Four Brewers: Craft Beer and Homebrew

Season 1, Episode 23  -  This week, a Duck Duck Gooze side-by-side, and some, er, interesting homebrew from Nagel. Welcome to November. It's that special time of year when we get together with our families, roast birds in the oven, and drink barrel-aged beer to keep warm in the brisk winter weather. On the show this week, we're cracking open two beers from The Lost Abbey called Duck Duck Gooze . Y...

Season 1, Episode 22  -  It’s that special time of the year when pumpkin beers abound. This week, we carve it up. This week on the show, we’ve got two homebrews from our Aussie brother from a different mother, “The Beer Mule”, and two interesting craft beers from  Hangar 24 Craft Brewery . Many of you may know  The Beer Mule . You know, that globe-trotting-drink-you-under-the-table Aussie dude who...

Season 1, Episode 21  -  This week on the show, we’re all up in the 2014 Great American Beer Festival. The  Great American Beer Festival  is America’s largest beer festival, and is held once a year in Denver, Colorado.  Greg  and  John  were up there for the festivities this year, and needless to say, they were not dissapointed. On the show this week, we’ll be drinking three award-winning beers fr...

Season 1, Episode 20  -  This week, we’re diving into some blind tasting, drinking some Nagelbier, and reaching exponential levels of hoppiness. We’re not messing around this week. We’re coming out swinging with some blind tasting, courtesy of  Jason’s  girlfriend, and our bud,  Sara .  Matt  accidentally caught a peek of the first beer, and it takes us a seemingly odd amount of time to guess said...

Season 1, Episode 19  -  This week on the show, we harpooned some whalez from the other side of the continent, Brooklyn Brewery. Welcome to Four Brewers, the one-day-late edition. As many of you know, the  Great American Beer Festival  came to a close last Saturday (…it was AWESOME!), which means we were pretty much in recovery mode when we got home, and couldn’t get the show edited and out on tim...

Season 1, Episode 18  -  This week, we’re going to Germany and celebrating Oktoberfest! It’s Oktoberfest! This week on the show, we’re drinking four different German brews, three of which are Oktoberfest beers from  Paulaner ,  Weihenstephaner , and  Hofbräu , and the last, another beer from Weihenstephaner, their  Korbinian  doppelbock. Greg  is studying for his Certified  Cicerone®  exam, and it...

Season 1, Episode 17  -  This week we’re trying out some of the awesome beers coming out of Firestone Walker Barrelworks, as well as some midwest flavor from New Glarus. Firestone Walker  is regarded as one of the best breweries in America. From their awarding winning IPA, to their barrel-aged blends,  Matt Brynildson  and crew definitely know how to bring the radness. So, when a brewery of this c...

Season 1, Episode 16  -  This week, we go to the dark side and are baptized in the blackest of beers.   Roasted in fire, veiled in wax where it stood Born in the darkness of dark malts and wood Devoured by organisms, freed spirits drew near Coating the tongue with the darkest of beers   This week, we travel to the deepest parts of our cellar to sacrifice the darkest of beers upon the alter of the...

Season 1, Episode 15  -  This week, We ‘mule’ some beer from Massachusetts and up our game with live Google Hangout + IRC Chatroom!  This week on the show,  Greg  brings in two beers brought by houseguests  @2BeerGuys  and @aljpeace  from coastal Massachusetts. They were in town for Disneyland and the 2014 Beer Bloggers Conference and left some fun session beers from Notch Brewing Co in the fridge...

Season 1, Episode 14  -  This week, a show four years in the making. Matt shares four different sours that he brewed in 2010, along with a final blend of the four beers. This week on the show, we’re going “back in time”, so to speak. We recorded this episode back in June with  Denise Ratfield , but it never made it to the interwebs. Well, it’s finally here, and it’s pretty great. We kick the show...

Season 1, Episode 13  -  This week on 4B: English IPA, English porter, and two homebrews with issues. Welcome to lucky episode thirteen of Four Brewers! This week is a bit all over the place for us. We kick the show off with what is probably one of the most tradition and easy to find IPAs on the market, Samuel Smith’s  India Ale . India Pale Ale tends to be a very regional beer, meaning that it ca...

Season 1, Episode 12  -  Co-founder of Almanac Beer Co., Jesse Friedman, joins us for a healthy dose of Almanac brews, gives insight on the company’s history, and their place in the craft beer world. This week, we’re drinking not one, not two, not three, but FOUR different Almanac beers. Jesse Friedman , co-founder of  Almanac Beer Co. , crashes the party via Google Hangouts to chat about his beer...

