Podcast
Beering Ain't Easy
Hosted by Adam and Drew · EN
Beering Ain't Easy is the podcast for all beer lovers. We're not brewers, we're not beer professionals, and frankly we don't give a shit. We just want to talk about craft beer and BS with you. Open the fridge door, grab a cold one, pop the top, and drink with us!
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Houston's Best German Pilsner
Aug 13, 202400:29:46Tap to summarizeCan we all admit that Houston makes some damn good Pilsners? This week Ryan and Drew set up another spectacular blind tasting to crown Houston’s Best German Pilsner in an episode rife with controversy. Will Lil’ Snack from 11 Below hold onto its blind tasting crown, or will one of the new challengers steal their thunder? Listen to find out!Featured Beers:Lil’ Snack. 11 Below Brewing, Houston, TX. 4.5% ABV.Cloud Punch. Bad Astronaut Brewing, Houston, TX. 5.2% ABV.Dollar Pils Y’all. Holler Brewing Co., Houston, TX. 5.4% ABV.Professor Pils. Paradigm Brewing Company, Tomball, TX. 5.5% ABV. Other Shout-Outs:Fredericksburg, TXKarbach BrewingPilsen, Czech BohemiaJosef Groll - inventor of the PilsnerHuggy BrewerUntappdNook Brewing713 Music HallBlackberry Smoke HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston! NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE! Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media!https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, username BeeringAintEasyDrew.
Transcribe →The Houston Beer News Episode
Jul 31, 202400:36:21Tap to summarizeAfter many months on the road gathering the latest and greatest beer news, Ryan and Drew highlight the highs and the lows, the ups and the downs, and the the rising and falling breweries of the Houston area and beyond. It’s not all gloom and doom my friends… in the words of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, craft beer is “not dead yet.”Featured Beers:Nectar Double IPA. Seventh Tap Brewing, Shreveport, LA.Spin Craft. Bad Astronaut Brewing, Houston, TX The Fallen:Urban South HTXBuffalo Bayou BrewingFamily Business Brewing (Austin, TX)Klaus BrewingCascade Brewing. Portland, ORThe Rising:True Anomaly BrewingGulf Coast Distillers / Giant Texas Distillers / Tejas Beer / Big Bend Brewing Co. / Marfa, TXAnchor Brewing / Chobani YogurtProject Halo BrewingCraft Culture X / For the Culture Brewing / OvennikOther Shout-Outs:Parish BrewingFrida KahloHip Hop Vintage Flea MarketHulk Hogan / Real American Beer11 Below BrewingFortress BrewingB-52 Brewing HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston! NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE! Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media!https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/ Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, username BeeringAintEasyDrew.
Transcribe →The Macro Beer Blind Tasting
Apr 9, 202400:44:48Tap to summarizeAnd the winner is… America, obviously. The Beering Ain’t Easy podcast embarks on a blind tasting adventure through the most recognizable American Lager macro beers and one notable exception - Troy Aikman’s patented Eight Beer. Can Troy’s beer redeem the Cowboys playoff losing streak, or will he be relegated to the Keystone Light division? Will Ryan’s love of conspiracy theories finally pay off in a big way by being the first to uncover Houston Brewery moves? And lastly, will Ryan love or hate his Nickelback concert experience? You don’t want to miss this one.Featured Beers:Bud Light. Anheuser Busch, St Louis, MO. 4.2% ABVMiller Lite. Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI. 4.2% ABVCoors Light. Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO. 4.2% ABVPabst Blue Ribbon. Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX. 4.8% ABVEight Elite Light Lager. EIGHT Brewing Co, ?? United States. 4% ABV Other Shout-Outs:Troy Airman / Dallas CowboysBarry Switzer / University of OklahomaFaubourg Brewing Co. New Orleans, LAVerona, WIOregon State Food Science DeptPhil Leinart (AB, Harpoon, Ommegang)Gayle Benson: New Orleans Saints, PelicansKeystone LightMichelob UltraHipster Sauce11 Below BrewingFortress BrewingB-52 BrewingX FilesSalt & Oak Brewing / HazeboizNickelback / Houston Rodeo / Houston ChronicleDrake/Bun-BVector Brewing, Dallas, TXOak Highlands Brewing, Dallas, TX HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston!WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE! Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media!https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/ Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, X,Threads, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, username BeeringAintEasyDrew.
Transcribe →Sour Feelings and Brewery Faux Pas
Mar 5, 202400:50:35Tap to summarizeWe drink two of the best sours in Texas, Atrial Rubacite from Jester King and Sea of Waves from True Anomaly, all while sharing our opinions and detailed instructions on how to perform the biggest faux pas when visiting breweries. Ryan brings it home with some beer news and Drew shares his toddler woes on airplanes.Featured Beers:Atrial Rubacite. Jester King Brewery, Austin, TX. 5.8% ABV.Sea of Waves. True Anomaly Brewing, Houston, TX. 8.5% ABV. Other Shout-Outs:GABFTexas Craft Brewers ConferenceHouston Beer GuideHouston Beer MonthElder SonSouthern YankeeYelp4J BrewingTexas RoadhouseHome Alone / Kevin McAllisterDraught QueensIdaho Springs, COWestbound and Down BrewingLion KingSpindletapKeyboard catPETA HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston!NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE! Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media!https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/ Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, username BeeringAintEasyDrew.
