The Weekly Re-Cap (Beer Podcast)

Episode 130 : Fueled By Ryan

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Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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Episode 129 : And So It Begins…

We’re back on our shit for 2021. Nick, Alex, and Jake are back this week and we start off with talking about blood. After the opening, we announce an exciting partnership with Fueled By Hops! (Our affiliation code : theweeklyrecap is good for 20% off at www.shop.fueledbyhops.com) This announcement jumps us off into sponsorship and merch talks on the podcast. Next up is the annual release of Troeg’s Nugget Nectar and we spend some time on memes. Alex and Nick reminisce about the First Squeeze experience and how great the atmosphere is at those events. We talk about Troeg’s new offering Double Nugget Nectar (which is a brewery only release). Nick then pivots to talking about Grist House and their new releases including a black IPA and a milk stout. After Alex tries to talk about LaCroix we talk about Dry January and the next beer Jake and Alex are gonna have when they’re back on the wagon. As we wind down, Nick shouts out Old Thunder’s False Kingdom as his IPA of 2021. Jake and Alex celebrate sobriety and they want to bring back the Twin Episode this year. Cheers and thanks again for listening!

Beers Nick Drank:

Nugget Nectar - Troegs (Imperial Amber - 7.5%)

Star Crumb: Cherry Pie - Cinderlands (Tartshake IPA - 7.0%)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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Episode 128 : The Beerly Week Year

Happy New Year! Nick, Alex and Jake sit down this week and discuss the year that was 2020… yeah we know, we all want to just move on. We start with our New Year’s Resolutions! From there, we cover our 2020 highlights. Then we get into our “beers that helped us through 2020.” Jake takes us on his travels through California. We take a down turn and Jake talks about some of his worst experiences in the Bay Area. Nick and Alex talk about our outlook on 2020. After that, we pivot to accessibility of craft beer outside of a brewery’s direct market. We wrap this episode with a crazy amount of respect for how human we can be and how we all come together to support each other. We talk about podcast resolutions and wrap this episode with a shout out to all our friends. Thanks again for listening!

Beers We Drank:

Ciao 2020 - Four Points (DIPA - 8.5%)

Every Time Only Once - Four Points (Sour Ale w/ blood orange, passion fruit, and pink guava - 7%)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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Episode 127 : Happy Holidays!

Nick, Jake and Alex are back this week to bring you our holiday episode! We start off this episode by talking about some random stuff, but we soon get to our first segment this year : The Best and Worst of Christmas Movies! Jake goes first and has some “unpopular opinions” for all of us. Nick gives his opinions next and Alex takes the cop out response and sides with Jake’s picks. The Christmas movie debate leads us down the road of watching the bad hallmark movies and straight to streaming holiday movies. Jake asks what actor we would choose to be the star in a Christmas movie next and this one spiraled out of control. Alex leaves early and Nick and Jake continue on as we talk about our giveaway featuring @creeksidebeer on instagram. Jake and Nick give their best and worst Christmas songs on the tail end of this episode. Nick takes a turn and rants about the Beatles for a while and really digs in on his stance. The last segment of the holiday episode is kicked off by celebrating Trace Brewing opening in Bloomfield and we talk about our best and worst gifts we ever received. We wrap up by again thanking our fans and friends for letting us do this podcast.

Beers We Drank:

She’s A Beaut - Cinderlands (IPA - 7.4%)

Brass And Bronze - Trace Brewing (IPA - 7.3%)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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Episode 126 : Celebrating and the Secret Santa

Nick and Alex return for one final “normal episode” of 2020. Nick is excited as we kick it off this week. Alex has a revelation about self-awareness. Nick covers the release of Heini’s Good Cheer by Roundabout. We talk about experience ranking at breweries. We turn back to the Heini’s release (Nick called the bottle a 375 ml when its a 500 ml bottle) and the overall experience at Roundabout and how much we love it. We give our top 3 places that we’re going when we’re all covid free. We then cover what we’re drinking. After that, Alex wants to talk about Nick’s Beer Secret Santa experience. This obviously leads us to gift giving and how amazing we both are at gift wrapping. Wrap off with us any day. We wrap up (yeah I did) this episode by shouting out our friends and thanking all our new listeners! Thanks again for listening!

Beers We Drank:

Fourth Street + Simcoe - Four Points (Simcoe IPA - 6.6%)

FAQ - Dancing Gnome (DIPA - 8.0)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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Episode 125 : Stand Up and Support Local

Nick and Jake are back this week recapping Fueled By Hops’ Cheers Yinz! Fest. After the introductions we talk a lot about supporting your local breweries and really any local shops you can instead of feeding into the deep pockets of the online giants like Amazon, etc. Nick goes down a rabbit hole of complaining about the holiday weekend but his point is to support local and give to charity if you can this time of year, and we know that this year has been tough on everyone but every little bit helps. We cover the beers we’re drinking next. Jake tells us about his recent craft beer escapades. Nick drinking the 2020 DoubleMex from BG launches us into an aged beer conversation. We talk about shipping beer next due to the chokehold COVID has placed on tourism and the local productions. After that, we go down the path of innovation and what breweries are doing to survive. We cover Black Aht day from Couch brewery and we talk about how important it is to support these local events and truly awesome things that are going on even in this crazy 2020 bullshit. We wrap up by talking about the Fueled By Hops community and boosting the support of every local spot you can think of. Thank you all again for listening and we’ll catch you next week! Cheers!

