Let Me Drink About It

We we sat down with the amazing Jay Jones. This episode goes everywhere. From Wu-tang to horror movies. From stand up comedy to government cheese. From Mark Harmon to Che Guevara. Oh...and we also talk about the feeling of growing old in the San Diego beer industry. Take a listen, we had a lot of fun on this one.

Today Jake and Jake talk to Kevin Barnes and Mark Thompson over at Two Roots brewing: the first GABF gold medal winner for non-alcoholic beer as well as cannabis infused beers. It's a weird thing. Please listen.   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LMDAI   Info for Jacob Nikos: IG: @avocadoinfluencer Twitter: @ jacobnikos     Info for Jake Collins: IG: @jakewilliamcollinsthefirst Twitter: @jakeWCthefirst

WE ARE BACK!! The Jakes talk to Tomme Arthur, a true San Diego craft artisan brewer over at Lost Abbey/Port Brewing/The Hop Concept. We of course talk about his industry experience but also have a discussion about the future of beer in San Diego. It gets pretty deep. Love your faces!   IG and twitter: @SDdrink   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LMDAI

In this episode the boys sit down with Jill Davidson to talk about her already insane career in San Diego beer. We also talk about her roots in the North East as well as what's going on at Pizza Port. Put it in your earholes!

On this episode the boys talk to Leah Milton and Kira Bouchard to talk about their business, Hike for Beer, which takes folks on day long adventure hikes with food and beer. We had a great time on this one and joke around quite a bit. Put it in your earholes buckaroos!

In this one, the boys talk to local beer legend Skip Virgilio as we talk about his time from homebrewing, to opening of Alesmith, and now his sick new spot at Gravity Heights. Very fortunate to spend time with this titan of the industry!  

Jacob and Jake continue their traveling segment with Bear Republic in Cloverdale, CA. Makers of the legendary Racer 5 IPA, Bear republic is a legacy brewery and we were so happy to sit down with founder and head brewer, Richard "Ricardo" Norgrove Jr as we talk about the history of this 22 year old brewery as well as what the future holds for this amazing Northern California brewery. This show was brought to you by Above Ground Level videography and Jenny Mann photography. Looking for that proper wedding, lifestyle, brewery, or even graduation photographer? Jenny Mann has you covered. Along with her partner Randy Soulard they can also deliver amazing drone shots and videography unseen in San Diego. Can be found on instagram at @jennymannphotos and @abovegroundlevelvideography. Here's an example of their amazing work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3CNxp0lRfE&feature=youtu.be   If you need compassionate family legal advice, Paul McGuire (https://paul-mcguire.com/san-diego-divorce-lawyer/) is the help you're looking for. Mention LMDAI and get a 30 minute phone consultation for free!   If you want to advertise with LMDAI, please email letmedrinkaboutitsd@gmail.com and we will send you packages. If you want to contribute to our Patreon, it's patreon.com/LMDAI

In our first ever travel segment, we visit Vinnie Cilurzo - founder and head brewer at Russian River Brewing. This is a big one for Jacob and Jake. Vinnie has been a hero of our for as long as we can remember and to be able to hang out with him and see his amazing GIANT brewery in Windsor, CA was one of the best days we've had. Enjoy.   If you need compassionate family legal advice, Paul McGuire (https://paul-mcguire.com/san-diego-divorce-lawyer/) is the help you're looking for. Mention LMDAI and get a 30 minute phone consultation for free!   Tapcraft (https://www.tapcraft.net/) is San Diego's premiere draft system technicians as well as draft and beer educators. Reach out at (619) 402-1029 or Peacock@tapcraft.net   If you want to advertise with LMDAI, please email letmedrinkaboutitsd@gmail.com and we will send you packages. If you want to contribute to our Patreon, it's patreon.com/LMDAI

In this episode the Jakes talk to Tanya Schroeder. While she works in the beer industry, this episode is more of a conversation with a compulsive traveller as well as huge goal maker. This is an episode to listen to if you feel like you're choking on your revelations already (which Jacob definitely is). Tanya is inspiring and real. This is an amazing conversation.   Show brought to you by Tapcraft and The Dangerous Game.   We have two big shows coming next week. If you want to subscribe to our Patreon its at. patreon.com/LMDAI   All advertising questions go to letbedrinkaboutissd@gmail.com 

