Beers with Nigel

Nigel and Nick first met Drew and Jasmine Dill at Barrel & Flow Fest 2021. After experience the festival in 2019, Drew decided he wanted to start brewing his own beer and when the in-person festival resumed in 2021 he was infiltrating the brewers' bottle share to show off his home brew skills and get some feedback from the pros. Not only did he get positive feedback, he received a challenge to hit...

Back on the road, Nigel and Nick stop by Jazzy B's, a great little BBQ joint in Lee's Summit, Mo. Owner Brandon Simpson joins the show to talk about his growing restaurant and his path from football championships, to piano sales to successful restauranteur... And Junior, I don't remember what we drank, but there four wonderful beers provided to us by that Superhero named Brad at Grains & Taps. Oh,...

Monday was Nigel's birthday (we won't tell you which number) and this weekend is the second anniversary for Goat Brewing in Lee's Summit. What better way to celebrate than with beers — and some whiskey because Whiskey Wednesday? Goat Brewing owner Jeremy Kneeland joins the celebration, as does Counter Clockwise KC's Sean Harris joins in for some big news.

Woodie Bonds really wants to be the third member of our band! Bonds, along with co-owner Elliot Ivory and Director of Operations Annie McGinnis invited Nigel and Nick out for a sneak peak at the soon-to-be-opened Vine Street Brewing located in the historic east side of Kansas City. Also joining the show is Jerry Richard, host of the Modern Brews + Beats podcast. In this special episode we talk abo...

We get to meet a lot of people in this "job." But we're sure we've met many with a better job title than Macadoodles' Aaron Plaskett — Beer & Bourbon Manager. So, how does Aaron describe his job at the newly-opened store in Lee's Summit, Mo.? He says he's a curator and a personal shopper helping customers find what they need for their palette. Basically, he gets you the best beers and bourbons you...

John Gales, from Brew View magazine, joins Nigel and Nick all the way from his home in Vermont. Gales talks about using the magazine to tell good beer stories and spread the word about the constantly-growing craft beer industry. Brew View currently has two magazines covering the beer scenes in Vermont and Missouri. Nigel and Nick's beers for this episode were: Smoked Lime Gose, Windshift Brewing;...

Hennessy Ninja, a shawdowy flight into the craft beer world of a legend who may or may not exist. Aubrey Perry, a recovering IT professional on a crusade to champion the cause of craft brewers in a world of drinkers operating without an app to guide them... Nigel and Nick welcome Crackem founder and developer Aubrey Perry to show to talk about his craft-beer focused mobile app, his journey into th...

We've been trying to plan this episode for quite some time. But as we learn in this episode, Josh Edwards don't need no plans! Listen in as Nick and Nigel walk down the road to Smoke Brewing Co. for a conversation with owner Josh Edwards and head brewer Spencer Schaub to talk about the evolution of Smoke's beer and Josh's growth as a home builder turned brewer turned restaurateur... Oh, and Junior...

We know Nigel travels beer. We know he's started dragging Nick along for some of those travels. But in this episode we learn, "you know nothing, John  Snow." The soon-to-be-dubbed Mr. 3000 joins us for Act 77. Chris O'Leary, editor of the popular Brew York newsletter streams into the podcast to talk about the stories he's captured during his global beer travels and looks ahead to visiting his 3,00...

Nigel and Nick head over to South Kansas City for a collab recording session with the guys from the Lawnarchy podcast. Aside from their love of KC, what do these five have in common? They were both nominated for The Pitch's Best of KC award in the local podcast category — a fact they only learned about by pure happenstance. We're hoping one of the shows emerges victorious! Maybe we'll find out tod...

Our friends Karen & Lenny, aka @cedarandsilver, have been living the #airstreamlife criss-crossing the country for the last 4 years. What started as Karen’s dream has turned into the couple being able to hit breweries far and wide — and tagging breweries with those oh-so-cool #beerswithnigel stickers.  Check out the episode and maybe you too can live the life.  What we're drinking: Grains & taps B...

Two of the three members of the Kansas City-based band, Run With It, join Nigel and Nick in studio for this latest episode. The duo tells their musical stories, including a dark chapter that led Miguel to walk away from the industry for a period. This is episode isn't as beer-centric as usual, but as always, it's the stories that draw us in... Junior, Nick apologies, he forgot to list the beers ag...

After meeting during this year's Barrel & Flow Fest in Pittsburgh, Nigel and Nick invited the gang from Four Cities Brewing in New Jersey to join the show and talk about their path to opening a brewery (in case you missed the foreshadowing, we learn the original idea was a pizza joint), and creating a community around their craft. 

