Episode 19 - A one-hour post-festival nap, a first visit to San Diego’s North Park neighborhood, and the best sandwich Adam says he has ever eaten... this night escalated quickly.

We begin with Tamarack Track, a 7.5% black IPA from the Samuel Adams taproom in Boston. It was Dedra’s first experience with the style, and the dark appearance had her expecting something much heavier. Instead, we found a surprisingly easy-drinking beer with coffee, roasted malt, and caramel-like sweetness.

From there, we relive our late-night San Diego brewery run. At North Park Beer Co., Adam went straight for a 10% triple dry-hopped hazy triple IPA before following it with Hot Fu. Dedra took advantage of a rare chance to order Pliny the Elder on draft and then moved to Art Squared.

The food stop became the biggest surprise. Fatboy’s Deli & Spirits served us a Hot Italian with salami, capicola, mortadella, and sourdough that was so good we stopped using complete sentences. There were chips and a pickle involved too, but honestly, the sandwich erased most of the supporting details.

We also talk about arriving at Mike Hess Brewing before the posted closing time but after last call, then walking to Original 40 Brewing Company, where bartender Joey made room for one more round. Adam ordered Most Necessary, Dedra chose Juice Maze, and several barrel-aged cans somehow followed us home.

Join us for a conversation about North Park craft beer, memorable food, the power of a good bartender, and why our new restaurant rating system may need to be measured in grunts.

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Episode 18 - The Salty Toast Beer Fest brought us back to Broadway Pier in San Diego for an afternoon filled with waterfront views, breweries from across North America, Filipino food, and absolutely no realistic chance of remembering every beer name.

We opened the episode with Drekker Brewing Company’s Slang Du Jour – Bumbleberry Cobbler Sour à la Mode. Packed with blueberry, strawberry, blackberry, granola, cinnamon, and vanilla bean, it was thick, sweet, and much closer to liquid dessert than a traditional face-puckering sour.

At Salty Toast, we started with a familiar Arizona brewery: Starfire Brewing. Their Baptized in Bloody Water sour still reminded Dedra of a pink Starburst, even if Adam remained unclear about whether Starburst flavors are officially flavors or simply colors.

We also tried beer from RAR Brewing, Beer Zombies, Solaris, Pinnacle Brewing Company, Villains Brewing, Tripping Animals, Green Cheek, Mother Earth, Fall Brewing, Harland, and several others.

Our surprise favorite came from Messorem, a Montreal brewery pouring a hazy triple IPA that stood out even in a festival loaded with excellent choices.

The meal from SD Sisig was just as memorable. We ordered Lechon Kawali with fried pork belly, garlic rice, a fried egg, cucumber, and several sauces, plus six pork lumpia with sweet chili sauce. The food was so satisfying that returning to the beer tents required a short recovery walk.

We also discuss hidden barrel-aged bottles, Dedra’s unfinished smoothie-sour challenge, the soccer fans who relocated nearly every available chair, familiar Arizona beer-community faces, and why sampling bourbon on a pier seemed like an unnecessary test of balance.

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Episode 17 - We visited one of the most unique breweries in Arizona: Starfire Restaurant and Rooftop Brewery in Tempe. Getting there required entering a gated retirement community, checking in at a guard shack, taking a golf cart through the property, riding an elevator from an underground parking garage, and hoping we had not accidentally signed ourselves up for assisted living.

Once inside, we found incredible rooftop views, an open kitchen, rotating small-batch beers, and a food menu that included a flavorful beer-braised beef burrito, crispy onion rings, salad, and ranch good enough to send Dedra into a detailed childhood memory.

We tried Starfire beers including a brown ale, Sonderlust Imperial Double Hazy IPA, and the memorable Baptized in Bloody Water smoothie sour, which tasted suspiciously like a pink Starburst. We then made a quick stop at The Shop Beer Co. for Wheeze the Juice, a hazelnut-and-vanilla barrel-aged stout, and another completely necessary hat purchase.

We also opened the show with Hoptimus Haze from Chapman Crafted Beer and discussed hazy IPAs, Stone Brewing merchandise, Church Music, food-truck strategy, and the mystery of a guard-shack employee who was definitely not named Olivia.

