Podcast appearances and mentions of wren house

(NSFW) Join Ed, Chris, and Nate in this episode as Ed returns from Spain and shares his discoveries about the local craft beer scene—or the lack thereof. Ed recounts his visit to a single craft beer bar and a memorable drinking session with some Irish lads. The conversation shifts to Wisconsin, revealed as having the drunkest counties in the US, leading to a discussion about binge drinking and whether the hosts themselves are binge drinkers. Nate surprises the guys with his newfound love for barrel-aged stouts from Wren House, despite the hefty price tags. And his history of hating on them. They also discuss an article from Hop Culture titled "2024 is the Year of the Dark Lager," reflecting on the popularity of Czech lagers last year and debating whether dark lagers will dominate the scene this year. The team lists some of the best dark lagers to try, making this episode a must-listen for beer enthusiasts! Hop Culture - Rise of the Dark Lagers Article Support US! Buy Us a Beer! For as little as a dollar a month you can help a bearded white guy drink a good craft beer. Your generous donation will help supply thousands with the gift of more podcasts and we are pretty sure inappropriate humor as well. Invest in Us!  Rate us on iTunes! Want to help us reach a bigger audience and keep the episodes coming? Then head over to iTunes and Give us a rating and feedback! Tell A Friend! Tell someone you know about our show! If you know that a friend likes or loves craft beer tell them to give us a listen. Or if you know someone who is new to craft beer and you are tired of telling them about the scene, let us be your soap box! Or have an amazing whale that you want to share with the world. Go on your social media platform of choice and give us a shout out. Use the hashtag #hoppycraftsmen and we'll respond in kind. Probably in some form of emoji and maybe a super rad type of comment. You get the picture.

Episode 444 - Little Beer IV - Mason Swierenga, Wren House Brewing Happy Monday, Thieves! We're still in Duluth, GA this week with Phoenix's Wren House Brewing. Mason Swierenga is the Lead Brewer at Wren House Brewing Company in Phoenix and Prescott, Arizona. He began working in the Wren House taproom in 2017 while studying English at Arizona State University and after brief wanderings in the craft beer industry in Seattle and New Orleans, returned to Wren House in late 2020 to help open their current 8,000 bbl Production Facility in Prescott, Arizona. Tune in and let us know what you think!***As always, you can email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at stealthisbeerpodcast@gmail.com. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS! You can subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!! Co-hosts: Augie Carton & John Holl Producer: Justin Kennedy Engineer: Brian Casse Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant.

(NSFW) Ed is still out of the country, backpacking around Europe....  we think. Though we're not sure what he's doing over there. I'm sure we'll get filled in on his beer escapades when he gets back. Until then Nate and I decided to sit down at his place and have some of the newer Wren House releases. We talk about some current news from the latest DDH Spellbinder and other varriation release party. The troubles that our friends at Ground Control are having, and a new brewery opening up in North Scottsdale called Pinnacle Brewing. Which is in a semi-industal looking area near the airport. So the beer is probably going to be good.  Ep75 - Ground Control | No Crap On Tap Ground Control - Ian Harwell 4860 N. LITCHFIELD RD., LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ 85340 https://www.groundxcontrol.com/ https://www.instagram.com/groundcontrollitchfield/ Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com/ YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast Support US! Buy Us a Beer! For as little as a dollar a month you can help a bearded white guy drink a good craft beer. Your generous donation will help supply thousands with the gift of more podcasts and we are pretty sure inappropriate humor as well. Invest in Us!  Rate us on iTunes! Want to help us reach a bigger audience and keep the episodes coming? Then head over to iTunes and Give us a rating and feedback! Tell A Friend! Tell someone you know about our show! If you know that a friend likes or loves craft beer tell them to give us a listen. Or if you know someone who is new to craft beer and you are tired of telling them about the scene, let us be your soap box! Or have an amazing whale that you want to share with the world. Go on your social media platform of choice and give us a shout out. Use the hashtag #hoppycraftsmen and we'll respond in kind. Probably in some form of emoji and maybe a super rad type of comment. You get the picture.

Black Caddis began as one of Preston Theony's homebrew recipes, but rather than create a take on an existing style, he started with the flavor he wanted to achieve and built a recipe to realize that. Now, after brewing the beer commercially at Wren House (https://www.wrenhousebrewing.com) for the better part of the past decade, he's still not done experimenting with changes to not just the recipe, but the core of fermentation itself. More recently, the beer has moved from ale fermentation with a Kölsch strain to lager fermentation with a 34-70 strain, in order to amplify the “clean, cutting characteristic” that Theony sought. It's dark beer in the 4% ABV range sold in one of the hottest of the United States, and drinkability is paramount. Similarly, Theony has never stopped tinkering with their hazy IPA recipe, despite core beer Spellbinder's gold medal in the juicy or hazy IPA category at the 2020 GABF. Note that anything he mentions doing or using in this podcast is subject to change, and this is only a snapshot of where they are at this brewing moment. But with that said, through the conversation, he touches on: switching to lager fermentation with a shorter lagering time to give Black Caddis porter more edge layering Carafa, C120, Carafoam, and Chocolate Rye malt for broad flavor in a small beer hyperfocusing on pH throughout the brewing process reducing whirlpool hops and boosting dry hops to improve drinkability using Galaxy as a bridge between Citra and Mosaic dry hopping early and capping the tank their approach to awards season as a time to reflect and improve beers evaluating competition feedback And more. This episode is brought to you by: G&D Chillers (https://gdchillers.com): At G&D Chillers they always strive to Build Great Chillers. Partner with them as you Build Great Beer. Choose G&D Chillers on your next Expansion or Brewery start up and receive 1 free year of Remote control and Monitoring of your new G&D Chiller! ProBrew (https://www.probrew.com) Turnkey brewery systems. Production line design services. Retro-fitting processing systems. ProBrew™ can do all this and more with any brewery, old or new, small or large. For more information, fill out our contact form on www.probrew.com or email contactus@probrew.com. Old Orchard (https://www.oldorchard.com/brewer): Old Orchard has supplied flavored craft juice concentrate blends to over 46 states for the production of fruit-forward beer, cider, seltzer, wine, spirits, and more. To learn more and request your free samples, head over to oldorchard.com/brewer (https://www.oldorchard.com/brewer) Omega Yeast (https://omegayeast.com): Streamline efficiency with Omega Yeast's Diacetyl Knock Out series. The DKO series is comprised of 8 familiar yeast strains engineered to knock out the formation of diacetyl before it starts. The strains you know, now better. Contact Omega Yeast today at omegayeast.com. ABS Commercial (https://abs-commercial.com). ABS Commercial are proud to offer brewhouses, tanks, keg washers, and preventative maintenance parts to brewers across the country as well as equipment for distilling, cider-making, wine-making, and more! Contact them today at sales@abs-commercial.com to discuss your customized brewery needs. Ss Brewtech (https://SsBrewtech.com). Ss Brewtech was founded by a group of home and craft beer brewers, dedicated to bringing an engineering-first approach to brewery equipment. Ss brewhouses are used to formulate new beer recipes at some of the world's greatest breweries. To learn more, head over to SsBrewtech.com US Water Systems (https://uswatersystems.com): Depending upon the city and day, water quality can vary 40% to 50%. The best method is to start with the same water every time and Reverse Osmosis gives you that power. Visit USWaterSystems.com (https://uswatersystems.com) for a free expert analysis.

