Season 5, Episode 8 - In this week's episode of Drinking Socially, hosts Harrison Hickok and Kyle Roderick chat with Sierra Nevada's Innovation Supervisor, Isaiah Mangold, and Product Manager, Terence Sullivan. 'Tis the season for drinking Celebration - Sierra Nevada's Fresh Hop IPA - so kick back, crack one open and learn all about the history of this widely-beloved ale.

In this week's special episode of Drinking Socially, hosts Harrison Hickok and Kyle Roderick chat with Firestone Walker Co-Founder David Walker about how this iconic twenty-six year old brewery continues to innovate, their growing focus on sustainability, and the constant pursuit of the perfect beer.

Our guest on this week’s episode is Sam Tierney, Manager of The Propagator - Firestone Walker’s R&D Brewhouse. He joins Drinking Socially hosts Harrison Hickok and Kyle Roderick to talk about innovation, collaboration, and some current projects he’s working on.

In this week's episode of Drinking Socially hosts Harrison Hickok and Kyle Roderick chat with Sierra Nevada Innovation Brewmaster, Scott Jennings about how this crushable session IPA delivers such a full, hop-forward flavor without sacrificing body and hop intensity.

On this week's episode of Drinking Socially hosts Harrison Hickok and Kyle Roderick chat with Rogue Creative Director Evan Bartholomew and Innovation Manager Danny Connors about bringing the Monsters of IPA beasts and beers to life!

In this week’s episode of Drinking Socially, hosts Harrison Hickok and Kyle Roderick say hello to Firestone Walker Brewmaster Matt Brynildson. The six time winner of "Brew of the Year" at the Great American Beer Festival and wizard behind Firestone Walker's amazing beers will blow your minds as he chats about West Coast IPAs, new school hops, and Hopnosis.

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While many are enduring winters that are either an ice storm or cold rain, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is experiencing this season as something you can actually enjoy- with snow and skiing, and we're sure some BBA Narhwal in a Hot Chocolate mug and jumping in between the hot tub and the ski lift. They’ve captured the best part of winter in beer form with their new addition, Powder Day IPA, and hosts Jon Dispenza and Harrison Hickok are going to get to drink some of it with Scott Jennings,...

More explosions, more mystery, more knife fights maybe? Season 4 had none of those things, so the bar is low for us. But not for the beer. We’re starting off this season strong with some beers that the hosts have never had and a badge that’s been a little too hot for us to handle - the Raising the Heat Badge! We're also sitting down with Joel Holland - one of the geniuses behind Harvest Hosts. If you love beer and adventures, you’re going to love everything Joel has to say. If you own or rent...

Another season of #DrinkingSocially is in the books! As 2021 comes to a close, we are reminiscing on the past twelve month's best stories, jokes, and most importantly our Year in Beer. And what a year it was. We're also discussing the official Drinking Socially badge. Long story short, you all crushed it. Now it's time to relax, put your feet up, grab your favorite stein, as hosts Harrison Hickok and Jon Dispenza find themselves in all too familiar Lagerville one more time. But something is...

Here we are again to celebrate another December 15th... A fabulous day for film history marking the release of such greats as Gone with the Wind, Million Dollar Baby, and Spice World. Oh yeah, and the day Untappd released its Year in Beer Wrap-up for 2021! We're celebrating all the new beer we had this year and there are many highlights we expect to see as the week rolls on, but this episode is all about the pioneer days. There are over 8,000 breweries in the US, over 11,000 in Europe, and...

If Oktoberfest is Lager-Christmas...then what is National Lager Day? Is it like a birthday party? How would one celebrate? What are the traditions? We couldn't find any so we made up a few! Maybe everyone leaves a cold, crispi boy on the front porch of the guy with the biggest lawnmower in the neighborhood and in exchange he promises not to mow the lawn before 9am for another season! Or maybe it's more mischievous, and on National Lager Day you're supposed to hide a lager somewhere in the...

It's that time again... We blinked and now the holiday season is here. The number of weekly "Dunkelwiess Nights" is increasing, we're on our roofs stapling lights to everything, and all we want for breakfast, lunch, and dinner are Thanksgiving leftovers sandwiches. Well, we could actually have that all year round. Regardless, the holidays are here! That means a lot of exciting things - great food, family get-togethers, and football. And maybe most importantly... beer! And not just one, or...

