The Beerists Craft Beer Podcast

The Beerists Extra 1 - Two Ruinations An extra mini-episode! Anastacia and John taste and talk about 2 delicious ways to ruin your palate- Stone Ruination IPA, and Stone Ruination 10th Anniversary IPA. We also discuss evolving palates, keeping notes, and why we rank instead of rate beers. Subscribe! Point your podcatcher to our RSS feed:  feed://feeds.feedburner.com/thebeerists Or, subscribe via ...

Episode 16 - Double IPAs Six mind-blowingly great Double IPAs go toe to toe in a battle for the ages. OMG HOPS EVERYWHERE! Hair of The Dog Blue Dot The Alchemist Heady Topper Russian River Pliny the Elder Firestone Walker Double Jack Ballast Point Dorado Ninkasi Tricerahop Rankings: John 1. Pliny the Elder 2. Heady Topper 3. Blue Dot 4. Dorado 5. Double Jack 6. Tricerahops Mike 1. Pliny the Elder...

Episode 15 - American Brown Ales Four beer lovers taste six American Brown Ales, slowly come to unexpected realizations, and then fly off the rails completely. Moose Drool Ellie's Brown Ale Brooklyn Brown Ale Bear Republic Pete's Brown Tribute Ale Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar Stone/Fat Head's/Bear Republic TBA Rankings: Grant 1. Moose Drool 2. Peter Brown Tribute Ale 3. Brooklyn Brown Ale 4. Ellie'...

Episode 14 - Stillwater Artisanal Ales This episode, we sample 5 of Brian Strumke's beers, almost get killed by a cork, and break out into song. A lot. Cellar Door Bronze Age Stateside Saison Holland Oats Existent Rankings: Grant 1. Holland Oats 2. Existent 3. Cellar Door 4. Stateside Saison 5. Bronze Age Mike 1. Existent 2. Stateside Saison 3. Cellar Door 4. Holland Oats 5. Bronze Age John 1. Exi...

Episode 13 - Belgian IPAs What happens when Belgium and America collide? Find out with us as we taste 6 different Belgian IPAs. De Ranke XX Bitter Stone Cali-Belgique Ale Asylum Bedlam Three Floyd's Live a Rich Life Houblon Chouffe Dobbelen IPA Tripel* Piraat Ale Urthel Hop-It Rankings: Grant 1. Ale Asylum Bedlam 2. 3 Floyds Live a Rich Life 3. Stone Cali-Belgique 4. Urthel Hop-It 5. Piraat Ale 6....

Episode 12- CAN You Taste the Difference? Does a beer that was canned taste different than the same beer from a bottle? This week, we put ourselves through a blind tasting to see if there we could detect a difference.  Check out our results below. Heineken Avery White Rascal Magic Hat #9 Paulaner Hefe-Weizen Sierra Nevada Pale Ale New Belgium Ranger IPA Results: After being poured in another room,...

Episode 11 – Pilsners Will Mike and Ryan get Rubio and Anastacia to join them aboard the pilsner train? Or will they remain at the pils hate station? Paulaner Premium Pils Pilsner Urquell Left Hand Polestar Pilsner* North Coast Scrimshaw Pilsner Victory Prima Pils Oskar Blues' Mama's Little Yella Pills* LIGHTNING ROUND! Avery Joe's Premium American Pilsner Flensburger Pilsener New Glarus Two Women...

Episode 10 - Cellar Diving This week, we pillage my beer cellar, drink and discuss a few old beers, and get shitfaced in the process. 2007 North Coast Old Stock 2010 Goose Island Lolita 2006 Chouffe Dobbelen IPA Tripel 2005 JW Lees Harvest Ale 2011 Boulevard Saison-Brett 2012 Terrapin Wake and Bake Rankings: Grant 1. Boulevard Saison-Brett 2011 2. Goose Island Lolita 2010 3. Terrapin Wake n Bake 2...

Episode 9 - Witbiers This episode, we knock around in the house Pierre Celis built and douse our mouths in fruity, spicy witbiers! Hoegaarden Original White Ale Blue Moon Ommegang Witte St Bernardus Witbier Avery White Rascal Dogfish Head Namaste Rankings: Ken 1. St Bernardus Witbier 2. Dogfish Head Namaste 3. Hoegaarden Original White Ale 4. Ommegang Witte 5. Blue Moon 6. Avery White Rascal  Mike...

Episode 8 - Stouts This week, we stare into the black, black hearts of 5 hearty stouts! Thanks to Andy Hampton for the show suggestion! Sierra Nevada Stout Deschutes Obsidian Stout Pike XXXXX Extra Stout Guinness Foreign Extra Stout Green Flash Double Stout Rankings: Grant 1. Deschutes Obsidian Stout 2. Sierra Nevada Stout 3. Guinness Foreign Extra Stout 4. Green Flash Double Stout 5. Pike XXXXX E...

Episode 7 - The Blind Leading the Blind This week, we each poured two mystery beers for the rest of us to 'blind' taste. None of us knew what the others brought over for this mad experiment. The results made for a hugely surprising, fun show. Oh, and I'm not posting the beers we drank on the show this week, or the quazi-rankings we rattled off. You'll just have to go into it as blind as we were. T...

Episode 6 - Saisons It's the season for Saisons! Join us as we taste 6 fantastic beers on this weeks episode of The Beerists Podcast. With special guest, John Harvey. Saison DuPont Goose Island Sofie Three Floyds Rabbid Rabbit Ommegang Hennepin Boulevard Tank 7 Fantome Hiver Subscribe: Point your podcatcher to our RSS feed:  feed://feeds.feedburner.com/thebeerists Or, subscribe via  iTunes Downloa...

Episode 5 - Hefeweizens Five Hefes enter, one reigns supreme. We talk about those yummy wheaty Bavarian treats, gag on a spoiled beer, and judge Rubio for buying the wrong beer. Julius Echter Hefe-Weiss Ayinger Brau-weisse Schneider Weisse Paulaner Hefe-Weizen* Shiner Hefeweizen Live Oak Hefeweizen *Spoiled bottle alert! Subscribe: Point your podcatcher to our RSS feed:  feed://feeds.feedburner.co...

Episode 4 - A Chaotic Look at Three Floyds Brewing Company We're back from Dark Lord Day with 7 Three Floyds beers! Most of them were pretty high in alcohol, so we went off the rails and into a beer-addled chaos with this one. So crack open and pour a bottle of suds and join us for a wild ride. Gumball Head Lord Admiral Nelson Dreadnaught Arctic Panzer Wolf Rye'd Da Lightening Mutiny & the Mollusk...

Episode 3 - Sourpalooza Sours! This is a special show, in that there really isn't a specific style of sour beer we're drinking- We were just in the mood to pucker the hell up. We drink 6 awesome sour beers, try and describe what we're tasting, and rank them in order of favorites. Cascade Blueberry Russian River Consecration Lost Abbey Red Poppy Ale Girardin Gueuze 1882 (Black Label) New Belgium La...