Season 1, Episode 11  -  Newport Beach Brewing Company brewmaster, Derek Bougie, joins us for a mouthwatering pucker-fest, featuring two great brews from Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales, and three sour homebrews from Derek himself. This week on Four Brewers, our friend and special guest,  Derek Bougie  is bringing his beer geek “A” game as well as his unique style of ball-busting. We start off with two...

Season 1, Episode 10  -  This week, we’re drinking the saison rumored to be the source of Wyeast Laboratories 3711 saison yeast, a delicious sour from Allagash, stout from Freeport, Maine, and finally, Matt’s first small batch brew in quite a long time. This week, we’re joined once again by our in-house special guests Sara and Yvonne, and it gets a little crazy this week. We start off with some “d...

Season 1, Episode 9  -  This week, we’re sippin’ on two delicious IPAs, both of which involve Beachwood Brewing, and then we’re going to the dark side with John’s black oatmeal IPA, Oats N’ Bros. Joined by our in-house special guests Sara and Yvonne, we kick off the show this week with  Beachwood Brewing ‘s third anniversary IPA, aptly named “ Greenshift “, which is made with nearly every hop unde...

Season 1, Episode 8 – This week, we’re once again joined by the lovely Denise Ratfield of Pink Boots Society and Stone Brewing Co., who (like the dope lady she is) brought #AllTheBeers. Robert French is also back in the studio with us. We try three varieties of Societe’s “The Bachelor”, learn more about Denise, and learn that Jason simply dominates during “Guess That Brew.” If you have yet to hear...

Season 1, Episode 7  -  This week, we’re shaking trees and drinking something old and tasty with award-winning local homebrewer, Robert French. Denise Ratfield of Pink Boots Society and Stone Brewing Co. is also along for the ride.   Fort George Brewery – Sunrise Oatmeal Pale Ale and 3-Way IPA Jason  is, once again, bringing the  Fort George  love with these two excellent offerings, Sunrise Oatmea...

Season 1, Episode 6  -  This week, we dive into some tasty farmhouse ales, first from Bellwoods Brewery, and then a fun From the Cellar segment featuring Prairie Ale from Prairie Artisan Ales, finishing up with a session of the always fun Guess That Brew.    Bellwoods Brewery – Farmageddon We start off this week with  Farmageddon  from the not-well-known (to us, at least)  Bellwoods Brewery  in To...

Season 1, Episode 5  -  This week, we chat about Session IPA and safely chug Beachwood BBQ Alpha Waves out of Long Beach, California, followed by Going in Blind! Then, Nagel’s non-beers: Sake and Cider.  We start off the show this week with a sessionable IPA from Beachwood BBQ, Alpha Waves then dive into non-beer homebrews from Nagel. Beachwood BBQ & Brewing – Alpha Waves Alpha Waves  from  Beachw...

Season 1, Episode 4  -  This week, a really enjoyable rye IPA from  Mike Hess Brewing  out of San Diego, California, followed by  John Holzer ‘s Cantaloupe pale ale named “Jill.” We start off the show this week with a delicious beer from Mike Hess Brewing in San Diego, California, called “ Habitus .” It’s an 8.0% ABV IPA made with rye malt, and Sterling and Chinook hops. Overall, a nice spicy rye...

Season 1, Episode 3  -  A plethora of delicious craft brew on this week’s show reminds us that we are living in a great time in craft beer. This week on the show, we are quite possibly, drinking all the beers. Well, more like seven different beers, but hey, it’s still a lot of brew. Jason brings us some brews from the northwest from Bale Breaker Brewing and Fort Gorge Brewing. We wrap things up in...

Season 1, Episode 2  -  Modern Times Beer   Fortunate Islands  brings the wheat and hops… Welcome to episode two! This week on the show, we’re drinking wonderful a hoppy wheat beer from Modern Times Beer named “Fortunate Islands.” Modern Times is one of the newest breweries to sprout up in San Diego, California, and they’re making incredible beer. They’ve only been open since September 2013, and t...

Season 1, Episode 1  -  Anchorage Brewing’s   Rondy Brew Saison w/Lemongrass and Brett  kicks off the inaugural episode of Four Brewers. Welcome to Four Brewers! Four Brewers is a new podcast from  Matt Becker ,  John Holzer , Jason Harris , and  Greg Nagel  that celebrates craft beer and homebrewing.  This week on the show, we’re celebrating our collective return to the interwebs, and welcoming o...

Four Brewers is a craft beer and homebrew podcast brought to you by Matt Becker, John Holzer, Grag Nagel, and Jason Harris. Episodes coming soon...