While we'll try to contain our excitement for the upcoming holidays and festivities, we're here to discuss a very special event. One that in fact falls shortly after a day where most Americans eat turkey and watch football (or complain about football). We're talking about Small Brewery Sunday coming up on November 28th! So, for those of you who need a break from the crowds and coupons, leave the shopping bags in the trunk and enjoy a pint of well-deserved local suds as you celebrate getting...

It's getting colder, it's getting darker, and the haze of summer is slowly being replaced by flavors like fruits, and nuts, and pine. The colder weather makes hot coffee taste better, gives you an excuse to wear that scarf you looked good in last year, and a reason to stay inside (because it's dark at 4 p.m.) and crack open some of those beers you've been sitting on for the last couple of months. Not everyone celebrates the arrival of cold weather like those in Antarctica (where Harrison...

You likely think of wheat beers as summer beers. It's a pretty easy pitch - something that is crisp, refreshing, and almost tastes like a liquid fruit salad (heavy fresh oranges of course). The perfect companion for too many hot dogs and a minor league baseball game. Well, you may have a change of heart after Harrison shares his experience with Allagash White on a festive fall night, and how his mind is forever changed. On this episode of the #DrinkingSocially podcast, Hosts Harrison Hickok...

There are a lot of made up holidays. Well actually, they're all made up... but everybody wants to celebrate International Leave the Office Early Day on June 6th. Or how about the World Toothache Day on February 9th- Can't wait to celebrate that one again next year. And coming soon... December 8th! Or "Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day" (or just a regular Wednesday for Harrison). Anyway, the point of all these is, well probably to support the greeting card industry. But there is one...

There are more 16,000 different kinds of Bees...16,000!!! They're found on every continent on Earth- expect Antarctica - and they've been on this planet for 30 Million years! More than 75% of the crops in the world that we eat depend on animal pollination. And bees carry out most of that! So they're pretty important. So much so that Albert Einstein once said, “If the bee disappears from the surface of the Earth, man would have no more than four years left to live.” Whoa! Move over zombies....

Have you been fortunate enough to hang out with a brewer and ask them what their favorite beer is? Did they tell you it was Orval? Orval has become a beer of legends. Hailing from a Game-of-Thrones-esque abbey in the middle of the Belgian woods, this beer has ascended from the shelves of Belgium across the world. Generations of drinkers now consider this one to be...well kind of the GOAT. Not the animal people invite to yoga to eat your shoelaces, but one of the best and most well-respected...

Michigan has a lot of great things - Detroit style pizza, @meijer (which is like a Target on Steroids), Bill Knapps, and almost 400 breweries! It's also the only place in the WORLD that has a floating post office - the JW Westcott II. And we mean floating on the water, not the air. Those don't exist anywhere...yet. A waterway post office sounds about right for the state that ranks number one in boat registrations. Thanks in large part to Michigan owning the longest freshwater coastline in the...

Hot take: Pumpkin beer should exist. There, we said it. Yes, we get that these fall flavored beers can be controversial. And trust us we do love hoisting a roasty, toasty Oktoberfest or Märzen during the harvest. But Oktoberfest officially ended last Sunday. And we picked up our pumpkins at the patch this week. So you could say we have gourds on the gray matter. On this episode of the Drinking Socially podcast hosts Harrison Hickok and Jon Dispenza go for the gourd as they unlock the “Gourd...

On this holiday episode of Drinking Socially Hickok and Dispenza lift their steins full of Paulaner Oktoberfest Marzen as they unlock the “Oktoberfest (2021)” badge.

On this special episode of Drinking Socially Hickok and Dispenza chat with Ann Obenchain, the Marketing and Communication Director from the Brewers Association to learn more about why Local Beer Is Better. Plus, they’ll unlock the “Local Beer Is Better” badge.

Drinking Socially podcast hosts Harrison Hickok and Jon Dispenza bring porters back to popularity on this week’s episode of Drinking Socially while drinking Drayman's Porter from @berkshirebrewco as they tackle the “To The Port” badge.