The Adam & Dedra Show

Episode 24 - Sleepy Whale’s Phoenix location gave us a new place to work through a ridiculous amount of craft beer without having to make the trek all the way across the Valley. We start this episode with a strawberry and rhubarb crumble Berliner-style Weisse from Energy City Brewing. At first, rhubarb seemed like the dominant flavor. Then the beer warmed up and Dedra decided it tasted like strawb...

Episode 23 - Fresh ceviche, fried mahi-mahi, French fries hidden inside a burrito and a tap list ranging from Mexican lager to a 14.2% barrel-aged stout. This week's adventure only required two stops. We started at PoNy’s Miches, where Dedra grabbed ceviche while Adam committed to a massive Cali-style Baja burrito with fried mahi-mahi. From there, we carried everything over to Tap Savvy in Li...

Episode 22 - A birthday celebration, a willing designated driver and a loose plan to explore the east side of Phoenix somehow turned into a roughly 13-hour craft beer and food crawl, with Phantom Fox in Downtown Mesa becoming the featured brewery along the way. We start this episode with Sky Riot from Original 40, a double dry hopped West Coast IPA we picked up during our recent San Diego trip, th...

Episode 21 - Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix has become one of those places we can visit repeatedly without ever having exactly the same experience... and this trip brought some seriously good beer and an unexpected amount of Mexican food. We start at The Theodore, where Adam finds two 10% triple hazy IPAs worthy of a head-to-head comparison: one from Anchorage Brewing and Mis à Mort from Messor...

Episode 20 - A  search for breakfast and coffee in San Diego somehow became an entire day of breweries, sandwiches, strong IPAs, and one very important bottle pickup. We start in Little Italy, where Dedra finds a parking spot directly in front of Ballast Point and immediately decides coffee can wait. Adam orders Watermelon Dorado Double IPA, Dedra switches her plans to a Michelada, and chips and g...

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...

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, blackberr...

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 f...

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 butt...

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 redempt...

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 ki...

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 epi...

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...

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 t...

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...

Episode 9 - In this episode, we cover:  Our trip to Clarkdale, AZ for Smelter Town Brewery’s anniversary festival   Why we love Cottonwood and Clarkdale for quick Arizona getaways   The Arizona craft beer community and breweries at the festival   Dedra’s five-star Citradelic Hazy from Lake Pleasant Brewing   Adam’s complicated relationship with five-star beer ratings   Great Notion’s Labrador hazy...

Episode 8 - We pre-gamed it on this episode which shows especially at the end of this episode.  Haha.  Great times!! In this episode of The Adam and Dedra Show, we take a very worthwhile road trip across the Valley to visit Bone Haus Brewing in Fountain Hills, Arizona... a brewery packed with killer beers, amazing views, spooky pirate-skeleton vibes, and one dangerously competitive scavenger hunt....

Episode 7 -  We hit The Wandering Tortoise in Phoenix for their Sour Fest, and things got deliciously out of control. Between smoothie sours, hazy IPA palate cleansers, Nelson’s Fish Market ceviche, a poke banh mi sandwich, and Dedra freezing in perfect Arizona weather, this episode had everything we love: craft beer, great food, questionable decisions, and plenty of laughs.  Before diving into th...

Episode 6 - Prolific Brewing, Brunch House, and the Sonorosaurus Situation In this episode of The Adam and Dedra Show, we crack open Sonorosaurus from Wren House Brewing, a double dry-hopped double IPA that comes in at 8% but drinks way smoother than it probably should. We also recap our trip out to the Temecula, including a stop at Prolific Brewing Company, where we found a small industrial-style...

Episode 5 - In this episode of The Adam and Dedra Show, we head to Temecula, California to visit Bare Knuckle Brewing, a small brewery with a big personality tucked inside the Vail Headquarters area. We talk about the cozy setup, the outdoor patio, the beers we tried, and why this spot keeps pulling us back every time we’re in town. We also crack open a Monkish hazy called Water Balloon Fight Club...

Episode 4 -  In this episode, we recap our trip to Sana Sana Brewing Company’s one-year anniversary in downtown Phoenix and let’s just say… we did not ease into the day gently. Our show kicks things off with a bold beer from 8-Bit Aleworks.  We talk about how we made our way through Sana Sana’s packed celebration, tried several standout pours, grabbed an incredible burger from La Hamburguesa, and...

Episode 3 - In this episode of The Adam and Dedra Show, we kick things off with a review of Zombie Whip from Beer Zombies, a strawberry banana ice cream fruit sour that pours thick, looks wild, and tastes even better than it sounds. Then we recap our latest adventure to Hopsology Taproom and Wine Bar in Glendale, Arizona, a spot that blends a modern taproom with a homebrew supply shop and creates...

 Episode 2 - In this episode of The Adam and Dedra Show, we crack open Nightmare Juice from Mason Ale Works and recap a fun Arizona adventure that started with a spring training game in Goodyear and ended with great beer and food at Saddle Mountain Brewing Company. We talk about the beers we tried, including Hop Snob, a black IPA collaboration with Phantom Fox, and a hazy that did not disappoint....

In this episode of The Adam & Dedra Show, we celebrate Valentine’s Day our way, with craft beer, a trip to a beer festival, great pizza, whiskey, cigars, and plenty of laughs along the way. We recap our visit to the Arizona Strong Beer Festival in Scottsdale, talk through standout pours from breweries like Wren House, Oscar Blues, Drekker, Toppling Goliath, Bone Haus, Dark Sky, and more, and s...

In this debut episode of The Adam & Dedra Show, we introduce ourselves, share our passion for craft beer, food, and travel, and talk about why we decided to start this show. We created this podcast to bring you along as we explore breweries, discover great local food, and share the experiences that make each stop memorable.  We also talk about what we enjoy most when visiting breweries, the ki...