The Best Best Friends Podcast in The World

We're back on our Yinzer Game! We are joined by owner Ben and head brewer Lauren from Necromancer Brewing in the good ‘ol 412. We talked about how Necromancer got started & their mission of resurrecting beer styles. We also discussed how Lauren got started brewing, our mutual hate for untappd, and Dan quizzes us on the BJCP. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod Check out...

Just the boyz on this one again. Tom has gone full “Summer of Lean” and Dan is not for it. We talk about the new craft beer hotness that is the “Phantasm Powder,” as well as: late 90s fashion, post lawn mowing beers (Post Mowlawn), starter jackets, & the gawd Brian O'Reilly. Dan is also becoming a “self-hating hazy boi.” Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod  Check out th...

We're back and we have guests! We are joined this week by Ryan and Nick from Fueled on Hops. We are talking about how Fueled by Hops got started, the best brunch ever, college beers, and our hatred of the Untappd community. Tom talks about his new summer drink of choice and our chat gets blown up by a new Twitch friend. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check...

Just the boyz on this one getting into some sweet, crisp German goodness. Its a solocast and the Friends are drinking & talking Kölsch! We are going over the new 2021 update of the BJCP Guidelines, talking about some good ol fashioned German beer, & Dan smites the podcast with the worst brewery draft list to date. We also get into some Untappd/Pilsnerish shenanigans. Support the podcast by donatin...

Dan and Tom are riding solo on this episode...well kind of. We don't have an official guest, but Phil aka PairedPints hopped on the stream! We had so much fun talking with him that he ended up being the guest of the episode. We talked about Dan's redemption of wheat beer, how PairedPints came to be, & Tom gets into some Babish talk. “Where the hell did Irish potatoes come from?” and some good ‘ol...

It's a dream come true! We are on the road again, coming at you live from the new Victory Taproom in Philadelphia. We are joined by returning friend of the show, head brewer Richie Tevlin. We are also joined by one of our bucket list guests: Brew master and co-founder of Victory, Bill Covaleski! We try so hard not to fanboy out while we talk about the beginning of Victory, the new taproom, the evo...

Our march to conquer Pittsburgh continues as we welcome a titan of the Pittsburgh craft scene on the podcast. We are joined by Andrew, founder and brew master at Dancing Gnome Beer. We connect over our mutual love of cream ales, we talk about why sessional IPAs rule, and what episode would be complete without us having a West Coast style so Dan can tell tales of the IBU wars. Andrew is a wealth of...

Hang on to your seats, folks! Tom is taking this episode for a mustache ride. We are joined by our first Pittsburgh Brewery: Trace Brewing! We have Zach, Dave and Aadam on with us to talk about how Trace got started, Dave and Zach's craft beer background, the different types of beer and brewing processes at Trace. We discuss the trend of “the year of the lager,” & find out that Aadam is also an av...

We are starting out our Pittsburgh month of February with a staple of that community. We are joined by Pittsburgh craft beer influencer, Jen aka @HelloBrewtifulPGH to talk about the craft beer scene in Pittsburgh, how she got into the craft beer community, breweries getting nuked on Instagram and what her favorite style of beer is. Tom has gone Mecca South Philly Venom with a new sunglasses additi...

We are back together in the friendzone, and it feels so right. We are joined this episode by Ryan, who is the owner and head brewer at Artifact Brewing. We are talking to Ryan about his musically themed beer, how Artifact got started, how Ryan got into brewing, and we all have a good cry over the break up of one of our mutually favorite bands. Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriends...

We are going out of our comfort zone on this one. We are welcoming Matthew and Kelsey from Exhibit A Brewing from Massachusetts on the podcast. We talk about how Exhibit A got started, Matthews brewing background, the New England beer scene and their distribution out to Pennsylvania and other states. This one was very fun with lots of great info involved. Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bes...

We made it to 100! We did a collaboration with Tattered Flag and Ten7 to celebrate our 100th episode and Ten7 was nice enough to host us for a live episode. We had some technical difficulties with the recording so the audio is a little off. We had some great special guests join us and we had a great time celebrating our centennial episode! Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodc...

