This week on Domestic Pints ONLY John and Tom switch things up a bit, diving into another long awaited episode of IMPORT BEERS! Today's focus: Asian beers. We start off with the "Super Dry" ASAHI. Next up we discuss the popular Singaporean beer, TIGER. We wrap things up with the popular Japanese selection - SAPPORO. Along the way we also discuss our experiences with these beers, and also chat about: BeReal; Bilibili.tv; the dark web; Stettler, AB; and Modelos. It was fun to return back to our more macro-territory and we look forward to some occasional dips into the import scene in future episodes.

Next week we are back in Eddy to discuss another craft beer spot!

Timestamps:

3:45 Beer #1 (ASAHI)

16:25 Beer #2 (TIGER)

32:14 Beer #3 (SAPPORO)

54:39 Wrap up, final scores, and conclusion

Credits:

Intro and closing song: "Drink Beer (Till the Day That I Die)" by Dazie Mae (www.daziemae.com)

Artwork: IG @natalierivetartist (www.natalierivet.com)

This week on Domestic Pints ONLY, John and Tom discuss a craft brewery from Toronto called NORTHERN MAVERICK BREWING COMPANY. John visited this location this summer and procured the bevvies for this episode, he discusses a bit about the brewery and his experience at the location before moving into the beer. What's up first? The signature HANDCRAFTED LAGER. Following that is the psychedelic MR. TANGERINE MAN, and the more traditional APA SIX HUNDRED (or hunnit!). Along the way we discuss: midwestern emo; The Simpsons; lean; Tom's robe stories; high school science class; and have a political discuss on minimum wage. Lotta laughs and some fun bevs - check out Northern Mav!  

Next week we discuss ASIAN beers (yes, our first pure import episode since March 2021).

Timestamps:

6:51 Beer #1 (HANDCRAFTED LAGER)

18:31 Beer #2 (MR. TANGERINE MAN)

32:14 Beer #3 (SIX HUNDRED)

46:02 Wrap up, final scores, and conclusion

Credits:

https://northernmaverick.ca/

Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds

Intro and closing song: "Drink Beer (Till the Day That I Die)" by Dazie Mae (www.daziemae.com)

Artwork: IG @natalierivetartist (www.natalierivet.com)

Happy December! This week on Domestic Pints ONLY, John and Tom discuss a craft brewery from Edmonton - LONGROOF BREWING COMPANY. Tom discusses his experience with the brewery before we sample their beers. First we discuss SIMILAR SENTIMENTS, followed by ALL OEUVRE AGAIN, and lastly the NEW NORTH IPA. Along the way we also chat: shitty cans, fruit flies, school nights, canola, onion rings, and jerseys. A fun episode all around.

Next week we try a craft brewery from Toronto - NORTHERN MAVERICK BREWING COMPANY.

Timestamps:

8:51 Beer #1 (SIMILAR SENTIMENTS)

14:47 Beer #2 (ALL OEUVRE AGAIN)

25:28 Beer #3 (NEW NORTH IPA)

56:14 Wrap up, final scores, and conclusion

Credits:

https://www.longroofbrewing.ca/

Intro and closing song: "Drink Beer (Till the Day That I Die)" by Dazie Mae (www.daziemae.com)

Artwork: IG @natalierivetartist (www.natalierivet.com)

In the sixteenth edition of the bonus 'COLD SHOTS' series, John discusses a bonus beer sent from Tom, the THERE WILL BE BLOOD blood orange radler. "I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!" John talks about the brewery before drinking and reviewing the beer.

Credits:

Intro and Closing song: "Drink Beer (Till the Day That I Die)" by Dazie Mae (www.daziemae.com)

Artwork: IG @natalierivetartist (www.natalierivet.com)

How about dem apples? This week on Domestic Pints ONLY, Tom and John celebrate Thirsty Thursday by returning back to the ciders, this time drinking and reviewing more selections from Somersby. We discuss selections from the variety pack: Red Rhubarb, Mango Lime, and Blackberry. We omitted regular Apple flavour as we already profiled it on our first cider episode. Along the way we discuss mango Juuls and other vapes, Growlers cider, fruit punch, and we struggle to finish the last beverage as we fight for our lives ("the sulfates will get you"). Pretty tasty week!

We're back next week with another craft selection from Edmonton.

Timestamps:

6:46 Cider #1 (RED RHUBARB)

13:45 Cider #2 (MANGO LIME)

23:18 Cider #3 (BLACKBERRY)

33:10 Wrap up, final scores, and conclusion

Credits:

Intro and closing song: "Drink Beer (Till the Day That I Die)" by Dazie Mae (www.daziemae.com)

Artwork: IG @natalierivetartist (www.natalierivet.com)

In the fifteenth edition of the bonus 'COLD SHOTS' series, John discusses the kaiju branded ZILLA IPA, by the Regina brewer Rebellion Brewing Company. John talks about the brewery before drinking and reviewing the beer.