Our buddy Kay Jay was in Arizona and brought us some beers from Wren House! Pairs well with outdated references, micheladas, Johnny Tremain, and BOYS NIGHT! La Clara Tmavé Pivo Spellbinder Big Cactus Theme Music by Adrian Quesada of Black Pumas End Credits Music: Hierarchy by Roof feat. Ryan Edgar Additional music licensed through Epidemic Sound The Beerists are John Rubio, Grant Davis, Pam Catoe, and Mark Raup. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or point your podcatcher to our RSS feed. You should also subscribe to our YouTube Channel. Support us by making a per-episode pledge at patreon.com/thebeerists and get some sweet rewards! Follow us on twitter, facebook, and instagram. Want to send us beer? Check our beer donation guidelines, and then shoot us and email at info@thebeerists.com

Greg chats with Drew Pool, Co-Owner of Wren House Brewing (Phoenix, AZ) at Tap That Downtown about the the growth of Wren House Brewing, some of Wren House's past accomplishments, and their plans for the future.

Will an Arizona beermaker bring home Brewery of the Year soon? The post Podcast: GABF Medal Winners from Wren House, Flying Basset and Basin + Range Brewing appeared first on PHOENIX magazine.

(NSFW) In the second episode of this season, Ed, Nate, and Chris kick things off with a splash of significant beer news. They shine a spotlight on some substantial acquisitions orchestrated by a relatively lesser-known player in the industry, Tilray, a Canadian-based cannabis product company. Tilray's acquisition spree extends to a slice of AB/InBev's craft portfolio, including renowned brands such as Greenflash and Alpine. The hosts delve into the nuances of this acquisition, dissecting both its promising aspects and potential drawbacks. As the discussion unfolds, they ponder whether this move might herald a broader trend of brands expanding their portfolios within the ever-evolving beer landscape. A notable shift takes center stage as Nate, formerly a fervent Wren House Brewing enthusiast, inches towards a burgeoning affection for Dark Sky Brewing. Although he might be hesitant to admit it, the transition is palpable. Speaking of Wren House, the trio seizes the opportunity to sample this year's iterations of the Podcast Dudes Beer, affectionately known as Peaches and Cream IPA. Additionally, they celebrate the blossoming partnership between the Beer Research Institute and Quail Distribution, spreading the love for some of their favorite brews across the entire valley. The Story: https://www.brewbound.com/news/anheuser-busch-to-sell-8-craft-brands-to-tilray/ Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com/ YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast Support US! Buy Us a Beer! For as little as a dollar a month you can help a bearded white guy drink a good craft beer. Your generous donation will help supply thousands with the gift of more podcasts and we are pretty sure inappropriate humor as well. Invest in Us!  Rate us on iTunes! Want to help us reach a bigger audience and keep the episodes coming? Then head over to iTunes and Give us a rating and feedback! Tell A Friend! Tell someone you know about our show! If you know that a friend likes or loves craft beer tell them to give us a listen. Or if you know someone who is new to craft beer and you are tired of telling them about the scene, let us be your soap box! Or have an amazing whale that you want to share with the world. Go on your social media platform of choice and give us a shout out. Use the hashtag #hoppycraftsmen and we'll respond in kind. Probably in some form of emoji and maybe a super rad type of comment. You get the picture.

Michael returns to Malt Couture. That's good! Then Alex finds out he has cancer. That's bad. But you can support Alex through the links below. That's good! The Beer News features a story about Founder's second racial discrimination lawsuit. That's bad. But in Wisconsin, they're updating old dumb beer laws. That's good! To allow children to serve alcohol to adults.......... (That's bad.) Can we go listen to the episode now?  Thanks to Moonlight Brewing Co. for sponsoring this episode! Follow them on Instagram @MoonlightBrewing! Use code MALT15 for 15% off your order.  There are several ways to help support Alex Kidd and his family during his battle with cancer: You can donate to his GoFundMe. Thanks Tom Maugeri for setting that up. If brewers want to get involved there is a "LIFE" Internation Barleywine Collab that Drew Pool of Wren House is putting together. You can click the link to get all the updates about the collab and shared recipe.  For more info about colon cancer and to help support the fight against it check out the Colon Cancer Foundation.   

Johann and Matt set up shop on location at Wren House Brewing for a fun chat with co-owner Drew Pool.  The post Talking Craft Beer & Awards with Drew Pool at Wren House Brewing appeared first on PHOENIX magazine.

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The Good Food Expo is a B2B focused convention bringing together all sorts of businesses from across Arizona's food and beverage scene. This year's standouts include the award-winning brewery Wren House, local powerhouse Hayden Flour Mills, and many more! Listen in as we chat with TEN different local businesses each interview about five minutes long! Timestamps below! . SW Grilled Coffee - 0:07 Hayden Flour Mills - 7:23 Carolina's Chocolates - 12:53 Everlicious - 17:57 Vintage Oats - 22:56 Gabe Gardener of Local First Arizona - 27:04 Simple Soda Company - 32:36 Tucson Tamale Co. - 38:07 Hot Sauce and Pepper - 43:07 Heartquist Hollow Farm - 48:45 Copper State Forge - 53:29 Hot Sauce and Pepper PT2 - 56:48

This week on Fresh Hop Cinema; Beer 1: Jomax // Wren House Brewing Co // Phoenix, AZ // Oatmeal Stout // 6.9% // Ratings: Jonny - 6.4, Max - 5. Film: "Don't Worry Darling" directed by Olivia Wilde. Ratings: Jonny - 3.2, Max - 4. Beer 2: Picacho Pass // Bone Haus Brewing // Fountain Hills, AZ // Imperial IPA // 7.5% // Ratings: Jonny - 4.5, Max - 7. Inside Hot & Bothered: - Max - Saint Mary's 7th Annual "Music on the Lawn" - Jonny - Highland Park Brewing ------ Episode Timeline: 0:00 - Intro, Ads, & Shoutouts / / 5:04- "Jomax" / / 15:09 - "Don't Worry Darling" (No Spoilers) / / 30:00- "Don't Worry Darling" (DANGER ZONE) / / 48:00 - "Picacho Pass" / / 59:00 - Hot & Bothered Please leave us a rating and/or review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! Got a few bucks to spare? Support us on Patreon for as little as a dollar per week at www.patreon.com/freshhopcinema

This week on the watch list we take a look at the first few episode's of HBO's "Winning Time, the Rise of the Lakers Dynasty" On tap we've got beers from Burlington Brewing Company, Bolero Snort Brewery, Wren House Brewing & Toms River Brewing Stay Connected!!! https://www.instagram.com/jewels2pointoh/ The Airey Bros. IG @aireybros / https://www.instagram.com/aireybros/ https://www.blacksheependurance.com/podcast Premium Content : AB/DC Programming / B-Role & Mix Tapes / Accountability Coaching https://www.patreon.com/AireyBros Value for Value https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=BHCAKFGH6TNF2

