America The BREW-tiful

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan travels to Oakflower a week ahead of the Juneteenth holiday. He talks to Mike of rosay_suds and bipoc_suds on Instagram as he talks about his second annual beer share at Oakflower for the holiday. They discuss inclusiveness in the craft beer community, what it means to be an ally and the charity aspect of the event. He also talks about Order Number 3 - an IPA...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Dan travels to Chatham, New Jersey ahead of Twin Elephant's 10th Anniversary. He talks to Tim and Cindy about the vibe in the brewery, the Twin Elephant Herd, and their anniversary releases. They talk about their lager collaboration with The Seed and Tonewood, their DIPA release with Messorem and Widowmaker, their TIPA with Troon and Test, their West Coast IPA...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 of Alternate Ending Derby Day. Here we have brewery interviews: Eric from Benchtop talks about his relationship with AE, why he came up from Virginia to go to Alternate Ending for the Brewer's Derby. Mike from Erratic joins to talk about how much he learned brewing at Benchtop almost 10 years ago. Bobby from KCBC talks about his relationship with AE, their collaboratio...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan visits Alternate Ending during Derby Day. He talks to Scott, Jose, and Justin about the event - the breweries attending, the charity aspect, and why it's an event that's special to them. Steve from Alternate Ending talks about their new Star Wars beer and brewery happenings surrounding May the 4th. In BIG news, Scott announces the new head brewer at...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan travels to High Bridge, New Jersey - home of Esker Hart Artisan Ales. He talks to Bobby and the Esker Hart crew ahead of their second anniversary. Dan reminisces to his first Esker Hart beers and Bobby talks about the expanded Esker Hart family. We talk about the shared love for stouts and barleywines and Bobby reveals some of the beers that will be available...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan makes the drive down to Atlantic City to visit The Seed ahead of Allagash's Saison Day. Jared from Allagash talks about the origins of Saison Day and why The Seed got the honor of hosting this year. Sean and Amanda talk about the four saison collabs with Allagash that they will be pouring for the event. We talk about everything from their love of saison,...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan makes the drive up to NJ Beer Co as Ryan from Off Script Brewing was in town working with them on an exciting new beer. Sean of TheDraftRoomNYC joins the podcast as well to talk about their own upcoming collab with NJ Beer Co and how they connected with Off Script. Ryan from Off Script Brewing tells his story about how he got into beer, the hype surrounding hi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan heads down to Bradley Beach, NJ and visits the soon-to-be future home of Erratic Fermentations. He sits down with Mike and Danny of Erratic and gets to try three of the beers that will be on draft for their grand opening on Saturday April 4th, 2026. Dan reminisces to the first time they joined the podcast and the beers they were making back then - including on...

Send us Fan Mail Dan visits Autodidact ahead of their 3rd anniversary. He talks to the Rons about the past three years, their favorite moments and beers, and how they got to where they are. They also look ahead to their anniversary and talk about two of their anniversary releases - collabs with Requiem and Obercreek. Matt - one of the beertenders also joins Dan along with two members of the Autodi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan goes to Alternate Ending and interviews Killsboro who made the trek across the bridge for a collab. We talk to them about the collab, their new killer location, and the last decade in the beer game. Topics range from their love for lager to pizza toppings to Wu-tang Clan. Later in the episode Dan talks to one of the founders of the nationwide Brewsology beerfe...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan goes to As Is in New York City for their 10th anniversary. He speaks to Brandon - co-owner and co-founder of As Is about the bar celebrating its 10th year being open. He talks about opening the bar, his vision, and what the bar means to the community today.  Adam, beer director for As Is then joins to talk about curating the taplist for the 10th anniversary an...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan heads to Queue Beer in Brooklyn ahead of their anniversary. Scott of Draftroomnyc joins the podcast as well as Shane - owner of Queue Beer. They talk about Canal Champagne and how pouring Miller High Life from a Lukr has gained so much love from the craft beer community. They discuss the opening the bar and how its proximity to Other Half led it to its name. W...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan goes to TapHouse 15 ahead of their 10th Anniversary. Tom, owner of Taphouse and Rob of Hazeboiz join the conversation. They talk about the 10 years of Taphouse, the crazy taplist, their relationship with local breweries including Troon, and how the craft beer scene has changed in the last 10 years

