Podcast 53: Brothers Bashing Breweries

For our 1 year anniversary, Nick, Alex and Jake come together to recap Alex’s trip to NYC and Jake’s travel. We go in on local breweries and give our scathing review of Brew Gentlemen, while we explore their announcement this week and how excited we are about it. In the end, we touched on our views about flights of beer and the time and place where we feel like they’re necessary.

Beers we drank:

Subsurface Mango/Passionfruit - Hitchhiker Brewing (Smoothie Sour - 7.0%

Backroads - Suarez Family Brewing (Farmhouse Saison - 5.6%)

Moo-Tella - Terrapin Beer Co (Imperial Milk Stout - 8.5%)

Podcast 52: Ubiquitous Majesty

The brothers keep the streak alive this week with a multiple person FaceTime call. It works, ok. This week was more of a conversation about beer and drinking than weeks’ past. The discussion turns to bigger craft beers and which ones we always reach for (Bells, Founders, Stone, Sam Adams, Dogfishhead, etc). Growth is the focus from there while we debate who is going to step up and become the next big craft brewery. Alex gets heated about the beer trade again and we finish up this episode with yelling at each other about the beer trade and how much we spend on beer. Join us next week!

Beers we drank:

Ghost City - Dancing Gnome/Delta Sleep (Session IPA - 4.0%)

RGB - Hitchhiker Brewing (Triple IPA - 10.4%)

Podcast 51: Birthday Beers!

It was Nick’s birthday! So of course we invited the entire Dancing Gnome bar staff onto the podcast. Trevor returned for his second time on and brought Kevin, Chris and Zack along to drink some really crazy beers! We all try not to talk over each other and fail miserably. Favorite beer styles, breweries the crew wants to visit and what we were drinking was the bulk of the conversation. Beyond that, Trevor makes crazy bets, wants to fight a wolf, and loves conspiracy theories.

Beers We Drank:

Party at Steve Guttenberg’s House - Hoof Hearted/RAR Brewing (DIPA - 8.4%)

Little Sal (Blueberry Wine Barrel Aged-2018)- Allagash (Sour Ale - 6.5%)

Prayer Group - Tired Hands (Oak-Fermented Lager - 4.1%)

Foolery (2017) - Hardywood (BBA Imperial Milk Stout - 14%)

Season Past (9/26/2017)- Casey Brewing and Blendery (Wild Ale - 6.5%)

Podcast 50: PNWTF

Austin returns to the podcast this week and he brought some beers! He filled us in on his trip to Nashville while we discuss brewery lines, food and namedropping the podcast. After we grill Austin, Jake takes over with his scathing review of Seattle and what might be his worst visit to a new city ever. He really didn’t like Seattle. Bainbridge Island was the worst thing he’s ever experienced. Nick and Alex recap their visit to 412 Brewery’s new spot and the rest of the North Side breweries. Nick’s birthday* is next week, so be prepared for a very special episode! *Gifts welcome!

Beers we drank (in studio):

Double Scatterbrain - Bearded Iris (DIPA DDH w/ Citra - 8%)

V. Latte Rosales - Bearded Iris (Imperial Oatmeal Stout - 9%)

Stupid Cupid - Rock Bottom (Oatmeal Stout - 7.85%)

Binary - Sixpoint (DIPA - 8%)

Oceanic - Allegheny City (IPA - 6.6%)

Greenway IPA - Allegheny City (IPA - 7%)

Jake:

All Day - Founders (Session IPA - 5.4%)

Episode 49: The Weekly Review

Nick and Alex sit down this week to make up for missing a couple of weeks of #theweeklyreview so we tried a bunch of cans and bottles while discussing trends and opinions of the week. Our conversation was pretty much on track until we went off on saying the words moist and creamy, just a warning. From there we hit on the beer trade and our ideas about it. Toward the end of the episode we drink Zombie Dust and reminisce on the best beers and FOMO on local beer series.

Beers we drank:

Lost In Focus - Grist House/Calusa (Double IPA - 8%)

Misfits & Misanthropes #20 - Helltown Brewing (Triple IPA - 10.5%)

Dabble - Sixpoint (Imperial IPA - 8.2%)

Shifting Tiles - Dancing Gnome/Night Shift (Double IPA - 8%)

Zombie Dust - 3Floyds (Pale Ale - 5.5%)

Beers we discussed:

Iron City Beer - Pittsburgh Brewing Co (Lager - 4.7%)

805 Blonde - Firestone Walker (Blonde Ale - 4.7%)

Dead Sleep S’mores - Dancing Gnome (Stout - 8%)

Beets by Kolsch: Imperial - Mindful (Kolsch - 8.5%)

Podcast 48: Butler is Closed on Sundays

Beers we drank:

Pixelated IPA: Denim Denim Denim - Shubrew (IPA - 6.3%)

Zombie Dust - 3 Floyds (Pale Ale - 5.0%)

Beers we discussed:

Shumrock - Shubrew (Irish Stout - 4.78%)

Power Sour: Bing Cherry - Shubrew (Sour Ale w/ Cherries - 6.0%)

El Zapato - Shubrew (Mexican Coffee Stout w/ Chiles - 7.5%)

