The Beerists Craft Beer Podcast

Rubio and Anastacia are back from San Diego and Mike has 5 mystery beers for us to taste blind- most of which are over 10%. It's as if he's actively trying to kill us. Listen to the show and discover the lineup with us. Subscribe! Point your podcatcher to our RSS feed:  feed://feeds.feedburner.com/thebeerists Or, subscribe via  iTunes  (Give us a review and a rating!) The Beerists are:  John Rubio...

After several days of brewery tours and excessive tasting, Rubio and Anastacia met up with Steve Gonzalez and the  Craft Beer Anonymous  boys for a show. Apologies to Tomme Arthur. Alpine Apricot Nectar Almanac Farmer’s Reserve Blackberry Societe The Dandy Ballast Point Habanero Sculpin Fate Veroandi New World Burton Ale Subscribe! Point your podcatcher to our RSS feed:  feed://feeds.feedburner.co...

Three Barrel occasionally releases special sour beers to the public. In this extra, we try 3 of them, and contemplate the question, "why?" Hermano Morada Chimayo Subscribe! Point your podcatcher to our RSS feed:  feed://feeds.feedburner.com/thebeerists Or, subscribe via  iTunes  (Give us a review and a rating!) The Beerists are:  John Rubio, Anastacia Kelly, and Grant Davis. twitter.com/thebeerist...

After hearing us wax poetic about Modern Times Blazing World, listener Jesse Younger sent us their entire lineup of 4 canned beers. We've never been this drunk and belligerent on so few beers. Fortunate Islands Lomaland Blazing World Black House Rankings: Rubio 1. Black House 2. Blazing World 3. Lomaland 4. Fortunate Islands Mike 1. Black House 2. Lomaland 3. Fortunate Islands 4. Blazing World Gra...

Hops. Hops. Hops. Hops for my mouth. Yum yum hops. I love hops. Apologies to Steve Miller. Odell Loose Leaf Stone Go-To IPA Great Divide Lasso IPA Real Ale Blakkr Odell Tree Shaker Rankings: Mike 1. Odell Tree Shaker 2. Real Ale Blakkr 3. Odell Loose Leaf 4. Stone Go To IPA 5. Great Divide Lasso IPA Rubio 1. Odell Tree Shaker 2. Real Ale Blakkr 3. Stone Go To IPA 4. Odell Loose Leaf IPA 5. Great D...

Rubio brings in 5 beers for everyone else to taste blind. Mike, Anastacia, and John Harvey do their best to guess what's what, while Rubio dances around like a stupid Batman villain. Listen to find out what beers they had, and how they ranked! Subscribe! Point your podcatcher to our RSS feed:  feed://feeds.feedburner.com/thebeerists Or, subscribe via  iTunes  (Give us a review and a rating!) The B...

In recent months, Jester King has released a bevy of rare, wild, fruited sours. We taste 5 of these, and learn about tenderness and love, all in the absence of Mike Lambert. Omniscience & Proselytism Aurelian Lure Nocturn Chrysalis Montmorency vs. Balaton Cerveza de Tempranillo Rankings: Grant 1. Omniscience & Proselytism 2. Cerveza de Tempranillo 3. Nocturn Chrysalis 4. Aurelian Lure 5. Montmoren...

In our second of our two show St Louis extravaganza (thanks to listener Andy Richter), we taste 5 beers from Perrenial, Side Project, and 4 Hands. Rubio comes up with a way to make money, Grant is unreliable, Mike is probably high, and Anastacia gets medical insurance. Perennial La Boheme Side Project Saison Du Ble Perennial Abraxas 4 Hands Cuvee Ange 4 Hands Bona Fide Rankings: Grant 1. Side Proj...

We didn't know what to do with this oddball mix of 5 beers, so we lumped them into one show. Plus, I have no memory of the ending. Shit got weird. Spencer Trappist Ale Modern Times Blazing World Kern River Citra Bird Song Puppies on Penguins Brooklyn Wild Streak Rankings: Rubio 1. Brooklyn Wild Streak 2. Kern River Citra 3. Modern Times Blazing World 4. Birdsong Puppies on Penguins 5. Spencer Trap...

