Episode 184 : Five Years Of Fueled By Hops

Nick is back for a yearly check-in with the Fueled By Hops crew, Nick and Ryan! Ryan tells us the REAL story of how Fueled By Hops got started and we reminisce about the history of the group. Growth and community was the next step and Ryan goes through how the group expanded and what caused the glassware and festival beginnings. We dive deeper into the festivals next and really expand on how Fueled By Hops moved into the world of the great themed beer festival. Next up we tackle the insanity of the pandemic and how Fueled By Hops pivoted to survive through the craziest time in everyone’s life. Nick and Ryan break down Drink The Cookie Table 1 and how Nick almost got his ass kicked by a pro wrestler. Moral of the story, “always have an extra jockey box!” The Best Brunch ever is up next and man, what a party that was. The stories from this one are mostly positive but the credit card fraud is definitely a stand out. We then talk at length about Trick R Treat at Ill Will next and Ryan drops some knowledge about the beer list at their festivals. As we move into the upcoming events, we talk about Let’s Be Blunt and then looking forward to Drink The Cookie Table 3 at Union Brothers Brewing in Zelienople. At the end we cut it short due to Nick's need to pee but we're back baby! Can't wait to see you next week! Thanks again for listening!

Episode 183 : Velum Fermentation

We took the show on the road for episode 183 and visited with our new friends at Velum Fermentation. Nate and Jenna tell their story about how Velum came to be and their history in the industry. From there we jump into the events in planning and what the vision is for their current space. After that we get into their current tap list and run through the beers available currently and a little look into what’s to come. We get into the emoji question and Velum’s top 3 beer styles and a bit of a science lesson. As we wrap this episode Nick asks where the name Velum came from and we go through the story. Thank you for listening and we’ll see you in the taproom at Velum soon!

Beers We Drank: All Velum Fermentation

Turn That Think Into a Drink (DIPA - 8.2%)

Giraffe Nap (WCIPA - 7.5%)

Fake Out (’Snack’ IPA - 4.5%)

Long Day Porter (Porter - 4.1%)

Concrete Bunny (IPA - 6.6%)

Wizard Teeth (Witbier - 4.0%)

Wrench Dream (Lager - 4.4%)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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Episode 182 : Emo-tional Damage with Tyler

Tyler from Creekside Beer joins Nick this week for the honorary Blink-182 episode! This one is a far departure from our normal beer centric podcast, so we talk about a bunch of shit that has nothing to do with beer, even though we drank some great beers! We go through some of our favorite albums from 2003 and roll right into trying to remember the year certain albums came out and Nick educates Tyler on Columbia House and BMG Music. From there we get into the music industry and we know very little about it so don’t bash us for anything said. After going thru the “It’s not a phase” playlist we wrap up this episode with our top 3 genre defining songs. Thanks for listening as we break from beer. We’ll be back soon with more beer content!

Beers We Drank:

DDH Ghost in the Machine - Parish Brewing (DIPA - 8.5%)

Magic Mushroom - Shubrew (IPA - 7.0%)

Explorer - Anchorage Brewing (BA Imperial Stout - 15.0%)

Stained Glass Ceilings - Dancing Gnome (DIPA - 8.5%)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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Episode 181 : Dem Bones Brewing

Nick and Sara were joined this week by John, a local home brewer, who goes by Dem Bones Brewing. John tells us about his home brewing and his past in craft beer and we drink a couple of his beers and talk about what comes up. This includes social media and the Fueled by Hops festivals. We wrap this long episode with the Weekly Re-Cap questions and John fills us in on his emojis and his top 3 beer styles. Thanks again for listening!

Beers We Drank:

Low Tide - Dem Bones Brewing (Hazy IPA)

High Tide - Dem Bones Brewing (Hazy IPA)

Refresher - Dem Bones Brewing (Fruited Sour)

Raspberry Crunchee - Other Half (Berliner Weiss - 7.4%)

Exquisite Beast - Dancing Gnome (DIPA - 8.0%)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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Episode 180 : Kevin from Prototype Brewing

Nick and Sara invited Kevin from Prototype into the basement and we talk all things Drink The Cookie Table 2, Prototype, and craft beer in general. As we roll through, Kevin brings us into the fold with what Prototype has coming up including 8th State Brewing’s Altered State festival in South Carolina, Sip at Soma in Harrisburg, and their own Prototype Invitational coming back some time in the fall (you can probably figure out when.) From there we get into Prototype’s story and their unique relationship with Collusion to keep the beers flowing. After we talk all about Prototype, we wrap the episode with Kevin’s top 5 emojis and then of course we ask him what his Top 3 Beer Styles right now are! Thanks again for listening and we’ll see ya next week!

