This podcast episode has been a long time coming. Back in January, Peter Yamashiro and Kristen Rau graciously invited us into their home and shared a few of their favorite Twin Cities (Minnesota) brews. What we found out... our friends are very (VERY) passionate about the Twin Cities, the Minneapolis/St. Paul divide is real, which is surprising because the area has such friendly breweries, and Hamm's isn't the preferred cheap beer of all Minnesotans... give a guy a heart attack, why don't ya? Cheers, Folks! This is a fun one. 

Beer Lineup:

• Summit Brewing Company EPA - extra pale ale
• Indeed Brewing Company Day Tripper - pale ale
• Surly Brewing Co. Coffee Bender - coffee brown ale
• Surly Brewing Co. Nein - Imperial smoked dunkelweizen 

"Sponsored" by Grain Belt - The Friendly Beer

Started with Budweiser, now we're here. After releasing 10 episodes of the Few Brews Podcast, we thought it would be a good time to have a little fun (well, a little more fun) and release all of the "sponsor" ads we've recorded so far in a wonderfully, uhhh, "creative" bonus episode.

Ad Lineup:

After you finish opening presents with family and eating a big old Christmas breakfast, Few Brews has one more gift for you... our first Few Brews Podcast Christmas Special! This episode we chat about our favorite holiday traditions with our resident Scrooge, Matt Diamond, and our jolly friend Josh Wood. 

Beer Lineup:

"Sponsored" by Stella Artois - Premium Lager Beer

The scariest night of the year is almost upon us… no, not TBOX in Wrigleyville, it’s HALLOWEEN!!! On our 9th episode of the Few Brews Podcast, we invited our good friend Drew Moody back to talk about the spookiest beers available in Chicago and our favorite Halloween memories, both as a kid and adult. Cheers!

Beer Lineup:

“Sponsored” by Miller High Life – The Champagne of Beers

Side Note —
If you haven’t already, make sure to check out Drew’s coffee blog, cornerofthecafe.com. On the site, you’ll find coffee (and beer) reviews, interviews, brewing methods, and other coffee-related resources.

Mica and Nico Bernal, Founders of Chicago-based run club Three Run Two, stopped by the Few Brews pad to chat about our ideal post-race brews. As you might imagine, we talk a lot about running in this episode... a lot. If you listen to this, live in Chicago and want to know more about what this Three Run Two crew is all about, come out one of our runs! You can find the schedule here. Also, what brews are you all craving post-run or -race? Let us know in the comments.

On our sixth podcast episode, we share a few brews (and laughs) with our good friend Diane "Dizzle" Kim! Her hometown favorite, SweetWater Brewing Company, is now being distributed to Chicago, and she was kind enough to bring a couple (4 six-packs) of their beers to share with us... and we sure did enjoy them! At the end of the podcast, we also taste a beer given to us by another friend of Few Brews, Nicole Vassos. This is a fun one, folks!

After a night of drinking, the last thing you probably want to do is go back and listen to a recording of yourself acting like a goof... but hey, we think you might enjoy it!

On episode 5 of the Few Brews Podcast, hosts Jorge, Tommy and Dylan share (we'll say "a few") brews with our very good friends Mark Mullins and Mark Eisenman. We've been told this episode sounds like a bunch a friends hanging out, and for your sake and the sake of this podcast's reputation, we truly hope that's the case. Crack open a few cold ones and share a few laughs with us as we discuss beer, the state of the industry and Mullins' love of Fun.

Beer Lineup:

"Sponsored" by Old Style - Traditional Lager

One thing we love so much about the brewing community is how ingrained collaboration and experimentation are in its spirit and traditions. On our fourth podcast, we share a few brews with our good friend Morgan Smith and her brother Patrick, Bar Manager at The Violet Hour — one of Chicago’s best cocktail bars. The topic: cocktail inspired beers, where you’ll hear us talk about and discover different parallels between the two very unique booze-oriented worlds.

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“Sponsored” by Corona – La Cerveza Mas Fina

Inspired by our time at Good Beer Hunting’s Uppers and Downers Festival, we invited Drew Moody to sit down with us and talk about the rapidly growing world of coffee beer. Drew has his own coffee blog, cornerofthecafe.com, where he writes 150-175 coffee reviews annually. He is also a former barista, good friend of ours and the perfect person to share a few very delicious coffee brews with.

For our first podcast episode ever recorded, we sat down with Few Brews founder Tommy Crawford’s dad, Tom Crawford III. TC 3 and 4 have a long history with root beer, especially in float form, and we thought it would be fun to discuss two very different root beer inspired beers. While it may not be the first episode we chose to release, this is how we really got this podcast party started! Stay thirsty, my friends.