Listener Andy Richter sent us a giant box full of St Louis beers. We hack through hald of them this week with Certified Cicerone Tre Miner, and decend into belligerent drunkenness as Anastacia has a crisis of self. Shlafly AIPA Urban Chestnut Schnickelfritz Urban Chestnut STLIPA 2nd Shift Art of Neurosis 2nd Shift I Am Become Death Rankings: Mike Lambert 1. 2nd Shift I Am Become Death 2. 2nd Shift...

Cantillon  is a small brewery in Brussels that has been keeping traditional lambic making alive since 1900. Our buddy  Nic De La Rosa  joins us to try 6 of them. Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio Kriek 100% Lambic Bio Rose de Gambrinus Iris Saint Lamvinus Lou Pepe Framboise Rankings: Rubio 1. Lou Pepe Framboise 2. Rose de Gambrinus 3. Kriek 4. St. Lamvinous 5. Gueuze 6. Iris Mike 1. Lou Pepe Framboise 1. Ros...

100 episodes. Fuck, guys. Let's share some beers and talk about life. Grant: Keystone Light Green Flash IPA Ryan: Harviestoun Old Engine Oil Anastacia: Smuttynose Brett & I New Glarus Raspberry Tart Mike: Cantillon Fou' Foune Rubio: Liefmans Goudenband Subscribe! Point your podcatcher to our RSS feed:  feed://feeds.feedburner.com/thebeerists Or, subscribe via  iTunes  (Give us a review and a ratin...

Many a tale has been told of a tiny brewery in Alpine, California where beer after amazing beer is created. Thanks to the boys at Craft Beer Anonymous Podcast, we got to try 6, with our buddy Drew Eddy filling in for Mike. Mandarin Nectar Mcilhenney's Irish Red Nelson Alpine Ale Captain Stout Pure Hoppiness Rankings: Grant 1. Pure Hoppiness 2. Nelson 3. Irish Ale 4. Captain Stout 5. Alpine Ale 6....

Valentine's Day is a complete sham, marketed to manipulate, shame, and guilt people into spending money. So we did. On chocolate beers. Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout Young's Double Chocolate Stout Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence Boulevard Chocolate Ale Southern Tier Choklat Rankings: Grant 1. Samuel Smith Organic Chocolate Stout 2. Choklat 3. Young's Double Chocolate Stout 4. Chocolate Indu...

Sometimes, bad things happen to good beer. And sometimes, they happen to us. Over and over again. Ryan fills in for Anastacia, who dodged this bullet of catastrophe. Cisco Pedaler Bike Path Blueberry Bleer Clown Shoes Genghis Pecan Night Shift Viva Habanera The Bruery Tout Mais Le Coller The Bruery The Wanderer Allagash FV13 Terrapin 10th Anniversary NoDa Hop Drop and Roll Rankings: Ryan 1. Tout M...

Listener Juan Lopez sent us 4 beers from Firestone Walker's Proprietor's Vintage Series. Mike shows up completely hammered with a 5th, and we have a show. Well, until he unravels, that is. Velvet Merkin Parabola Double DBA Sucaba Seventeen Rankings: Grant 1. Double DBA 2. Parabola 3. Seventeen 4. Sucaba 5. Velvet Merkin Rubio 1. Seventeen 2. Double DBA 3. Sucaba 4. Parabola 5. Velvet Merkin Anasta...

Fellow beer podcasters Nick and Dave from  craftbeeranonymous.com  sent us a great box of  Lost Abbey  beers. They got us bonkers drunk. Carnevale Saint's Devotion Serpent's Stout Judgement Day Angel's Share Deliverance Ale Rankings: Rubio 1. Angel's Share 2. Saint's Devotion 3. Judgement Day 4. Serpent's Stout 5. Carnvale 6. Deliverance Ale Mike 1. Angel's Share 2. Serpent's Stout 3. Saint's Devo...

