Four Brewers: Craft Beer and Homebrew

The 4B Flight, Episode 1 – Today we begin  The 4B Flight , a solid week of new Four Brewers episodes! We’re kicking it off with Monkish Brewing Co.’s collaboration IPA with Other Half Brewing,  First Things First . Over the last couple of years, we heard from fans of the show that they wished we could release an episode everyday. While that’s flattering and awesome that these super-fans want to he...

Season 3, Episode 14 – This week, we drink our craft “gateway” beers. Craft beer is awesome, isn’t it? Today, we’re drinking and talking about the beers that converted us from fizzy yellow lager drinkers to the beer geeks we are today. Our Gateway Beers Most of us have been there: you decide that you want to try something different, or a friend offers you their favorite craft beer to try, or maybe...

Season 3, Episode 13 – We didn’t really have a show planned out for this week, so we decided to raid John’s cellar. Sometimes, you just want to head into your beer cellar, dust off some bottles, and see what happens. This week, that’s exactly what we did. If you’re a long time listener of Four Brewers, you’ve heard about John’s bloated cellar and the black hole of beers within. Since we didn’t rea...

Season 3, Episode 12 – This week, we try to figure out exactly why Tired Hands Brewing Company’s hands are so tired. Spoiler: we still don’t know, but you should still listen to the episode. This week on the show, we’re drinking beers from the whalez-bro-brewery outta Pennsylvania known as  Tired Hands Brewing Company . Their beers are difficult to get in SoCal (they don’t distribute here), but ou...

Season 3, Episode 11 – This week, Jason brought us so many beers from Modern Times…and it’s awesome. Get your Four Brewers “Metal Logo” shirt! Sales end Tuesday (3.15.16) evening! Available for a limited time:  fourbrewers.com/metal Before we get into the beers, it should be known that  Greg’s  cask ale festival called “Firkfest” is going down on March 19, 2016 in Anaheim, California. We’ve been p...

Season 3, Episode 10 – We’re back with part 2 of our visit to Bottle Logic Brewing in Anaheim, California, and this week, we’re saddling up some unicorns. Get your Four Brewers “Metal Logo” shirt! Available for a limited time:  fourbrewers.com/metal Before we get into the beers, it should be known that  Greg’s  cask ale festival called “Firkfest” is going down on March 19, 2016 in Anaheim, Califor...

Season 3, Episode 9 – This week, a last minute stop into Anaheim’s Bottle Logic Brewing ends with juicy beers, something tart, and gigaflops of hops.    Get your Four Brewers “Metal Logo” shirt! Available for a limited time:  fourbrewers.com/metal Before we get into the beers, it should be known that  Greg’s  cask ale festival called “Firkfest” is going down on March 19, 2016 in Anaheim, Californi...

Season 3, Episode 8 – This week, beers from Night Shift Brewing and Perennial Artisan Ales. This week,  Nagel  brought the pain with SoCal rarities from Perennial Artisan Ales and Night Shift Brewing. Before we get into the beers, it should be known that  Greg’s  cask ale festival called “Firkfest” is going down on March 19, 2016 in Anaheim, California. We’ve been promoting this event for good rea...

Season 3, Episode 7 – This week, homebrew from Four Brewers listener Michael Kirshner, and The Messenger from Noble Ale Works and Three Weavers Brewing Company. Can homebrews be whalez? This is the question that Four Brewers listener,  Michael Kirshner , proposed to us in an email a few weeks ago. Personally speaking, I’ve definitely wanted to spear a few local homebrew whalez that have become leg...

Season 3, Episode 6 – This week, ALL SURLY BREWING COMPANY BEERS. Well, most of them. OK, eight of them. This week, we’ve got seven beers from  Surly Brewing Company  that were sent to us by a gracious Four Brewers listener, as well as a super-whale from  John’s  cellar, a 2010 vintage  Darkness . Hell. YES. Surly Brewing Company Surly Brewing makes great beer, hands down. The problem is, they don...

Season 3, Episode 5 – This week, we’re drinking ten different beers form Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. This week, it’s all about  Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. . For over 30 years, they’ve been innovators in the craft beer movement in America, producing some the most ubiquitous beers on the market. We have ten different beers on the show this week from Sierra Nevada. While that may sound like a lot (well,...

Season 3, Episode 4 – Does the shape and size of a glass really affect a beer’s characteristics? This week, we try to find out for ourselves. Does glassware make a difference when it comes to truly enjoying a craft beer? Glasses designed for more traditional beer styles have been around for a long time and it’s believed that they enhance certain characteristics of the beers that are consumed from...

Season 3, Episode 3 – This week, beers from Founders Brewing Co., and Going In Blind with Matt. Michigan. More great beer from Michigan.  Founders Brewing Co.  is finally available in southern California, and we’re pretty stoked about it. Founders is a well known brewery among craft beer drinkers, brewing everything from hoppy IPAs to delicious, highly sought after bourbon barrel-aged stouts. Gett...

