The Beerists Craft Beer Podcast

We got some Chicagoland beers from listeners Allison and Conrad, and we're gonna drink em! We also hear a mind-blowing story from Grant about how he learned to speak another language. I won't say more, just listen. Metropolitan Magnetron Marz Jungle Boogie Hubbard's Cave Coffee & Cakes Is/Was Perceived Distance Pollyanna Fun Size Theme Music by Adrian Quesada Break Music: Safe and Sound by CLNGR E...

For our last Blindfold February episode, it's Laura's turn in the captain's chair! She pours, we taste, no peeking. We also talk bar soap and baby bjorns, and add two more legendary Knights to our round table! Theme Music by Adrian Quesada Break Music: Verbatim (flip) by Guustavv, Jobii, and Justnormal feat. Tilden Parc, [ocean jams] End Credits Music: Aventura by Flooaw Additional music licensed...

Blindfold February is on a roll, and it's Grant's turn to try and stump our senses! This is the 3rd of a 4 part blindfold tasting series! Will our Beerists' bouches be baffled? Buckle your britches, beeyotches. Theme Music by Adrian Quesada Break Music: Balcony by Velvet Moon End Credits Music: Going All The Way by Jhukane Bada Additional music licensed through Epidemic Sound The Beerists are John...

Blindfold February is back with the 2nd of 4 episodes where we taste beer blindfolded and try to guess style, ABV, and color! It's Mike's turn to pour for the crew, and things definitely get weird. Theme Music by Adrian Quesada Break Music: The Road by Origo End Credits Music: The Atheist by TR3KK ONE Additional music licensed through Epidemic Sound The Beerists are John Rubio, Grant Davis, Laura...

Beer experts taste beers BLINDFOLDED! Rubio pours and the rest of the crew test their chops to guess style, ABV, and color, without using their eyes! Yeah it sounds simple, but it's MUCH harder than you think! And we're doing this all February long! Theme Music by Adrian Quesada Break Music: Outside My Window by Lime Sauce End Credits Music: You Left Behind by Spring Gang Additional music licensed...

We've got a couple of tart beers, and a few hoppy beers– one of which was PACKED with buttery diacetyl. Also, Rubio rants about a brewery selling 11-month old beer, his poor experiences with Tavour, and a bunch of other crap he's mad about. Black Project Shadow Factory Black Project Magic Lantern 4 Noses Galaxy Whimsy Black Acre Natural Liberty Fair State Brewing Cooperative Partying Past Burning...

After a week of meeting with a bunch of listeners who were in Austin, we nuzzle up to some of the beers they brought for us– 3 from Chicago, 1 from California, and 1 from Florida. Rubio also gives Mike the greatest gift a boy could ever want. Is/Was Will Be Hopewell Crufités: Mosaic Half Acre Bodem Good Beer Co Blanc Sideward Moon Boots Theme Music by Adrian Quesada Break Music: Tweet and Delete b...

Mangoes! Strawberries! Chocolate! Cherries! Blackberries! Coconut! Coffee! Tons of lactose and... gumbo roux?!? Yup. Mike on a bike, this episode has all of that in the seven- SEVEN beers we review! STRAP. IN. #thiseplitaf Destination Unknown Science Of Selling Mango Milkshakes Wild Leap Truck Chaser Duchesse Chocolate Cherry Last minute addition: Bayou Teche Gumbo Stout Last minute addition: Mond...

We're back, and we're sampling beers Laura got from her visit to Virginia's own Aslin Beer Co! Also, Mike tells a tale of a missing dog, Rubio warns Laura about Cats, and we end in a soup of paranoid suspicion. The Fragile Kind Cortés And His Men Laser Raptors 88032 Moonshield Theme Music by Adrian Quesada Break Music: Calling's Me by Ooyy End Credits Music: Rendezvous (Instrumental Version) by Le...

Andy Saint Richter Claus came through with another box of 6 mystery beers for us to blind taste! Will we flourish, or will we fail? And what was with that one beer blew our brains apart at the reveal? Unwrap this lovely gift of an episode to find out! Music for this episode: Theme Music by Adrian Quesada Break Music: Standing At Your Door by In Wintertime and Mia Stegmar End Credits Music: In A Ch...

Laura's back, and she brought a selection of beers from Virginia's Adroit Theory for us to try! This episode is a Nu Metal winter wonderland, a dodgy parking lot van, and a pants puppet party trick all rolled into one! Fear is Your Only God Blood Orange Margarita Gose EBK: Gashadokuro Edition Nullentropy Blvck Celebration Music for this episode: Theme Music by Adrian Quesada Break Music: Spare Cha...

Rubio cobbled together an episode with beers left over from other episodes, and it results in a couple of huge surprises. Also, someone's butt gets wet, someone's balls fall off, and someone goes to the burn unit. Monday Night Table Of Contents Wooden Robot Foeder For Thought Cascade Bourbonic Plague Dogfish Head Eastern Seaboard Unibroue Grand Reserve 17 (2016) Music for this episode: Theme Music...

Listener Joseph Borders paid us a visit, and brought along some Dayton beers for us to try! We also chat about Grant trying to bond with his kids, New Belgium's acquisition, and things to do in Pensacola. Ah, those post credits scenes are the best, eh? Branch & Bone Raspberry Layers Branch & Bone Dimmer Branch & Bone Spectral Alphabet Warped Wing Holiday Special Yellow Springs Captain Stardust The...

