Galactic Coast Power Hour

Discovery Channel Galactic Guy and SCENE Magazine publisher JOHN ENNIS crashed an after hours rehearsal at Scout Bar as legendary Houston band THE HUNGER prepared for their first album release party in 15 years. Brothers, lead vocalists and The Hunger founders THOMAS WILSON and JEFF WILSON sat down with Ennis for a conversation about their start, influences, signing with Universal, touring with KI...

Episode LXXVIII (78): BECAUSE ANY DAY IS A GREAT DAY TO RELEASE A (NEW) RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT - Tonight (Thursday, March 12) the Galactic Power Hour returns to the road as we visit Saloon Door Brewing and “break in,” broadcast-wise, the brewery’s brand new private event space (perfect for weddings, rehearsals, parties, showers and everything else you can think of), The Texas Room. We will also ce...

Episode XXVIII: COUNTDOWN TO HOLLERPALOOZA II: We are pumped to have a full house, live and in studio tonight (7pm sharp) as we welcome the husband and wife team of John and Kathryn Holler from Houston’s Holler Brewing Co. as well as local craft beer evangelist and Nobi Public House General Manager Channing Herrin to the show. Few, if any, breweries have gotten off to as impressive a start as Holl...

Love Dogs? Love Beer? If NO to both, please quickly find the nearest exit. If YES, then you will love tonight's episode as we welcome Brett Bray and Theresa Hutchings from Fetching Lab Brewery into the Galactic Coast Power Hour to dive deep into beer, dogs, the challenges of owning/running a brewery and much more. Episode VIII starts at 7pm on Vinyl Draught Radio. You can watch the first couple se...

Episode LXXVII (77): SUPPORT LOCAL & LIVE MUSIC - Tonight night (Thursday, March 5) we are excited to welcome Punkstar Radio’s Khris Harding, Glen Autrey and potentially a special surprise guest (Hint: A platinum selling, Grammy nominated hard rocker who we’ve been told enjoys a good IPA and which we are more than prepared for in that area if he can make it) LIVE in studio for a beer-fueled conver...

Weekend Brew - March 6, 2020: Bakfish Brewing 4 Years Party, SOS Fest, Battle Of Bands, Support Local Music Showcase, The Yard @ Barge 295 • Weekend Preview of Beer, Music, Events & More powered by our friends at the SCENE Magazine. The SCENE is a place where an action or event happens and for 17+ years The SCENE Magazine has been giving those living, working and playing along the "Waterfront Capi...

Episode LXV (65): NEW HOUSTON BREWERY SO ‘LOCAL’ IT IS IN THE NAME: - Tonight we return to our roots — beer — and visit with the newest and most highly anticipated brewery yet to open in Houston as the founding fellas from Local Group Brewing join us live and in studio to drink (and talk) local craft beer. Opening very, very soon in Hardy Yards at Houston’s Near Northside, Local Group Brewing is a...

Although huge in Asia — the top market internationally is tech-savvy Seoul, South Korea — and Europe, JetSurf dealerships in America have been limited to Miami and New York City until recently. But that changes with the addition of the veteran-owned JetSurf Houston, which celebrates its official Grand Opening in April with a ribbon cutting, reception, open showroom and the 2019 JetSurf Houston Ope...

UNDER PRESSURE: Deep water Saturation Diving is a competitive and extremely well-rewarded profession, but also one of the most dangerous in the world as living in tiny saturation chambers deep underwater for up to a month at a time is not for everyone. Tune in as the Galactic Coast Power Hour shares some brew with former saturation diver and Iron Keel Strength owner Danny Balli and learns about hi...

GCPH Episode 13: LIVE with HOP DROP Craft Beer Delivery Service founders Mike Francis and Minahil Halim - Aired Live 07-05-2018

Episode LXXVI (76): Tonight we leave the ACU of Texas Federal Credit Union studio in the historic Gemini Building down the street from the home of Human Spaceflight and head directly to where the cities of Friendswood and Pearland touch for a LIVE (7:30pm start time), on location, craft beer-powered broadcast, interview and conversation with Kris Szecsy, Caleb Wilson and Bianca Salazar of Bakfish...

Episode XIV: Brigadoon Brewery & Brew School - We are pumped to have the region's newest (just opened this past weekend) and one of the oldest/most unique (we will explain - hint: Texas Renaissance Festival) breweries on the show tonight (7pm launch time) as we welcome the lads from Brigadoon Brewery into the studio today to talk -- and drink -- beer, historically accurate brewing techniques and m...

