Four Brewers: Craft Beer and Homebrew

Season 2, Episode 42  –  This week, the boys are headin’ to Texas. Jason  tends to travel quite a bit for work. One of the fringe benefits is that he’s able to explore the local beer scene in whatever town he’s visiting. Jason was cool enough to bring some beers back from his recent trip to Texas. San Antonio, Texas, to be exact. Texas Craft Beers We’re starting with a classic Texas lager (which i...

Season 2, Episode 41  –  This week, beers from Sixpoint Brewery, a super-yummy hoppy pale ale from our local friends, Wicks Brewing Company, sprinkles of Almanac Brewing Company’s Citra Sour, and some in-depth homebrew discussion on Quad recipe formulation. This week on the show, we’re taking a trip to Brooklyn, New York (we’re not really there, duh) to get some of that sweet Sixpoint Brewery acti...

Season 2, Episode 40  –  This week we’re drinking some GABF medal-winning beers. Every year, beer drinkers from all over the United States and the world descend upon Denver, Colorado for the  Great American Beer Festival . It’s one of the biggest beer festival we know of, and two of the Four Brewers got to attend this year. 2015 GABF Medal-Winning Beers While the draw and the allure of GABF is the...

Season 2, Episode 39  –  Matt snuck into John’s cellar and helped himself to some great, and not-so-great cellar-aged beers. If you’re a beer geek with a cellar, you’ve either been here, or will be here one day. You know what I’m talking about. You’re new to craft beer and you want to be able to break out a beer on a second’s notice to pair with food, bring to a bottle share, or simply enjoy with...

Season 2, Episode 38  –  This week, we’re still high on hops, but low on ABV. Hoppy pale ales are on deck. While we all love IPA and their juicy hoppiness, drinking more than a couple can really take a toll on your soberness. Luckily, breweries everywhere are making hoppier-than-usual versions of pale ale, which by style are lower in alcohol than IPA. This week, we’re drinking some of the best hop...

Season 2, Episode 37  –  This week, we’re drinking a hell-of-a-lot of Oktoberfest and Märzen style beers. Prost! It’s that time of year again…Oktoberfest! This year, we’re not fucking around. While there are many, many interpretations of “Octoberfest” beers out there, we decided to find as many as locally possible and just go for it. Oktoberfest Beers This week, we’re drinking 14 different Oktober...

Season 2, Episode 36  –  This week on the show, a plethora of IPA, and some tasty beers from our buddy, Phil. This week, were drinking the OC Brew HAHA South County IPA, as well as IPA from SoCal and Athens, Georgia. And just for the fun of it, we’re throwing in a Berliner Weisse as well. We kick off the show with with two beers from friend of the show and Patreoneer, Phil Lorezini. Phil is curren...

Season 2, Episode 35  –  This week, we’re drinking three vintages of the Stone Brewing Co. collaboration beer,  w00tstout . This week on the show, we’re drinking three vintages of the  Drew Curtis/Wil Wheaton/Greg Koch Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout , or as it’s generally known,  w00tstout . It’s origins were inspired by the touring variety show known as  w00tstock , which was created by  Wil Whe...

Season 2, Episode 34  –  Natalie DeNicholas joins us for another round as we drink a variety of beers for the great state of Colorado. This week, we’re going full Colorado. Six beers from four great CO breweries. It’s no secret that Colorado is a mecca of craft beer, and this week we’re honing in on some of our favorites.  Colorado Beers We kick off the show with a couple of beers brought to us by...

Season 2, Episode 33  –  This week, homebrew from Nagel and special guest Natalie DeNicholas. Friend and fellow homebrewer,  Natalie DeNicholas , joins us on the show this week with homebrew in hand. She’s been brewing for a few years now, and is a member of the famous southern California homebrew club,  Maltose Falcons .  Natalie DeNicholas (via  Instagram ) First up are two saisons that Natalie...

Season 2, Episode 32  –  This week we find out if Green Flash Brewing Company’s versions of Alpine Beer Company beers are up to snuff with Alpine’s authentic brews. These days, brewery buy-outs and partnerships are becoming more and more commonplace, not only in terms of macro breweries buying out smaller craft breweries, but also larger craft breweries partnering and purchasing smaller, well know...

Season 2, Episode 31  –  This week, we’re drinking a variety of Belgian-style ales because why the hell not. It truly is a great time in craft beer. The beers are this week’s show exemplify it. Crooked Stave, Jester King, Highland Park Brewery…damn.  We kick off the show with two beers from one of Los Angeles’ newest breweries, Highland Park Brewery. Highland Park is a local favorite of ours, and...

Season 2, Episode 30  –  This week’s episode is all about homebrew, more specifically, homebrew from 4B super-fan Kyle Wells! Homebrew, homebrew, and more homebrew. This week it’s all about homebrew. We’ve got four on the show this week, three of which are from 4B Patron and super-fan  Kyle Wells , and the from our very own  Greg Nagel . Kyle gave us these brews a couple of months ago with the exp...

