Hoppy Trails

In this episode Nick and Travis interview a Special Guest to delve into the current craft beer trends, as well as the evolution of craft beer, that brought us to the craft beer scene today. Is craft beer getting boring? Decide for yourself after you listen!

From High School to Podcast Partners - This episode touches on some of our incredible journey of friendship! Join Nick and Travis as they reminisce about their more than 25 year bond that started in high school and led them to create this amazing podcast. Honestly, we could probably do an entire season just talking about old times we've had together, and telling crazy stories. Instead, we're takin...

Thanks for joining us again on this journey down the Hoppy Trail! In this episode we talk about, you guessed it, food and beer! Thanks to Patron Billy for the awesome Trail Report, we always look forward to sharing your adventures. Thank you all for your patience as we work to get caught up on this season's episodes. We'll be releasing the video version soon on YouTube so check that out when it's...

Coming at you once again from South Carolina! Thank you all for your patience, this was a heck of an editing undertaking and we're happy it's finally ready for your listening pleasure. We'll be releasing the video version soon on YouTube so check that out when it's ready. Thanks as always to Patrons Robert and Billy for such an amazing weekend, we can't wait to do it again soon. Thanks to New Groo...

You waited for it and here it is! Part 1 of our South Carolina Adventure! Originally everything was going to be a single episode but there was just too much content and there was no way to shrink it down coherently. So here we go, Part 1 of the South Carolina journey with Patrons Billy and Robert. Thank you both, we had such an amazing time with you out on the Hoppy Trail. In this episode we talk...

Special Guest Episode! Today we have Steve, the Intoxicated Traveler join us on our journey down this Hoppy Trail. We spend some time talking about how IG got started and stories of some of our various travels. We do a deep dive into a recent article that's gotten a lot of people fired up about the fate of the beer industry, so make sure you stick around after the break! Join our Patreon at www.pa...

After a short break we are Back! No, we did not change the release day, and hopefully we'll be back on regular releases coming next episode! In this episode Nick and Travis talk about their recent adventures together with Oli's Cheesesteaks at Post Not Bills in Seaside, California, and also discuss their upcoming trip to the Woodstock Barrel Aged Beer festival in South Carolina. We also dip our to...

Welcome back Trailmates! In this episode Nick and Travis recap the successes and failures of Thanksgiving dinner, and talk what to do with Thanksgiving leftovers so you don't get bored. Travis talks about his trip to Cambria for the Christmas Market, as well as his stops into Firestone Walker and Barrel House Brewing in Paso Robles, CA. Thanks for joining us, check out and shout out everyone we ta...

This episode is a delayed release 1) to make sure you get the maximum benefit right before Thanksgiving; and 2) because I really, really had a hard time "fixing" some audio issues. Please, please be kind as the audio is exponentially better than it was, and really this episode almost didn't make it to release! We talk about a lot of breweries, food items, really everything! Remember to give a shou...

This is an announcement that your regularly scheduled episode has been pushed to next week. Why? Well because it's a Thanksgiving episode completely stuffed with Thanksgiving goodness and it just makes more sense to release it leading up to the big day. It will have so much amazing content that we assure you it's worth the wait! Check out some good stuff we'll be putting out on the socials this we...

This is a special Halloween episode! If you'd like to see our costumes, check out the video episode on YouTube. There's not a lot of editing on this one, because we spent our time trick or treating instead! So grab a stout and your bag of candy, and enjoy the show! Give us a shoutout on all the social medias, and remember to Always say Yes! to the Hoppy Ending! Cheers. If you're out in the field,...

Has craft beer gone too far?! Well has it? This episode Nick tells us about multiple adventures he had over the past two weeks, including an amazing Cider Festival. Travis takes us on a journey into a Food & Wine article written in 2017, exploring the adventurous (and sometimes Ballsy) side of craft beer, and uncovers some of the nuance the article's author overlooked. You can read the article for...

This episode Nick and Travis record out on the trail! That's right, this is a live, on the scene recording at Lefty's Taproom in Sacramento. We spend some time talking with Julio, the co-owner, as well as some of the staff. We have some fun with this episode, and get to spend the day eating some outstanding BBQ and drinking a variety of amazing beers.  Remember to show some love to all the places...