(NSFW) On this episode of Road Sodas Ed and Chris sit down and try a new brew and go over some old news again. This week the new brew was given to them by Ad Astra Brewing Company to try and give their honest opinion on it. For those that have heard the show before, know that they are nothing but honest when it comes to brew reviews. They go over their adventures after the road trip up to Wren House in Prescott. They got more beer and food in downtown Prescott at Lazy G's Brewing, Park Plaza Liquor and Deli, and Ad Astra Brewing Company. Old Breaking News, downtown Mesa is becoming a beer destination. Chris becomes instantly sad at this news, since he no longer lives near there. Ed gets angry about Stone Brewing's Greg Koch "eulogy" style announcement about Marin Brewing closing. The trend of low calorie and N/A beers continues with Guinness and Deschutes Brewery releasing new brews. Another great source of beer, a health blog, puts out the best beer spot in Arizona.  Road Sodas: An alcoholic beverage (usually beer or perhaps malt liquor) consumed inside a moving vehicle. This beverage can be consumed by passenger, driver, or both. Road sodas are illegal in most states due to open container laws. Still, they are widely enjoyed as evidenced by all the beer cans littering rural road sides. Our Guest Info: Ad Astra Brewing Company 123 N Cortez St, Prescott, AZ 86301 Instagram Launch Crew Info Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com/ YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast Support US! Buy Us a Beer! For as little as a dollar a month you can help a bearded white guy drink a good craft beer. Your generous donation will help supply thousands with the gift of more podcasts and we are pretty sure inappropriate humor as well. Invest in Us!  Rate us on iTunes! Want to help us reach a bigger audience and keep the episodes coming? Then head over to iTunes and Give us a rating and feedback! Tell A Friend! Tell someone you know about our show! If you know that a friend likes or loves craft beer tell them to give us a listen. Or if you know someone who is new to craft beer and you are tired of telling them about the scene, let us be your soap box! Or have an amazing whale that you want to share with the world. Go on your social media platform of choice and give us a shout out. Use the hashtag #hoppycraftsmen and we'll respond in kind. Probably in some form of emoji and maybe a super rad type of comment. You get the picture.

(NSFW) This week Nate, Ed, and Chris all head up to Wren House Brewing's latest addition The Prairie Patio. Which, weather permitting, serves up delicious beers on their rustic patio with incredible views of the surrounding Prescott Air Park area. They sit down with their old friend, and head brewer Luke Wortendyke aka Cool Hand Dub. They sip on some ultra fresh cans of Above Snakes, and Spellbinder. Nate can hardly contain himself, on how fresh these cans are. They go over all the details of the new production facility and how it compares to his old brewing space. More so, they get into how this all came about, and how Luke got himself stationed at The Prairie Patio. Enjoi! Our Guest Info: Wren House Brewing Email: taproom@wrenhousebrewing.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wrenhousebrewing/ Instagram: @wrenhousebrewing  and @the_prairie_patio Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com/ YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast Support US! Buy Us a Beer! For as little as a dollar a month you can help a bearded white guy drink a good craft beer. Your generous donation will help supply thousands with the gift of more podcasts and we are pretty sure inappropriate humor as well. Invest in Us!  Rate us on iTunes! Want to help us reach a bigger audience and keep the episodes coming? Then head over to iTunes and Give us a rating and feedback! Tell A Friend! Tell someone you know about our show! If you know that a friend likes or loves craft beer tell them to give us a listen. Or if you know someone who is new to craft beer and you are tired of telling them about the scene, let us be your soap box! Or have an amazing whale that you want to share with the world. Go on your social media platform of choice and give us a shout out. Use the hashtag #hoppycraftsmen and we'll respond in kind. Probably in some form of emoji and maybe a super rad type of comment. You get the picture. Extra Special Thanks to: Beer and Other Shhhh for the Rapid Round inspiration. Give them a listen and a like on iTunes, or watch some videos on their YouTube

In Episode 76, Chris & Charlie review four craft beers: [1] “Cahaba Lager” from Cahaba; [2] “Oka Uba IPA” from Cahaba Brewing Company (Birmingham, AL); [3] “Steel Cut City” (Oatmeal Stout) from Cahaba; & [4] “Predation Noir 2021” (Imperial Pastry Stout) from Wren House Brewing Company (Phoenix, AZ) in collaboration with Horus Aged Ales (Oceanside, CA). Full show notes, links, & photos at: www.thepodcraft.com.

Rob and Drew join Harry and company for an epic heist in Skin Game! The Final Draft features beer from Collective Arts and Wren House. Visit our website at www.iolpodcast.com/ and join the conversation on Twitter @IOLPodcast Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/inkingoutloud Send us a tip on Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/inkingoutloud Inking Out Loud is Drew McCaffrey and Rob Santos. Sound engineering by Patrick McCaffrey. Artwork by Danielle "FelCandy" Prosperie. Intro/outro music: "Moonlight" by Jivemind.

Anson and Chip talk about the Carolina Wren, the House Wren, and the Winter Wren. The Carolina Wren is a very vocal bird, but you rarely see them. They're often seen in towns and suburban areas, and will scold you if you get too close! Meanwhile the House Wren is more easily visible and the Winter Wren tries to hide itself often.

The Malty Boyz™ dive into the deepest depths of hype depravity when they try the first offering from Blue Run Spirits headed by a Nike designer and Facebook tech bro and bite into Burger King's new Ch'King sandwich before playing a round of The Hype is Right. Plus, a brewery in Denver auctions off a NFT that gives the buyer free beer for life and Pabst Blue Ribbon drops off 1,776 beers to influencers for a Fourth of July publicity stunt. But first, the Boyz drink "the best barrel-aged beer from Wren House" according to their owner Drew Pool. In non-hype news, Alex brings in an IPA collab called Things We Don't Say that sets out to raise awareness about mental health in the brewing industry. Get the Malt Couture Officially Licensed T-shirt! TeeSpring.com/MaltCoutureOfficialShirt Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer DDBquestions@gmail.com

Greg talks with Drew Pool, co-owner of Wren House Brewing (Phoenix, AZ). They talk about how Wren House started, what the original name was supposed to be, how it grew into a world renowned brewery, and what the future of Wren House might be. They also discuss Drew's favorite Wren House Beer, a few of his favorite breweries, and brewing award winning beers.

In this series "Behind The Pint" presented by The Arizona Beer Book, we will hear the story of over 2 dozen iconic Arizona beers. These conversations were recorded in 2019 during the creation of The Arizona Beer Book for the purpose of research and were never intended to be released. I usually don’t like stouts but I REALLY like Jomax from Wren House. It’s an oatmeal coffee stout using beans from local coffee company Press. Listen in as head brewer Preston breaks down Jomax Coffee Stout. Enjoy!