Beers We Drank:

Groovy - Funguys Brewing (Triple IPA - 9.5%)

India Pale Ale V6.22 - Abjuration/Dem Bones Brewing (NEIPA - 6.4%)

Earthly Riches - Cushwa Brewing (Czech Dark Lager - 5.5%)

Ice Cream Paint Job - Coven/DSSOLVR (Cream Ale - 5.6%)

8th Anniversary Reserve - Grist House (BA Imperial Stout - 11.3%)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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Episode 179 : We’re Back!

Nick and Sara are back in the basement ramping up for another year of the Weekly Re-Cap. We started by covering our most recent excursion to Liberty Pole Whiskey. Sara explains her need to stay away from hazy/hoppy beers recently and we rage about Personal Day Seltzer. This leads us to our experiences with food and we talk about Fat Butcher in Lawrenceville and Bridge City Brinery’s Takeoutery in Etna, which of course led us to talk about Blue Sparrow’s bus at Dancing Gnome. We obviously had to talk about Dancing Gnome bottling beer. After we cover the new breweries of the last 2 months (Bonafide, Lolev and Aslin) we gush about the great emo resurgence of 2023. Then we get into beerfest season with Drink The Cookie Table 2 (Listen for the giveaway instructions) first and we hype Barrel and Flow. That’s it this week. Thanks for listening!

Beers we drank:

English Porter - Dancing Gnome (English Porter - 3.6%)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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Nick is joined this week by Aaron Weiss, a lawyer, who works directly with breweries and alcohol establishments. Aaron gives a bit of background on why he got interested in beer/craft beer and from there we dive into more about how PA specifically handles licensing for breweries and restaurants. This leads us to talk about what happened during the pandemic in the craft beer world. Nick asks Aaron to give us his craziest stories from the job and what his day to day can be like. After all the legal stuff, Nick wraps up the episode with his favorite guest questions and of course this goes off topic and we talk about beer fests and Aaron’s part in Barrel and Flow specifically. We end with Aaron’s top 3 beer styles. Thanks for listening!

Beers We Drank:

Hellping Hops - Helltown Brewing x 412 Food Rescue (NEIPA - 6.2%)

Full Squish - Cinderlands (NEIPA - 6.5%)

Spy Dolphin - Dancing Gnome (DIPA - 8.0%)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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We’re back with Trevor from @coven.brewing and we’re talking stouts and what is Pittsburgh. Topics include the sliding scale of rage, Great British Bake-off, and lactose intolerance. Trevor spills some insider information and then we move into the major conversation of the bonus episode, Pittsburgh Pizza! Shoutout Hot Heads hot sauce (hotheadsofficial.com) After the pizza talk, we discuss hop tasting and why Sara is tasting nothing but garlic in her beers. To wrap up the bonus, we do our top 3 pizza places in Pittsburgh. Trevor asks the important questions and we discuss who will break into the national stage with their hazy beers.

Beers We Drank:

JBM 35 NOA Mudcake - 3 Sons x Omnipollo (BA Stout - 14.35%)

Palatine Pils - Suarez - (Pilsner - 4.8%)

Feed Beats - Monkish (DIPA - 8.2%)

Jjjuiceee Project - Treehouse (DIPA - 8.7%)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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Nick and Sara are on site with Trevor from Coven Brewing! The main story of this episode is Trick or Treat at Coven on 10/22. This is a free event and it runs all day from 12pm to 12am! The food trucks are Blue Sparrow and Deadfish and their collab Dead Sparrow. Live music from DJ Baked Beans, F*ck Yeah, Dinosaurs! and DJ Dini Daddy. Guest beers from The Referend and Warwick Farms. Collaboration beers from The Answer (Richmond, VA) and DSSLVR (Ashville, NC). After quite a bit of off topic conversations and beer drinking, we wrap up the primary episode with Trevor and we’re going see you in the bonus episode!

Beers We Drank:

Kawau - Fidens Brewing (DIPA - 8.4%)

Lantern’s Low - Fidens Brewing (DIPA - 8.3%)

Bubble Wrap - Other Half/The Veil/Side Project/Weldwerks (BA Stout - 14.5%)

Sandy - The Veil (Imperial Stout - 14%)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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Episode 176 : Three Rivers Beer Week w/ Jen and Jen!

Nick and Sara headed out to Verona to hang out at Inner Groove with Jen (owner of Inner Groove @innergroovebrewing) and Jen (@hellobrewtifulpgh) and talk all things #TRBW and the First Pour!! We talk through all of the collab beers with Cleveland breweries and then we run down some of the events that have been announced, with more to come! GET YOUR TICKETS for First Pour and come hang out with us! Save $10 with code HELLOBREWTIFULPGH!!!

Check out threeriversbeerweek.com for all the info on all events and collabs!

For added enjoyment of this episode, drink every time we mention the First Pour or the phrase “you should go”!

Beers We Drank

My Verona - Inner Groove (Golden Ale - 5.2%)

Capture Color - Inner Groove (Hazy IPA - 7.5%)

Funnel Form - Inner Groove (Pale Ale - 5.7%)

Counting Sheep - Inner Groove (West Coast IPA - 6.5%)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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