The Brewsday Podcast

On Episode #52 of The Brewsday Podcast we try out a NEIPA from a whale of a brewery while we talk about our favorite beers and breweries of the summer. After the Unique Beers of the Week we pick a couple of College Football games for Big Board before wrapping the episode with our Good, Bad, or Ugly of the week.

Episode #50 of The Brewsday Podcast features a couple experimental IPAs from Single Hill Brewing while we talk about our favorite beer stadium experiences. Following Unique Beers of the Week, we finally get an NFL Big Board and have some fun with a drunk Olympic themed lightning round.

Mini episode #49 kicks things off with new 'Outside The Box' (OTB) beers, highlighted by a bubblegum sour. With beers in hand the guys discuss some new research coming out of Washington State University that untrained drinkers can consistently differentiate barley types in beer.

On a fashionably late episode 48 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group enjoys and older IPA from Ex Novo while discussing everything there is to know about Beer Olympics. Following some beer trivia, and Unique Beers of the Week, we kicked of a new season of the Big Board, played an Olympic themed Lightning Round, and finished things off with a Good, Bad, or Ugly of the week.

Episode 47 is a mini that starts out with our 'Outside The Box' (OTB) beers, and we struggle with pronunciation. We then debate Tavour's Summer Top 10 list and offer up our opinions.

On episode 46 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group starts off with a unique Beyond Beer offering. For the main topics, we dive into Beyond Beer to learn what it is, where it came from, and how it's fairing in the craft beer industry. After some news and our Cheers Beer of the Week, we wrap up the current season of Big Board and crown the winner.  The Lightning Round is a Beyond Beer edition of Chug, Sip, Pour, and then we wrap up with a Good, Bad, or Ugly of the week.

Episode 45 is another mini that starts out with our 'Outside The Box' (OTB) beers. We then discuss the hottest Father's Day gift sweepstakes of 2021, the Miller Lite + New Balance "Shoezie" collab, and then offer up our ideas for the best beer-related Father's Day gifts.

On episode 44 of The Brewsday Podcast, the guys dig into the topic of beer serving sizes and what their personal preferences are around it. In this week’s Big Board, they pick the series winners for the second round of the NHL Playoffs. After that they jump into a serving size themed version of the lightning round before finishing it off with the Good, Bad, or Ugly of the Week.

On episode 43 of The Brewsday Podcast, its another mini episode! In this mini we enjoy an 'Outside The Box' (OTB) beer while talking about a recent announcement from Goose Island Brewing about some interesting new positions they have just created at their brewery.

On episode 42 of The Brewsday Podcast, the crew discusses what makes a good beer name, description, and share some of their favorites while enjoying unique ‘cheers’ beers that embody the topic. In this week’s Big Board, the guys collect themselves after some tough MLB results by picking the winner of the UEFA Champions League – followed by a beer name lightning round and the Good, Bad, or Ugly of the Week.

On episode 41 of The Brewsday Podcast, a new mini-episode format is introduced where we enjoy a 'Outside The Box' (OTB) beer while talking about recent beer news. This week includes Queen Elizabeth's new beer, German beer gardens beginning to open, and German brewing making its way to the United States.

On episode 40 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group starts off with a DIPA from Celestial Beerworks as the Cheers Beer of the Week. The main topics touch on a few categories from the Reader's Choice 2021 Ten Best list from the USA Today; Beer City, Small Town Beer Scene, Beer Bar & Beer Garden, and Beer Labels. We review the lists and discuss whether we agree, and offer up some contenders we wish would’ve made the lists. After some Beer News and our Unique Beer of the Week, the Big Board picks will be made on recent baseball games.  The Lightning Round forces us to choose Chug, Sip, or Pour on some of our recent episode beers, and then we wrap up with a Good, Bad, or Ugly of the week.

On episode 39 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group starts off with a recent release from El Segundo Brewing Company as the Cheers Beer of the Week.  We discuss the recent release of the Brewers Association’s 2020 Craft Brewery Production Report to see exactly how craft breweries faired in 2020; the good, the bad, and the numbers. Next we review our 2021 predictions, from our 2nd Mini Episode, and give updates to see if any have come to fruition. After our Unique Beer of the Week, the Big Board takes us to Talladega, AL, to make picks on a recent race.  The Lightning Round forces us to come up with uniquely shaped drinking vessels for some weird sporting events, and then we wrap up with a Good, Bad, or Ugly of the week.

