Four Brewers: Craft Beer and Homebrew

Season 2, Episode 17  –  This week we’re on location at Noble Ale Works in Anaheim, California, the first of our three stops at three Orange County breweries. We’re back with another round of on-location episodes and this time, we’re focusing on the Orange County beer scene. The OC is very much up and coming, in terms of the excellent beers that are being produced, with breweries sprouting up all...

Season 2, Episode 16  -  We’re going back to the homebrew this week with beers from John and Greg. Also, Hite. We’re going back a couple episodes into the past with this show as we pregame for the now released  Saison Showdown . We kick off the show with a brettanomyces version of  Greg’s  saison from  episode 9  of season 2 that was fermented with brett trois yeast. Wicked Weed and…Hite… Next, we...

Season 2, Episode 15  -  The Elite 8 of The Saison Showdown, and the reveal of the big winner. We’re back with part 2 of The Saison Showdown and we’re pretty excited to announce the winner, which –  SPOILER ALERT  – is after the photo. We were all really happy with the results, and really taken back by how some of the beers did in the competition. The Saison Showdown Just to recap, in order of the...

Season 2, Episode 14  -  Here it is, folks! Part 1 of The Four Brewers Saison Showdown! Hey everybody! We’re back with another showdown of whalez and whatnot, but this time, it’s a style of ale known as saison! We chose 16 saisons from around the world (that we could acquire), and ranked them in order of the average rankings of Rate Beer and Beer Advocate combined. Who will be the big winner? Well...

Season 2, Episode 13  -  This week, we’re drinking some pretty rad sours while John gets serious about bottle dates. Welcome to the fourth show, that is, the fourth show of session 14 of Four Brewers. In case you’re unfamiliar with how we record shows, we get together every three weeks and record three shows in a four hour session, which we broadcast live on Google Hangouts and our  YouTube channe...

Season 2, Episode 12  -  This week’s show is live from the one and only Firkfest, in Anaheim, California. The day is upon us. The time has come.  Firkfest  is here! Undoubtedly, you’ve heard our cute little ads before each show for  Greg’s  annual festival in celebration of cask ale, and for good reason–it’s a rad event. Cask ale is a style of beer that is easily overlooked and somewhat misunderst...

Season 2, Episode 11  -  This week’s show is all about our new favorite brewery from Alaska, Anchorage Brewing Company. This week it’s all about  Anchorage Brewing Company . They’ve taken the beer world by storm as of late with their tasty brettanomyces saisons, IPAs, and tripels. Anchorage has a very unique take on beer that can be quite inspirational to homebrewers. The first beer up (03:05) is ...

Season 2, Episode 10  -  This week, we’re geeking out to AleSmith and Mikkeller radness. A couple episodes ago when we did the blind bourbon barrel-aged stout tasting, we got some feedback pertaining to why we didn’t include any of the barrel-aged variants of  AleSmith Brewing Company’s   Speedway Stout . The reason is that  Speedway Stout  itself is a coffee stout, and the barrel-aged variants of...

Season 2, Episode 9  -  This week, we’re going back to the hops with homebrew from Nagel and hoppy radness from Noble Ale Works, Alpine Brewing, and Societe Brewing Company. Now that we’re all fully recovered from last week’s  epic stout tasting , we’re back with a homebrew from Greg, and some beers from some of SoCal’s best breweries: Noble Ale Works, Alpine Beer Company, and Societe Brewing Comp...

Season 2, Episode 8  -  This week on the show, part two of our epic blind bourbon barrel-aged stout tasting, with the final rankings and results. The time has arrived! We’re drinking the final five beers of our blind tasting, adding up the scores, and announcing the big winners.  Just to recap , here are the beers we’re tasting: · Firestone Walker Brewing Co. –  Parabola , 2014 · Goose Island Beer...

Season 2, Episode 7  -  The time has come. The moment has arrived. This week is part one of our epic blind tasting of bourbon barrel-aged stouts from across the United States. We’ve been hyping these episodes for a few weeks now, and they have finally arrived. Here’s the premise of these shows: Episode 7 (part 1) is going to be the introduction of the blind tasting, and why the beers were selected...

Season 2, Episode 6  -  We’re starting early for this show, eleven in the morning to be exact, and were taking it easy and ramping up to the bourbon barrel-aged blind tasting with session beers from around the world. It’s all about pacing yourself and easing in. That’s what we’re doing this week. Our blind tasting, bourbon barrel-aged stout series is happening next week, so we decided to do a litt...

Season 2, Episode 5  -  We’re back in the South Bay at our final stop of our on-location recording session, El Segundo Brewing Co., with special guest and Certified Cicerone, Thomas Kelley. El Segundo Brewing Co. ( @ESBCbrews ), located in the city of its namesake, has quickly gained recognition as one Southern California’s best IPA breweries in the last few years. After opening its doors in May o...