Credits:

Intro Song: Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult

Closing song: "Drink Beer (Till the Day That I Die)" by Dazie Mae (www.daziemae.com)

Artwork: IG @natalierivetartist (www.natalierivet.com)

We are back on our Sunday Seltzer beat (ok ok, we did this on a Saturday) talking more VIZZY Seltzer flavours. That's right folks, Domestic Pints ONLY is back on the VIZZY MINDSET™. We picked up the newest variety pack and discussed the flavours: Papaya Passionfruit; Watermelon Strawberry; Raspberry Tangerine; and Blueberry Lemon. Along the way we talked Harry Styles, Tom's Jello idea, Biosteel, and beer box swag. We also stopped the pod so John could answer a call from his mom. A very eventful episode!

We're back next week with... ciders! We will be discussing chatting Somersby flavours.

Timestamps:

6:50 Seltzer #1 (PAPAYA PASSIONFRUIT)

11:45 Seltzer #2 (WATERMELON STRAWBERRY)

19:56 Seltzer #3 (RASPBERRY TANGERINE)

28:48 Seltzer #4 (BLUEBERRY LEMON)

39:01 Wrap up, final scores, and conclusion

Credits:

Intro and closing song: "Drink Beer (Till the Day That I Die)" by Dazie Mae (www.daziemae.com)

Artwork: IG @natalierivetartist (www.natalierivet.com)

After a few recent craft beer episodes we had some overstock of extra Edmonton beer, so we decided to do a mixed episode of various breweries on this week's  Domestic Pints ONLY. Tom and John discuss beverages from Omen Brewing (chatting Blueberry Session Ale), Alley Kat (chatting Fishbone IPA), and Longroof Brewing Company (chatting (F)loral Pebbles). Along the way we also talk the Wishbone TV series, the NBA season, TVs, and also end the episode with some extended movie talk. Expect even more Alberta craft stuff to come as we head into the new year. 

Next week we return to the seltzer sunday series to discuss more Vizzy seltzers.

Timestamps:

8:17 Beer #1 (BLUEBERRY SESSION ALE)

17:21 Beer #2 (FISHBONE)

34:45 Beer #3 ((F)LORAL PEBBLES)

44:49 Wrap up, final scores, and conclusion

Credits:

https://www.alleykatbeer.com/

https://www.omenbrewing.com/

https://www.longroofbrewing.ca/

Intro and closing song: "Drink Beer (Till the Day That I Die)" by Dazie Mae (www.daziemae.com)

Artwork: IG @natalierivetartist (www.natalierivet.com)

We're back for another seltzer sunday episode of Domestic Pints ONLY (yes, these are actually seltzers) chatting COTTAGE SPRINGS VODKA LEMONADE. John and Tom each bought the variety pack, so on this episode we go through the different flavours: CLASSIC, PEACH, STRAWBERRY, and RASPBERRY. Along the way we also discuss Honey We Shrunk Ourselves; the 2023 NBA season; The Beatles; seeing bands we like live before they die; Blink 182; speaking Latin; Bedrock by Young Money; and we briefly interrupt the pod because Bailey saw a squirrel on the balcony. We had an excellent time with these drinks, and you wouldn't go wrong picking up a whole box!  

Also, this pod is dropping on John's bday - please send me good vibes as you listen, much appreciated.

We're back next week with another craft beer episode, talking some of the leftover beers from the recent Edmonton lineups.

Timestamps:

8:35 Seltzer #1 (CLASSIC)

17:53 Seltzer #2 (PEACH)

31:05 Seltzer #3 (STRAWBERRY

42:56 Seltzer #4 (RASPBERRY)

56:45 Wrap up, final scores, and conclusion

Credits:

Intro and closing song: "Drink Beer (Till the Day That I Die)" by Dazie Mae (www.daziemae.com)

Artwork: IG @natalierivetartist (www.natalierivet.com)

This week on Domestic Pints ONLY, John and Tom discuss one of (if not, the most) popular craft brewery in Edmonton: ALLEY KAT BREWING COMPANY! We chat a bit about the history of the brewery before getting into the beers. Our first selection is the tasty kolsch, SCONA GOLD. We follow that up with MAIN SQUEEZE GRAPEFRUIT ALE. Our third selection is the award-winning flagship pale ale, FULL MOON. Lastly we wrap things up with the brown ale BUENA VISTA.  It was a jam packed episode, but we came away digging these beers. 

Next week we return to the seltzer sunday series - chatting COTTAGE SPRING VODKA LEMONADES!

Timestamps:

6:08 Beer #1 (SCONA GOLD)

15:58 Beer #2 (MAIN SQUEEZE GRAPEFRUIT ALE)

25:54 Beer #3 (FULL MOON PALE ALE)

35:48 Beer #4 (BUENA VISTA BROWN ALE)

54:39 Wrap up, final scores, and conclusion

Credits:

https://www.alleykatbeer.com/

Intro and closing song: "Drink Beer (Till the Day That I Die)" by Dazie Mae (www.daziemae.com)

Artwork: IG @natalierivetartist (www.natalierivet.com)