Transcribe →BAE After Dark: Hot and Smoky
Feb 13, 202400:49:56Tap to summarizeWe back? It’s been a minute since our last episode, so we pay penance to the beer gods by drinking weird beers while we bring you up-to-speed with the state of affairs in craft beer and in our hoods. Tarot cards, anonymous Facebook posts, and Troy Aikman branded beer, all in the same episode?Featured Beers:Slice Sipper. Sixpoint Brewery, Brooklyn, New York. 5% ABV.Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier-Marzen. Schlenkerla (“heller-Brau” Trum), Bamberg, Bayern Germany. 5.1% ABVEvan’s 5 Year Beer. Eureka Heights Brew Co., Houston, TX. 3.5% ABV.Buckle Bunny. Eureka Heights Brew Co, Houston, TX. 4.5% ABV Other Shout-Outs:Mike’s Hot HoneyIngenious BrewingBlack Page BrewingH-Town BrewingAstral BrewingNorth Shepherd BrewingVallenson’sMisfit OutpostEqual Parts BrewingLocation Six BrewingProject Halo BrewingGalveston Bay BrewingGreat Heights BrewingHoller BrewingBad Astronaut BrewingNook Brewing CompanyNextdoorShell Houston OpenSwag Brewery Hoppy IPA Craft Beer CandleTexas Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&MBill O’BrienHouston TexansJumbo FischerNick SabanBill BelicheckTroy Aikman’s 8 BeerAce VenturaDan MarinoPineapples on PizzaLL Cool JLove Guru HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston!NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE! Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media!https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/ Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, username BeeringAintEasyDrew.
Transcribe →Fear Factor: Beer Mixed Drink Edition
Sep 26, 202300:42:33Tap to summarizeIt has been well established on our Podcast that host Ryan likes his beers (and other drinks) unadulterated. So what did we do to him? We made him face his fears and drink a wide range of beer mixed drinks for the first time ever, tournament style! And let him talk about more conspiracy theories. Featured Beer Mixed Drinks:Michelada: Spicy Michelada Mix by Space City Snax. Maracas Mexican Lager by Nook Brewing Company, Broken, Arrow, OK (or Zeno’s if you are Ryan).Black and Tan: Guinness and Zeno’s Pale Ale by Lone Pint Brewing Company, Magnolia, TX.Black Velvet: Guinness and La Vostra ProseccoShandy: Zeno’s Pale Ale and Lemonade Other Shout-Outs:Joe RoganFear FactorHarpLeinenkugel’s Summer ShandyGoose Island Summer ShandySierra NevadaLeft Hand Milk StoutCraft Culture X: Ovinnik and For the Culture BrewingAnchor Brewing / SapporoHouston Beer Block PartySquats and HopsIs it Cake?Mini Boss / Eureka Heights HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston! NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE! Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media!https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/ Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, username BeeringAintEasyDrew.
Transcribe →Drinking Euro Beer and Howling at the Moon
Sep 6, 202300:48:09Tap to summarizeRyan and Drew crack into some of the best beers from Belgium and Germany while sitting outside on the edge of the Austin, TX wilderness. In an episode rife with bad accents and pronunciations, your hosts discuss why Euro beers have fallen down so far on the Beer Advocate ratings while paying homage to these classic styles. Will Ryan learn to appreciate the Belgian quad? Will we be able to finish the episode without being interrupted by coyotes? Tune in and find out. Featured Euro Beers Duvel. Duvel Moortgat. Puurs, Vlaanderen Belgium. 8.5% ABV.Ayinger Celebrator. Ayinger Privatbraurei. Aying, Bayern Germany. 6.7% ABV.Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier. Bayerische Staatsbraurei Weihenstephan. Freising, Bayern Germany. 5.4% ABV.Abt 12. Brouwerij St. Bernardus. Watou, Vlaanderen Belgium. 10% ABV.Trappistes Rochefort 10. Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Remy. Rochefort, Wallonie Belgium. 11.3% ABV. Other Shout-Outs:Beer AdvocateAsa Hanrahan - Flying Saucer HoustonToppling GoliathAB InBev - Breckinridge, Shock TopKid Rock - Bud LiteKarbach BrewingSurly Brewing (MN)Spindletap (HOU Hobby Airport)King’s BierhausChimayCool RunningsThe Trappist - Oakland, CAKloster Kreuzberg DunkelSide ProjectGuinessTrappist Westvleteren 12Jester KingFat Tire Epic One Water Brew (recycled water beer by Devil’s Canyon Brewing)https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/may/02/recycled-wastewater-beer-epic-cleantec-san-francisco-drought-california Beer Advocate Rankings from 2010https://web.archive.org/web/20100828090327/http://beeradvocate.com/lists/top HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston!NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE! Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media!https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/ Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, username BeeringAintEasyDrew.
