Beer Guys Radio Craft Beer Podcast

Send us Fan Mail What beer pairs with caviar and Doritos? I should be able to answer this question as I have had caviar on Doritos. It's not bad, but I forget what beer I had with it. I'll have to revisit. Outside of crazy caviar parties we learn there's a new world's strongest "beer." The method for making it means it doesn't technically qualify as beer some pla...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we’re raising a glass to American Craft Beer Week —because if there’s one thing we do best, it’s drinking local and talking about it loudly into microphones. Tim’s off on a secret beer mission (probably), so Brian calls in reinforcements in the form of Mo Mic Nate — beverage philosopher, and man of many hats (most of them ball caps).  The Setup It’s been one of those we...

Send us Fan Mail "Bitter" Truths, Big Beers, and Bold Moves This week, we crack open a triple dose of hop-fueled commentary, brewery gossip, and World Beer Cup bombshells. We even got a little salty—literally. In Beers of the Week we pay tribute to a fallen Georgia brewer with Jekyll Brewing’s Big Creek Kölsch. Jekyll, a longtime staple with both supporters and haters, is set to shut dow...

Send us Fan Mail Drink Local! We've discovered over the years that local beer can mean different things to different people and that can vary depending on where you are. We're a bit flexible with the term and even our opinions have changed a bit over the years. How do you define local beer? Analyzing beer with your phone. An app has been developed that can measure the level of DMS in bee...

Send us Fan Mail I do love a good hotel bar Hotel bars. Like regular bars (OK, I guess they are regular bars) they run the gamut from super divey to classy. They've got their own vibe though and in some smaller towns they may be the best thing going. What are your thoughts? With all the news of closures lately it was nice to see that Fifty-Fifty Brewing is planning a major expansion . These f...

Send us Fan Mail Everything sucks, but at least we still have beer The Brewers Association released their 2024 brewing industry stats recently. As expected, it wasn't great, but it could be worse. There are still passionate people opening breweries and us consumers still have more options for great beer than we ever have before. Praise be.\ ChatGPT and Beer (and other things) Do you use AI in...

Send us Fan Mail Record setting vintage beer can sold I enjoy breweriana but I always struggle with saying it. Serious collectors will pay big money to add to their collections. Last week, a vintage beer can in excellent condition sold for over $100,000. Now that's a serious brewerianaian. From the "We'll take any good news we can get" files , people are still preferring to go...

Send us Fan Mail Spring has sprung and everything is covered in pollen We attended Little Beer Fest in Duluth, GA last weekend and the Atlanta area set a record for pollen count.  The sky was a bit yellow-green hazy.  Madness.  The sneezes and itchy eyes didn't keep us from enjoying a lot of great beers, though. You ever think about the various "eras" of craft beer?  The IBU wars, t...

Send us Fan Mail Craft beer is having some tiny victories. Most of the news about craft beer these days, is not good. Breweries closing, being bought, layoffs. Blech. But there are some tiny rays of hope out there that shows this ol' drink still has life. In some locations craft beer is up. That's right. Up. And in others it's taking market share from wine and spirits. We'll ta...

Send us Fan Mail Four more beers! We just can't get away from talking about tariffs. The ever changing topic that politicians are using to swing their johnsons around at each other. Well, it's really just one politician, but it's impacting everyone . And, it could impact your beer in a big way.  On a lighter note we learn about the highest brewery in the world, according to the Guin...

Send us Fan Mail Grab a pint of Guinness and let's go!!! As you all know, Brian and I are also cologne nerds. In the cologne world (fragcom) you have niche (craft) and designers (macro/Big Beer) but there are a few designers that get a pass by the "niche snobs" as being acceptable. Kind of like Guinness. It's really big beer, but most craft crazies don't mind and will stil...

Send us Fan Mail On again, off again tariffs will impact beer prices I don't know what to say about these tariffs. We record a show and talk about them going into effect, then they're paused again. We can't keep up. However, a lot of folks aren't buying the delays and making big changes to the way they do business. In the end, if they do go into effect, it's going to impac...

Send us Fan Mail The American Craft Beer Hall of Fame announces their first inductees Recently the American Craft Beer Hall of Fame held a ceremony to announce their innaguaral group of inductees. Lots of familiar, and deserving men and women made the cut. I'm sure it wasn't easy to choose. NA beer continues to have lovers and haters. Despite the haters, the popularity continues to grow...

