Craft Beer Republic

Cheers to all the beers in our lives! BFF Ally is back with us today. Greg reviews a very appropriate beer from Catawba Brewing, Pants Optional, a Tangerine Hazy double IPA. Thanks to @brewpugsc for the slide on that one! Ally talks about her exciting news with a local brewery. Dan is still working on getting rid of the couch. Scott runs into his older self at work, and Greg has one last lake trip...

Cheers and autumn beers, everyone! You won't find any pumpkin beers over here. Greg kicks October off with Oktoberfest, a traditional Bavarian Märzen style lager from one of the best lager makers on the planet, Enegren Brewing. We get a few messages from listeners, the first about the fake crowd noise at football games, and the world's strongest beer discussed on Batch 219. Greg talks about his an...

Cheers and hazy beers, everyone! Ally is back, and we're drinking our way across the country! First up, Greg is drinking Megabytes DIPA, a collaboration from two amazing SoCal breweries; Mumford Brewing and 8Bit Brewing. Greg does some homework for Dan on the whereabouts of Werewolf, the Halloween themed beer from Newcastle. Dan has some fun with the Clippers recent choke-fest, and Ally does some...

Cheers and collaboration beers, tap heads! Greg is kicking off the show with Diego Antonio, a West Coast IPA collaboration with AleSmith Brewing from San Diego and Weathered Souls from San Antonio in honor of AleSmith's 25th anniversary! Scott talks about the people who won't wear masks at his "retail establishment," and Dan hits that kegerator for the return of football season. Greg heads out of...

Cheers and hot day beers, everyone! We're sweating it out and bringing your the freshest beer and content on the webs! Better yet, Ally is back by popular demand! Greg kicks things off with a review from the mountains of Colorado, Elevation Beer Company's Milkshake Duck, a milkshake IPA. Ally talks about partying it up all weekend long for a birthday, while Scott talks about his road trip to find...

Cheers and local beers, tap heads! We're thrilled to have Mike Marr joining us today; he's the owner and brewmeister at Buffalo Creek Brewing in Long Grove, IL. In addition to talking about the brewery, his background, and the beer industry, he also walks us through a tasting of some of their beers. Before diving into more nerdy subjects, we learn about Mike as a beer drinker, growing up in upstat...

Cheers and bi-coastal beers, everyone! Greg kicks things off with a review of Batsquatch, a Hazy IPA from Rogue Ales up in Oregon. Ally talks about her weekend drinking at the beach, and in the desert, Dan talks about his rigged fantasy football draft, and Greg talks about his brewery research. Dan reviews Tiki Escape IPA, a tropical vacation from Stone Brewing. In Sports News: •August 24 was Kobe...

Cheers and birthday beers, everyone! We're excited to have our friend Ally back on the show, on her birthday no less! Ally kicks it off with her review of Everything is Cake, a fruited Berliner Weisse from Spanish Marie Brewery in Miami, FL. Ally talks about her birthday week, trip to the lake, going out without kids, and her surprise Zoom birthday party. Greg talks about his drunken weekend of fl...

Cheers to beer, the best damn drink in the world! Our beer friend forever, Ally, is hanging out with us today. Greg reviews Bang A Uey, a New England Pale Ale from Devil's Logic Brewing from Charlotte, NC. Thanks to our friend Wendy for sliding that over. Happy birthday Wendy! Ally talks about her fight with Instagram while Scott talks about the coupon lady at his work and his trip to a brewery. D...

Cheers and summer beers, tap heads! We interrupt your regularly scheduled podcast to bring you some of the beers we've been sipping on this summer. Summer really brings out a different breed of beer, so we decided to dedicate an entire episode to it. And to make things even better, our friend Ally joined the show to share her summer beer as well! Greg gets real tropical with his review. He's bring...

Cheers and all the beers, everyone! Our beer friend forever Ally is back, and she's kicking things off with a crispy offering from Refuge Brewery; Call Box British Lager. Greg talks about the Surf n Suds virtual beer fest he attended, playing with fire while drunk, and how the Gentlemen are blowing up in the U.K. Ally talks about hitting a brewery and getting to watch some live baseball. In contra...

Cheers and hoppy beers, tap heads! We run the hoppy gambit today with a pale, IPA, and Double IPA. Greg kicks off the show with Point Dume Double IPA from 14 Cannons in Westlake Village, CA. Dan drops some big news on us: he bought a kegerator! Scott talks about going out for dinner and drinks while Greg talks about his lake trip and a brewery run. Scott brings Island Brewing's Island IPA, full of...