On episode 38 of The Brewsday Podcast, the crew enjoy some dank beers while discussing the the concept of dank beers overall, recommending some of our favorite dank beers, and touching on the subject of CBD and THC infused beers. In this week's Big Board the guys choose some winners from the opening weekend of the MLS season, followed by a would you rather Lightning Round, and as always the Good, Bad, or Ugly for the Week. 

On episode 37 of The Brewsday Podcast, the guys enjoy a Drekker IPA while diving into the topic of beer merchandise. They cover what makes good merch, a few breweries making good stuff, and talk about New Belgium’s collaboration with Topo Design. This weeks Big Board is focused on the Masters, followed by a branding lightning round,  and the Good, Bad, or Ugly for the week.

On episode 36 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group kicks it off with a pair of beers from Athletic Brewing Co. They debate the recent buzz with non-alcoholic beers and whether the trend is here to stay. They share some recent beer news, provide their March Madness picks for this week's Big Board, select a championship beer in the Lightning Round, and then close it out with a Good, Bad, or Ugly for the week.

On episode 35 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group starts off with some Purple Lemonade to ring in the official start of Spring. We discuss the season and how it impacts our drinking, give our take on spring seasonal beers, and provide you with our recommendations for a few beers to try this spring. After our Unique Beer of the Week, this week's Big Board is some matchups from the final week of Spring Training. The Lightning Round forces the group to conduct some spring cleaning of their beer fridges, and then we wrap up with a Good, Bad, or Ugly of the week.

On Episode 34 of the The Brewsday Podcast, the crew takes a shot at pouring a Half and Half with our own twist. After that adventure, we dig into beer mixtures overall and how we feel about them. In our Unique beer of the week, we feature a Wren House Brewing Wally Series beer before taking our picks on some Six Nations Championship Rugby games. To wrap it up we come up with some new ideas for beer mixtures in the Lightning Round and share our Good, Bad, or Ugly things of the week.

On Episode 33, The Brewsday Podcast enjoys a beer from Hoof Hearted while discussing 2020 Beeralytics, our yearly, custom beer performance report. We also including a few beer statistics you should check out for yourself.

Following our unique beer of the week, we dive into some brewery/Untappd news, NBA big board, and a Beeralytics game show lightning round - before ending things with our Good, Bad, or Ugly of the week.

On episode #31 of The Brewsday Podcast, the gang splits up and each takes a side in the very worthy beer debate of NorCal vs SoCal. The cheers beer for this week is Bacon & Eggs, an imperial coffee porter from Pizza Port Brewing Co., based out of San Diego (SoCal). Sticking with the Cali theme, the unique beer was a NorCal DIPA treat, called Lupulin River from Knee Deep Brewing Co., from Auburn (NorCal).

On episode #30 of The Brewsday Podcast, the crew gets in the loving spirit with a Valentine’s Day theme. We start off by enjoying a West Coast IPA from Bottle Logic Brewing before getting into our love for non IPA beer styles, crush on some breweries, and talk about our first love in craft beer. On this week’s Big Board we take our picks for UFC 258 and get back into the romance with a V-Day inspired Lightning Round. As always we wrap it up with our Good, Bad, or Ugly of the week.

On episode #29 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group enjoys a beer from Fat Orange Cat Brew Co. while chatting about some of the major themes from the documentary “BEER! A Love Story”. Spoiler: it’s great, and you should watch it (with subtitles). We then chat about some Mikkeller news before jumping into a Super Bowl themed Big Board and Lightning Round - wrapping things up with a Good, Bad, or Ugly of the week.

On episode #28 of The Brewsday Podcast, a trio starts off the year with a Bomb! from Prairie Artisan Ales. It's 2021 so time to crack some open, and keep talking about beer! Food and beer go hand in hand (followed by in mouth), so we are talking about food and beer pairings; the dos and don'ts, events, and what we'd serve if we were hosting.  After our Unique Beer of the Week, the first Big Board of 2021 is on three NHL matchups. The Lightning Round forces the group to pair a beer to a mystery meal, and then we wrap up with a Good, Bad, or Ugly of the week.

For the second mini episode, and final of the year, the gang toasts to 2020 with the champagne of beers. We give our picks for our top beers and breweries of the year, and then look to the future in talking about our 2021 resolutions.

Thank you for listening this year, and we'll see you in 2021. Cheers!

It’s a mini Brewsday! On Our first ever Mini Episode, the crew enjoys their first ever beer from Great Notion while looking into the future by discussing our safe and bold predictions for the new year in beer.

