My Daily Beer

Today we are drinking Schlafly's Coconut Creme Ale, a wheat ale brewed with coconut and pineapple and aged on (lightly) toasted coconut flakes.

Today we are drinking Boulevard Brewing Co's Snow & Tell Oak Aged Scotch Ale, the brewery's fourth seasonal interpretation of a wee heavy ale. 

Today we are drinking Lagunitas' Mozango, a limited release IPA that is so aromatic it slaps you across the face when you open it.

Today we are drinking The Old Bakery Beer Company's Citrus Wheat beer. This is our first USDA certified organic beer brewed with nearby organic raw wheat. 

Today we are drinking Squatters Craft Beers' Hop Rising Double IPA. A great IPA that does really good things for breast cancer awareness. 

Today we are drinking from New Belgium Brewing’s Fat Tire Amber Ale, the American craft beer inspired by Belgian brewing tradition. 

Today we are drinking Destihl’s Touch of Haze IPA, a big, bold IPA from the brewery’s Deadhead IPA series. 

Today we are drinking Lucky Bucket Brewing Co’s Certified Evil Imperial Oatmeal Stout. As the label suggests, this beer is dark and brooding. A perfect opportunity to embrace your dark side.

Today we are drinking 4204 Main Street Brewing Company’s Tickle. 4204’s answer to Brut IPAs has a special ingredient to separate them from the pack and the first thing we need to do was figure out how to pronounce Gewürztraminer.

Today we are drinking Omnipollo's Shploing!! This mango s'mores IPA brewed with lactose sugar was created in Sweden and brewed in Dorchester, Mass. 

Today we are drinking Nebraska Brewing Company's Wick for Brains. There's something really cool about their beers that really lets the flavors come out.

Today we are drinking Elysian Brewing Company's Punkuccino Coffee Pumpkin Ale. This seasonal offering from the Seattle, Washington based brewer is exactly what it sounds like. 

Today we are drinking Boulevard Brewing Co's DDH Galaxy IPA. Beer 3 from the 3 tasting room series IPAs that make up the BLV-R&D IPA 6-pack. At 100 IBUs, we kept the most hoppy for last. 

Today we are drinking Boulevard Brewing Co's Brut IPA. Beer2 from the 3 tasting room series IPAs that make up the BLV-R&D IPA 6-pack has Stacy very excited. 

Today we are drinking Boulevard Brewing Co's Southern Hemisphere IPA. Over the next three episodes we are going to be drinking the 3 tasting room series IPAs that comprise the BLVR&D IPA 6-pack. 

Today we are drinking Torn Label's Mansion Brew, a collaboration with fellow Kansas City Crossroads neighbors, Thou Mayest Coffee Roasters. Mansion Brew is a perfect example of the good things that can happen when people work together. 

Today we are drinking Schlafly's Gooseberry Gose, a very-special limited release from the 2017 Ibex Cellar Series. 

Today we are drinking DESTIHL Brewery’s AMRO Mango IPA. “Support flavor, boycott bland” made perfect sense after we tried this yummy IPA from an interesting place called Normal, Illinois. 

Today we are drinking Evil Twin Brewing's Some People Are Immune To Good Banana Stout, a big, thick and chocolatey stout that yells this sh*t is BANANAS!

Today we are drinking Rogue Cold Brew IPA, a hoppy IPA infused with Stumptown Coffee Roasters’ famous Cold Brew Coffee. It's the kind of beer that could start a revolution!

Today we are drinking O’Dell Brewing Co's Cloud Catcher Milkshake IPA. Of course, our favorite kind of milkshake is the kind with hops, milk sugars and a velvety mouthfeel!

Today we are drinking Bug Zapper from Avery Brewing Co. Bug Zapper is a limited release sour ale with a balanced blend of mint, ginger, and lime that delivers an electric zap for a finish. It’s the perfect beer pairing for #NationalTacoDay

“You can say it, Sam, I’m pale AF.” And with that, Sam had a cool name for a super pale beer so they set out to make a hazy, overly pale beer and in the process discovered how great coconuts work in an IPA.

Today we are drinking Southern Tier Brewing Company’s Battle In Four Dimensions Double IPA, it’s a big DIPA that gets it’s beautiful red color from the one thing Shawn hasn’t had since he was 3 years old, beets. 

October 1st  not only officially starts the countdown to Halloween but it is also celebrated as International Coffee Day, which means today we are drinking a pumpkin milk stout aged on coffee beans also known as O’Fallon’s Jack O’ Latté.

We visited the Fourth Annual Festival of the Lost Township in Raytown, Missouri.  Brought to you by Crane Brewing and Raytown Three Trails Kiwanis, the Festival of the Lost Township welcomed 89 commercial brewers, distillers, cideries, roasters and vendors. A wide selection of food trucks and 45 home brewers with Brewtopia rounded out the festival.   Find out who won our Best in Show and our favorite part of this craft beer festival.    

