The Beerists Craft Beer Podcast

Summertime, and the Rubio is easy. Fish are jumpin, and Mike is high. Oh, Jake's our guest, and Grant is good lookin. So hush, little babies, don't you cry. Sierra Nevada Summerfest Victory Summer Love Shiner Ruby Redbird Southern Tier Hop Sun New Belgium Rolle Bolle Samuel Adams Summer Ale Rankings: Mike 1. Sierra Nevada Summerfest 2. New Belgium Rolle Bolle 3. Victory Summer Love 4. Southern Tie...

Mike's In-Laws sent him 6 Florida beers and Chase Smiley sent us 2 other cans from Minnesota. We plow through all 8 with our buddy Drew Eddy after a show recording. Spoilers: 5 were baaad. Cigar City Hotter Than Helles Florida Beer Company Florida Lager Florida Beer Company Ybor Gold Florida Beer Company Evander Holy Makerel The Mack in Black Florida Beer Company Swamp Ape Indeed Day Tripper Big W...

Listener Chase Smiley of  Jewcow's Podcast Kingdom  sent us beers for a  Surly  show. John Harvey joins us again to sample these Minnesota treats. CynicALE Bender Coffee Bender Furious Overrated Rankings: Mike 1. Bender 2. Over-Rated 3. CynicALE 4. Furious 5. Coffee Bender Rubio 1. Bender 2. Over-Rated 3. CynicALE 4. Furious 5. Coffee Bender Harvey 1. Bender 2. Over-Rated 3. Coffee Bender 4. Cynic...

Steve Gonzalez has sent us another load of beer, this time from San Diego's AleSmith Brewery. Our buddy John Harvey joins us for this one. And it gets a little slurry. AleSmith Anvil ESB AleSmith X AleSmith IPA Grand Cru Speedway Stout Rankings: Rubio 1. Speedway Stout 2. X 3. Anvil ESB 4. Grand Cru 5. IPA Mike 1. Speedway Stout 2. X 3. IPA 4. Grand Cru 5. Anvil ESB Harvey 1. X 2. Speedway Stout 3...

With Ryan moving away for the summer, we though we'd celebrate our limited remaining time with him with some limited beers. And by calling dibs on his girlfriend. Hill Farmstead Edith Stone/Aleman/Two Brothers Dayman Freetail Ananke 2013 Sierra Nevada 30th Ann. Grand Cru Cascade Manhattan NW Rankings: Mike 1. Dayman 2. Manhattan NW 3. Sierra Nevada 30th Ann. Grand Cru 4. Hill Farmstead Edith 5. Fr...

Jake Maddux  from  Salt & Time  joins us for some barrel aged beers, tasty meats, and a NEW  raspberry sour from Jester King ! Victory White Monkey Boulevard Love Child No3 Jester King Atrial Rubicite The Bruery Rueuze Lost Abbey Cuvee de Tomme Rankings: Rubio 1. Atrial Rubicite 2. Rueuze 3. Love Child #3 4. Cuvée de Tomme 5. White Monkey Mike 1. Atrial Rubicite 2. Rueuze 3. Love Child #3 4. Cuvée...

Listener Jourdan Miller payed us a visit, and brought some beers from Epic Brewing Co for us to try. And on our 5th day of a bender, things still get a little epic. Hopulent IPA Imperial IPA Brainless on Peaches Brainless on Cherries Impreial Stout Rankings: Mike 1. Imperial Stout 2. Brainless on Peaches 3. Brainless on Cherries 4. Imperial IPA 5. Hopulent IPA Rubio 1. Imperial Stout 2. Brainless...

In this all-important episode, we've gathered 5 beers Rubio had laying around his house. Some new, some not so new. Also, Grant goes apeshit with nerd references. Ommegang Iron Throne New Belgium Heavenly Feijoa Alesmith Horny Devil Anderson Valley Bourbon Barrel Stout Unibroue Grand Reserve 17 Rankings: Mike 1 Horny Devil 2 Heavenly Feijoa 3 Grand Reserve 17 4 Iron Throne 5 Bourbon Barrel Stout R...