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Episode 16 - We crossed the Phoenix Valley for a Friday afternoon brewery adventure at Hundred Mile Brewing Company and Catalyst Crafted Ales, and apparently decided that starting with a 12% triple hazy IPA on an empty stomach was a perfectly reasonable idea.

At Hundred Mile Brewing Company, we tried the Blood Hawk triple hazy IPA, West Hawk American IPA, Desert Neon New England IPA, a peanut butter stout called Hey Buddy, and several other beers. We also ordered shrimp tacos featuring some controversial pineapple, the Mayor chips, and buffalo wings so enormous that we have questions about the chickens they came from.

Next, we headed to Catalyst Crafted Ales, where Dedra slowly enjoyed a New England hazy while Adam and Randy discovered an unexpectedly impressive collection of barrel-aged beer. We sampled Vanilla Reality, The Standard, a barrel-aged Belgian-style ale, the Mobility Scooter barleywine, and more. Dedra also found a dangerously delicious margarita slushie that became even more appealing after she learned it was around 10% alcohol.

Join us as we explore two Tempe-area breweries, debate pineapple in tacos, investigate barrel-aged bottles from across the bar, and witness Dedra’s gradual transformation into a barrel-aged stout drinker.

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Episode 15 - We kicked off a full West Valley beer day with breakfast beers at O.H.S.O. Surprise, including penny pours, crispy potatoes, and one breakfast sandwich that Dedra may never emotionally recover from. From there, we checked out the brand-new Head Right Brewing in Surprise, a massive hidden brewery with big potential, classic beer styles, a food truck, and a little Weller bourbon redemption.

After that, we stopped at one of our favorite tap houses, Manny’s Place, where we accidentally brought brewery-crawl energy into what may have been a silent reading event. Then we wrapped the day at Deno’s Pizza with BYOB beers, pizza, wings, and a Tree House beer share with friends.

This episode is all about craft beer, questionable breakfast decisions, new brewery discoveries, local tap house love, and the kind of beer day that starts at 9 a.m. and somehow ends with coolers full of cans in a pizza place.

Featured stops:
O.H.S.O. Surprise
Head Right Brewing
Manny’s Place
Deno’s Pizza

Beers and drinks mentioned:
Trillium Vicinity
O.H.S.O. Boom Dynamite
Wren House Spellbinder
O.H.S.O. Lost Viking
O.H.S.O. Can’t Be Hazy
Head Right American IPA
Head Right Hazy IPA
Head Right Vienna Lager
Head Right Session IPA
Weller Full Proof
DESTIHL DeadHead
Chapman Crafted Super Fudge 2
Tree House King Julius
Tree House Emperor Julius

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Episode 14 - We’re wrapping up our Boston trip with one last brewery stop, and this one deserves way more time than we gave it. In this episode of The Adam & Dedra Show, we visit Night Shift Brewing in Boston after a full day in Salem, squeeze in a couple beers before closing, take in a beautiful waterfront sunset, and somehow end the night with Italian food so good it makes Dedra angry.

We kick things off with Lunch from Maine Beer Company, a smooth and dangerously easy-drinking 7% IPA, before diving into our quick stop at Night Shift Brewing. Adam tries Double Parked, an 8.5% double IPA, Dedra grabs the hazy Fluffy, and we bring home Pie Scraper, a pumpkin pie ale that sounded amazing but didn’t quite hit the fall dessert dream we were hoping for.

Then it’s off to Boston’s North End for dinner at Quattro, where brick oven pizza, linguini with clams, halibut acqua pazza, wine, fresh bread, and sauce-dipping happiness completely steal the show. We also cover Boston concert crowds, waterfront fishing, weird brewery bathrooms, almost-Uber mistakes, and why Lake Pleasant may only have one tired fish that everyone takes turns catching.

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Episode 13 could not have worked out better if we planned it... because this time, we’re taking the show to Salem, Massachusetts. That’s right: our spooky-numbered episode just happened to be about witches, Hocus Pocus filming locations, old New England buildings, tourist shops, breweries, chowda, fried shrimp, and one very dark beer that looked like it came straight out of an oil pan.

