Craft Beer Republic

Cheers and solo beers, tap heads! Welcome to our first episode apart...sort of. With our first remote episode, the gentlemen are bringing their own beer to review and talk about. First up, Greg reviews a local favorite of his, MadeWest Hazy IPA. The gents discover April's alcohol awareness month, Greg kicks his home-brew keg and talks about the beer deliveries he's been getting. They also discuss...

Cheers and dank beers, everyone! In an ongoing effort to highlight local beer and breweries, our Beer of the Week is 14 Cannons Pale Ale, a brewery local to us in Westlake Village, CA. The gentlemen discuss what they've been drinking in their efforts to drink local, and give updates on their not leaving the house. Greg broke down and watched Tiger Kings and has a review for everyone. Ally drops in...

Cheers and isolation beers, everyone! Sports may be canceled, but it's time for the championships of our 2020 March Madness Healthy Beer Tournament! In the finals, we see the number 2 seed Bell's Light Hearted Ale take on the number 1 Stone Neverending Haze. Who will take the crown? The crew talks about all the breweries they've hit during the isolation to try and support the local spots as well a...

Cheers and quarantine beers, everyone! Your sports may be on hold, but our tournament is heating up! In our final round two match-up; it's an Eastern Conference battle as Bell's Light Hearted Ale takes on Harpoon's Rec. League. Who will move on to take on Stone in the final round? The gents talk about helping local breweries during this weird time. Scott talks about the crazy person at work that p...

Top of the mornin' to ya! For St. Patrick's Day 2020, we're all stuck inside, but at least we've got some great beer for you. First up is the third game in our March Madness Healthy Beer Tournament! Fourth seed Oskar Blue One-Y goes head to head with the first seed Stone Neverending Haze! Will we see our first upset of the bracket? Greg talks about his celebrity sighting at Costco, as well as his...

Cheers, tournament lovers! As we get deeper into March, the 2020 March Madness Healthy Beer Tournaments heats up. For game 2, we see the newcomer from the Pacific North West, Deschutes Brewery's Wowza Hazy Pale vs. Harpoon Brewery's Rec. League Pale Ale. Greg talks about his trip to 14 Cannons with Nicole to conduct some critical beer research on a brand new brew. Mike, aka Sir Food Savage, joins...

Cheers, beers, and happy March! It's the beginning of our 2020 March Madness tournament, and this year our competition is all "healthy" beers. Game one sees Oskar Blues One-y VS Firestone Walker's Flyjack hazy IPA. Who will move on to round two? Greg updates everyone on the Hubbard's Cave V38 IPA and the possible bad can, the gents discuss the upcoming apocalypse and the inability to buy water fro...

Cheers, beers, and experimental hops! Deb fills in for Dan, who is still out with the plague. We kick things off with Hops of Wrath, an old school IPA from Dust Bowl Brewing in California. The gang discusses what beers first got them into the craft beer scene and away from crappy beer. Greg talks about Marty the Brewpup and his surgery ordeal. Ally.in. Cally joins the show to answer a listeners qu...

Cheers and "hazy" beer, everyone! Deb joins us to fill in for Dan. Our beer of the week comes from Northern California, it's Mind Circus "Hazy IPA" from the one and only Russian River Brewing Company. Thanks to our friend Fontana Jim for getting this to us. Greg talks about all the beer research he did over the weekend (Enegren, Institution, Casa Agria & Seaward Brewing) as well as meeting up with...

Prost! In this week of love, we're reviewing two beers that we love. Our beer of the week comes to us from one of Colorado's hottest breweries, Weldwerks Brewing. From Mosaic, With Love is a hazy pale ale brewed with all Mosaic hops and is an easy-drinking, crowd-pleaser. Greg talks about his essential beer research and a new beer from 14 Cannons as well as his trip to the Los Angeles Kings game a...

Cheers and hoppy beers, everyone! We're kicking things off with a double from one of our favorite breweries coming out of Iowa (or anywhere for that matter); we're drinking Toppling Goliath's Twisted Galaxy, a double IPA brewed with lots of galaxy hops! We bring down the tone and get a little serious as we all share our feelings and our experience processing the deaths of those that we lost in the...

Cheers, beers, and football! We're getting ready for the kickoff of Super Bowl LIV with two great beers that will help you drink through the big game. First up is Firestone Walker's newest offering, FlyJack IPA. FlyJack is a very sessional 4% with lots of IPA flavor that'll allow you to drink all game long without losing your inhibitions. Greg gives an update on his Home Depot situation, Dan discu...