GCPH Episode 10: LIVE with Kris Szecsy and Mike Friese from BAKFISH BREWING CO.

Episode XXXIII: A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GCPH FEATURING A NOT-SO-CHRISTMAS-LIKE LIVE PERFORMANCE BY TWO FIFTHS: It is Thursday and the means another live episode of the Galactic Coast Power Hour tonight at 7pm. Joining us tonight for a special Christmas themed show will be the heavy metal, original songwriting acoustic duo Two-Fifths. Huge in Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and all areas where stouts an...

Episode XXI: BEER NINJA - He was such a good panel member back in July for our State of Craft Beer - Part II episode that we wanted him back, solo. So no in-studio sharing of microphones tonight. Plus he left some beer in the studio fridge and we didn’t feel right drinking it without him. Returning to studio tonight for Episode 21 — yep we are of drinking age now — is the Beer Ninja Chris Spradley...

Episode XXXI: FOUR GIRLS, FOUR BEERS: It is Thursday and the means another live episode of the Galactic Coast Power Hour tonight at 7pm. We are really excited to welcome in studio Jennifer Edwards, a founder, owner and lead brewer at 4J Brewing Company. The Houston/Spring Branch-based 4J Brewing Company opened this past March and is the only 100% FEMALE OWNED / 100% FEMALE BREWER brewery we are aw...

Episode XLVIII (48): BOTTLE SHARE 101 & SHOWDOWN OF ULTRAS: Tonight we are pumped to have one of the biggest, most jam-packed shows in Galactic Coast Power Hour history. A show so big with so many guests and moving parts that it will spill out of the ACU of Texas Radio Studio and into the Galactic Coast Green Room, the SCENE Magazine Streaming Studio and the Redfish Inspections Class Room and audi...

Episode LXXIV (74): BEERS & BRAWLING - In honor of the planet’s largest MMA fighting organization coming to town this week for UFC 247 Saturday night at the Toyota Center, we decided it was time for a special beer and brawling-themed show and visit with the planet’s fastest growing combat sports organization, the Third Coast Grappling Championships (3CG). Joining us LIVE in studio at 7pm for tonig...

Episode LXXIII (73): RYAN FITERMAM & the AUTOGRAPH SHOW OF TEXAS - Tonight we are excited to have Ryan Fiterman of Fiterman Sports joining us LIVE in studio for a conversation about this weekend’s massive Autograph Show of Texas, January 24-26 at the Pasadena Fair Grounds Campbell Center, and his interesting business and life in general. While his Facebook feed displays evidence of private flights...

Episode LXXV (75): Tonight we trade the ACU of Texas Federal Credit Union studio in the historic Gemini Building for a top secret location and LIVE broadcast, interview and concert featuring the heavy metal, original songwriting acoustic duo Two-Fifths. Huge all over globe from Luxembourg and Liechtenstein to League City and LaMarque and all areas in-between, this dynamic musical duo specializes i...

Episode LXXII (72): NEW BEER ALERTS & WEEKEND EVENT PREVIEWS - In very recent shows we have discussed everything from music to sailing to aviation and then music again. But tonight we pivot back to our roots and do more than drink craft beer during the show, but dive deep into conversation about it. And joining us to do that and more is the lead brewer at Galveston Island’s Beerfoot Brewery and ov...

Episode LXXI (71): THAT CAPTAIN / SAILBOAT TOUR - Part II - We had so much fun last week with the talented touring singer/songwriter/story teller/recording artist, book author and competitive sailor Marc Borde during (and after) our show that he returns tonight (1/9/2020) for more craft beer-fueled conversation. Last week the show 'jibed' heavily towards sailing talk including where he got his pas...

Episode XVI - AMERICAN ALCOHOL PIONEER: Before launching this show we had a few names at the top of our rather long list of guests to target and we are excited that today we get to visit live, in-studio with one of them. Kelly Railean is a true Texas — actually American — Alcohol Pioneer. She is a Master Distiller who opened not only the first women-owned, certified "Made in USA" distillery, but t...

BREW FROM THE PEW: Tonight we are really excited to have Robert “Bobby” Harl Jr. live and in studio (at 7pm sharp) for Episode XXIV of the Galactic Coast Power Hour. Harl is the president, founder and head of brewery operations at Back Pew Brewing, the brewery behind the popular “Saints & Sinners” line of beers and the only brewery we know of located in a former church where bustling machinery and...