Special 1-year anniversary show. But seriously, recording this trainwreck was a nightmare we can't wake up from. 14 Mexican imports, 5 Beerists, no dump bucket, and I'm pretty sure we broke Anastacia. Thank you to everyone who voted and donated! Victoria Indio Tecate Dos Equis Dos Equis Amber Modelo Especial Bohemia Corona Light Corona Sol Pacifico Carta Blanca Noche Buena Negra Modelo Rankings: N...

BRING THE FUNK! 5 gueuzes, 4 drunken fools, 1 show full of complexity and uncles with odd names. Cuvee Rene Girardin Gueuze Cantillon Classic Gueuze Drie Fontainen Oud Gueuze Gueuze Tilquin Rankings: Mike 1. Tilquin 2. Drie Fontainen 3. Cantillon 4. Cuveé Rene 5. Girardin Grant 1. Tilquin 2. Drie Fontainen 3. Cantillon 4. Cuveé Rene 5. Girardin Rubio 1. Tilquin 2. Cantillon 3. Drie Fontainen 4. Cu...

Listener Jason Straub sent us 6 corked and caged beers from Odell Brewing. We're all here to try them, even Grant. Thank you Jason! Shenanigans Saboteur Amuste Deconstruction 2010 The Meddler Friek Rankings: Grant 1. Deconstruction (2010) 2. The Meddler 3. Friek 4. Saboteur 5. Shenanigans 6. Amuste Anastacia 1. Friek 2. The Meddler 3. Deconstruction (2010) 4. Shenanigans 5. Saboteur 6. Amuste Rubi...

We've gathered some nice Springtime beers from six different widely-distributed breweries. So go to the store, get some, and drink along. Samuel Adams Alpine Spring New Belgium Shift Lagunitas New Dogtown Deschutes Chainbreaker Dogfish Head Aprihop Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye Rankings: Mike 1. Aprihop 2. Chain Breaker 3. New Dogtown 4. Ruthless Rye 5. Alpine Spring 6. Shift Rubio 1. Chain Breaker 2...

The GABF 2012 Small Brewer of the Year, Funkwerks, is making some interesting and drool-worthy beers. They've sent us 5 of them to try on the show. Music provided by Grupo Fantasma. Saison Single Hop Polris Solenna Tropic King Dark Prophet Rankings: Mike 1. Single Hop Polaris 2. Saison 3. Tropic King 4. Dark Prophet 5. Solenna Rubio 1. Single Hop Polaris 2. Saison 3. Tropic King 4. Dark Prophet 5....

Listener Matthew Fifer sent us six beers from Kalamazoo, MI's Bell's Brewery. Hells yeah... Bells yeah. Smitten Golden Rye Porter Two Hearted Hell Hath No Fury Third Coast Expedition Rankings: Rubio 1. Two Hearted Ale 2. Bell's Porter 3. Smitten Golden Rye 4. Hell Hath No Fury…Ale 5. Expedition Stout 6. Third Coast Old Ale Mike 1. Two Hearted Ale 2. Bell's Porter 3. Smitten Golden Rye 4. Expeditio...

OUR BIG FIVE-O! To celebrate, the five of us pulled some of our favorite beers together for one whopper of a show. Orval Petrus Aged Pale Three Floyds Zombie Dust Cantillon Lou Pepe Frambois 2007 Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2009 Goose Island King Henry No rankings for this episode. Help us get to the GABF! Kick us a few bucks through the PayPal Donate link at thebeerists.com ! Subscribe! Poi...

8 beers from Russian River, all ending in -TION. Our buddy Schoun shares his spoils with us after his trip to Russian River for Pliny the Younger Day. Redemption Temptation Salvation Consecration Damnation Sanctification Supplication Beatification Rankings: Rubio 1. Supplication 2. Beatification 3. Consecration 4. Temptation 5. Sanctification 6. Redemption 7. Damnation 8. Salvation Schoun 1. Suppl...