Salud a todos! We're super excited to have our friend Ally on the show today! Greg kicks things off with a review of Humble Sea Brewing's The Foggy and the Furious, a foggy IPA with a quarter-mile of hops. Scott talks about his COVID scare, Dan takes a trip out into the world to check out a new brewery, Ally has a 'rona scare with her daughter, and Greg is setting up the kiddie pool again and hitt...

Cheers and post-holiday beers! We're back after a weekend of celebrating and hydrating to give you the latest in the craft beer world. Dan brings a new one from Pizza Port Brewing, their Permanent Vacay IPA. A fitting name for the times we're in. The gents talk about their 4th of July partying. Greg talks about watching Hamilton, and Scott talks about the crazy people that come into his "retail es...

Wax on. Wax off. We hope everyone is gearing up for a July 4th weekend of delicious craft beer! Greg kicks things off with Mr. Miyhoppi, a New England IPA from 8 bit Brewing down near Temecula, CA. Dan talks about his first trip to a brewery since COVID started, and Scott talks about the maskless public that keeps coming into his store. Greg talks about setting up the (kiddie) pool and living the...

Cheers, craft beer community! We're incredibly excited to welcome Marcus Baskerville on the show, head brewer and co-founder of Weathered Souls Brewing in San Antonio, TX. We first learned of Marcus through the Black is Beautiful beer collaboration; he's the creator and recipe designer for the entire project. Before we discuss the collaboration, we talk about Marcus's history as a beer drinker, an...

Cheers, beer lovers! The gentlemen are back, and we're instituting phase .08 of the re-opening process. Greg kicks things off with Natural Liberty, an American Pale Lager from Black Acre Brewing Company out of Indiana. The gents turn to real-life hangouts and what it's like drinking with human beings again. Scott talks about the weirdos that have been coming into his store during all the COVID mad...

Cheers and hot summer beers, everyone! As things start to heat up, we're cooling it down with some tasty beer reviews. Greg is drinking Masquerade, a triple dry-hopped triple IPA from 450 North Brewing Company out of Columbus, IN. Ally returns to talk about Shortcake Oak Shake, a fruited sour IPA from Newgrass Brewing Company in Shelby, NC. The gents talk about their Zoom happy hour they held over...

Cheers and beers, tap heads! As we begin our transition into summer, we've got some great beer to review. Dan kicks things off with Mustang IPA, a classic offering from SLO Brew in San Luis Obispo, CA. The gents discuss how they've been staying sane during the 'Rona. Greg talks about his homebrew session over the weekend while Scott talks about some of the more unique items they sell at his place...

Cheers and slightly less quarantined beers, everyone! The gentlemen are back, and we're reviewing some great beer this week. Dan kicks things off with a new offering from Stone Brewing: Soaring Dragon Imperial IPA. Greg talks about attending a virtual beer festival and getting some floating time with some tasty beers. Scott talks about an encounter with a crazy person at the pharmacy where he work...

Cheers and at-home beers, everyone! The gentlemen are back and are itching to get back into the breweries. Dan kicks the show off with his review of Stone Brewing's Buenaveza Salt & Lime Lager. The gents talk about how they're handling quarantine, or not handling it. Greg talks about the upcoming Surf n Suds virtual beer festival, and happy hour meet-ups with Zoom. Do you want to happy hour with u...

Cheers and milestone beers, everyone! We've hit quite the milestone with Batch 200 and are doing a few throwbacks to celebrate! Greg kicks things off with a review of Mumford Brewing's version of the All Together beer, a base recipe from Other Half that goes to support those in the service industry. The guys talk about what they've been doing to stay sane during the Coronavirus. Greg talks about h...

Feliz Cinco de Mayo a todos! We hope everyone is having some beer and guacamole in celebration. In honor of the holiday, Greg is drinking Stone Brewing's Buenaveza Salt & Lime Lager, something that pairs with some spicy tacos. The gentlemen discuss how they've been surviving the Corona-cation thus far, and complain about smoke detectors only dying in the middle of the night. Greg talks about his t...

Cheers and remote beers, tap heads! The gents are back but from an appropriate distance, of course. Scott kicks things off with an anniversary beer from Tap It Brewing Company: Father Time English-Style Old Ale. It's released every January to celebrate special occasions. Greg talks about ordering beer from 8one8 Brewing, and a can release from Enegren Brewing, having a virtual Frühlingsfest, his t...

Cheers, beers, and bongs, everyone! Hope you all had an excellent 420. This week the guys are working remotely and drinking some great beer. First up, Scott brings Diehard Fan IPA from Stone Brewing, a beer full of hops, brewed for the people that got claimed by the IPA. The gents give their updates on surviving the Coronavirus, and Greg brings more proof that he and Dan already had it. Friend of...