This week Nick and Travis talk about the journey to the West Coast Double India Pale Ale, also known as the West Coast DIPA. Let's take a little journey together down the Hoppy Trail. There will be a few detours as always, but we'll have a good time and always end up where we're going. Remember to give some love to all the breweries we talk about, either buying their beer or just a shoutout on the...

In this episode we talk about a very important topic: the Maui Brew Co Kokua project collaboration beer to benefit the victims of the Maui fires. Please go to https://mauibrewingco.com/kokua/ to find out which breweries near you are participating. If you have a favorite brewery that is not on the list, contact them and ask them to participate. We're all a community here, and we need to take care o...

Thank you for joining us once again as we make our way down the Hoppy Trail. It's only Nick and Travis this time, no special guests! We talk about a great beer from Track 7 Brewing in Sacramento, California; and Nick tells us about Snow Peak Brewing in Stayton, Oregon.   As always, we talk about food and whatever else comes up. Make sure you give a shoutout on social media to everyone we talk abou...

In this very special episode we take a little fork in the road to talk about a close cousin of our good friend the Hop plant. What cousin is that? Well listen in to find out! We have a special guest to talk about a variety of topics, and we can't wait for you to meet her. Join us on this journey down the Hoppy Trail, and remember to Always say Yes! to the Hoppy Ending! As always, we ask you to giv...

We had an issue with the video recording so this episode will be audio only. We had special guest Julio Peix, owner of Lefty's Taproom in Sacramento. Julio has many years in the food and beer industry, including many years with the now-former Anchor Brewing when it was owned by Fritz Maytag. We touch on so many topics and honestly we could have kept going for hours. We'll absolutely have Julio bac...

We! Had! A! Wonderful Time! Thank you Billy Joseph Jr. (@billy_joseph_jr on IG) for meandering with us down the Hoppy Trail, hanging out, talking food and beer! This episode will be released in full video for everyone, along with the audio only for your podcatcher.   Please check out Billy Joseph Jr. on his IG page here: https://www.instagram.com/billy_joseph_jr/ ; and be sure to catch him in some...

  This episode is a very exciting journey down the Hoppy Trail.    First: We have a very special guest, Matteo from Milan Italy. Matteo talks to us about the growth of the Craft Beer movement in Italy, as well as current trends and developments. We talk about comparisons with craft beer in other regions, including the United States which Nick and I are most familiar with. Great information, and we...

We apologize for the late release. We had some crazy audio problems that we didn't find out about until Thursday night/Friday morning, which stopped us from releasing. We spent a lot of time recovering some lost audio, and we cleaned up what we had as much as we could, but this episode is not up to our normal audio quality standards and we're sorry for that. But hey, sometimes things happen when y...

Nick and Travis do a Brewery Review Episode! Bear Tent Brewing Co in Jamestown, California, and Camp Site Brewing Co in Covina, California. We have some special guests who tell us about more breweries from their own Hoppy Trails, and we talk briefly about food and how terrible commenters on Reddit are! As always we take some forks in the road, and if you can't tell from this episode: we really wan...

Support us on Patreon - Help us bring you even better and cooler content! We had an amazing day all together again, checking out nano brewery Hidden Hills Brewing and Blending. We'll work on getting an interview soon because these folks have some interesting stories you'll love to hear. We also grab some BBQ along the Hoppy Trail from an excellent spot called Crossroads BBQ, which is in a family o...

First, we want to apologize for missing a release. With Nick's wedding and Travis' family getting sick, we had to take a rain day on the Hoppy Trail. But we're back now, and once again we're joined by our wives Monica and Steph, and we're talking about a couple of beers and a misadventure Travis and Steph had a few weeks back. If you follow our Instagram you've likely seen the photos, but here's t...

Sorry this episode dropped late, but sometimes things happen on the Hoppy Trail. This is part 2 of our trip to Bend Oregon, with special guest Fox. We talk about all of our adventures and we have another amzing trail report from Trail Mate Billy P from South Carolina. Thanks Billy! Remember to show some love to everyone we mention on this episode. They're not being linked here at this time because...