  @TheMasterOfHoppets  . I first discovered Peter when I did a search for reviews of Duff Beer (yes, the beer from The Simpsons). This was still early in Peter's YouTube career (probably 2009 or so).

Him and I collaborated on many reviews over the years and even met in person briefly when he was flying from Denmark to New Mexico and landed at JFK airport in New York City. We reviewed a Three Floyds beer in my car in the parking garage!

These mini podcasts were recorded in November of 2010 and March of 2012.

Follow The Master of Hoppets on the socials here:

YT: https://www.youtube.com/@themasterofhoppets

IG: https://www.instagram.com/masterofhoppets/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheMasterofHoppets/

X: https://twitter.com/MasterofHoppets

UT: https://untappd.com/user/MasterofHoppets

We all know the biggest BeerTuber is  @realaleguide  but did you know his wife Mel also had her own channel where she reviewed beer? Well, she did at  @MrsRealAleGuide  aka "Craft Beer Lady." I actually did a couple collab reviews with Mel and many with Simon.