Jake and Jacob sit down with Matt Cammack, the Hamilton's Tavern jack of trades. We of course talk about craft beer of course, his time in Maine, and a pesky customer that said all his brewery loves sucked. This man need 8 arms for all the cooking, event coordinating, and bartending he does.    Podcast is brought to you by TapCraft - If you want a new draft system as well as education, ask one of the most trusted draft companies in California with a combined 75 years of experience. Reach out at (619) 402-1029 or Peacock@tapcraft.net   If you want to advertise with LMDAI, please email letmedrinkaboutitsd@gmail.com and we will send you packages.   PATREON SHOUT OUTS! Cesar Torres Jason Parr Michael Peacock Sage Olson Kayla Mallory Anthony Ballard The Indie Beer Show Shannon at Burning Beard Jade Leder Ben Raymond Bill Benzel.   If you want to contribute to our Patreon, it's patreon.com/LMDAI

In this episode the boys sit down with THE Ian Cheesman: freelance writers as well as a regular contributor to Westcoaster magazine here in San Diego. If you don't know Ian, he mixes a mixture of wit while educating about beer in San Diego and elsewhere. He's like the Dr. Strange of San Diego beer writing. Anyways, enjoy the show!   Episode sponsored by Hopsbauer Music by Jake Najor and the Moment of Truth. Subscribe to our patreon! https://www.patreon.com/LMDAI

In this episode, Jake and Jacob hang out with Matthew Zirpolo and Anthony Tallman: co-founders of the medal winning Burgeon Brewing. This amazing North County brewery is making strides. We talk about that as well as Matthew's time as the San Diego Beer Guild President. Strap in folks, it's a good one!

In this episode, Jacob and Jake sit down with Alex Pierson, an owner of Amplified Brewing to talk about where they came from, their new location in East Village that is beautiful, and the future of Morley Field!  Music By Jake Najor and the Moment of Truth Episode brought to you by Hopsbauer IG and Twitter @SDDrink   Email us: letmedrinkaboutitsd@gmail.com Check out our new show. If you like true crime, check out The Dangerous Game. It's pretty amazing.

Jake and Jacob sit down with Morgan Tenwick, the quality control manager at Modern Times to talk about her time in big pharma up until her time in craft beer now. Also, we talk about urinals a bit.   Email us! letmedrinkaboutitsd@gmail.com Instagram and Twitter: @SDDrink   Episode brought to you by Hopsbauer Original music by Jake Najor and the Moment of Truth.

Jake and Jacob talk to Matt and Rachel Akin about the life of Benchmark, their current struggles (Rachel recently posted a message about having issue with their current space), and the amount of love they have been shown as the community gets together to surge to help them. It was a great time hanging out with these lovely people.

This week we sit down with the folks at Team Cretins. They do the AIDS LifeCycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles on only fixie bikes. We ask them why they go on this crazy ride every year and some of the hardships of that ride as well as their experiences. They are really rad people.  If you want to more information about the team, you can do it here: http://www.tofighthiv.org/site/TR?team_id=19188&fr_id=2110&pg=team   Episode brought to you by Small Bar and Hopsbauer Original music by Jake Najor & The Moment Of Truth

In this Episode Jake and Jacob sit down with hot new(ish) brewery on the street, the medal winning Eppig Brewing. This brewery originally from North Park makes some of the best lagers in town which is always a welcome break from hop heavy San Diego beers. Well...they make hoppy to, but it's always exciting to have that old style. Episode brought to you by Hopsbauer Original music by Jake Najor

This is the episode Blair starts feeling himself. Lots of talk about Monkey Paw and the debacle with Coronado, how he feels about ONLY drinking local, and more honest conversation. This is real fire coming straight from the mouth of Scot Blair. Enjoy

THIS IS A TWO PARTER. We sat down with Scot Blair and in this part we talk about his life, his start in the San Diego beer scene, Hamilton's ascent as a premier beer bar (as they celebrate their 12th Anniversary), and expansion in San Diego. Sorry for the abrupt edit, Monkey Paw/CBC stuff coming up in part 2 coming out later this week.  Episode brought to you by Hopsbauer Original music from Jake Najor

This week, Collins and Nikos talk to Darrel Brown from Savagewood Brewing about his spanking new brewery (well a year) and all it's fun toys. As well his love for collaborations as well as the rad story of how Savagewood got it's name, theres a pic on the site for this episode to accompany it. Episode brought to you by Hopsbrau Original music by Jake Najor   Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/LMDAI   If you would like to advertise to 5000 listeners a month, write letmedrinkaboutitsd@gmail.com for packages. Thank you!        