Transcribe →The Mexican Lager Blind Tasting
Aug 1, 202300:47:02Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we do what we love best - beer news and blind tastings - but also answer some pretty important questions. Mexican Lagers are often considered basic beers, but are craft Mexican lagers an exception? And more importantly, could you pick them out of a lineup? And while we’re at it, where do you stand on putting fruit in your beer? It's time to take a stand.Featured Mexican Lagers: Scout. True Anomaly Brewing, Houston, TX. 7.6% ABV.Dos Equis Lager. Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma S.A. de C.V. 4.2% ABVModelo Especial. Grupo Modelo, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. 4.4% ABV.Pacifico Clara. Grupo Modelo, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. 4.5% ABV.Tecate Light. Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma S.A. de C.V. 3.9% ABV Houston Beer Block Party on Aug 19thhttps://houstonbeerguide.com/houstonbeerblockparty/ Other Shout-Outs:Anchor Brewing (Christmas Ale, Liberty Ale, Anchor Steam)SapporoBlack Page Brewing. Houston, TXSpindletap BrewingLaser BrewingCoronaBacardi LimonMicheladasTotal WineAnita BrewingSpace City SnacksWhite Oak Music HallDumb & DumberWayne’s WorldChuck Norris HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston!NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE! Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media!https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/ Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, username BeeringAintEasyDrew.
Transcribe →Beer GPT
Jul 4, 202300:46:37Tap to summarizeThe Beering Ain’t Easy podcast has evolved into a new form fueled by Chat GPT and Artificial Intelligence, or in short, Beer GPT. We test out the capabilities of current AI and whether it poses a risk to white collar jobs, the writer’s guild, or at a minimum the low-grade humor you come to love on our podcast. We play around with AI generated beer descriptions, movie descriptions, and even generate and record a Beering Ain’t Easy rap!'Featured Beers: Dry Hopped Kolsch. New Magnolia Brewing, Houston, TX. 4% ABV.One Very Important Thought. Lua Brewing, Des Moines, IA. 6.4% ABV. Referenced Insane AI Beer Commercial link:https://youtu.be/Geja6NCjgWY Other Shout-Outs:Saloon Door WestTrill Burgers / Bun BPink Boot SocietyMiller Lite Ice CubesBell’s Two Hearted AleBelching Beaver / DeftonesAnchor Brewing/ Anchor ChristmasConstellation Brands Discussion: Funky Buddha, Four Corners Brewing, Cycle Brewing, Ballast PointArt Car/Hipster SauceTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesDMXHot Ones / John MulvaneyRedditOpen AIDall-ESkynet/TerminatorAdam SandlerSouth Park / Awesome-OLaw and Order HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston! NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE! Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media!https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.
Transcribe →Fat Tire's Recipe Change and Sustainable Beer
May 16, 202300:41:58Tap to summarizeOne of the earliest US craft beer icons from New Belgium, the one and only Fat Tire, has gone through a major overhaul. New recipe, new logo, and new branding with sustainability at the forefront. We pull out our last batch of the old recipe and drink it side by side with the new and debate which tastes better, what does it mean to be a carbon neutral beer, and whether sustainability actually sells. And in true podcast fashion we’ll go off track with trivia about the brewery, pop culture from Fat Tire’s original release in 1991, and popular songs that were hijacked by movies.Featured Beer: Fat Tire (old vs. new recipe). New Belgium Brewing Company, Fort Collins, CO. Amber / Blonde Ales. 5.2% ABV.Other Beer Related Shout-Outs:Voodoo Ranger Juice Force IPATorched EarthSierra Nevada Pale AlePaulaner OktoberfestKirinMichelob UltraShiner BockReferenced Good Beer Hunting Articlehttps://www.goodbeerhunting.com/sightlines/2023/1/12/new-belgium-fat-tire-gets-full-makeover-after-sales-tumble Pop Culture ReferencesBryan Adams “Everything I Do”McRibHarry Belafonte (RIP)BeetlejuiceLeslie NielsonZoolander (Wham Wake Me Up)Martin HouseReservoir Dogs "Stuck in the Middle with You"Kenny LogginsForrest Gump "Fortunate Son"Office Space "Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta"Wayne's World "Bohemian Rhapsody"Top 5 Movies of 1991Terminator 2: Judgement DayRobin Hood: Prince of ThievesHome AloneSilence of the LambsCity Slickers HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston!NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE! Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media!https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/ Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.
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