Episode 24 of The Brewsday Podcast the crew first celebrates National Lager Day by drinking some local lagers and talking about the style overall. Next, we get into the holiday spirit and talk Christmas beers, traditions, and even provide a beer drinkers holiday gift guide. After enjoying a stout from Manhattan Project Beer Co. we move into the Big Board where we will be picking some golfers from the DP World Tour Championship. To wrap it up we play a Christmas themed round of Chug, Sip, Pour and give our Good, Bad, or Ugly of the week. Cheers!

On episode #23 of The Brewsday Podcast the group celebrates National Repeal Day, commemorating the repeal of Prohibition, by drinking an Anchor Steam and talking about Prohibition. We discuss some light history and facts before talking about how we'd each run a speakeasy during Prohibition, and how we'll be celebrating this year.  After our Unique Beer of the Week, this week's Big Board is the Swedish professional sport of Bandy.  The Lightning Round forces the group to decide a Chug/Sip/Pour of beers with very unique ingredients, and then we wrap up with a Good, Bad, or Ugly of the week.

On episode #22 of The Brewsday Podcast the group enjoys a Founders KBS Maple Mackinac Fudge stout. After figuring out who tastes which flavors in the KBS, the group gets thankful for the Breweries, Bars, and Beers that has made 2020 palatable. After covering the good of 2020, we touch on the some of the bad parts of 2020 before moving to the Unique Beer of the Week. Big Board this week is some major English football matches on the weekend, and then for the Lightning Round talk about what we’ll be drinking over the Thanksgiving holiday. We are thankful for anyone that has listened so far this year, thank you!

On episode #21 of The Brewsday Podcast the group enjoys a Dogfish Head Campfire Amplifier while diving into the history and rules surrounding beer advertising. We cover off on some of our favorite ads, and how social media has changed the game. Big Board highlights ATP Tennis, and we decide what famous beer commercials we’d want to star in during the lightning round.

On episode #20 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group gives a cheers to San Diego, one of the top beer scenes in the country. They discuss the San Diego Beer Week and some of their favorite breweries from the Southern California area. They each select their top 3 golfers to win the Masters for this week’s Big Board, and close it out with a San Diego brewery edition of Chug, Sip, Pour to close it out.

On episode #19 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group celebrates Stout beer and International Stout Day with an Anniversary 8 imperial stout. The history of the style and holiday are discussed, along with what we like about Stouts. Next, the group chats about conservative and progressive breweries before providing an update, from Ep. #2, on how alcohol laws have been changing this year across the country. After the break, the Big Board spotlights the final race of the 2020 racing season and the lightning round gives the group an opportunity to promote their style of beer with a campaign slogan. Finally, we finish things off with a good, bad, or ugly of the week.

Episode #18 of The Brewsday Podcast is a spooky spectacular edition! The group checks in a Double Pumpkin Porter for the Cheers beer of the week, they give their opinion on seasonal pumpkin beers, and talk about Halloween in general. As always, the gang closes out the episode by debating the Big Board followed by having some fun with the Lightning Round.

On episode #17 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group tries a Spruce Tip IPA while talking about dive bars, modern beer bars, and some of our favorite themed bars. We also discuss Untappd’s purchase of direct-to-consumer capabilities and Andy tries his new homebrew live! The Big Board and lightning round are MLB focused, and we finish things off with a good, bad, or ugly of the week.

On episode #16 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group enjoys some beers from Dallas while discussing the DFW beer scene and what exactly makes a good beer scene overall.  In the second half we pick the winners of a few rugby games around the globe, then we select some breweries and beers to represent our cities, and finish things off with a good, bad, or ugly of the week.

On episode #15 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group enjoys a fresh hop IPA while talking about the different ways hops can be utilized - including the nuances between fresh hop, wet hop, dry hop, and double dry hop. Andy also provides the group with a homebrew update. In the second half, there is a new dead-last on the big board, we make some German Grand Prix picks, chat through a hop based lightning round, and finish things off with a good, bad, or ugly of the week.

On episode #14 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group finally records together in Denver, CO!  This special occasion morphed out of a failed attempt at attending the GABF, but the group makes the best of it by scouring Denver for a weekend to drink great beer. We talk about what we love about Denver and its beer scene, and go into detail about the different breweries we visited and beers we drank, and which we loved, liked, or disliked.  This week’s Big Board was recorded in the future and we’re recapping the past weekend’s NFL matchups, and our golf trip tie-breaker, before selecting this week’s winners of the Preakness Stakes horse race.  Finally, we wrap up the episode with a “Would you rather…” Lightning Round before the customary good, bad, or ugly of the week.