(NSFW) In this weeks Road Sodas episode, The Hoppy Craftsmen go over Phoenix New Time's Best of 2020. A few of the places we love made the list, and was pumped to see them get some recognition. Next, Instagram keeps promoting some strange investment opportunity, the guys dig deeper into what that is. For once Ed and Chris are fan boy'n out to some Wren House brews, while Nate is stuck drinking the #1 Rated IPA in the US. It's a horrible world we know. Which, Ed and Chris see as one of the signs of the coming Craft Beer Apocalypse. This and more on episode 7 of Road Sodas. Road Sodas: An alcoholic beverage (usually beer or perhaps malt liquor) consumed inside a moving vehicle. This beverage can be consumed by passenger, driver, or both. Road sodas are illegal in most states due to open container laws. Still, they are widely enjoyed as evidenced by all the beer cans littering rural road sides. Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com/ YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast Support US! Buy Us a Beer! For as little as a dollar a month you can help a bearded white guy drink a good craft beer. Your generous donation will help supply thousands with the gift of more podcasts and we are pretty sure inappropriate humor as well. Invest in Us!  Rate us on iTunes! Want to help us reach a bigger audience and keep the episodes coming? Then head over to iTunes and Give us a rating and feedback! Tell A Friend! Tell someone you know about our show! If you know that a friend likes or loves craft beer tell them to give us a listen. Or if you know someone who is new to craft beer and you are tired of telling them about the scene, let us be your soap box! Or have an amazing whale that you want to share with the world. Go on your social media platform of choice and give us a shout out. Use the hashtag #hoppycraftsmen and we’ll respond in kind. Probably in some form of emoji and maybe a super rad type of comment. You get the picture.

Brewing in Arizona presents it's challenges, but Luke and the team at Wren House are doing some great things out in the desert. Of course there are the standard hazy IPAs, and we taste a couple of those on the show, but there is also enough room up on the beer board for a steady stream of lagers. Luke cluses us in on the production of these beers, and how things are going for this young-ish Arizona brewery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a bout with COVID, Michael returns to LA and rejoins the podcast. Still suffering from the effects of COVID, he remained isolated and provided his own non-alcoholic beverages. Meanwhile, Alex brings in a bloody delightful offering from OEC followed by a final boss barleywine from Wren House and Stephen digs deep into his linen closet for a collab between Kane Brewing and Horus Aged Ales. In the Beer News, Natural Light enters the world of modern art and Coors teams up with The Rock. TeeSpring.com/MaltCoutureOfficialShirt Head to our Patreon for weekly exclusive content! Patreon.com/DontDrinkBeer DontDrinkBeer.com Instagram.com/DontDrinkBeers Instagram.com/MaltCoutureDDB Twitter.com/DontDrinkBeer DDBquestions@gmail.com

Ok, lets face it. Some animals are just cuter than others. Burrowing owls might take the cake on cuteness. About the size of a "potato with legs" these little fellas are in danger. Luckily Arizona has awesome people like Cathy Wise and Steven Prager (episode 178 also) from National Audubon Society for Arizona to spearhead efforts to save them. Add in Wren House Brewing to create a beer to bring awareness to this issue and you have U-9 Lager. Enjoy!

In this episode, The Max Allotment team celebrate Joe's ( @joewonderlmp ) , Wren House winning the Gold Medal at Great American Beer Fest for their Spellbinder Hazy IPA, big corporation's collaborating with artist to attract a new or bigger audience, "accidental" uploads of celebrity nudes, Halloween movies, review an article that gives their top hazy beers brewery's and more. The brewery's reviewed are listed below. @barrierbrewingco @livingwatersbrewing @saludcerveceria @esbcbrews @southerngristbrewing - The Cast Joe - @maxallotment Hector - @starguira Joe - @joewonderlmp --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/maxallotmenttv/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/maxallotmenttv/support

(NSFW) In this weeks Road Sodas episode, The Hoppy Craftsmen go over Phoenix New Time's Best of 2020. A few of the places we love made the list, and was pumped to see them get some recognition. Next, Instagram keeps promoting some strange investment opportunity, the guys dig deeper into what that is. For once Ed and Chris are fan boy'n out to some Wren House brews, while Nate is stuck drinking the #1 Rated IPA in the US. It's a horrible world we know. Which, Ed and Chris see as one of the signs of the coming Craft Beer Apocalypse. This and more on episode 7 of Road Sodas. Road Sodas: An alcoholic beverage (usually beer or perhaps malt liquor) consumed inside a moving vehicle. This beverage can be consumed by passenger, driver, or both. Road sodas are illegal in most states due to open container laws. Still, they are widely enjoyed as evidenced by all the beer cans littering rural road sides. Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com/ YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast Support US! Buy Us a Beer! For as little as a dollar a month you can help a bearded white guy drink a good craft beer. Your generous donation will help supply thousands with the gift of more podcasts and we are pretty sure inappropriate humor as well. Invest in Us!  Rate us on iTunes! Want to help us reach a bigger audience and keep the episodes coming? Then head over to iTunes and Give us a rating and feedback! Tell A Friend! Tell someone you know about our show! If you know that a friend likes or loves craft beer tell them to give us a listen. Or if you know someone who is new to craft beer and you are tired of telling them about the scene, let us be your soap box! Or have an amazing whale that you want to share with the world. Go on your social media platform of choice and give us a shout out. Use the hashtag #hoppycraftsmen and we’ll respond in kind. Probably in some form of emoji and maybe a super rad type of comment. You get the picture.

Hey everyone! We're back from our unexpected hiatus! We both missed this so much, so we hope you're ready for a fun episode.We drank beers from Arizona Wilderness, Green Cheek Beer Co., and Wren House - all of which were outstanding. We talked lots of Tony Hawk and battle royale, so expect a long video game segment. We discuss lots of movies and shows we've been watching, including The Boys and Tenet! And lastly, we of course answered questions that were sent in! Thank you all for your continued support! Cheers! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On July 10th Wren House Brewing Company will release Black Excellence, an Imperial Stout with African ingredients brewed by assistant brewer Akil Abdul Zakariya as a collaboration with Brewz Brothaz out of Detroit. The beer will raise funds for the NAACP. Akil and Preston Thoeny from Wren House joins as well as some amazing folks in the Michigan beer scene including Harry Weaver and Wayne Phillips from Brewz Brothaz, Dayne Bartscht of Eastern Market Brewing Co. and Ken Konarzewski Jr. of Better on Draft Media. Hosted by Eric of Tap That AZIntro/Outro music provided by the awesome local Arizona band Fayuca.

On July 10th Wren House Brewing Company will release Black Excellence, an Imperial Stout with African ingredients brewed by assistant brewer Akil Abdul Zakariya as a collaboration with Brewz Brothaz out of Detroit. The beer will raise funds for the NAACP. Akil and Preston Thoeny from Wren House joins as well as some amazing folks in the Michigan beer scene including Harry Weaver and Wayne Phillips from Brewz Brothaz, Dayne Bartscht of Eastern Market Brewing Co., and Ken Konarzewski Jr. of Better on Draft Media.