Season 3, Episode 2 – This week, it’s all Bell’s Brewery. What’s that I hear? A bell? A tolling bell? This week on the show, we’re drinking  NINE  different beers from  Bell’s Brewery . For us in SoCal, that’s pretty awesome, considering they just recently added distribution to southern California (May, 2014) and we were able to buy all of these beers in our local bottle shops.  Bell’s Brewery Bee...

Season 3, Episode 1 – This week, we’re drinking three homebrews from Greg (two of them are pink!), and going in blind with John. Welcome to 2016 and season 3 of Four Brewers! This week on the show, we’re drinking homebrew from  Nagel  and going in blind with some blind tasting action provided by John. First up are two pink concoctions from Mr. Nagel. The first one is a cranberry Malbec wine cooler...

Season 2, Episode 52 – This week we conclude season 2 of Four Brewers with coconuts, stouts, barrels, and some good ol’ blind tasting, courtesy of Jason Harris. Here we are. We made it! The final show of 2015, episode 52 of season 2. When I say “we made it”, I mean just that—all of us. Four Brewers wouldn’t be a thing without all of the support we get from beer geeks all over the world. We thank y...

Season 2, Episode 51 – This week we’re doing kind of a grab bag episode with beers from The Good Beer Company, Side Project Brewing, El Segundo Brewing Company, and Kern River Brewing Company. Hey, y’all. It’s a holiday week. I’m gonna level with you. I’m in the mood to holiday. I need to get my holiday (and  Star Wars: The Force Awakens ) on. Writing about this week’s  Four Brewers  episode just...

Season 2, Episode 50 – This week, beers from Destihl Brewery, Allagash Brewing Company, and the return of Going In Blind: Greg Nagel Edition! This week, we’re diving into some more beers from  Destihl Brewery’s  Wild Sour Series, as well as some funky stuff from  Allagash Brewing Company . Shows from session 27 (episodes 50, 51, and 52) were the first to be recorded in December, so this officially...

Season 2, Episode 49  –  This week, we’re finally raiding our collective cellars for the best beers from The Bruery that we could gather. This week, we’re drinking a lot of beer from  The Bruery . On paper, four beers may not seem like a lot, but when it comes to The Bruery and their rich and usually higher ABV beers, it’s a lot, especially for  John , ahem…  Beers from The Bruery and Bruery Terre...

Season 2, Episode 48  –  This week on the most awesomest beer podcast on the Internet as far as we’re concerned and more than confident is actually true according us, are some mostly local brews and one brew that some how snuck into the “locals only” party. We’re drinking stoutish beers on the show this week. “Stoutish” according to the Four Brewers Dictionary (it isn’t a real dictionary) means “a...

Season 2, Episode 47  –  This week we’re hanging out with Jesse Friedman, co-owner and brewer at San Francisco’s Almanac Beer Co., and we’re drinking some really special stuff. This week we are joined once again by our good friend  Jesse Friedman , co-owner and brewer at  Almanac Beer Co.  in San Fransisco, California, and we’re drinking some really interesting stuff that encompasses the worlds of...

Season 2, Episode 46  –  This week, beers from two of Los Angeles’ best breweries, Highland Park Brewery and Monkish Brewing Co.. We’re heading back to L.A. this week with two collaboration beers from Monkish Brewing Co. and Highland Park Brewery. These breweries are quickly becoming pillars of Los Angeles beer with their awesome farmhouse and sour ales. Highland Park Brewery and Monkish got toget...

Season 2, Episode 45  –  This week on the show, we’re drinking beers from Russian River Brewing Company. BOOM. If you’re a craft beer drinker, you’ve heard of  Russian River Brewing Company . Craft beer drinkers far and wide seem to adore Russian River and their beers, ranging from the somewhat hard to find and ever-so-hoppy Pliny The Elder, to the hard to get beers like the tart and acidic Beatif...

Season 2, Episode 44  –  This week, we’re at The Beachwood Blendery with Gabe Gordon and Ryan Fields drinking the first two bottle releases from The Blendery, Propagation 001 and 002. Propagation 001 and 002 go on sale TODAY, November 1, at 11 am. If you’re not already in line,  get down to The Blendery  and pick up some bottles ASAP! The time has finally come, and we couldn’t be more excited.  Be...

Season 2, Episode 43  –  This week, our good friend John Ryti joins us and he brought some killer brew from Ironfire Brewing Company in Temecula, California. This week’s episode is sort of a mixed bag. A little bit of homebrew, some macro beer, some kettle sours, and some IPA. Nothing wrong with mixing it up, right? nagelBOOCH Kombucha We’re kicking off the show with some home-brewed kombucha by M...