The Beer Engine

I wish I was better at naming things. Last official pre taicon show and we talk traveling with Tony, Griff is the good parent and the official taicon line up. Plus is it beef or pizza? RIP Mr Belding. You were a real one. ★ Support this podcast ★

Hello! HELLO! It was a show of great chaos this week, as Tony and I had been talking about “accommodations” and “checking bags” all before we started recording. Then we got right into the hell that was the Comfort Suites, some great cheap food that all Vegas visitors should eat (?), and why only serial killers would put tomato and raw onion on their Chicago Italian Beef sandwich. Brewdog content i...

I'm so itchy. It's causing me great distress! This is a great show to listen to if you want to know what beers Tony wants to sit in a big pool of. Could be fun to listen to if you find that kind of thing interesting, I know I do. Think about it, how crazy would it feel to sit in a big pool of Bigfoot. It would feel and smell really bad. Ok enjoy! ★ Support this podcast ★

We’re running out of time until I have to prepare myself and my mind for Tony to be here in the USA. I hope he has all of his paperwork - they’ve been kind of tight with that lately. Introducing the fam to Underberg - a harrowing experience. Hot gardners for free? What do people even want these days? Gone in 60,000 PBRs and BrewDog is freaking BACK baby. Time to levy some punishment on these freak...

There’ s a guy who has checked in 134 Aventinus Eisbocks. Now that guy has the “Devil’s Hole” if anyone does. I went to a prime rib restaurant and it was pretty weird but not bad, some guy is mad about dipping your pizza, a new Sweet Tomatoes post, and one of the worst beer ranking you’ll ever see. All that happens on ONE podcast?! What a freakin value! In today’s world, in this economy? You can’t...

Listen, I don’t have a problem with these things, but a lot of food in Chicago is being ruined by big undercooked bell peppers. My guys, cook your bell peppers off and then put them on your beef or pizza. I don’t get it! Today’s show is laden with various psychotic rants and micro-obsessions and assorted grievances. Plus I try to stump Tony as he wanders through the hallowed halls of the beer hall...

I am not gonna say the rest of what this guy said because it’s pretty gross and racist. On today’s show we had a nice time talking about some of our favorite guys and then talking about beer. We honestly did some pretty dorky beer talk on this episode so  you might want to listen to it if you give a crap about any of that. And hardly any basketball stuff, you’re gonna love it. Also some great stuf...

We’re having a super time today looking at beeve sandwiches and talking about them beers. Fresh off a trip to the “Cindy Witty,” Griff is full of shit and also some delicious meals. Tony is craving a deli sandwich really bad this entire episode, this guy has salami on the gd brain. A compelling conversation of how much brewers should post and also a great new game about BA reviews that you’re gonn...

Yes it’s a place where you can get your normal tamale sandwich, sausage covered in beef and the always perfect Maxwell St Polish with onions and mustard mmmm yummy. On today’s show I have way too easy of a game for Tony, who I forget has that brain that memorizes entire paragraphs. Great. Also we start thinking of ways to switch up the pizza group - but we’ll never, ever change the drop. Post in o...

When the old Senate clock struck midnight, everyone agreed that Mitch McConnell had finally reached the end of his very long political journey. The room fell silent—until a tiny, glowing brewery gnome appeared carrying a frothing mug of impossibly golden beer. “This,” the gnome declared, “is the Legendary Last Lager, brewed once every thousand years from moonlit barley and the laughter of pub regu...

Griff finally got one of these goofy PR merch offers, and it’s for one of his favorite things: the beautiful White Castle slider. On today’s big show, we introduce Paul Bearer / Paul Heyman who is now in charge of that State Fair thing or something? Lots of beer talk from 2 of the most different cities ever, and some of that annoying and incoherent basketball talk that you guys all love, am I righ...

Show notes?! In this economy?! Yeah, I’m doing em. Griff is back from the technology conference and the people there are freakin HORNY. Also, we gotta be having some of those Sweet Tomatoes / Potatoes (Tuna Tarragon, yum) and arguing over the virtues of Hell’s Kitchen on the internet. We also congratulate the nation of Scotland for proving to Boston that they aren’t even good at the thing they bra...