WE'RE BACK! After a couple of super busy weeks, we're back and ready for our regular schedule. This episode was super fun, and it feels so good to be reunited! This week we drank some beers from Bottle Logic, Great Notion, and Wren House. We had a ton of catching up to do, but we still hit all of our segments! We talk lots of gaming, lots of beer, and lots of movie news so be ready for that! Hope you all enjoy the episode! Cheers!Don't forget to rate and review! Five Stars are always great! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hey everyone, we got a wild one for y'all this week! We jumped straight into video game talk right off the bat, and ended up all over the place this episode. We talk lots of PS5 controller, Parasite, Phoenix Lights, and all kinds of other fun stuff. We had a ton of listener questions this week and we hit ALL of the, so keep sending em! Cheers!This week's beers - Wren House Jomax Coffee Oatmeal Stout & Wren House 2018 BBA Pie Thief See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hey everyone! We're back AGAIN this week, but this time we took time off for good reason. This week we drank beers from Phoenix heroes Arizona Wilderness, Goldwater Brewing, and Wren House! So much has happened in our time off, so this episode was too much fun! We hit all of our normal segments, and with so many other topics sprinkled in that we lose track sometimes. Be sure to stick around for the Weekly Playlist and Listener Questions segments!Thank you all for your continued support! We appreciate every single listener. Cheers! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

They put how many pounds of hops per barrel in their recent triple IPA?!? Listen in as two of of the brewers at Arizona's Wren House Brewing talk about a festival beer, brewing local, and customer appreciation.

(NSFW) The week Chris and Ed dive into all the new beers that the valley recieved during AZ Craft Beer Week. They ponder if everyone is finally seeing the value in selling the valley. They drink a beer which might have invoked the devil but we will find out next episode. It is possibly just a dumping ground for other saturated markets. Due to crazy lifes Chris was the only person to make Strong Beer Fest, he decieded to go old school and just do some networking with the craft beer community. This year was better than other for getting into the festival for us. True to form, the festival itself was bigger and larger than before. During VIP though, everyone was standing in line for Wren House, and showing now love for the other great breweries. Everyone at the festival loved the new C&D stickers. Some of the stand out beers came from some of the more well known and others were from some great up and upcoming breweries.  Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com/ YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast Support US! Buy Us a Beer! For as little as a dollar a month you can help a bearded white guy drink a good craft beer. Your generous donation will help supply thousands with the gift of more podcasts and we are pretty sure inappropriate humor as well. Invest in Us!  Rate us on iTunes! Want to help us reach a bigger audience and keep the episodes coming? Then head over to iTunes and Give us a rating and feedback! Tell A Friend! Tell someone you know about our show! If you know that a friend likes or loves craft beer tell them to give us a listen. Or if you know someone who is new to craft beer and you are tired of telling them about the scene, let us be your soap box! Or have an amazing whale that you want to share with the world. Go on your social media platform of choice and give us a shout out. Use the hashtag #hoppycraftsmen and we’ll respond in kind. Probably in some form of emoji and maybe a super rad type of comment. You get the picture.

An amazing brew from an award winning brewery here in Arizona: Wren House Brewing Co. and their Big Spill Pils is the automatic go to! So good that I can’t wait to do this brewery again! Freaking amazing portfolio coming out of an old abandoned building renovated into brewery!! Ps. SPOILER ALERT! Matt wins! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/trivialdrinks/support

Hey everyone! We're back this week drinking some fire from Hubbard's Cave, Moonraker, and Wren House! We talk all kinds of weird stuff, some Fuck Marry Kills, and all of our regular segments. Please keep sending in your questions, it's our favorite part of every episode! Don't forget to rate and review. Cheers!Podcast IG: @whatshoppeningpodDiggy's IG: @colors_diggyNick's IG: @_knyckCiarra's IG: @thegreathambinooo See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hey everyone! We had some amazing beers and a great time on this week's episode! This week we had some amazing beers from Alvarado Street, Casa Agria, and Wren House. We had all kinds of fun with the Bookmarks, and we go off on all kinds of tangents. Don't forget to check out this week's playlist, and make sure you rate and review! Cheers!Podcast IG: @whatshoppeningpodDiggy's IG: @colors_diggyNick's IG: @_knyck See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

November events: 11-1-2019 - Eat. Drink. Give! 11-23-2019 - 2nd Annual AZ Barrels, Bottles & Brews 11-9-2019 - A Lager Celebration with Wren House 11-2-2019 - Crooked Tooth 3rd Anniversary: Crooked Carnival! 11-16-2019 - Beer Research Institute 5 Year Anniversary 11-9-2019 - 11-10-2019 - Pueblo Vida's 5th Anniversary Weekend 11-9-2019 - Tap & Bottle Invitational Beer Festival! 11-10-2019 - North Mountain Blues Brews & Arts Fest 11-16-2019 - Red White and Brew Beer Festival SHOUTOUTS The Team Chris Dodson for his awesome production/editing work to help put the audio side of the episodes together Luke Irvine at Mixed Mercury Media for his amazing photo, video, web development and social media skills Adam Green for all the back end work that goes into producing an episode Patreon Supporters Chris Odom, Gerardo Jaime, Jim Pfleger, Marcus Pina, Ryan Colvin and Nate Wert To see how you can get involved with the Patreon Team click here Intro/Outro music provided by the awesome local Arizona band Fayuca Want to show your support and help this show grow by leaving a review on iTunes? Simply CLICK HERE, give the show a rating and share some feedback!

(NSFW) This week the boys find themselves back at Wren after two long years! Last time they talked to Luke, and he hoped that the 16oz can format would take off. They discuss how that went (we think pretty well) and get a post anniversary update on how everything went for their 4th Anniversary. How their success over the past four years has helped them replace crappy brewing equipment. They touch base on the rumor of a new offsite lager facility. They double down on classic styles with their recently announced Lager Celebration with some heavy hitters coming to town. On top of that Drew and Luke take a run at the infamous “rapid round”. Our Location Info: Wren House Brewing 2125 N 24th Street Phoenix AZ 85008 (602) 244-9184 Email: taproom@wrenhousebrewing.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wrenhousebrewing/ Instagram: @wrenhousebrewing Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com/ YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast Support US! Buy Us a Beer! For as little as a dollar a month you can help a bearded white guy drink a good craft beer. Your generous donation will help supply thousands with the gift of more podcasts and we are pretty sure inappropriate humor as well. Invest in Us!  Rate us on iTunes! Want to help us reach a bigger audience and keep the episodes coming? Then head over to iTunes and Give us a rating and feedback! Tell A Friend! Tell someone you know about our show! If you know that a friend likes or loves craft beer tell them to give us a listen. Or if you know someone who is new to craft beer and you are tired of telling them about the scene, let us be your soap box! Or have an amazing whale that you want to share with the world. Go on your social media platform of choice and give us a shout out. Use the hashtag #hoppycraftsmen and we’ll respond in kind. Probably in some form of emoji and maybe a super rad type of comment. You get the picture. Extra Special Thanks to: Beer and Other Shhhh for the Rapid Round inspiration. Give them a listen and a like on iTunes, or watch some videos on their YouTube