Nikos and Collins hang out with one of the bigger nano breweries in San DIego: Pure Project. Winston and Jansen are with us to talk about nano brewing, Costa Rica, and the possibility of opening a farm. Check us out on intstagram and twitter @sddrink. LOVE YOUR FACES   Show was sponsored by Hopsbauer and Savagewood Brewing!   Original music by Jake Najor

Nikos and Collins are punch drunk from the Greg Koch interview at Stone decide to head down on the same day to Thunderhawk to catch up and update with our friends Jonathan and Bill, have a beer, and be very silly. It was nice to unwind with some friends and just talk shop.   This episode is brought to you by Hopsbauer.   Original music by Jake Najor.

The boys finally hang out with Greg Koch the co-Founder of Stone Brewing Company. In this episode Greg talks about where he started, his beliefs in how independent beer should be thought of, where he sees Stone going, and his thoughts on where craft beer should be. We were super thankful for his time and it was so fun to sit with someone who has been doing what they have been for this long and have the same thoughts as they had when they started.    Original music by Jake Najor & The Moment of Truth

Collins and Nikos sit down with Doug Hasker the head brewer of Gordon Biersch as we explore his 28 years at Gordon Biersch. He put lagers on the map for San Diego, truly a local legend.    Patreon coming next week.   Music by Jake Najor

Nikos and Collins sit down with Brett Comstock and Austin Copeland of Duck Foot Brewing, San Diego's premier gluten reduced beer destination. We talk about their personal philosophy in brewing as well as the future growth to East Village. Put it in your earholes!

A long time coming, but we have Chris Cantore of www.yewonline.com on the podcast. A radio legend spanning decades, we talk about radio, how Nikos and Chris ran into each other, as well as talk about the current climate with a simple thing: WORDS. We have some announcements of the future of the Let Me Drink About It crew. Also, some fun stories about 311 and Paul Rudd.

We sit down with Beth Demmon to talk about her her writing, her thoughts on hip hop, and unpack the entire Melvin-moving-to-San-Diego debacle. This is an informative podcast and she was a GREAT guest. Check it out!

  It's going to be a Trash Panda episode as Nikos is by himself on this one. We talk about Adam Carbonell, a fixture in San Diego beer. We talk about his life, career, and well constructed sandwiches.

This episode Collins and Nikos hang out with Samantha and Robert Dufau, owners and brewers at 2Kids. We talk to them about what it's like to be a nanobrewery in San Diego. Put it in your earholes!​

A collaboration episode, hosts Nikos and Collins hang out with Dave Lively and Cesar Torres of Fall Brewing and Tom Nickel of O'brien's / Nickel Beer. ENJOY!   Theme: Senses Working Overtime by XTC.

The guys from What's On Draft? joins Let Me Drink About It. They are the consummate video bloggers for beer in San Diego. We dig into they're history and talk about their future! Big things happening for these guys in the future! Good dudes, good talk, and Collins calls the guest the wrong name. Another day in the life.   Intro music is "Short Change Hero" by The Heavy.

Collins (NEW CO-HOST) and Nikos hang out with Alex Van Horne of Intergalactic to talk beer, history, and Han Solo. Put it in your earholes. Will have an announcement of Patreon next week. 

In this episode, Jake sits down with Jeff and Mike the owners of Burning Beard to lay down their story as we talking about the future of the brewery as well as the Distinguished Delinquents Club coming up. This company is rad for their rebel and punk rock ways. Link to Distinguished Delinquents here: http://burningbeardbrewing.com/index.php/delinquents-club/   News with Jake Collins as we talk about the Coronado and Monkey Paw situation and try to unpack all that.   Theme music: "Short Change Hero" by The Heavy.​

Jake sits down with Bobby Oliver, a brewer in between jobs currently that has made huge beer strides in the last 5 years in this industry. We talk about his history as well as about hip hop and disc golf.

Jake and Leah (co-hosting from Let Me Drink About It videos!!) sit down to talk to Rawley Macias of Rouleur Brewery winners of a Bronze at the WORLD BEER CUP this year! We're proud for such a small local brewery to pull down such a great medal!   Theme music: "Short Change Hero" by The Heavy.​

In this episode, Jake pairs up with the team over at SD Beer Talk to talk about their history, ask some tougher questions like whats up with glitter beer?? Anyways, it was nice to unify the podcasts and show everyone we're friends working for the greater good.