Cheers and hoppy anniversary! Our Beer of the Week comes to us from Sierra Nevada, it's their Hoppy Anniversary Ale, a limited edition release in honor of 40 years of making hoppy beers. Greg talks about his time getting hydrated at Dave & Buster's, going to the Laker game, and he compares notes with Scott about being sick over the last couple of weeks. Dan throws some shade on the people that did...

Are you ready to rock?! It's a day of collaborations! Our beer of the week comes to us from the Arrogant Consortia, a spin-off from Stone Brewing. Enter Night, a partnership between the Arrogant Consortia and Metallica, shows off all 45 IBUs and comes in very refreshing. Greg talks about his brewery field trips, gives an update on his home depot situation, and talks about the amazing W00tstout ver...

Cheers and hoppy new year! We're starting things off with a beer for a cause from a local San Diego brewery that's making waves in North Park: You Better You Bet hazy pale ale from Fall Brewing. Not only is Fall making great beer, but they're helping to bring awareness to Teen Cancer America. Greg talks about his trip to Paso Robles that included booze and horse riding as well as his journey to Fi...

Hoppy New Year, everyone! We're ringing in the new year with a fresh one from Stone Brewing; Enjoy By 01.01.20. It's 9.4% of celebration in a glass! Shannon joins the show the break up the sausage fest in place of an absent Dan. Greg talks about his first trip to a weed store and laments with Shannon about the leaky house while Scott talks about getting scammed while job searching. Ally joins us t...

Cheers and holiday beers, everyone! In honor of sharing with family, we're kicking off our Christmas (eve) episode with a collaboration from Firestone Walker and Topa Topa Brewing: Hazy Pale Ale. Shannon joins the show in place of Dan and talks about how great holiday traffic is while Greg talks about a Friendsmas party with friends and brewing a new beer. We also discuss shipping packages for the...

Cheers and holiday beers, everyone! We're kicking things off with a double IPA that everyone can dig, Dig My Earth is a hazy double from Broujwerij West that is big, bold, and full of dank! Greg talks about awful company holiday parties, and who does the parties right. Dan talks about the expensive beer he bought to share and accidentally drank all of. Ally.in. Cally stops in to give us a review o...

Cheers and big beers, everyone! We're kicking things off with a yoked-out version of one of our favorite summer beers: Mega Space Ways from Modern Times. It's a hazy double IPA that is packed with ridiculous amounts of hops. Greg talks about his suicide mission to the mall on Black Friday while Scott has some issues with his water supply. In Sports News: Steven Strassburg signs a huge deal, Madiso...

Cheers and craft beers, everyone! We are incredibly excited to be joined by Alyssa Thorpe, head brewer at Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery, and known to many in the craft beer community as Southern Beer Girl on Instagram. Alyssa talks to us about her history as a beer drinker, how she first got into home brewing, leaving her previous career to go to school and learn to brew, her first jobs in the bee...

Cheers and hoppy beers! We're getting into the holiday season with Sierra Nevada's Celebration Fresh Hop IPA. It's a beer that we look forward to every holiday season. Greg has a grievance about drinking dirty beer at Lazy Dog and laments about home improvement. Dan shares a news story about a Home Depot bomb threat, and Scott talks about the crazy guy that crashed outside his house. In Sports New...

If there's something we love, it's trying something new! We've got a fresh one from Firestone Walker; it's their new Grenadier Pale Ale, that comes Lion's Share multi-pack. This one isn't unanimously loved by this band of merry drinkers. We also have new hosts as beer expert Deb and Greg's wife Shannon fill in for Scott and Dan once again. Greg talks about the pain and torture that is painting the...

Cheers and beers, throwback lovers! We're changing things up on this batch, as beer expert Deb and Greg's wife Shannon join the show to fill in for Scott and Dan and crack wise. Our Beer of the Week is True Brewmance from 8Bit Brewing (thanks to @ally.in.cally), a well balanced West Coast IPA. Greg talks about the opportunity to interview Scott Ungermann from Anchor Brewing while Deb discusses wha...

Cheers and holiday beers, tap heads! We are honored to be joined by Scott Ungermann, brewmaster (and extremely cool guy) at Anchor Brewing in San Francisco, CA. I think by now, everyone in the craft world has heard of, and probably had their hands on, Anchor Steam or our favorite, Anchor's Christmas Ale. We talk to Scott about his history as a beer drinker and beer maker, cutting his teeth with Bu...

Cheers and happy birthday (it's Scott's birthday). Our beer of the week is Broken Skull IPA from El Segundo Brewing Company, a badass IPA from Stone Cold Steve Austin. Greg talks about his big football winnings while Scott is hanging out with big-time baseball players. Ally stops by for a new beer review of Slushy from 450 North Brewing. In Sports News: Two women were banned from MLB parks for fla...