It's Barrel and Flow week! Nigel and Nick welcome back Day Bracey and Ed Bailey, hosts of the Drinking Partners podcast and founders of the Barrel and Flow festival in Pittsburgh, PA. There were many beers consumed during conversations about the upcoming festival and, well, other things.

If you drink beer, they will come. That’s how the saying goes, right? Kevin and Ryan, of Dry Dock Brewing, were in town this week and Nigel and Nick decided it was time to extend a little KC beer hospitality. While sharing (many) beers at Transparent Brewing, they discussed Kevin’s entry into ownership of the Aurora, Colorado brewery and brewery supply store after deciding he didn’t need no stinki...

Jessie Rose isn't burper. There you go. That's your breaking news for the week. What Jessie is though, is co-owner and head brewer for 3 Trails Brewing in Independence, Mo. Nigel and Nick are close to rounding out their tour of Eastern Jackson County, Mo breweries and sit down with Jessie to talk about his road from Kansas City to Michigan and back again to help open this brewery and tap room loca...

69, baby! Yeah, we take the easy jokes on this show. For the 69th episode of this podcast, Nigel and Nick hit the road again and travel to Old Town Lenexa, Kansas to sit down with Craig Adcock, chef, baker, wine afficianado, beer lover and owner of Jude's Rum Cakes and Table Ocho. Oh, he's also a rum maker. Craig tells us of his Rum Cake Imperial Stout collab with Limitless Brewing, and his story...

Who knew that upon entering Apex Aleworks there's a chance you'll be welcomed with a performance of Shakespeare behind the bar? Well, it happened while Nick and Nigel were setting up the gear for another road show, this one in Independence, Mo with Apex Aleworks owner Tim Callahan. We talked about his entry into beer and the story of why, after leaving a career in technology, his wife would sugges...

These guys won't be stopped by something so minor as a flash flood! Last week, Diametric Brewing, in Lee's Summit, Mo, hosted Oklahoma City's Vanessa House and Kansas City's Vine Street Brewing for a collab brew day. And because it's what they do, Nigel and Nick crashed the party and whipped out their mics for some fun conversation about beer, brewery origin stories and more. Beers consumed from B...

A rough week for Nick. He and Nigel hopped in the FJ Mobile Studio-Mobile and trekked to North Kansas City for a visit with Bri Burrows at The Big Rip Brewing. Unfortunately, Nick somehow didn't have the power cord for his soundboard in the bag and we almost didn't have a show. But never fear, Super Dave was there! David Dutchman stepped in with a handy extra power cord and the guys were able to t...

Sometimes, the beer names just write themselves. Such was the case when Nigel and Nick parked their car outside Crane Brewing in Raytown, Mo. this week. On this episode, Chris Myers & Jenna Munoz return to the show, but this time to actually talk about their entry into craft beer, the great Crane taproom and all of the beers they brew up each and every week. In case you were wondering, or want to...

Nigel and Nick hit the road again — this time to Long Bell Pizza, located on the western edge of Lee’s Summit, Mo. Owner and chef, Jason Eggers joins the show to talk about his approach to cooking food, his wide variety of craft brew offerings and his love beer. Beers consumed during the show: Anyways Shake Prickly Pear, Diametric Brewing; White Stout, Grains & Taps; Elvis Juice, Brew Dog; Crushbe...

Beer is good. This we know. But beer can also DO good. Act 63 is evidence of that, as Sam Jones & Simon Sheckells are involved in two KC beer events where the proceeds go to organizations that donate to charities. Sam is the curator of the all things KC beer website, Kansas City Beer. She, along with Simon, also run the bike-, walk-, run- and scooter-friendly beer fest — Pint Path. We learn about...

East Forty brewing was the first brewery to open in Blue Springs, Missouri and has been part of the boom of breweries on the east side of Kansas City during the past 5 years. We chat with owner David Mann about how East Forty came to be and we also find out half of  brewery’s power is generated by solar energy. Cool! We also learn head Brewer Nate Hoylman and Nigel have a six degrees of separation...

What came first, the biscuit or the beer? Well, you're about to find out. Christopher Gandsy, of Daleview Biscuits and Beer in Brooklyn, NY, joins the show to share not only his beer story, but how he's turned a riff on his grandmother's southern buttermilk biscuit recipe into a growing Brooklyn restaurant and brewery business. Dude paints such a word picture, Nigel and Nick are already selling pi...