Jake talks to Nyle Molina, the head brewer over at Abnormal Brewing. We talk about his time moving from Florida and jumping into some big shoes at Abnormal. ALSO, some BIG news for the show coming up in the news portion with Jake Collins. Could be a new co-host, maybe....??   

After leaving San Diego to brew at Bold Missy Brewing in Charolette, NC, Carli has come back to talk with us about her experiences out in North Carolina, what has happened since her glitter beer, Trapper Keeper, was featured on Vice and Buzzfeed and gone viral, and what she misses about San Diego. Shannon Lynette cohosts, as well as an intro with Jake Collins. #makebeerfunagain​

Jake sits down with the founder of the now dissolved Alpine Beer Company, Pat McIlhenney....but it's not gone. I URGE you to go to the pub in Alpine and support these folks as they are a family more than a company. Support the folks at Alpine

Jake sits down with Tony Raso, the owner of the best beer bar in town: Bar Sin Nombre. We talk about his past, the reasons for him opening up in Chula Vista, and we talk about his thoughts on beer trends. This one gets pretty beer nerdy! We also talk about Team Cretins and their Aid/Life Cycle which is a San Francisco to Los Angeles bike ride to fight AIDS and HIV. They are trying to get $100,000 raises so I urge you to pledge on the link below.   Also, Jake and Jake talk about the latest in Green Flash, Latchkey, and Burning Beard. Thanks buckaroos!

Hey guys! This is a Trash Panda episode which means a bitesized session with someone that works in the industry that has another passion. Today, we talk to Ricky Schmidt, lead singer and bassist for Western Settings, a rad band based here in San Diego. We have an intro with news alongside Jake Collins and we talk about Melvin Brewing and Womens International Brewing Day. Song for intro/outro is "Duncan" lent to us by Western Settings. Love your faces!​

Jake sits down with Brandon Hernandez: a consummate voice in San Diego beer. Talks about writing, what it takes to start, and his thoughts on the state of San Diego beer. Shout out to Jake Collins for coming in to talk about beer news in the intro. 

  Jake sits down with Shawn McIllhenney and Dylan Brown of Alpine Beer to talk about the history of Alpine as well as what's in the future and their thoughts on the way things are going in craft beer. Put it in your earholes. YEW!

Jake interviews Doug Constantiner and Travis Smith, owners of Societe Brewing. We talk about their fascinating backstory, where Societe is headed, and the future of the brewing industry in San Diego. LISTEN TO THE INTRO, WE GIVE INFORMATION ON A NEW PODCAST HEADED YOUR WAY! Put it in your earholes, buckaroos!

Jake talks to Tyler Tucker from Bitter Brothers about his coming up in the industry and his thoughts on how to become a brewer in San Diego and how life can take turns sometimes being a new father. Thanks for listening guys! Please subscribe!​

We talk to Mike Shess, co founder and publisher of Westcoaster and San Diego Beverage Times about how they started their magazine in 2010 and how they feel about publishing today and how the future of craft beer will be in San Diego.

WE'RE BACK! Sorry, Jake had to move and beer week had delayed him. In this episode, Josh Hembree from Setting Sun Sake and Jake sit down with Michael Kohl to talk about his life being a Juggalo (hardcore fan of the Insane Clown Posse). Put it in your earholes, buckaroos!    

Jake hangs out with Matt Cieslak and Jenna Carbonell of the Manhattan Bar in Chula Vista. We find out about this old bar that used to be a feed store, why opening up in Chula Vista is a great place to open up and for others to visit and what it's like to balance a family with a running a bar. Put it in your earholes! 

Jake sits down with Carli Smith from Rock Bottom Brewing in La Jolla to talk about of course here history, brewery dogs, and the San Diego Brewers Guild. She has a really grassroots background where she built her career from the ground up. Super rad and inspiring. Have a listen buckaroos!​

This week, Jake Nunes and Cynthia Jimenez from North Park Beer Company talk about the goings on at NPBC, Cynthia's growth in San Diego's craft beer scene, as well as Jake's ambitions to be in the new What's On Draft San Diego Craft Brewers calendar.

Jake sits down with Grant Tondro (co-owner of Urge/Brothers Provisions/Barrel Room/Mason Aleworks) at the beautiful Urge Common House to talk about his thoughts on the industry, how to balance a growing restaurant empire as well as a new brewery all while being a family man. Don't miss this one buckaroos! If you ever wanted to open a bar or brewery in this city, this is a perfect podcast to get some insight.​