Part 2 of the beers sent to us by listener Sean Grogan! Westbrook is making some great beer! We also talk about our podcast award win, genitals, and cruelty. Goze Gozu One Claw IPA Dark Helmet Udderly Milk Stout Rankings: Grant 1. Gose 2. Gozu 3. One Claw 4. Dark Helmet 5. IPA 6. Udderly Milk Stout Rubio 1. Gozu 2. Gose 3. Dark Helmet 4. One Claw 5. IPA 6. Udderly Milk Stout Mike 1. Gozu 2. Dark H...

Listener Sean Grogan sent a huge box full of enough beer for 2 shows. First up are 5 beers from Olde Mecklenburg Brewery, which somehow sent Rubio into a mean, somewhat surreal drunk. This one got a touch raunchy. Captain James Jack Copper Yule Bock Dunkel Bauern Bock Rankings: Mike 1. Bauern Bock 2. Captain James Jack 3. Copper 4. Dunkel 5. Yule Bock Rubio 1. Captain James Jack 1. Bauern Bock 2....

Every year, Rubio throws a party over the holidays for his beer geek friends. Last year, we started recording parts of it for the show. This year, the tradition lives on in this monster of an episode. Please remember to kick us $5 to get the new year started out right. Segments: 1.  Intro with John Rubio, Anastacia Kelly, Grant Davis, and Mike Lambert. 2.  John Rubio, Mike Lambert, Dan Rader, and...

Cypress Grove Chèvre  found out we'd mentioned their delicious cheeses about a thousand times on the show. To show their appreciation, they sent us 12 lbs of cheese and $100 to come up with a pairing episode. Oh, what a beautiful day. Bermuda Triangle (Jester King Atrial Rubicite) Humboldt Fog (Orval) Truffle Tremor (Avery Odio Equum) Midnight Moon (Duchesse de Borgogne & Founder's Breakfast Stout...

Tis the season for Christmas and holiday beers. Santa's brought us 5 of them this time, but are they what we asked for, or lumps of coal? Full Sail Wreck the Halls Anchor Our Special Ale Southern Tier 2XMAS St. Bernardus Christmas Ale Delirium Noel Rankings: Rubio 1. St. Bernardus Christmas 2. Anchor Christmas Ale 3. Delirium Noel 4. Wreck the Halls 5. 2xMas Mike 1. St. Bernardus Christmas 2. Anch...

Ah, Goose Island. Once the darling of the craft beer community, the brewery has come under criticism after being purchased by AB Inbev. So how's the beer doing? We dig into some of their vintage ales series to see. Pepe Nero Matilda Halia Juliet Pere Jacques Lolita Rankings: Mike 1. Halia 2. Lolita 3. Matilda 4. Juliet 5. Pepe Nero 6. Pere Jaques Rubio 1. Halia 2. Matilda 3. Juliet 4. Pepe Nero 5....

Our buddy Beau Paul of loungegeeks.com and oneofus.net joins us for what turn out to be 3 great beers, 2 good ones, and a stinker. Paradox The Nihilist (from Joshua Blake) COOP F5 IPA (from Evan Gundy) New Belgium Le Terroir Mikkeller Spontankriek Odell Fernet Aged Porter Two Brothers Bare Tree (From Joe Money) Rankings: Rubio 1. Fernet Aged Porter 2. Le Terrior 3. Bare Tree 4. F5 IPA 5. Loathing...

All 5 of this episodes beers were aged in bourbon barrels. 2 of them, with some of the hottest chili peppers on the planet. Grant may never be the same. Smuttynose Zinneke (Thanks to Joe Money) Uinta Cockeyed Cooper Stone Southern Charred* Stone Crime* Stone Punishment* Rankings: Mike 1. Stone Southern Charred 2. Smuttynose Zinneke 3. UNITA Cockeyed Cooper 4. Stone Punishment 5. Stone Crime Rubio...