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Steve and Adam are once again in "The Rocks" to talk with Dave and Tom of Abjuration Brewing. Their 4th full appearance to celebrate their upcoming four year anniversary. They talk about all the changes and additions to the brewery since the last episode over a year ago. This includes a canning line, a biergarten, new staff, new beer and more. They get into the tribulations of Abjuration such as the pandemic and continuing to try to be a good neighbor in McKees Rocks. Finally they end on a game of Nobody Asked You answering the beer questions from around the internet.
BEERS: Abjuration Brewing Classic India Pale Ale Eclipse/Citiva v1.5 Abjuration Brewing Candied Sour Pink Cotton Candy v1.12 Abjuration Brewing Breakfast Cereal Ale Chocolate Monster Cereal v1.11 Abjuration Brewing Chocolate Hot Pepper Stout Ghost Pepper/Tabasco v1.7
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Back on the road, Adam and Steve are once again drawn to Sly Fox Beer as they prepare to open a brand new brewery on the South Side of Pittsburgh. Representing Sly Fox are returning guests Ryan and Kyle as well as first timer and brewer Jon Ross. They talk about the new facility, cheesesteaks, traditional beer styles, and challenges to get the new facility open. They also learn a lot about the brewer, his experience, and plans. And finally they do some traditional and non-traditional pairings of beer and Thanksgiving food.
BEERS: Sly Fox Beer x 2SP Brewery Dog Will Hunt Hoppy Lager Sly Fox Beer Well Intentioned Wit Sly Fox Beer Dunkel Lager
Katie joins Steve and Adam at Hop Nation Central to peer into the abyss of the mystery fridge, reach into the void, and draw out their fate. Also the news of the week. Sam Adams has a beer with Space hops, New Belgium has a beer with Four Roses, and Giant (not Iggle) has some cheese with beer in it. Also how to replace your racist tourist trap with a new lager focused brewery in one step. Then it's the history of biersuppe and how it became the cheesy warming beer soup we all love. Finally, a round of Build-A-Brewery where we steal IP theft style, the best parts of breweries around the city to Frankenstein our own.
BEERS: Aslin Brewing Mango Freeze Dancing Gnome x Dissolvr Prime Velocity Cream Ale Hitchhiker Brewing Half Sweet Half Nuts Stout
Adam and Steve are on still on the road and have finally made their way to one of Pittsburgh's OG craft beer outposts, East End Brewing. They sit down with owner Scott Smith to talk about the new venture East End Chewing, partnering with Primanti's, pitching pizzas, milk tubes, and more fun things. Then they get into music in breweries, talking about the neighborhoods of the Steel City, curiosities of the city, and homebrewing. Finally, it's a fun game centered around the what makes up the Burgh its history and where disc golf is.
BEERS: East End Brewing Company Pintonka Pils East End Brewing Company x Primanti Bros Almost Famous Pickle Beer Gose East End Brewing Company You Are Here: Elliott Spruce Lager East End Brewing Company Smokestack Heritage Smoked Porter
Steve and Adam travel north of Pittsburgh to the town of Harmony to sit down with Zach Waltz, the head brewer/owner of Union Brothers Brewing. They talk about the upcoming expansion to a 10 bbl brewhouse, the lightning speed they've gone from opening to expanding, and UBB history. Then Zach enlightens us to working for the power company and his wisdom gained from homebrewing. Finally, Adam gets his revenge with a quiz full of obscure trivia even Steve doesn't know.
BEERS: Union Brothers Brewing Marzen Union Brothers Brewing Short Stack Pumpkin Pie Sour Union Brothers Brewing Rockee Rooad Pastry Stout 10/14/2021 0 Comments Episode 222: Bashing Decaying Pumpkins
After a computer whoops and a missed week, Adam and Steve call in the reinforcements from Adam and Matt of the Decayin With The Boys podcast. In the news: One Pint at a Time gets a 3 Rivers Film Fest date, Union Brothers expands, West Virginia actually has craft beer, and Bash Brew has some exciting announcements. Then Hop Nation Adam plies the rest of the group for beer and horror film pairings. What do you drink on the Train to Busan? What goes best with a Warlock? Why does Mint Chocolate Chip rule so hard? Finally, it's the return of the infamous Horror Movie & Beer Quiz. One Adam hates it. The other one not so much. Find who is who.
DRINKS: Blake's Hard Cider Apple Lantern Roasted Pumpkin Whole Hog Brewery Pumpkin Ale Southern Tier King & Cola Mixed Cocktail
Aaron and Brigitte Hosé creators of the new film One Pint at a Time join Steve and Adam for zoomy edition of the podcast. The talk about their new film which highlights the experience of being a Black brewer in America and the history brewing. They also talk about the film's origins at Pittsburgh's own Fresh Fest and recapping the 2021 Barrel & Flow Fest. They get into Aaron's history as a filmmaker and how he and Brigitte got into the craft beer scene. Finally, they play some Beer & Film trivia with candles on the line.
BEERS: City Built Brewing Company Fifth Street Hooligans NEIPA Intracoastal Brewing Maple Bacon Donut Brown Ale Grist House x Smittox Brewing Dessert Wanderer Stout New Belgium x Ale Sharpton Piano Keys Stout Ivanhoe Park Brewing Cold Bear, Please Kolsch North Country Brewing Field Notes Oktoberfest Altered Genius Dahl Peach Saison pFriem Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout J. Wakefield Brewing Hops for Teacher Pale Ale Aurochs Hefe Necromancer Brewing Before Swine Purl Ale
Steve and Adam are still on the road recording in other spaces. This week they are at the resurrected Full Pint Beer. They're joined by Bobby Nacho the head brewer, and Dan Franklin one of the co-owners. They talk about bringing back a brand that was a known staple of Pittsburgh, returning beloved beers, and introducing their own new recipes. Then they get into talk about CBC (Craft Beer Conference.) Learn about what was to see and do this year in Denver, plus what the hell is a mash filter press? Full Pint has one and we ask about it. Finally, it's a rousing game of Would You Rather and Chi-Chis gets name dropped.
BEERS: Full Pint Beer Chinookie IPA Full Pint Beer Smackdown Sour Pink Passion Fruit Full Pint Beer Dawn of the Living Stout White Stout
Fall doesn't officially start until September 22, so the 2021 Spicy Boi Summer Revenge Tour rolls on at Necromancer Brewing. Adam and Steve are joined by head brewer Lauren. They talk about the light speed opening of the Pittsburgh brewery, the ideas behind resurrecting old beer styles, Oktoberfest plans and more. Then they get into Lauren's history and her journey from homebrewer to Sun King to the Pittsburgh Symphony to Viceland and beyond. Finally, they play a game of Bring It Back From the Dead, where they choose what former beer trends they want to resurrect. It ends in needing a backhoe.
BEERS: Necromancer Brewing Cans of Worms ESB Necromancer Brewing White Knuckle Belgian IPA Necromancer Brewing Sticke Together Sticke-Altbier
It's wild episode this week with a full deck of hosts Steve, Adam, Kelsey and Katie live at the North Hills Homebrew Fest at the Syria Shriner's Pavilion. They sit down with the head brewer for Penn Brewery to talk about judging the competition, upscaling homebrews to commercial level beer, upcoming Oktoberfest, and more. Plus they talk to four homebrewers pouring at the event of varying experiences. Plus they drink beers from the homebrewers. Plus they had giant friggin' pierogis and brats, but you don't hear that on the episode.
Homebrewers Featured: Wrenchworks Brewing Steelbridge Brewing Door Top Brewing Tapmoor Brewing Sixty South Brewing Posset Brewing |
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