Its an Oktoberfest Special! On episode #12 of the The Brewsday Podcast, the group talks about the history of Oktoberfest and their past experiences at the celebration in Munich. Next we discuss some local Oktoberfest celebrations and how those stack up to the real thing, then come up with some ideas of how we could host our own beer festivals and what those would be like. In this week's Big Board we pick winners from three different college football games before heading into an event edition of chug, sip, pour. As always we wrap it up with our good, bad, or ugly things of the week.

On episode #11 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group tries a performance beer while discussing its merits and what makes beer a great after exercise beverage. We also talk about the NFL being back, what we’re doing to bring the arena experience home, and pick some upcoming games as part of our Big Board. We finish things off with a superstar athlete lightning round and a good, bad, or ugly of the week.

On episode #10 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group starts off with a good-tasting beer, before diving into the main topic of Good vs Bad beer; what makes a beer good, and what makes a beer bad. Before jumping into this week’s Big Board Josh is issued his punishment, a tallboy Keystone Ice, from losing the last Big Board.  This week we’re picking a trio of golfers competing in the upcoming PGA Tour Championship.  Next, we’ll run through a Bad Beer edition of the Lightning Round, before finishing it off with a quick good, bad, or ugly of the week.

On this week's episode of The Brewsday Podcast, the crew drinks a Hazy Little Thing from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, debates current craft beer trends, discuss some beer fads from the past, and predicts trends of the future. On the Big Board this week we make predictions on some NBA Playoff series, then we'll move on to a unique version of Chug, Sip, Pour. And as always, finishing it off with our good, bad, or ugly of the week.

On this week's episode of The Brewsday Podcast, the group drinks craft lager, reflects back on college days and tailgating, and tries to figure out which craft beer might win over the younger crowd. We also talk about the loss of fall collegiate sports, and discuss some ways for bars & breweries to replace the lost entertainment. The Big Board this week features Champions League quarterfinal games (with side bets), followed by a lightning round assigning beer to our favorite sports teams. And as always, finishing it off with a quick good, bad, or ugly of the week.

On this week's episode of The Brewsday Podcast, the group drinks whatever we have in our fridge, then dives into the main topics of how we’re maintaining a “taproom” experience while staying at home, what beers we’d include in our backyard taproom, and our ideas for a backyard taproom Happy Hour. Now that hockey is back the Big Board will be predictions on some of the weekend’s slate of games, and then they play a summer focused Lightning Round of Light, Hoppy, or Heavy, before finishing it off with a quick good, bad, or ugly of the week.

On episode #5 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group tries a variety of local beers, talks about great brewery locations, and throws in a few of their own ideas. Unique beer of the week was a Brewsday first, with everyone trying Josh's first homebrew.

Baseball is back with this week’s Big Board, the Lightning Round is a very tough 'brewery themed chug, sup, pour, and finishing it off as always with a quick good, bad, or ugly of the week.

On episode #4 of The Brewsday Podcast, the group tries Ninakasi Brewing’s Prismatic Juicy IPA before discussing a potentially controversial quote from a recent Hop Culture interview. The group was able to get some local releases of Black is Beautiful as this week’s Unique Beer of the Week.  MMA is this week’s Big Board sport as the group selects the winner of the UFC 251 main event, and then for the Lightning Round play a beer-style edition of Chug/Sig/Pour, before finishing it off with a quick good, bad, or ugly of the week.

On this week's episode of The Brewsday Podcast, the group tries Stone Brewing’s Enjoy By 07.04.20 Unfiltered IPA just in the nick of time, has an explosive chat about the upcoming 4th of July holiday, our traditions, plans, and how COVID-19 has impacted America’s birthday party. The Big Board will be predictions on USA’s annual gluttony bowl, the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, then they play a holiday focused Lightning Round before finishing it off with a quick good, bad, or ugly of the week.

On this week's episode of The Brewsday Podcast, the group gets nostalgic with a Fat Tire by New Belgium, talks about the Craft Beer Industry's response to COVID-19, and gives a quick update on some home brewing projects. The Big Board will be predictions for the Nippon Baseball League in Japan, we'll play a round of Chug, Sip, Pour before finishing it off with a quick good, bad, or ugly of the week.