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Send us Fan Mail Christmas in July, a 21-Foot Tallboy, and Farewell to a Brewing Legend We're back from the 4th and comparing notes on cookouts, coolers, and what we actually drank while the burgers burned. There's also some obligatory World Cup chatter, because apparently we're a soccer podcast now, plus some fun stats on just how much beer this tournament is moving. Then we take a...

Send us Fan Mail Big thanks to Coach Rogers for the show idea! This year America turns 250, and we figured there's no better way to celebrate than to crack open the history books (and a few cold ones) and trace the whole wild story of beer in this country. We start all the way back in 1612 with the first commercial brewery in New Amsterdam, then jump into how beer became a genuine act of poli...

Send us Fan Mail Archaeologists in Scotland just unearthed a 1,100 year old Norse drinking hall on Orkney, complete with stone benches, sea views, and possibly the personal watering hole of a legendary Viking chieftain. Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, Minocqua Brewing Co. just had $25,000 worth of beer seized by state officials in a tax dispute the brewery's outspoken owner claims is political payba...

Send us Fan Mail Are you ready for the World Cup? As beer nerds this would have been a great opportunity to capitalized on the World Cup hype. Maybe try to find a beer from every country playing? That sounds like a lot of work. Best we can do is some stats. The "experts" say World Cup Fans will drink about a Billion pints of beer over the 31 days of the World Cup. I can believe that. But...

Send us Fan Mail Happy 250th, America! We're less than a month away from America's 250th birthday and there are some cool beers releasing to celebrate. George Washington took some good notes on his beers and the NY Public Library collaborated with Talea Brewing to bring his "Small Beer" back to life. They brewed a version as true to the original recipe as possible and another t...

Send us Fan Mail Nate's on the road this week and Brian and I start off praising the glory of a good night's sleep. It's quite elusive these days, so we appreciate it even more. It can really work wonders. We also discovered Haas Euphorics and chat about those. Botanical extract meant to be added to finished beer. They've got blends to add a rounded tropical profile or just a s...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's show... Pabst Is Calling It Quits on Schlitz Bale Breaker Buys Seattle's Cloudburst Gruit: We've Got It All Wrong Beer Drama: Armed Forces Brewery Lawsuits France Drinking More Beer Than Wine?  Macro Beer Marketing Shenanigans Roundup We forgot to publish this one on time so we're being lazy with the notes.  We're ashamed but here we are. Th...

Send us Fan Mail We need a nap. Must have been something in the air this week as all of us seemed to be struggling getting a good night's rest. I remember my youth, way back in the late 1900s, and 4 hours of sleep on a concrete slab and I was good as new. Maybe that kind of activity is why it's a whole damn project to get a good rest these days. Zzz..... Right in line with our chatter la...

Send us Fan Mail Gas, wings, beer... everything is too expensive. The wild times continue and everything is too expensive. I had to get a loan to fill up my tank this week, and 2nd mortgage for a six-pack. Is Two Buck Chuck even two bucks anymore? Doubtful. With the rising costs of everything the tradition of pre-gaming is back. Knocking back a few before you head out for an evening can save a goo...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we let the beer do the thinking. We kick things off with our Beers of the Week before diving headfirst into chaos: breaking down malt liquor for the uninitiated, introducing a dangerously fun new boilermaker (hello, Naughty Chouffe), and reacting to big industry moves like Sapporo scooping up Stone Brewing. From there, it’s a whirlwind—saying goodbye to local staples, q...

Send us Fan Mail Home distilling may be coming soon, legally! Some big news this week as the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of ‌Appeals in New Orleans declared the ban on home distilling unconstitutional. Now this doesn't mean we can all run out and get our gear to start making whiskey, some states (like Georgia) have bans in place on top of the federal ban. The reason it was overturned is interestin...

Send us Fan Mail You see that? Episode 500. Crazy. We've been running our mouths about beer for over a decade now. What a time it has been. Thanks for sharing it with us! Big news for the beer world this week as it was announced that Mitch Steele would be joining Abita Brewing. Mitch is best known for his time at Stone Brewing and also co-founded New Realm Brewing here in Atlanta. He's b...