Beers We Drank:

805 - Firestone Walker (Blonde Ale - 4.7%)

DoubleMex - Brew Gentlemen (Imperial Stout - 9.9%)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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Episode 124 : The Return of Jake

Jake rejoins Nick and Alex for a rare three brothers podcast. We start off by Jake re-capping all the podcasts we’ve done since he’s been on. We take a bit of time to look inward on this podcast and what we’re all about. Alex tells us about his certified “bangers” he bought on iTunes and that forces us to talk about Smooth by Santana featuring Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty. Jake gets into his craft beer exploits; even though they’re not many, he’s still very much looking into the scene in San Jose. Jake tells us about his trip to Alvarado St Brewing and how much he loves Black Hammer and he completes his journey with The Rare Barrel up north. We talk a bit about supporting your local breweries and local artisans in any way during the toughest part of the year considering the issues we’ve all been living with. We ask Jake his top 5 emojis and we all tell ours for the content. Jake asks the important question, “The Pasta Shape” draft. This leads up to the end of the podcast where we shout out upcoming events. Thanks for joining and join us at Cheers, Yinz! Fest on Saturday 11.21.20!!!

Beers We Drank:

Life After Death Star - Equilibrium X J Wakefield X Mostra Coffee (Imperial Stout - 11%)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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Episode 123 : HelloBrewtifulPGH Bonus Time!

Nick and Alex keep the party going with Jen from @hellobrewtifulPGH. We kick it off with talking about Karaoke songs. Alex’s death row meal question rears its ugly head again and Jen tells us about her buffet of death row food. Jen tells us about her dog, Addie. We ask about Jen’s least favorite parts of craft beer and from there we talk about craft spirits and local craft distilleries. We talk about beer trading and shipping empty collectibles and we talk about Pogs and the hype of getting beers from different areas. We wrap up this episode with a shout out to Cheers, Yinz! Fest, which we’re all gonna be a part of, so get your tickets now for Saturday 11.21.20! Thanks for listening!

www.cheersyinzfest.com

Episode 123 : HelloBrewtifulPGH

Nick and Alex bring on a special guest this week! The mind behind the @hellobrewtifulPGH, Jen! She kicks us off by talking about how she got into craft beer. After her introduction she talks about how the instagram beer account came about and how she grew her brand during the pandemic to push the industry in Pittsburgh and beyond. Alex thinks Jen is SO CUTE (drink every time you hear him say that for an added listening experience.) We make plans to go to Dancing Gnome and sit around the fire pit having a beer. Jen went creeper status at Fir Junction and stalked Ryan from Fueled By Hops but couldn’t get his attention. Jen is drinking Insurrection and Nick gets roasted for saying he’s known about them for a while. Jen goes on a rant about Lunchables and what the pandemic drinking experience has been like. We ask Jen her top emojis next and then we go right into her top 3 beer styles. Honorable mentions brought us to a conversation about Spring Hill Brewery. Alex asks Jen what her top 5 favorite Pittsburgh breweries are. Jen tells us about her experience with @hopculturemag ’s Beers with(out) Beards and her Bumble prize pack. Jen tells us about her famous Pittsburgh potty. We preview Jen’s panel on Cheers Yinz! Fest by talking about social media and influence and how you create your brand. We wrap up with Alex talking a bunch while Nick tries to make points. Thanks for listening and thank you to Jen (@hellobrewtifulPGH) for joining us!

Beers We Drank:

What Is A Plethora? - Insurrection (DIPA - 8.0%)

I Like You - Anchorage Brewing (DIPA - 8.4%)

Not Always Present - Dancing Gnome (Kolsch - 4.8%)

A Ghost That Can’t Get Out - Dancing Gnome (DIPA - 8.8%)

Southern Shaman - Grist House (Sour Ale - 5.0%)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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Episode 122 : Things To Come

Alex and Nick get back to the Re-Capping vibe and they start off by saying thank you to Caiti and Trevor. From there, we talk about our feedback. Nick announces our next guest, @hellobrewtifulpgh on instagram. We drop the bomb on Cheers Yinz! Fest and how we’re gonna handle being a session on a digital beer fest. We recap the podcast with Caiti for a bit. Nick talks about the new Dancing Gnome fire pits and that leads us down a DG beer rabbit hole featuring Not Always Present and the classic Kolsch style beer. Nick hates on Heineken. Alex talks about classic style beers. We talk about the new players in town, including Mondays Brewing in Peters Township and Redhawk coffee in Sharpsburg. This makes us spin off to a coffee shop x brewery conversation. Nick talks about the FMLFest experience a couple months too late. Talking about Even More Little Tiny Baby Jesus by Evil Twin Brewing sends us down a nostalgia hole. At the end we rehash our upcoming events and our first merch drop. Cheers Yinz! And thank you for listening!

Beers We Drank:

Exquisite Beast - Dancing Gnome (DIPA - 8.5%)

Gravel Grinder - Dancing Gnome (IPA - 6.6%)

Music:

All The Way Up - Eddy

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