Episodes
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!
Published 12/31/20
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.
Published 12/24/20
On Episode 25, The Brewsday Podcast enjoys a Deshutes Jubelale while discussing some of our earlier topics from the year. Exploring whether opinions have changed, we re-cover trends, fads, beer styles, and what makes a good beer. Following our unique beer of the week, we dive into our favorite beers of the podcast and Big Board winner - before ending things with a variety of lightning round questions and our Good, Bad, or Ugly of the week.
Published 12/19/20
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...
Published 12/15/20
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...
Published 12/07/20
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...
Published 11/30/20
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.
Published 11/26/20
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.
Published 11/16/20
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...
Published 11/06/20
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.
Published 10/31/20
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.
Published 10/24/20
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.
Published 10/19/20
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.
Published 10/09/20
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...
Published 10/02/20
On episode #13 of the The Brewsday Podcast, the gang does a rundown of some of the most popular beer styles. They discuss some of their favorite beers, and what they enjoy or dislike about the different types. The crew discusses some recent beer news, give a homebrew update, discuss some recent beer news, debate last week's Big Board results and this week's challenge, and end it with a creative version of Chug, Sip, Pour - drinking vessel edition.
Published 09/26/20
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...
Published 09/17/20
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.
Published 09/12/20
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...
Published 09/04/20
On Episode 9 of The Brewsday Podcast, the crew drinks a local Blonde Ale, and reflects on their beer drinking stats from the first half of the year. They give an update on last week's NBA Big Board, and then play a situation-based version of Chug, Sip, Pour.  As always, they finish it off with a good, bad, or ugly of the week.
Published 08/28/20
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.
Published 08/21/20
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....
Published 08/14/20
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...
Published 08/07/20
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.
Published 07/25/20
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...
Published 07/10/20
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.
Published 07/02/20