QUARANTINE ALERT! The boys are in quarantine because one half of the podcast has contracted the Ronies. We have Mike, Phil and Jake from Second Sin Brewing on to talk about how Second Sin got it's start, being a brewery in NE Philadelphia, the best kinds of cereal and we talk about some good ol fashioned butt rock with the boys.  Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $...

It's our second annual Christmas extravaganza...and we're celebrating virtually. Tom has a cold so we had to do the episode from our respective homes. We brought on a special guest to talk about a very special project that we are working on. We check in to see how Super Huuman is celebrating the holiday season and we watch Demi Lovato losing her god damned mind. Check out the live stream at Twitch...

We hope everybody is ready, because y'all are getting some hot podcast on podcast action. We are doing our first podcast with another craft beer podcast. We are joined by John and Mr. Steve from Might Be Brews Podcast. We are talking to them about how they got started in craft beer podcasting, what their favorite kind of beer is, we find out what vOh is and we stare longingly at Mr. Steve's luxuri...

This was a wild one. We brought on Eric and Corey from Suburban Brewing Co to talk about some of their beers, what's going on at their brewery in Honey Brook, the happenings at the restaurant in Exton, Dan geeks out about Awesome Larry, and we have a lot of great interactions with the stream chat. We also have to try and reign Eric in as he boomers through this whole streaming process. Check out t...

We are bringing back a podcast favorite, Tom Arnold, from Locust Lane. We are talking about what is going on at the brewery, what has changed about the brewery since we last talked to Tom, charity work that Locust Lane is doing, and upcoming brews. Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Promo Code BESTBESTFRIENDSPOD Fo...

Hey look, we tried something new with the podcast and it actually kind of worked. We had some friends on to have an open discussion with a brewer. We were joined by Leah aka Pint_Size_Leah, Zeppy aka Crafty_Tats and Harry aka Xbeer_NJ to talk with Ryan Seiz from Warwick Farm about what is going on at the brewery, brewing and the state of the craft beer industry. This was a fun one and we will defi...

We have an exciting episode, and Tom and Dan are all jacked up on espresso. We are joined by Jason Ranck, head brewer at Neshaminy Creek. He is talking to use about how he got started in brewing, his journey to being the head brewer at Neshaminy, changes coming to the brewery, new artwork, Dan and Jason have a love fest after we find out that Jason is a drummer, we check out a Neshaminy promo vide...

Tom is back from Las Vegas and he bet all of our ad money on black. Unfortunately it was red...so we're broke again. Tom was able to hitchhike his way back to PA and we're back in the studio and we're joined by Rich from Two Locals Brewing. We talk to Rich about how he got his start, being a black owned brewery, having Two Locals beer at Eagles games, and the search for a brewery location. Check o...

It spooky SZN y'all and we are celebrating that with some new masks on the podcast, as well as drinking some pumpkin ales. We are talking about  how Justin got started in brewing, the central PA beer scene, their multiple locations, and  some hot lagers. Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Promo Code BESTB...

The weather is getting colder and the Delco symbiote is starting to take hold of Tom. We are joined this week by Cory McDonald, head brewer at 2nd Story Brewing. We talk to Cory about some of the collabs he has done, brewing in the city, doing growler fills over canning, and brewing on the second story of a builiding. We also talked to Cory about his second life as a realtor during bonus time on t...

We are talking to the owner of Slack Tide Brewing Company, Jason Campbell. We are talking about what is going on at the brewery, distributing into PA, expanding into a new location and of course we are talking about their beer. We are also talking proper Jersey shore stuff, like what kind of beer to drink on the beach and why it is definitely pork roll and not Taylor ham. Check out the live stream...

We are talking to the owner of Stickman Brews, Ethan Buckman. Ethan is a true OG to the podcast and certainly a favorite of ours. We are talking to Ethan about what is new at Stickman, how their 3 locations are doing, the craft beer industry in general and much more. Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Promo Code BE...

We are talking to the director of sales from Flying Fish Brewing Co, Kirk LaVecchia. We are talking about what is coming up for Flying Fish, getting C&D'd by the NFL, Kirk and Tom's mutual love of Garrett Oliver, and the current beer community as a whole.  Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Promo Code BEST...