(NSFW) We are fans of Rowley and Wren House but Goldwater is becoming a recording day favorite. Arizona is seeing a lot of new locations from familiar faces. Chris might have switched his craft allegiance from Mesa to Chandler. Mergers might be the next trend in craft beer. Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com/ YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast Support US! Buy Us a Beer! For as little as a dollar a month you can help a bearded white guy drink a good craft beer. Your generous donation will help supply thousands with the gift of more podcasts and we are pretty sure inappropriate humor as well. Invest in Us!  Rate us on iTunes! Want to help us reach a bigger audience and keep the episodes coming? Then head over to iTunes and Give us a rating and feedback! Tell A Friend! Tell someone you know about our show! If you know that a friend likes or loves craft beer tell them to give us a listen. Or if you know someone who is new to craft beer and you are tired of telling them about the scene, let us be your soap box! Or have an amazing whale that you want to share with the world. Go on your social media platform of choice and give us a shout out. Use the hashtag #hoppycraftsmen and we’ll respond in kind. Probably in some form of emoji and maybe a super rad type of comment. You get the picture.

This week's "News & Reviews" features a handful of events including Beer School 9. Listen to the episode to see how you can win a ticket to Beer School 9 happening this Saturday at Beer Research Institute. Plus, we get schooled on Pilsners by Preston from Wren House and Chris Dodson reviews a new Huss beer. Enjoy the show! 

If you are a part of the Arizona craft beer scene, you know Justin Evans. And if you somehow don’t know Justin, you know his bar, The Wandering Tortoise. Oh, and if you don’t know the Tortoise, you may have heard of The Sleepy Whale, which Justin and some others are opening in Chandler in April. If none of that rings a bell, then Hops on Birch, a craft beer institution in the pines of Flagstaff, should. Recently, Justin and his group purchased that spot, too. Not bad for a guy who at one time thought he would go into law after attending Anthem College. “I got a paralegal degree from there,” Evans told TapThatAZ. “That’s when I thought my career path was going to be being a lawyer. “Then I got through two years of school and I realized that’s not what I wanted to do.” Evans went on to say he had been in the food and beverage industry before, and the idea of sitting behind a desk just didn’t appeal to him. He said the “freeness” of the food and beverage industry did, but across various stops in that field came to the realization that he wanted to one day have his own spot. Following stops at OHSO Arcadia and the Pig’s Meow (now The Whining Pig Arcadia), Evans – along with Shay Gau, whom he met at the Pig’s Meow – looked to open what became the Tortoise. Many people have at one time considered the idea of starting a business, but Evans, Gau and the other partners, put up their own money, took out the loans and started looking for a place. They found one in the Sprouts parking lot, but that fell apart due to the grocery chain not wanting another beer seller in their area. “So we wasted about three months trying to negotiate that deal, we were really drug around on that,” Evans said of the Sprouts lot. “And we rushed to find something else with a couple of stipulations: We wanted to be on Indian School, we wanted to be west on Indian School. “And somewhere still appealing to my customer base at Pig.” Eventually, Gau found on a location off of 24th Street and Indian School with about 1,200 square feet of space. Evans was uneasy at first because of its lack of parking, but after about three days the lease was signed. Within a year they expanded even more, and since then they added a parking lot. All of it proved to be necessary because of not only the atmosphere created in the space but the amazing beer list that has been consistently provided. That, of course, does not happen by accident, with Evans and his team building relationships not only across the Valley but throughout all of Arizona and even into other markets. “You know, the first time we got Pueblo Vida in there…it still blows my mind to this day,” Evans said. If Evans is amazed by the beers he can get, imagine what everyone else thinks. Much of that success is directly due to the relationships Evans and his team have built. Be it Pueblo Vida, Arizona Wilderness or Dark Sky, or others like Modern Times, Pure Project or Bottle Logic, if it’s highly thought of, there’s a good chance you’ll see it at the Tortoise. And lately you are even starting to see beers named after the Tortoise’s pets, such as King Koda, Super Duper King Mr. and Good Girl Pearl, which are named after Evans’ and Gau’s dogs and made by The Shop and Wren House, respectively. Those are not the only collaborations the Tortoise has been a part of. They even had one with Modern Times, Technodrome, which was the first collaboration the brewery had ever done with a beer bar. “We did it on the L.A. system,” Evans said. Indeed, it’s not just about Central Phoenix. As noted, the Tortoise will soon be joined by the Sleepy Whale and Hops on Birch, with the former being in the East Valley and the latter in Flagstaff. “That was a space that I was approached about,” Evans said of the Whale. “I looked at it and was like, ‘this is just fantastic.’ I couldn’t say no to that.” Evans said he wasn’t in any rush to open another place, but instead this was just a matter of something seeming right. As for Hops on Birch, Evans said that was a “dream come true” but one he said he took advantage of only after he got his wife’s approval. That last line came with a laugh, but Evans – who also has a new baby daughter -- admitted there is plenty on his plate these days.  But if history is any indication, while it may mean a lot of work for Evans, it will also mean plenty of good beer for even more people who live in the 48th state.

(NSFW) This week, we are amazed by road maps and algorithms, unimpressed with Nate’s beer pouring skills and disappointed by beers from a popular brewery. Arizona’s most underrated brewery wins an award in Oregon. Big beer buys spirits. Arizona’s thirst for craft beer has more out of state breweries planning distribution. Beers We Tried Julius Green Haze Scaled Way Up Local News Superstition Meadery starting point for road trip Wren House won gold medal at Best Craft Beer Awards Bend, OR for Big Spill Pils Latitude 33 Brewing Co expands-distribution-to-Arizona Second Chance Beer Company expands distribution to LA and Arizona National News AB-Inbev Acquires Cutwater Spirits Our Information Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com/ YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast Support US! Buy Us a Beer! For as little as a dollar a month you can help a bearded white guy drink a good craft beer. Your generous donation will help supply thousands with the gift of more podcasts and we are pretty sure inappropriate humor as well. Invest in Us!  Rate us on iTunes! Want to help us reach a bigger audience and keep the episodes coming? Then head over to iTunes and Give us a rating and feedback! Tell A Friend! Tell someone you know about our show! If you know that a friend likes or loves craft beer tell them to give us a listen. Or if you know someone who is new to craft beer and you are tired of telling them about the scene, let us be your soap box! Or have an amazing whale that you want to share with the world. Go on your social media platform of choice and give us a shout out. Use the hashtag #hoppycraftsmen and we’ll respond in kind. Probably in some form of emoji and maybe a super rad type of comment. You get the picture.

In this episode, I sit down with Pete from Barn Town Brewing out of Iowa. These guys are doing a collab with Wren House, so be on the lookout for that, as well as doing a tap takeover at Wandering Tortoise on March 7th. Get there ASAP to grab some of their fantastic beers. Enjoy the show!