Send us Fan Mail As craft beer struggles, brewers fight for better beer laws The battle for better beer laws is a long one. I've personally been involved in the grassroots efforts for a decade now and many of Georgia's breweries have been at it 3x that long. Beer laws don't get changed easily. The three-tier system is lonstanding and, with one tier have the majority of power (hint:...

Send us Fan Mail Big Beer doesn't love you like craft beer does. We're back and we're ready to party.  We missed a Super Bowl show but we're recapping the game and, more importantly, the beer commercials this week.  On that note, Atlanta's Monday Night Brewing isn't happy about Coors' "Case of the Mondays" campaign.  Monday Night has been selling a mix...

Send us Fan Mail Quicksand isn't nearly as prevalent as I thought it would be when I was a kid. Have you ever been stuck in quicksand. I have. Seriously. But, I really expected my adult life to be a constant battle to dodge the killer soup and I'm pretty thrilled that's not the case. Brewers Association and American Homebrewers Association to split Some big news this week with the B...

Send us Fan Mail Are you dry, damp, or wet this January? We're not gonna let this one go. It's January, and folks are dry all over. It's almost done though, we'll make it through this. Nate is dry, Tim is moist, and Brian is so, so wet right now. The folks at Pub Beer are fighting back against all this dryness with their Wet January initiative. Leonardo DiCheapio shares cheesy...

Send us Fan Mail A bit of good news for beer... Per Brewbound the New Year started off OK for beer. Sales were up double digits for the sector as a whole, and craft beer saw an 8.7% increase. After ringing in 2025 the numbers may dip a bit, as is tradition for January. For those choosing to go dry, NA beer is the beverage of choice. A poll showed 60% of those participating in Dry January chose NA...

Send us Fan Mail You ever done some Zebra Striping? The trend has been around for a while, but now there's a term for it. Alternating alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage is... Zebra Striping. Seems the practice may be a bit more refined than just having glass of water after a few beers, but it ain't new. Is your January still dry? Nate is dry, I'm kinda moist, and Brian is nearly d...

Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year and Happy 9th Anniversary to us! We made it to 9 years. Wild. I know everyone looking back on things says how much they've seen change, but wow, we sure have seen a lot change since we started this thing. What a ride. Thanks for joining us for the trip. Maybe we'll throw a big party for the 10 year celebration. This week we talk about Dry January. Nate&apo...

Send us Fan Mail Oh come all ye faithful, let's have a beer! Once again it's time for one of our most favorite shows of the year, the Interfaith Holiday Craft Beer SPECTACULAR. A few years ago our Jewish friends Michael Syrop and Ron Mitchell of Rainy Day Brewing joined us to help sample our holiday beers. We decided that was awesome and made it a tradition. The Rainy Day crew is back th...

Send us Fan Mail THC and CBD beverages are on the rise , and they're taking over valuable shelf space that could hold delicious craft beer. What are you thoughts? Continuing trend or fad? Beer stats show mixed signals for the industry. The Beer Purchasers Index (BPI) offers insights into industry trends with overall beer purchasing show "cautious optism" with a neutral score of 50....

Send us Fan Mail OK, we got the sound fixed! Well, we found a fix where we shouldn't have the same issues again. (fingers crossed) Our Brewery Closure of the Week is.... Elysian! AB-InBev is shutting down the Seattle production facility of Elysian. We can't even keep up over here. We mentioned them earlier in the year but we have more info on the annual Bourbon County Brand Stout release...

Send us Fan Mail Keeping Beer Cold: The Physicist’s Verdict Brazilian physicist Claudio Pellegrini found the pilsner glass —narrow at the bottom, wide at the top—keeps beer cold the longest. His research highlights how glass shape affects temperature, but he notes smaller glasses finished faster might work best in tropical heat. Prague Bans Late-Night Pub Crawls Prague, famous for its beer culture...

Send us Fan Mail No more brewery closure talk. Let's talk about drunk animals. Did you know that animals enjoy booze, too? I'm sure we've all seen videos of some wild beast eating fermented apples and getting gazeboed. Turns out that may not just be a happy accident and animal friends may seek out the joys of alcohol. OMG, they're just like us! So I don't want to talk abou...