Lake Arthur IPA - Missing Links (IPA - 7.0%)

Brut Pale Ale - Missing Links (Brut Pale - 5.6%)

Midnight Hurricane - Missing Links (Black IPA - 7.0%)

Avalanche Ale(Nitro) - Missing Links (Winter Warmer - 7.0%)

Just Dew Wit - Recon/Hilltop Hoppery (Belgian Witbier - 4.5%)

Keep Cold, Drink Fresh - Recon (NEIPA - 6.1%)

Raven Tail - Recon (Schwarzbier - 4.6%)

Stinkie Hippie - North Country (Pale Ale - 6.0%)

Recon Brewing’s Karma Tap (Just Dew Wit): https://www.reconbrewing.com/karma-tap

Podcast 47: The Weekly Hangover

We discuss Juicy Brews Late Night and our beer fest experience.

Beers we drank:

Big sIPA - Grist House (Sour IPA - 7.0%)

Strange Radiant - Cinderlands/Hop Culture Collab (Sour Tartshake IPA - 6.6%)

Power Sour: Bing Cherry - ShuBrew (Sour Ale -6.0%)

Beers we discussed:

Inflorescence - Hudson Valley Brewery (Sour DIPA - 8.0%)

Hiding Place - Hudson Valley Brewery (Sour IPA - 7.0%)

Subsurface (Strawberry/Lemon) - Hitchhiker Brewery (Sour Ale - 7.0%)

Conspiracy Tangle - Grist House (NEIPA - 6.8%)

Forever Lost - Lost Tavern (Brandy Barrel Aged Belgian Tripel - 11.5%)

Triple Apricot Raspberry JREAM - Burley Oak (Sour Ale - 9.0%)

Phone To God - Dewey Beer (Triple IPA - 10%)

Blackberry Cobbler JREAM - Burley Oak (Sour Ale - 4.8%)

Bros at a Punk Show - Lost Tavern (DIPA - 8.1%)

Outsmart Yourself - Cinderlands (Coffee Sour - 6.1%)

Underscore Dbl Raspberry - Dancing Gnome (Sour Ale - 7.0%)

Underscore Cherry Lime - Dancing Gnome (Sour Ale - 4.5%)

Stormrage - Calusa (DIPA - 8.4%)

Pixel Vision - Calusa (Sour Ale - 4.4%)

Test Piece: Strata and Galaxy - Cinderlands (IPA - 6.4%)

IPA v1.12 - Abjuration (Strata hopped IPA - 6.8%)

RPM IPA - Boneyard (IPA - 6.6%)

Cloud Chaser - 10 Barrel

Fresh Pond - Deschutes

Glitter Panda - Grist House/Levante

Social Media shouts(Instagram):

@canspgh

@VeryLocalPGH

@hopculturemag

@breweriesinPA

@thebrewbrotha

@pgh.beer.dad

@southwest.pintsylvania

Podcast 46 : Making Things Tufficult

Beers we drank:

Jake:

Young Squeezy - 10 Barrel Brewery (NEIPA - 6.2%)

Nick:

King of Birds - Levante Brewing (Imperial Stout - 12.2%)

Tickle Parts - Levante Brewing (NEIPA - 7.0%)

Beers we discussed:

Plane over Car over Train over Boat - Trillium (Quadruple IPA - 13%)

Most Dope IPA - Allegheny City Brewing (IPA - 6.7%)

Barn Owl - Dancing Gnome (DIPA - 8.5%)

Fictional Journey - Hitchhiker Brewing (Imperial Milk Stout w/ Peanut Butter Cereal - 8.4%)

Podcast 45 : Austin, Grist House, and “The Article”

Beers we drank:

Stunt Double - Funk Brewing (Imperial IPA - 7.7%)

Super Sap - Treehouse Brewing Co (Double IPA - 7.9%)

Big Secret Pizza Party - Voodoo Brewery (IPA 7.9%)

Alter Ego - Treehouse Brewing Co (IPA - 6.8%)

Surprise! Its Another IPA (Government Shutdown DIPA) - St. Boniface Craft Brewing Co (DIPA - 9.3%)

Beers/Breweries we discussed:

Grist House

Helicon Brewing

Sierra Nevada

Sam Adams

New Belgium

Hitchhiker Brewing Co.

Trillium

Treehouse

Evil Twin

The Answer

Four Points Brewery

Dancing Gnome, surprise!

Eleventh Hour

Leaning Cask

Podcast 44: Trevor Brought Some Beers!

Beers we drank:

Son of Sapping Mammoth - Maine Beer Co/Half Acre Beer (IPA - 6.5%)

Yacht Party - Charles Towne Fermentory (Lager - 4.2%)

Very Green - Treehouse Brewing (DIPA - 8.3%)

Alchemist Light - Alchemist (Pilsner - 5.5%)

Beers/Breweries we discussed:

Triple Crossing

Dancing Gnome

The Answer

The Veil

12 Percent Beer Project

Shelton Brothers

Tired Hands

Suarez Family Brewers

Oxbow Brewery

Stillwater Artisanal

Hoof Hearted Brewery

Grist House

Fermentory Form

And probably some others that I missed.