(NSFW) The guys talk about their New Year shenanigans, how champagne gives them headaches on demand. They go over some beer lists about Winter Beer Lists. Which then in turns brings up just chugging porters to stay warm. We talk beer laws in Mississippi. We go over a beer that guys did not like from Az Wilderness. The Resilience from Sierra Nevada is mentioned, and what Ed thought of the one from Wren House. The the new Beerdior Calendar is viewed and oogled over. Maybe foretelling an appearance by some steamy hot pod-casters in the 2020 edition. We sample a new release from The Shop Beer Co collab with >Burgeon Beer Company Also, gearing up for Strong Beer Fest 2019 and what to expect Arizona Craft Beer Week-ish. Beers Drank: Wren House: E112 / Omnioctopus  The Shop Beer Co: Desert Dolphins Articles Mentioned: Arizona Beerdoir Mikkeller Casual Pint 9 Winter IPAs to Try This Season Utah set to drop blood-alcohol limit to .05, strictest in country Mississippi Rising The Year in Beer: Breaking Down 2018’s Ratings and Reviews Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com/ YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast Support US! Buy Us a Beer! For as little as a dollar a month you can help a bearded white guy drink a good craft beer. Your generous donation will help supply thousands with the gift of more podcasts and we are pretty sure inappropriate humor as well. Invest in Us!  Rate us on iTunes! Want to help us reach a bigger audience and keep the episodes coming? Then head over to iTunes and Give us a rating and feedback! Tell A Friend! Tell someone you know about our show! If you know that a friend likes or loves craft beer tell them to give us a listen. Or if you know someone who is new to craft beer and you are tired of telling them about the scene, let us be your soap box! Or have an amazing whale that you want to share with the world. Go on your social media platform of choice and give us a shout out. Use the hashtag #hoppycraftsmen and we’ll respond in kind. Probably in some form of emoji and maybe a super rad type of comment. You get the picture. Extra Special Thanks to: Beer and Other Shhhh for the Rapid Round inspiration. Give them a listen and a like on iTunes, or watch some videos on their YouTube

Desert Monks Brewing Co Public Opening Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 12 PM – 11 PM 1094 S Gilbert Rd, Ste 101, Gilbert, Az We are finally ready to open our Taproom doors! On tap we plan to have: craft beer, craft soda, cold press coffee, and Rock Stacker Kombucha. Come help us celebrate our journey with some great craft beverages. Goldwater Brewing Co.'s - Resilience IPA Beer Garden Fundraiser Friday, December 14, 2018 at 12 PM – 10 PM 3608 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 We are very proud to be a part of Sierra Nevada's amazing project and getting to brew this great beer for an even greater cause. We’ll be tapping our 10 bbl batch version of Resilience Butte County Proud IPA on Friday, December 14th starting at 12pm for our Beer Garden Party in our back courtyard. 100% of the proceeds of this beer will be sent to benefit the victims of the devastating California Camp Fire.  Watch the ABC15 Arizona News segment here: https://bit.ly/2REuY0p #resilienceipa#letsdothis Food Truck: Biscuit Freaks Live Music: TBD Come to help us Empty the Tank for a great cause! Welcome Jester King to Arizona Launch Party Tap Takeover KINGS  Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 6 PM – 9 PM 2811 N Central Ave, Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Thanks to Quail Distributing we will be launching the best brewery from Texas at Kings on December 19th - Jester King!. We will have every available beer from Jester King in the state of AZ. This is what the bottles and list will look like: Jester King 750ml Bottles Available for sale December 19th: - Kollaborationsbier - Snorkel - Figlet - Foudreweizen - Bier de Coupage - Cerveza de Tempranillo Jester King Beers On Tap December 19th: - La Vie en Rose - Colonel Toby - Figlet - Correlation  - Part and Parcel - Foudreweizen - Bier de Coupage - Das Uberkind! - Omniscience and Proselytism  - Bier de Blanc du Bois  - Cerveza de Tempranillo  - Birra di Sangiovese  - Soul Conduit Wandering Tortoise 2 Year Anniversary!! Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 10 AM 2417 E Indian School Rd, Phoenix, Arizona 85016 This will be an epic celebration.  Collabs with: Arizona Wilderness Burgeon Modern Times Superstition Meadery &  Wren House  Rowley  2 Year glassware & shirts $1000 gift card giveaway  AND THE BEST TAP LIST EVER!!! check out this list so far..(as of 12/9) Arizona Wilderness Wandering In The Wilderness (collab) Burgeon Desert Oasis (collab) Memory Foam Modern Times  Technodrome (collab) Weather Control Broken Shadows +some Superstition Meadery  Collab (name tbd)  LDO BA Aphrodisia  Wren House Good Girl Pearl (collab) +some Rowley Farmhouse Terrapin Transit (collab) Prairie Artisan Ales Apple Brandy Barrel Noir Pure Project Goodbye Pluto Mango Murkshake Mango Magic Pueblo Vida  Draft of Coffee, Coconut & Vanilla "Patisserie" - infusion of their Culinary Stout Draft + Cans of Plexus Draft + Cans of Fire Cans of Benthos Dark Sky Low Hanging Fruit Tombstone  TBD  Council Magical Heights 4th Anniversary  Staircase of Everlasting Plums  Burial Brewing  Shattered Remains of Reality Fall of the Damned The Separation of Light and Darkness Hangar 24 2017 Pugachev’s Cobra Epic Quadruple Barrel Big Bad Baptist Cascade  Kriek Fruitopian Noyaux Odd 13 Hop Hop Troll Troll Saint Newcole Horchata BA 2018 1912  Ta Loco Sour Series #3 Hamm’s Beer Hamm’s Liquid Gold Lager

(NSFW) The guys are all back together again, running through the old format of drinking beers and shooting the shit. We talk about the latest buyout from Heineken, our bucket list breweries that we want visit before we kick the bucket. We wax on about Wren House and AZ Wilderness. All the while we try four different beers that we had saved and some that we just got from the current Arizona can releases. All in all it was nice to get back to our roots, but we are all itching to go have some amazing conversations with some cool people.  Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com/ YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast Support US! Buy Us a Beer! For as little as a dollar a month you can help a bearded white guy drink a good craft beer. Your generous donation will help supply thousands with the gift of more podcasts and we are pretty sure inappropriate humor as well. Invest in Us!  Rate us on iTunes! Want to help us reach a bigger audience and keep the episodes coming? Then head over to iTunes and Give us a rating and feedback! Tell A Friend! Tell someone you know about our show! If you know that a friend likes or loves craft beer tell them to give us a listen. Or if you know someone who is new to craft beer and you are tired of telling them about the scene, let us be your soap box! Or have an amazing whale that you want to share with the world. Go on your social media platform of choice and give us a shout out. Use the hashtag #hoppycraftsmen and we’ll respond in kind. Probably in some form of emoji and maybe a super rad type of comment. You get the picture. Extra Special Thanks to: Beer and Other Shhhh for the Rapid Round inspiration. Give them a listen and a like on iTunes, or watch some videos on their YouTube

In this episode I sit down with Drew and the ever-elusive Preston from Wren House Brewing Company. I profess my love for their beer and we talk about stuff. Enjoy the show!