The boys are back for another episode of Beer Engine, recorded live while Game 4 of the NBA Finals played out in the background. As you’d expect, there are plenty of basketball interruptions, score checks and completely unqualified sporting opinions mixed in with the usual beer-fuelled conversation. The big feature this week is the launch of the inaugural Beer Engine World Cup of Beer . Inspired b...

In this episode of Beer Engine, Tony and Griff are back behind the microphones to discuss the latest happenings in the world of craft beer, brewing, hospitality and everything in between. The conversation covers the challenges facing independent breweries, industry trends, new beer releases, and the realities of running a brewery in regional Australia. Along the way, the discussion wanders into br...

Yep, I drank the gloop and I liked it - the taste of that pistachio bullshit! It was pretty rough, but we rode the gloop waves through Copenhagen. Also, Seth gets meth mouth, Griff buys $100 of candy, and Tony rips AI to absolute shreds. It’s over for you jerks over at OpenAI and Anthropic! We played Family  Feud and Tony has to do some serious hair splitting. Alright, very good, time to go, I’m a...

This week on The Beer Engine Podcast, Griff forgot to do the show notes.  Not “running late.”  Not “half-finished.”  Forgot. Entirely. So instead of a polished episode description filled with timestamps, witty observations, and at least one legally questionable comparison to regional fast food chains, you get this hastily assembled emergency broadcast from the depths of Tony’s notes app. Somewhere...

That's right, we've been served our papers. Just kidding, but we have lots of papers for you that we will deliver through your ears. Court records have been reviewed, Zwanzes have been drank and drunk, and dinners have been ruined. All on today's Beer Engine Pod. Get it now! ★ Support this podcast ★

We are on top of the news. I look up the news every week!!! We somehow did cover another sale in the industry but it wasn’t the big big one. Also, I have to know if Beggars Pizza is good in the next 28 minutes and if I don’t find out, I will leave Crestwood crestfallen. We did the final four of another great bracket season, how do I do it every year where we are 3 weeks after the real Final Four....

You would think this is an April Fools bit, but honestly, I couldn’t have written anything this funny. The Beer Engine outlives yet another foe. We have conquered Boingo, Weathers, and the Hulkster. How do we do it?! Also a dynamite bracket region that was merely a week after we’ve finished the actual March Madness, and a farewell to the 2nd Bulls Front Office that the Beer Engine has experienced....

Haha April Fools! Don’t you guys love all the April Fools beer posts? Oh man, we love your beer with 98 grams of protein haha, that’s just sooooooo funny. Oh, you’re shifting from brewing into investing? Great idea, I love it!! Wow, a new powdered version of your IPA, that’s so convenient!! I hope it ends soon for all of these guys and I hope I get to nudge the door close on their crypts. ★ Suppor...

Oopsie, forgot to do show notes! Oh well. On today’s show - Tony shops for air travel, a great discussion about shitty airports (?) and how you can treat your lawn with Natty Light. Wow, we covered all that?! Better download RIGHT NOW!! ★ Support this podcast ★

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN… welcome to the most electrifying time of the Beer Engine calendar! The arena lights are on. The taps are flowing. The brackets are printed. And somewhere in the distance you can hear the sound of aluminium cans cracking like folding chairs over a wrestler’s back… BRACKETMANIA 2026 IS HERE. This week, Tony and Griff step into the ring to kick off their annual bracket showdown,...

That’s the rhythm of it. The delivery truck’s just pulled away, the sun’s already dipping behind the silos, and someone’s realised the tap list never got updated. Again. It’s the feeling of sprinting toward something that’s already halfway gone — but laughing anyway because there’s a cold one in your hand and that counts for something. Foam clinging to the glass, condensation sliding down like a s...

Hello, I am boycotting the AI slop. There was just too much of it at the Super Bowl and it sucked major ass. We are gonna have to stand up to this crap, or let the economy “do it's thing” where we all go broke for a few years and say “cool, we have to do this forever.” Today we had a nice time talking about Heineken, Voodoo Ranger and Vaccinale. That just about covers it. See ya. ★ Support this po...

Man, do I have to write show notes? I do?? Oh noooooo! On today's show we did a number of important things and dealt with all of the biggest news of the day and week. This included a bunch of talking about wrestling and basketball and which stout I liked this week. Finally, the real news is back and better than ever. Ok that's fine . Bye. ★ Support this podcast ★