It's been ages since we sampled beers from Washington state, but wait no more, thanks to listener Andy Swinnerton! Grant waits for emoji releases, Rubio has bedroom swords, and hey- is Cicerone certification worth it? Bale Breaker Field 41 Georgetown Bodhizafa Icicle Dark Persuasion Holy Mountain Beyond Life And Death Urban Family Fortune's End The Beerists are:  John Rubio Grant Davis, Laura Chri...

Listener Danny Radditz hooked us up with some Great Notion! We try 5 of those, Mike clowns on the title of the show, Rubio shares his childhood career wish, and we bloom some onions. Jammy Pants Return To Space Junior Prom Orange Creamsicle Stacks Of Coconut The Beerists are:  John Rubio Grant Davis, Laura Christie, and Mike Lambert. Music for this episode: Theme Music by Adrian Quesada Break Musi...

Four beers from Oregon and one from Washington, thanks to listener Jeremy Starck! Mike hates his laugh, Rubio talks about life with a teacher, and everything else is all around kinda loose-goose. Von Ebert Pils Great Notion Ripe NEIPA Alesong Rhino Suit De Garde The Rougess Logsdon Brewing Spontane Wilde The Beerists are:  John Rubio Grant Davis, Laura Christie, and Mike Lambert. Music for this ep...

Oklahoma's own Roughtail Brewing Co sent us some beers to try! Also, Rubio reviewed Grant's new podcast, "Who Pods The Watchmen," Laura brought us some dessert hot sauce, and Mike doesn't know anything about Harry Potter. Do You Have To Let It Lager Baby of the Year Vision Board Rum Barrel Aged Polar Eclipse Bourbon Barrel Aged Polar Eclipse The Beerists are:  John Rubio Grant Davis, Laura Christi...

Mike was in Virginia, and brought back some beers from Pen Druid, along with some from New Glarus that his mom picked up in Wisconsin! We also talk about Grant's new podcast, accidental insults, and maybe dole out some Best Of The Beerists Awards. Pen Druid It's The Life Pen Druid III Pen Druid Darkness Is Coming New Glarus Kid Koksch New Glarus Staghorn Oktoberfest The Beerists are:  John Rubio G...

For our big 400, we decided to take things in a different direction– we each bring a beer that has personal significance, and a story about why. There are surprises at every corner, and maybe even a visit by a ghost. I've said too much! Just listen! The Beerists are:  John Rubio Grant Davis, Laura Christie, Mike Lambert, and *ahem* Knastacia Aelly! Music for this episode: Theme Music by Adrian Que...

For our last episode in the 300s we're reviewing beers from De Moines's Confluence Brewing Co, thanks to listener Peter Schumacher! We also talk about microphone anxiety, Grant's mustache, and Super Mario Mike. The Wizard Gose Oktoberfest Long Ride Pale Ale Bagger's Burden Kolsch Des Moines IPA The Beerists are:  John Rubio Grant Davis, Laura Christie, and Mike Lambert. Music for this episode: The...

Fonta Flora is in the hot seat this time, thanks to listener Dan Pefferman! We also; find out that Mike doesn't drink water; struggle naming colors; and Grant & Rubio are an old married couple. Tiny Bubbles Brutus Nebo Pilsner Snug Glove Higher Form Of Consequence The Beerists are:  John Rubio Grant Davis, Laura Christie, and Mike Lambert. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel ! Subscribe! Apple Podcas...

We're getting wild with Greenville, SC's Birds Fly South! Join our hedonistic hosts on this jocund journey, and perhaps they'll regale you a mundane story about a no-no number, meowy misnomers, scale sorrows, or piñata purchasing. God and Pils Brand New Eyes Rumblefish Rustic Sunday Skin & Bone Graffiti Heart The Beerists are:  John Rubio Grant Davis, Laura Christie, and Mike Lambert. Subscribe to...

Listener Justin gave us a bevy of hoppy beers from the NE for this one! Mike tells a crazy story of fractal wrongness, Rubio got a squeaky clean undercarriage for his birthday, and we finally experience history's cuddliest crime fighting duo in person. The Alchemist Crusher Lawson's Double Sunshine Tree House Doubleganger Other Half Space Dream Other Half Nelson Daydream The Beerists are:  John Ru...

We got a box of Oregon beers from friend of the show Tasting Nitch! We try those, along with another treat from Atlanta's Monday Night Brewing. Oh, and you know how superhero movies have those post-credits stingers? Baerlic Baerweiser Ruse Papyrus Iris Block 15 Sticky Hands Monday Night Slushee Fund The Ale Apothecary Sahati The Beerists are:  John Rubio Grant Davis, Laura Christie, and Mike Lambe...

This episode's got everything! Shelf beers, business ideas, corn, guns, huge edits, corn, beds, baths, corn, Monte Cristos, and COOOOORRN. Be like Rip Torn and don't be forlorn- miss this one, and you'll be CORN TORN. Dogfish Head Slightly Mighty Hitchhiker Hard Corn Boulevard Space Camper Deschutes Marionberry & Lavender Sour Ale The Bruery Frucht Cucumber The Beerists are:  John Rubio Grant Davi...