“It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown”… Today we are drinking O’Fallon’s Pumpkin twist on a Belgian style Wit. This is the beer for anybody who wants to drink a pumpkin beer but doesn’t want to be caught dead with a Pumpkin Spice Latte anything. 

Today is #NationalDrinkBeerDayand we are drinking Lagunitas' Passion Grass. A passion fruit and lemongrass infused result of a joint session with their friends at Short’s Brewing in Bellaire, Michigan.

Today we are drinking two of Zipline Brewing's year-round offerings, their IPA and German Style Kolsch.

Nothing is more fun than learning the fun story behind a great beer. Today we drink Walnut River Brewing Company Coffee Porter and talk about how Rick and BJ brought it to life and where it's made.

Today we spotlight Decadent Ales Orange Cream Pop double IPA. Not a lot is known about this new brewery, but Im a sucker for a good label and description.

Today we spotlight Saugatuck Brewing Co. Blueberry Maple Stout. After Paleo pancakes for breakfast, whats better for lunch than... MORE PANCAKES!?!?

Today we spotlight Deschutes Fresh Haze IPA. New England style IPAs are currently coming from all parts of the country, today we taste the latest from a 30 year old Oregon brewery.

Today we spotlight two different offerings from T.W. Pitchers Brewing Company. Shawn has the Snakebite and Stacy tries their Radler.

Today we spotlight AleSmith Brewing Company Sublime Mexican Lager. If there was ever a beer made with Friday in mind this might be it.

Today we Spotlight Ska Brewing Company’s Modus Mandarina IPA. It's Throwback Thursday and we are going back to the 90s. If you are too young to remember, or have had too many "recreational safety meetings" since, the 90s were a wild time.

Today we Spotlight Lil Lucy’s Tropical Amber. As with most of the beers we talk about it's more about the story behind this beer than the taste itself.

Today we Spotlight Big Muddy Brewing’s S’more Stout. Its National Cheeseburger day, and rather than choose between a great beer, or milkshake to go with my burger today, I’m going right I the middle with a super sweet stout.

Today we spot light Oskar Blues Brewery Fugli. Fugli is one of those names that instantly makes a statement. There is ugly... then there is FUGLI!

Today for our 13th episode, we spotlight our 3rd collaboration in as many days. Friggatriskaidekaphilia from Crane Brewing Compny and Central Standard Brewing. This wasn’t a planned thing, but a fun theme of helping your fellow brewer has seemed to evolve this week.

Today we spotlight Whipped Peaches and Cream Nitro Smoothie Sour Ale. The retro label design font and color choice instant screamed super sexy 80s; and it pours exactly the same.

Today we spotlight our 1st collaboration beer, Friendly Collusion from Martin City Brewing Company and 4 Hands Brewing Co. According to Martin City’s website this collaboration came about after quote “many secret back-room meetings between the brewers." I have no problem believing that. 

Today we spotlight Evil Twin Brewing Old Fashioned Lemonade IPA. What is it about twins and the mythical battle of good and evil?

Today we spotlight Mark Twain Brewing Co. - Huck Fynn's Habanero Apricot Wheat Ale. “Go to heaven for the climate; hell for the company.” is one of Twain's many famous quotes that Mark Twain Brewing Company uses as slogan in everything they do. It applies particularly to this beer as well. 

Today we spotlight Squatter’s Craft Beers Hop Rising Tropical Double IPA. It’s 9/11 how do you do a podcast about drinking on a day like this?

Today we spotlight Crane Brewing Company It’s Just a Phase IPA. When we moved to Kansas City one thing I quickly learned was there was a lot more to the food and beverage scene than just BBQ. Crane Brewing Company is local, and my friend Chris is co-founder, so who better to talk about their delicious new New England IPA.

Today we spotlight Boulevard Brewing Co. Unfiltered Wheat. It’s the 1st Sunday for pro football and I have been glued to the TV since noon.

Today we spotlight Ballast Point Brewing Company's Tart Peach Kölsch. At my house, Saturday mornings usually involve walking around the city market. The one thing that struck me today were the signs “last weekend for fresh peaches”...

Today we spotlight Rahr & Sons Brewing Company's Adios Pantalones. As I chose my beers this week Adios Pantalones sat alone in the corner of my refrigerator mocking me.

Today we spotlight Innis & Gunn Brewery Co.'s Kindred Spirits Scottish Stout. My family has a county named for them in Scotland, and as of last month I am the proud owner of not one but two kilts thanks to my friends in the Ararat Pipe and Drum Corp, Gaelic culture is in my blood. 

Today we spotlight O'Fallon Brewery's Vanilla Pumpkin Beer. When it comes to beer and pumpkin, people generally fall into two camps, either they love it or they hate it. Admittedly, I...