(NSFW) This episode we are joined by friends of the show Ed Gomez aka Barely Legible and Tim Case from Arizona Beer Enthusiasts.  This episode with the guys we pontificate ABI continuing go brew Bud Light “the hard way” and spend a fair amount of time discussing the AZ brew scene versus the super popular Instagram whales we see so often.  Not much of a surprise to hear some die hard AZ beer fiends explain and defend why AZ is an untapped beer destination that any serious beer drinker should seriously look into.  We share some pretty amazing beers from Wren House, Pure Project and Mumford just to name a few.  We also have some amazing whoopie pies provided by Ed’s awesome wife Sina (the very same Sina who was our first patron supporter). Our Guest Info: Barely Legible Blog Instagram Untappd Arizona Beer Enthusiasts Blog Facebook Instagram Twitter Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com/ YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast Support US! Buy Us a Beer! For as little as a dollar a month you can help a bearded white guy drink a good craft beer. Your generous donation will help supply thousands with the gift of more podcasts and we are pretty sure inappropriate humor as well. Invest in Us!  Rate us on iTunes! Want to help us reach a bigger audience and keep the episodes coming? Then head over to iTunes and Give us a rating and feedback! Tell A Friend! Tell someone you know about our show! If you know that a friend likes or loves craft beer tell them to give us a listen. Or if you know someone who is new to craft beer and you are tired of telling them about the scene, let us be your soap box! Or have an amazing whale that you want to share with the world. Go on your social media platform of choice and give us a shout out. Use the hashtag #hoppycraftsmen and we’ll respond in kind. Probably in some form of emoji and maybe a super rad type of comment. You get the picture. Extra Special Thanks to: Beer and Other Shhhh for the Rapid Round inspiration. Give them a listen and a like on iTunes, or watch some videos on their YouTube

(NSFW) The Hoppy Craftsmen attend the Real Wild & Woody Beer Festival, put on by the great folks at the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild.  Real Wild and Woody focuses on cask (real), sour/farmhouse (wild) and barrel conditioned (woody) beers and is one of the biggest beer fests in AZ.  Join Chris, Nate and Jeff as we talk to the brewers, owners and general managers of Arizona breweries like Borderlands, Goldwater, The Shop Beer Co., Wren House, Helton, 12 West, Arizona Wilderness, Richter Aleworks and Crooked Tooth.  We sampled beers with coffee, kit kat, candy bars, mangos, peaches, coconut, almond joys, and all sorts of other amazing variants.  Tune in to listen to a soberish recap. Our Guest Info: Borderlands Brewing Goldwater Brewing The Shop Beer Co Wren House Brewing Helton Brewing 12 West Brewing AZ Wilderness Brewing Richter Aleworks Crooked Tooth Brewing Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com/ YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast Support US! Buy Us a Beer! For as little as a dollar a month you can help a bearded white guy drink a good craft beer. Your generous donation will help supply thousands with the gift of more podcasts and we are pretty sure inappropriate humor as well. Invest in Us!  Rate us on iTunes! Want to help us reach a bigger audience and keep the episodes coming? Then head over to iTunes and Give us a rating and feedback! Tell A Friend! Tell someone you know about our show! If you know that a friend likes or loves craft beer tell them to give us a listen. Or if you know someone who is new to craft beer and you are tired of telling them about the scene, let us be your soap box! Or have an amazing whale that you want to share with the world. Go on your social media platform of choice and give us a shout out. Use the hashtag #hoppycraftsmen and we’ll respond in kind. Probably in some form of emoji and maybe a super rad type of comment. You get the picture.

Helio Basin Brewing Company has go it going on! Coming up on August 12 they celebrate their 1 Year Anniversary. Make sure you get there because they are having a PAR-TAY!!!  They'll have a pig roast, a special anniversary beer and a re-release of many of their most popular seasonals. Click on this link to check out more details.  A key angle (literally) of the "Bermuda Phoenix" triangle (along with Wren House and Helton) Helio Basin is quickly making a name for themselves in both the AZ craft beer scene as well as the AZ culinary scene. They were recently ranked as one of the top new breweries in the country by both Beer Advocate and Travel + Leisure. Head into their place and you'll see why.   Owners Dustin and Mike started their brewing careers as college buddies and even had their college fund their brew sessions! In college I was drinking Red Dog and these guys were brewing up their own craft beer. What the heck was I doing?!?!   I love beer. LOVE it. But I may actually love food even more. Probably because I consume food more than I consume beer. Which is a good thing. I think. Is it? Anyways, the food at Helio Basin is UNREAL thanks to chef Tamara Stanger. She has a true commitment to using as many local ingredients as she can and isn't afraid to do a little foraging to get the ingredients she needs to make some of the amazing things that she makes.   I have such faith in everything she does that when I went there to interview them I told her to make me whatever she wanted. There is only one food that I don't like (horseradish) but I told her that I would even eat that if she made something that had that in it. Luckily it didn't. I mean I trust her but horseradish is the Genghis Khan of food: it destroys and pillages everything around it. But she made me ceviche. I'd never had that before but I would vote it the best in the world. Where can I submit my ballot?   Get down to their place on the southwest corner of Indian school and 40th street. Drink all of their amazing beer and have Tamara make you something. Anything. Trust me.   My beer of choice: Hoppy Amber My eats of choice: Anything. And everything

(NSFW) The Hoppy Craftsmen pine over Hazy Days of Summer IPA, the beer collab with Historic Brewing in Flagstaff, AZ.  Then discuss the sheer awesomeness of Wren House Peaches & Cream IPA while their rant about the sad state of greater Phoenix brewery parking continues.  We talk big beer, micro beer and all sorts of other beer.  We weigh in on  trading “whales” vs. drinking fresh in our own backyard breweries and whether or not our local beers stack up against the trendy trades all over social media.  Join us as we taste and talk Trillium, Wren House, Founders, Historic, The Shop, Pure Project, Great Notion, Sierra Nevada and the mystery behind why Nate may or may not be banned from Canada.

(NSFW) This week’s episode finds the Craftsmen sitting down with Drew and Luke from Wren House Brewing. We talk Wren House’s two year anniversary festivities (happening now) including rare bottling releases, unique tappings and special swag. They bust out a rare bottle of NOJO to share with the guys, give us samples of the Wren House/Pueblo Vida/Tombstone collab that’s chock full of hoppy goodness and killer bee honey. Come listen to us talk about other future collabs on the horizon, the Saguaro Society, amazing barrel aging stories and offerings, kettle souring and literally not quitting your day job to own and operate a brewery. Guest Information Wren House Brewing 2125 N 24th Street Phoenix AZ 85008 (602) 244-9184 Email:taproom@wrenhousebrewing.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wrenhousebrewing/ Instagram:@wrenhousebrewing   Our Information: Music Credit: Galactic by Concrete Dinosaur License Read more at http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: https://hoppycraftsmen.wordpress.com YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast   Rate us on iTunes! Want to help us reach a bigger audience and keep the episodes coming? Then head over to iTunes and Give us a rating and feedback!