Listener Evan Gundy sent us a HUGE box of beer from Oklahoma. Wow, Oklahoma. Who the hell knew? Choc Gose Prairie Hop Marshall El Cucuy Prarie Noir Mustang Imperial Court Stout Coop DNR Rankings: Rubio 1. Prairie Noir 2. Prairie Hop 3. Imperial Court Stout 4. El Cucuy 5. Gose 6. DNR Mike 1. Prairie Noir 2. Prairie Hop 3. Imperial Court Stout 4. El Cucuy 5. Gose 6. DNR Anastacia 1. Prairie Hop 2.TI...

Among the biggest beers brewed, barleywines pack a punch to the palate. Nevertheless, we have 6 to try, and if we die, we're taking Ryan Mesch with us. Brooklyn Monster Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 2013 Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 2010 Great Divide Old Ruffian Stone Old Guardian Firestone Walker Sucaba Rankings: Grant 1. Sucaba 2. Bigfoot 2010 3. Monster 4. Bigfoot 2013 5. Old Guardian 6. Old Ruffian Rubio 1....

Ron Jefferies is making amazing wild beers in Michigan. Tonight, we sample 7 of them and get a little (a lot) drunk in the process. Baudelaire Beer iO Saison ES Bam La Parcela Fuego del Otoño La Roja Oro Del Calabaza Madrugada Obscura Rankings: Rubio 1. Oro de Calabaza 2. Madrugada Obscura 3. La Roja 4. Fuego del Otono 5. La Parcela 6. Baudelaire iO saison 7. E.S. Bam Mike 1. Baudelaire iO saison...

English or American, Porters are dark malty joys that most everyone seem to love. Unless your name is Anastacia. Or the vanilla porter farts in your face. Spoilers. Samuel Smith Taddy Porter St. Peter's Old Style Porter Fuller's London Porter Breckenridge Vanilla Porter Southern Tier Porter Deschutes Black Butte Sierra Nevada Porter Rankings: Mike 1. Fullers London Porter 2. Sierra Nevada Porter 3...

Stone has been a force for abrasively hoppy beers since 1996. We have 6 of their beers for this show, 3 of which were sent to us by Stone themselves. IPA Ruination IPA The Perfect Crime Enjoy By 2.25.13 Sublimely Self-Righteous Vertical Epic 11.11.11 (Aged in White Wine Barrels) Rankings: Rubio 1. Vertical Epic 11.11.11 Wine Barrel Aged 2. Enjoy By 02.15.13 3. Ruination 4. The Perfect Crime 5. IPA...

We're so excited to finally have Ballast Point beers available in Austin, that we couldn't not do this show. 6 beers, 4 hungover Beerists, and Anastacia's finally back from Vegas! Wahoo Wheat Calico Amber Pale Ale Big Eye IPA Sculpin IPA Victory at Sea Indra Kunindra Rankings: Grant 1. Indra Kunindra 2. Victory at Sea 3. Calico Amber 4. Sculpin 5. Wahoo Wheat 6. Pale Ale 7. Big Eye IPA Rubio 1. In...

Each of us brought some beer to try. Anastacia's still in Vegas, but Ryan is back to fill in for her. Also, Stone. Cut point. Boulevard Two Jokers Russian River Supplication Freigeist Abraxas Jolly Pumpkin Maracaibo Especial Russian River Temptation Squatters Hell's Keep Rankings: Mike 1. Temptation 2. Maricaibo Especial 3. Supplication 4. Two Jokers 5. Hell's Keep 6. Abraxas Rubio 1. Temptation 2...

In Vegas for the Podcast Awards at NMX, we recorded a show on the expo floor a couple of hours before the awards ceremony. We talk about our trip so far, try a terrible hefe, and Anastacia gets drenched in beer. Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale Stillwater of Love and Regret Lagunitas Sucks Firestone Walker Velvet Merlin Joseph James Weize Guy Rankings: John Lagunitas Sucks Stillwater Of Love and Regret...

Rubio and Anastaca, the Samuel Adams Winter Classics box, some chocolates TCHO picked to pair with them, and gluttony. And chocolate. Fuck yeah, chocolate. Boston Lager Winter Lager White Christmas Holiday Porter Old Fezziwig Chocolate Bock Subscribe! Point your podcatcher to our RSS feed:  feed://feeds.feedburner.com/thebeerists Or, subscribe via  iTunes  (Give us a review and a rating!) Shownote...