In this episode of The Adam & Dedra Show, we recap our day trip from Boston to Salem, including stops at Notch Brewing, East Regiment Beer Company, Witch Side Tavern, and Dire Wolf Tavern. We talk about Salem’s witch history, Dedra’s love of Halloween, Hocus Pocus nostalgia, the difference between Salem and Boston, and why missing a train sometimes just means you get one more beer.

Our featured beer for this episode is Chai Marty from Prairie Artisan Ales, a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout with espresso, chai, and honey. It clocks in at 13.6% ABV, which means it fit perfectly with Episode 13 and Salem’s spooky little vibe.

If you love craft beer, brewery travel, New England food, Halloween, Salem, Boston day trips, or just watching a husband and wife turn a vacation into a full beer-and-food adventure, this episode is for you.

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Episode 12 - In this episode of The Adam & Dedra Show, we’re taking the Boston beer adventure back to Massachusetts with a trip to Trillium Brewing, a surprise Tree House Brewing beer garden, and one dangerously smooth 10.7% quadruple IPA: Tree House Haze Infinite. We break down the hazy IPAs, porters, barrel-aged stout temptation, brewery food, and the chaos of trying to experience Tree House without actually making it to the brewery.

We also dive into our Boston food stops, including Trillium’s empanadas and Asian spare ribs, a massive crab and shrimp BLT from Faneuil Hall, live music in the rain, questionable brewery hats, missed merch regrets, and the kind of travel planning mistake that ends with buying 20-something cans of beer from a Tree House kiosk.

If you love craft beer, brewery travel, hazy IPAs, Boston food spots, Tree House Brewing, Trillium Brewing, and husband-and-wife banter with a side of food-fueled chaos, this episode is for you.

Featured Beer: Tree House Haze Infinite
Brewery Stops: Trillium Brewing and Tree House Brewing
Food Stops: Trillium Brewing, Faneuil Hall, West End Strollers
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

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Episode 11 - Adam and Dedra take The Adam & Dedra Show to Boston, Massachusetts for a craft beer-filled visit to Sam Adams and the Boston Beer Company brewery in Jamaica Plain. In this episode, they recap their stop at the Sam Adams Downtown Taproom, their behind-the-scenes R&D brewery tour, exclusive small-batch beers, a barrel-aged Boston Lager they still can’t stop thinking about, and the dangerous featured beer of the episode: Beer Zombies 16oz Love Letters West Coast Triple IPA.

Along the way, they talk Boston food, rainy weather, late-night pizza at 21st Amendment, getting skunked at Cheers, hunting for a real Boston accent, and why the craft beer experience is always about more than just what’s in the glass. If you love brewery tours, craft beer travel, Sam Adams, Boston food stops, hazy IPAs, barrel-aged beer, and funny husband-and-wife podcast banter, this episode is for you.

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Episode 10 - In this milestone 10th episode of The Adam and Dedra Show, we head back to one of our favorite downtown Phoenix spots, Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. on Roosevelt Row. We stopped in before a Diamondbacks game for a little pregame action, which of course meant hazy IPAs, food, laughs, and Adam using “due diligence” as an excuse to order a full flight of specialty barrel-aged beers.

We kicked things off with Mini Super from Societe Brewing Company out of San Diego, then dove into our Arizona Wilderness visit, including Every Day is Earth Day, Death to IPA, a few Co-op specialty releases, and a surprise barleywine that Dedra actually enjoyed. We also get into their Wicked Chicken sandwich, duck fat fries, homemade ketchup, and why their downtown Phoenix location is such a great spot for beer, food, and patio time before a game.

Of course, because it’s us, the episode also takes a few turns. We talk Memorial Day weekend, shout out breweries supporting veterans, celebrate episode 10 with spirit fingers, deal with allergy voices, and somehow introduce “Glado” (the guy version of the smoking, New Jersey born voice character of Dedra called "Gladys") to the world. It’s craft beer, food, baseball, and ridiculous conversation... exactly the kind of chaos we love.

Come for the beer, stay for the food, and leave with another Arizona brewery to add to your list.

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