Hopped: Sound On 🔊

In this episode of The Hop Show, Javi chats with Jason Harris, fellow West Coast IPA lover and member of the Four Brewers podcast.

Javi and Jason dive into what it’s like doing a beer podcast in a pandemic, the post-COVID future of beer fests and bottle shares, why breweries should stop brewing Triple IPA, and so much more!

Listen in and as always you can follow Javi at @javibrews, Jason at @aeromunch, and the Four Brewers podcast at @fourbrewers.

This week Laurie and Tyler had the pleasure to speak with the AHA National Homebrew Competition Director, John Moorhead! John gives A LOT of insight on how the NHC operates (especially this year) and provides amazing tips to those who are considering entering the NHC or any local homebrew competitions. They also do a live beer judge tasting of a delicious Munich Helles. SO much was learned and we’d like to thank the American Homebrewers Association for their continued support and coordinating this interview! Grab a Helles and join in! Don’t forget, NHC registration starts February 17th!

Thanks as always for listening! Please like, subscribe, review, and follow on your favorite podcast platform.

Follow us on Instagram @brewduppodcast.

We’d like to thank our sponsors Simi Valley Homebrew Shop, The American Homebrewers Association, and BSG HandCraft.

Brew’d Up is Hopped LA’s newest official podcast! Check out the site for more details and be sure to follow @hoppedla on all social media platforms.

This week Laurie and Tyler do a deep dive into the endless possibilities of yeast to use for homemade cider! They also taste a few delectable ciders from none other than Cimarrons Streets Finest 🙂

Thanks as always for listening! Please like, subscribe, review, and follow on your favorite podcast platform. Follow us on Instagram @brewduppodcast.

We’d like to thank our sponsors Simi Valley Homebrew Shop, The American Homebrewers Association, and BSG HandCraft.

In this episode of The Hop Show, Javi chats with San Diego-based freelance craft beer writer & journalist, Beth Demmon.

You may know Beth as the award-winning journalist who’s written for publications like CraftBeer.com, Good Beer Hunting, VinePair, and Craft Beer & Brewing, the host of the San Diego Brewers Guild’s weekly “Happy Hour at Home” show on Instagram Live, Founder of the Diverse Beer Writers Initiative, or for her most recent project, Prohibitchin’ on Substack.

Javi and Beth dive into a diverse set of topics this week, including beer influencers, how the craft beer industry has adapted to the pandemic, the insanity of #beertwitter, shotgunning Focal Banger on a Tuesday morning, how how to get started in beer media, and much more!

As always, you can follow Javi on Instagram at @javibrews. And you can learn more about Beth on Instagram, Twitter, or on her website.

This week Laurie and Tyler had the pleasure to speak with Gary from Hopped LA! His brand is dedicated to championing LA County breweries so please follow him for the ins and outs of the LA brewery scene everywhere at @hoppedla. Brew’d Up! is also happy to announce we are now officially part of the Hopped LA team! More to come!

Thanks as always for listening! Please like, subscribe, review, and follow on your favorite podcast platform. Follow us on Instagram @brewduppodcast.

We’d like to thank our sponsors Simi Valley Homebrew Shop, and BSG Craft Brewing (The Grainfather).

We’re back with Part 2 of our end of the year episode! Gary is once again joined by special guest, Russell Hainline of TheBeerTravelGuide.com to go through the top half of their 10 best LA beers they drank in 2020.

If you missed Part 1, go here and check out that episode first. Then come back here where we’re running through rankings #5 to #1.

Here’s a quick rundown of their lists, but be sure to tune in to the episode get the full scoop on how these rankings went down!

Gary:

Russell:

With so many awesome beers from so many great Los Angeles breweries, this is by no means a comprehensive or definitive list. So, we want to hear from YOU! What were your top 10 LA beers that you drank in 2020?

Special thanks to Russell for joining this episode of the pod. Give him a follow on Instagram at @russellhbeer and @thebeertravelguide.

In this end of the year episode of Ranked, Gary is once again joined by special guest, Russell Hainline of TheBeerTravelGuide.com to go through the 10 best LA beers they drank in 2020.

This monster of an episode is broken up into two parts, running through our #10 to #6 rankings in this episode and then coming back next week with rankings #5 to #1 in Part 2.

Here’s a quick rundown of their lists, but be sure to tune in to get the full scoop on how these rankings went down!

Gary:

Russell:

With so many awesome beers from so many great Los Angeles breweries, this is by no means a comprehensive or definitive list. So, we want to hear from YOU! What were your top 10 LA beers that you drank in 2020?

Special thanks to Russell for joining this episode of the pod. Give him a follow on Instagram at @russellhbeer and @thebeertravelguide.

In this episode of The Hop Show, Javi chats with Nic Bortolin, Co-Founder & Head Brewer at 14 Cannons Brewery in Westlake Village, CA.

They taste through a flight of lagers and a flight of IPAs while talking about how a stint in Prague sparked Nic’s love for beer, his background as a professional musician, the showroom concept behind 14 Cannons, their three year anniversary collaboration release, and much more!

Listen in and then follow Javi at @javibrews , Nic @thenicbortolin, and 14 Cannons at @14cannons.

In this episode of HOPTALK, Noey chats with Ray Ricky Rivera of Norwalk Brew House and SoCal Cerveceros.

They chat about how Ray transitioned from working in the music industry to his start in craft beer, his path to homebrewing and starting the largest all-Latino homebrew club in the country, his future plans for his beer brand, Norwalk Brew House, his radio show Beer Bands Business, some of his recent collaborations, and more!

Listen in and then follow Noey at @theycallhimnoe, Ray at @rayrickyrivera, Norwalk Brew House at @norwalkbrewhouse, the SoCal Cerveceros homebrew club at @socalcerveceros, and the Beer Bands Business show at @beerbandsbiz.

In this episode of The Hop Show, Javi chats with Josie Becker, Assistant Brewer at Common Space Brewing in Hawthorne, CA.

They talk about the state of the local beer industry here in LA, the birth of the award-winning Josie’s Wit, how the beer industry should approach diversity and the Black Lives Matter movement, her wrestling alter ego, and much more!

Listen in and then follow Javi at @javibrews , Josie @hoppiejosie, and Common Space Brewing at @commonspacela.