Send us Fan Mail One last report this week on the numbers for BrewDog's sale to Tilray. The deal is done and it's wild to see where it landed. Nate's back after an adventure through the Midwest. Lots of breweries along the way and he naturally brought some back to share. Brian shares a "Boilermaker of the Week." He's a bit obsessed but we'll let him at it, he&apo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we kick things off with a surprise Irish whiskey that caught us off guard, then quickly pivot into venting about gas prices and the reality of celebrating without the usual green beer gimmicks. Somewhere along the way, we tell you why you should follow Garron (trust us, he’s “delicious”) and break down our Beers of the Week. We revisit the legend of the infamous “...

Send us Fan Mail It is indeed a lovely day for a Guinness. Despite all the madness in the world today it's nice that we have occasions to come together for a pint or two. St. Patrick's Day makes everyone Irish. Wear you green, grab a pint of Guinness, have an Americanized meal of corned beef and cabbage, and trade in your cheers for sláinte. You've earned it. We have a special treat...

Send us Fan Mail We just can't get these guys outta the news... That's right, more BrewDog news. This one caught me off guard but maybe it shouldn't have. Tilray continues to stockpile breweries, and they got this dog for cheap. Let's see how it goes. In funner news, we had a bottle share last weekend. Good times, it's been way too long. We had some sour beers, grilled mea...

Send us Fan Mail Tilray strikes a deal that we're OK with.. for now. Big news this week is that Tilray has struck a deal to brew and distribute several Carlsberg beers. From our point of view this is good to keep folks working at the breweries in their portfolio, and we love that. Let's see how it goes. The FBI had some beer drama this week when Kash Patel chugged a beer while celebratin...

Send us Fan Mail We open the show with some sad news. Tim Very, drummer for Manchester Orchestra, died unexpectedly at just 42. We didn't know Tim well, but in our interactions he was always happy and super friendly. The death was unexpected and no cause has been reported. We're all big fans of their music and were saddened by the news. We wish all the best to his bandmates, family, and...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... Bottlesharing and Amaro-Inspired Stouts Dropping By Frog Rock Brewing Wholesalers vs. Brewers Association Takes Surprising 2025 N/A Beer Insights Generational Booze Stats 2026 Edition of Beer Style Guidelines Out Political Beer Drama in Wisconsin 150-Year Old Beer Found in Arizona Bear Poop Beer For The Super Bowl Thanks for listening to Beer Guys Radio!  Your h...

Send us Fan Mail 2026 shaping up to be the year of convenience store beer.  It's got Goldman Sachs feeling particularly bullish.  They're throwing around "buy" recommendations on beer stocks.  We're obviously long on beer.  And by that I mean, Brian is driving the sales of Long Beers at Atlanta-area convenience stores. BrewDog is also all over news lately, and in keeping w...

Send us Fan Mail 70% of people doing Dry January are liars. Here's one I find hard to believe. Apparently 70% of people taking part in Dry January so they won't go back to drinking. C'mon, you ain't fooling me. Maybe they asked them like a week into January and they were feeling good and high and mighty and thought they would keep it up, but I just don't see that many peop...

Send us Fan Mail We got new drinking rules, Y'all! New federal dietary guidelines came out in the US recently and there are some changes to the recommendation on alcohol consumption. Rather than the old 1 drink for women, 2 drink for men it's been changed to "Drink Less." That's it, just an ambiguous suggestion to drink less. Do with that what you will. And we've foun...

Send us Fan Mail Did you miss us? Seems like forever since we did a show. Hope you had a nice Christmas and New Year! 2026 is starting off exhausting, good thing there's beer. We probably should have made a bigger deal of this but with all the other stuff in our lives we didn't get to throw a big party. But, we turned 10! That's right, 10 whole years of Beer Guys Radio. It's be...

Send us Fan Mail We start the show this week reminiscing the days of chasing beers. Brews like KBS, CBS, BCBS (I see a trend here) were hard to come by and disappeared quickly. Now, they sit on shelves getting dusty. Do we have too much good beer? We correct some bad intel we got recently. It seems that Anchor Brewing isn't leaving San Francisco and never intended to. American Craft Beer used...

Send us Fan Mail It is time once again to share some of our favorite holiday beers with the help of our Jewish friends Ron and Michael from Rainy Day Brewing. We keep it simple. Blind tasting a bevvy of holiday brews and picking our favorites. No specific styles, just holiday themed and rated on how much we enjoy them. This year's beers... Bell's Brewery Christmas Ale Brasserie d'Ac...