Season 2, Episode 4  -  This week, we’re on location at Monkish Brewing in Torrance, California with owner, president and brewer Henry Nguyen and Monkish “Evangelist,” Brian White. The second stop on our South Bay/L.A. beer tour,  Monkish Brewing Co.  has quickly become a brewery in Southern California that has set themselves away from the pack, brewing nothing but Belgian-style inspired beers. We...

Season 2, Episode 3  -  Four Brewers is on the road! Our first stop in this three episode series devoted to Los Angeles beer is Smog City Brewing Co., in Torrance, California. This week, we’re trying our hand at remote shows, and exploring the LA beer scene. The first stop on the tour is at  Smog City Brewing Co. , located in Torrance, California. Jonathan Porter and Chris Walowski sat down with u...

Season 2, Episode 2  -  This week, we’re altering our palates and sacrificing some great beers in the process, all in the name of fun! This week, we’re altering our palates, be it for good or bad, to experience what’s like to taste different styles of beer after eating “Miracle Berries”. Miracle Berries are known for their ability to basically make things that are bitter taste sweet, and things th...

Season 2, Episode 1  -  Happy New Year! This week, we’re kicking off Season 2 of the podcast with a whopper of a show, mostly dedicated to homebrew, and Daniel Cady joins us for another go-around. We kick off the show with another Saison collaboration brew from  John  and  Matt  named  Raincross Saison . Everyone enjoys it, more or less, but there isn’t much enthusiasm, and we do our best to compl...

Season 1, Episode 31  -  This week, head brewer at Twisted Manzanita Ales & Spirits, Daniel Cady, joins us live in the studio. Twisted Manzanita Ales & Spirits , formally known as Manzanita Brewing Company, has only been around for a few years but they’re making some spectacular brews. This week on the show their head brewery, Daniel Cady, joins us to share some of their best. First on deck is an...

Season 1, Episode 30  -  Happy holidays, everyone! This week, it’s all about the holiday brews. Damn, these last few months have gone by fast! It’s already that magical time of year when you stress out over the perfect gifts to give your friends and family, freak out at your Uncle’s twisted viewpoints on the latest controversial news topics, watch grandpa fall asleep at 4:30pm, and crack open your...

Season 1, Episode 29  -  This week on the show, we are again joined by John Ryti and Tim “Showtime” Ryan, and this time, Ryti brought along some homebrew. We kick off the show this week with a fantastic brew from the folks at  Refuge Brewery  in Temecula, California.  Blood Orange Wit  is a tangy and big-bodied, low ABV pale ale. This beer isn’t just another fly-by-night wheat ale—this thing is de...

Season 1, Episode 28  -  This week, some totally rad brews from our friend Philip Lorenzini, special guests John Ryti and Time Ryan, and Foudre, duders! Long time friend of New Brew Thursday and Four Brewers,  Philip Lorenzini , hooked us up with some really great beers, and we invited some friends to spread the beer love,  John Ryti , aka  Temecula’s Beer Ambassador , and  Tim Ryan , aka “Showtim...

Season 1, Episode 27  -  John and Matt brewed a special grisette-style saison, David Gillanders is back on the show, and we’re drinking a DIPA from Barley Forge Brewing Co.. John  and  Matt  finally did some goddamn brewing, and they made a pretty great brew! Matt got his hands on a “special” strain of yeast (he really didn’t give us any details other than that) and called upon John and his pimp-a...

Season 1, Episode 26  -  David Gillanders is back on the show this week, and we’re drinking beers from Sante Adairius, Jester King, and Fantôme. This week on the show, we try to recreate the magic that is The Festival – brought to you by the Shelton Brothers. Not only do they import some amazing beers from overseas, but they distribute some of the coolest craft breweries in the US. We weren’t able...

Season 1, Episode 25  -  Put on your fishing waders because this week, we’re knee deep in brews from Kern River Brewing Co., Knee Deep Brewing Co., and Spiteful Brewing Company. Devout craft beer drinkers far and wide make the pilgrimage to central California for the periodic release of  Kern River Brewing Company ‘s hoppy masterpiece known as  Citra  double IPA. We just happen to be friends with...

Season 1, Episode 24  -  This week, Matt’s clearing out the cellar. We’ve been at that point in our craft beer journey when we discover the diverse selection of beers available to us, and realize, “Hey! I TOTALLY need to start building my beer cellar up!” So, the first thing we do is seek out anything that might possibly “cellar well”. Well, that’s precisely what  Matt  did, and now we get to enjo...