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Dan visits Tin Barn for their Friendsgiving event. Dan talks to Scott, Lauren, Dale, and Rich of Tin Barn about the event and some of the new beers they debuted for the event - one collab with Bakes and one with District 96, Lost Tavern, and Twin Elephant. They talk about the event itself which featured a taplist that included beers from Other Half, RAR, EQ, and ma...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan talks with Kyle of Horus Aged Ales. Kyle visited New Jersey doing several collabs and sat down with Dan at Alternate Ending. He talks about the two collabs he is doing at Alternate Ending, his untraditional rise to popularity in the beer world, and why he loves doing collabs so much. He also shares stories related to his love for food, disc golf, and why birds...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan talks to Cory King of Side Project Brewing ahead of their 12 year anniversary. Cory talks about his journey in the beer world - from home brewing to being one of the first employees at Perennial to opening Side Project. He talks about his love for hospitality, the importance of charity, and why if you visit Side Project, you are likely to see him there. We dis...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan goes to Alternate Ending and hangs with the folks from Finback who were there collabing on an upcoming beer. Dan talks to Basil, Kevin, and Daniel from Finback about their 11 years as a brewery, the changes in the beer world since they opened, and how they have made Finback into what it is today. Jose of Yankeerunner IG fame joins the conversation and talks ab...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan goes down to Alternate Ending and talks to Dave from Mindful Ales about a collab he is doing there. Dave talks about his beers, where to find them, and how personal changes in his life may mean more Mindful beers for the beer nerds out there. He also discusses his mindset when it comes to collabs and how this collab came to be. Jose, Scott, and Brendan of Alte...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Tom and Dan visit Conclave Brewing ahead of their 10th anniversary. Dave Panzarino of Panz Pour Page joins the conversation as Tim and Rob of Conclave talk about the anniversary and look back at 10 years of the brewery.  We also talk about the Brujos beer festival in Japan and some local releases that caught our eye. 

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan goes to Tin Barn Brewing and talks to Lauren, Rich, Scott of Lorenzo the Beer Cat fame, and Zach about their big anniversary weekend. They talk about their releases for the weekend which includes collabs with Other Half, Tin Barn, District 96, RAR, Equilibrium, and Mortalis. They reflect back on the 5 years of Tin Barn and share stories not only about the beer...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Tom and Dan go to Twin Elephant ahead of their 9th Anniversary. They sit down with Tim and Cindy and talk about this weekend's celebration which includes some exciting collabs - Warwick Farms, Good Word, Troon, Oakflower, and Autodidact. They reminisce about some of their favorite beers and moments in their 9 years and talk about and expanded space that will...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan travels to High Bridge, NJ ahead of Esker Hart's 1 Year Anniversary. Bobby from Esker Hart joins the podcast and talks about the first year of the brewery, the new beers being released for the anniversary, his favorite beers of the past year, and even shares some personal news. Dan also talks about this weekend as the busiest weekend for craft beer so far...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Tom and Dan visit Autodidact ahead of their 2-Year anniversary. They speak to long haired Ron about the anniversary releases including collabs with Conclave, Twin Elephant, Icarus, and Wild Fern. They also look back at the 2 years plus of the brewery opening and everything they have achieved. Matt - one of the beertenders at Autodidact and Victor - beer regular at...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we go over Untappd's 2024 Community Awards which spotlights the top beers of the past year in each beer style. Tom and Dan go over the national awards won by some of our favorite local breweries and then talk about some of the top beers in each style in the state of New Jersey. Some surprising results but of no surprise - New York and New Jersey dominated by w...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan talks to Corey, Justin, and Angela of RAR Brewing after their hop tour of New Jersey and New York. He talks to them about their journey in craft beer and their idea to take a trip and try the top hop makers in the area. They discuss their trip, the breweries they visited, and of course decide on the best IPA they tried on their trip.  Also in this episode, Cha...