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In this episode, Brian, Kristy and JB sit down with Eric from A Taste of AZ and talk about his journey creating his brand that started out telling the stories of local Arizona Breweries with his podcast, Tap that AZ, and how it evolved into A Taste of AZ.

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2024's podcast season is kicking off with a bang, with the brew crew being joined by a VERY special guest, Trong of Homebrewer LAB. Many of you may not know the scientist and creator behind such invaluable tools such as the FLOTit 2.0 (one of our highest rated videos), Picnic Tap 2.1, and so much more! Trong's innovations have improved the world of homebrewing as we know it, and the brew crew was lucky enough to sit down with him to get to know him better, as well as preview some of his exciting new products to come!

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The Brew Crew are back at it again with the first episode of Season 02. Aptly named, the Trainwreck Episode things go off the rails pretty quickly as Brian contends with recording issues, camera battery life, and the usual shenanigans from JB and Kristy. This episodes topic is all about Gear Acquisition Syndrome, and how it applies to both Brewing and Video production.

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Brian and Kristy are back at Lake Pleasant Brewing with their 10 episode, with a new third chair, JB from Vexxet! JB has been collaborating with Benham Brewing for the past few weeks, and they finally thought it would be a good time to sit down, talk about his startup, how much he has learned about craft beer, and continue the awkward bromance between Brian and JB.

As always, shout out to Nick and Dustin at Lake Pleasant who were pouring some tasty beers that they were more than happy to enjoy!

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Join Brian and Kristy at Lake Pleasant Brewing Company in Glendale, Arizona! In this episode they get a chance to sit down with Nick, Head Brewer and part owner of Lake Pleasant. They discuss upcoming beers, their barrel aging program, and the BIG question... if Big Beer made you an offer, would you sell out? Check it out!

Want to learn more about Lake Pleasant Brewing Company? https://lakepleasantbrewing.com/

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Join Brian and Kristy in their first episode recording ON LOCATION at Fire and Fury Brewing Company in Phoenix, Arizona. It was a noisy affair, with lots of patrons having a good time, and enjoying some tasty beers. Unfortunately for the brew crew, a camera malfunction shut off their camera without them realizing it before the episode started, so apologies for the lack of video in this episode.

Want to learn more about Fire and Fury Brewing? https://fireandfurybrewing.com/

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In this episode, Brian and Kristy turn on the cameras for the first time during their podcast, and talk about the social brewer, vs the analytical brewer. One of these 

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In today's episode, Brian kicks things off by offending Kristy for her celebration of Chinese New year (typical Brian). Then Brian discusses trying to be healthier this year... and Kristy explains how much she always suffers when Brian "gets healthy". Finally, Brian and Kristy argue whether or not Beerfests are still worth the cost for the experience, and try to decide if they should even bother going to them anymore... 

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n this episode, Brian struggles emotionally with accepting outside background noise during the podcast, while sharing his excitement of Benham Brewing’s website chat feature. Kristy once again obsesses over IPA’s, and at the same time, fights her laryngitis by smoking a cigar... proving once again that nothing can take this girl down. Brian and Kristy share their “passionate” opinions in a classic debate of old school vs new school – which is better?

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In today's episode, Brian and Kristy discuss apartment style brewing, and make plans to design a mini-brew system for Kristy, which will still appeal to her "aesthetic."  And in a major last minute plot twist, Brian derails the original podcast topic, while Kristy has secured what might become her favorite beer style, a Cold IPA from Carl Stauss/Sierra Nevada called What's Cooler than Being Cool. The main topic? I'm glad you asked. Has everything in brewing already been done?

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In today's episode, Brian wrestles with an un-constructive YouTube comment and ponders how to respond, while discussing upcoming videos in the Benham Brewing pipeline. But the MAIN topic of the day is extreme beers, and Kristy manages to secure two very different beers to sample, one from PipeWorks Brewing and one from Historic brewing. Spoiler alert... one of them ended up being a drain pour.

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In today's episode Brian and Kristy battle mosquitos, share beer pouring horror stories, and marvel at Kristy's new computer (read "toy"). They crack open Tower Station IPA from Mother Road Brewing and discuss if fancy brewing equipment and technology is the death of homebrewing as a hobby.

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Any excuse to enjoy a beer.  Is that a good enough reason to start a podcast?  Listen and find out as Brian and Kristy sit down and talk about the REAL reason they started a podcast, reminisce about the Benham Brewing journey thus far, and discuss how their philosophy has changed based on their learnings from their first year in operation.   And of course - no podcast would be complete without a beer (or two).  Hilarity ensues.  A big shout-out to the always delicious local Arizona brewery, Wren House, who’s beer was tasted on air.

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