Season 2, Episode 29  –  This week, we’re hanging out with Walt and Luke Dickinson from Asheville, North Carolina’s Wicked Weed Brewing. So, this show is pretty rad. We’ve got  Walt  and  Luke  Dickinson from  Wicked Weed Brewing on the show, at the same time, from two different locations, one of which is a car outside of a bar. Holy. Shit.  Wicked Weed Brewing Canvas Series We’re drinking six dif...

Season 2, Episode 28  –  This week we’re drinking Nagel’s vacation beers! Before I ( John ) start this post, The guys and I just want to say thank you to everyone who came to our first anniversary party at  Hamilton Family Brewery . It was really fun catching up with our friends and fans, and seeing some new faces. Josh (brewer and co-owner of HamFam) did an excellent job with the  collaboration s...

Season 2, Episode 27  –  This week we’re hanging out with author Emma Christensen and we’re drinking homebrew. We’re back in the studio! While the on-locations shows are quite a hoot for us to do, it sure is nice to be back on our home turf. We’re joined this week by Emma Christensen via Google Hangouts. She wears variety of different hats, two of which are author and homebrewer. She’s also an edi...

Season 2, Episode 26  –  This week, we’re back in Dr. Bill’s cellar, and talking about the business side of beer. This week we’re back in  Dr. Bill’s  epic cellar, and we’re discussing the beer industry. We kick off the discussion with a beer that falls right in line with the discussion, Stone Brewing Co.’s  Enjoy By 07.04.15 IPA . Stone is a big advocate of enjoying beer fresh, and really has led...

Season 2, Episode 25  –  This week we’re at the ever-so-awesome Urge Gastropub in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego. This week, we’re still in San Diego, California at our third stop,  Urge American Gastropub . This show is a bit of a deviation from our normal shows in that Urge isn’t a brewery, but rather an awesome beer-geeky pub and restaurant.  Anna, Hidden Barrel Peche, and Cable Car Ale Urge [b URG...

Season 2, Episode 24  –  This week, we’re visiting one of the many breweries along the Hop Highway, Belching Beaver Brewery in Vista, CA. Belching Beaver  is one of many breweries along the legendary Hop Highway in San Diego, California, which is home to many other notable breweries like  Stone Brewing Co. ,  Port Brewing Company ,  Toolbox Brewing Company , and  Iron Fist Brewing Co. . Opening ju...

Season 2, Episode 23  –  This week, we’re discussing beer cellaring with the legendary “Dr. Bill” Sysak at his home in Escondido, California. This week’s blog post was provided by Yvonne England [John’s super-rad girlfriend]. You’re welcome. [Bracketed commentary supplied by John Holzer.] This week, we go see  Dr. Bill Sysak , the Craft Beer Ambassador for Stone Brewing Co.. He “handles the bevera...

Season 2, Episode 22  –  This week, we’re drinking the final six beers from the Ultimate Box Set, Tracks 7-12. We’re flipping the record to side B this week and sampling Tracks 7-12 from The Lost Abbey Ultimate Box Set. Be sure to check out  part one  where we sampled Tracks 1-6 because they were pretty killer brews. We’ve gone full Satanist at this point, mostly due to the hellish theme of the bo...

Season 2, Episode 21  –  This week, we crack open The Lost Abbey Ultimate Box Set and sample Tracks 1-6. This week we’re [stage] diving into what is quite possibly one of the most sought after items in the world of craft beer, The Lost Abbey Ultimate Box Set. There have been talks to open this box set on the show since the beginning of Four Brewers, and now we are finally delivering with this two...

Season 2, Episode 20  –  This week on the show, we’re back in the studio in classic Four Brewers style, drinking homebrew, craft brew, reading beer reviews, and blind tasting. BOOM! We kick off the show with a beer that’s has been 6 months in the making,  John  and  Matt’s brettanomyces-conditioned saison. You may recall a similar beer from  episode 27 of season 1 , their grisette-style saison. Th...

Season 2, Episode 19  –  This week, we’re going full-throttle with the beer-geekdom and drinking beers with Brad Daniels at his awesome home brewery, Peace Brewing, the third of our three stops at three Orange County breweries. This week, we’re at one of the coolest homebreweries in southern California,  Bradley Daniels ‘ Peace Brewing in Anaheim. While his place isn’t an actual “craft brewery”, h...

Season 2, Episode 18  –  This week we’re on location at Barley Forge Brewing Co. in Costa Mesa, California, the second of our three stops at three Orange County breweries. The second of our three brewery tour is  Barley Forge Brewing Co.  in Costa Mesa, California. Opening just six months ago, Barley Forge is already well on their way to becoming one of Orange County’s best craft breweries with a...