Steal This Beer
349 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 272 ratingsBeer gurus Augie Carton (Carton Brewing) and John Holl (author of Drink Beer, Think Beer: Getting to the Bottom of Every Pint) get to the bottom of the day’s most pressing craft beer issues with help from opinionated brewer friends, know-it-all barkeeps, and smarmy industry insiders. For each episode, Augie and John will blind-taste and dissect two beers on air (provided by that episode’s guest) while discussing current beer topics, news, and styles.
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Episode 284 - Brandon Hernández, San Diego Beer News
September 21, 2020 20:55 - 71.1 MBEpisode 284 - Brandon Hernández, San Diego Beer News Happy Monday, Thieves! San Diego is one of the country's most vibrant, diverse, and exciting beer scenes. It's a beery ecosystem that deserves careful attention and thoughtful news coverage. This week we're talking with Brandon Hernández, the founder and editor of San Diego Beer News, a site he launched earlier this year. He's not new to the beer journalism scene, however. He's been chronicling the city's beer doings for more than a deca...
Episode 283 - September 2020 Mail Bag in Quarantine
September 14, 2020 20:55 - 68.2 MBEpisode 283 - September 2020 Mail Bag in Quarantine Happy Monday, Thieves! We're back on the Zoom this week, but it's just the four of us today. We have a fun time catching up with each other and hearing about some good and not so good things going on in industry these days. For the blind, Justin mined his local bodega for two new-to-NYC classics. Intrigued? Tune in and hear all about it. Also: make sure you send us notes on who you think we should have on the show coming up. Email: Steal...
Episode 282 - Evan Watson is Back for a Plan Bee Covid Episode
September 07, 2020 20:55 - 59.1 MBEpisode 282 - Evan Watson is Back for a Plan Bee Covid Episode Happy Labor Day, Thieves! These last days of summer have some of us feeling restless. The show is a little different this week with Augie breaking out of his house and headed north to visit our old pal Evan Watson of Plan Bee Farm Brewery. Still, social distancing is important so they stayed apart and called into Zoom from the same location. John Holl and Justin Kennedy needed a break so they sat this one out. Casse was left in...
Episode 281 - John Laffler, Off Color Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
August 31, 2020 20:55 - 82.8 MBEpisode 281 - John Laffler, Off Color Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday, Thieves! As we continue doing remote shows during COVID-19 we keep hearing about how the pandemic is impacting different breweries in different ways. This week John Laffler of Off Color Brewing joins the show from Chicago and talks about the last few months. Things aren't always great he tells us and some of the creative juices he's had in the past are hard to get flowing. Still, there is work to be ...
Episode 280 - Jeremy Danner, 4 Hands Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
August 24, 2020 20:55 - 69.2 MBEpisode 280 - Jeremy Danner, 4 Hands Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday, Thieves! We have a fun show for you today with Jeremy Danner of 4 Hands Brewing. Jeremy’s a big fan of Kansas City (where he lives) and is known to get in Twitter scuffles from time to time. He also loves drinking beer and hard seltzer in his driveway pool (pictured here). Needless to say, he’s a fun time. Tune in and let us know what you think! — As always, you can email your questions, complaints, w...
Episode 279 - Jude La Rose, Hop Butcher for the World (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
August 17, 2020 20:55 - 76.6 MBEpisode 278 - Jude La Rose, Hop Butcher for the World (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday Thieves! We’v got a great show with you today with our pal Jude from Hop Butcher for the World. a hop-centric nomadic brewery in suburban Chicago. We have a great chat about—what else?—hops and Augie and Jude put together a hypothetical collaboration beer that sounds a little…. bizarro? (Smoked Italo Pils, anyone?) We had a blast chatting with Jude and hope you enjoy listening to it, too. — A...
Episode 278 - Chris Lohring, Notch Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
August 10, 2020 20:55 - 73.7 MBEpisode 278 - Chris Lohring, Notch Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday, Thieves! Our writer streak comes to an end this week as we welcome Chris Lohring of Salem, Mass.'s Notch Brewing to the B-Rizzle Virtual Zoom Studios. It's no secret that we're all big fans of lagers and low-abv beers, and that happens to be exactly what Chris does. We dive deep into the labor-intensive work of brewing lagerbier and doing things the hard way, which eventually leads to a half-hour discussi...
Episode 277 - Carla Jean Lauter, beer writer (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
August 03, 2020 20:55 - 99.6 MBEpisode 277 - Carla Jean Lauter, beer writer (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday, Thieves! Our writer streak continues this week as we head to Maine and talk with Carla Jean Lauter, a blogger and newspaper columnist who covers the Pine Tree State. In her writing, Carla profiles craft beer being brewed in Maine, as well as looks into the people, places and stories behind the beer that makes the Maine craft beer community so vibrant. A tireless advocate for the beer industry, Carla p...
Episode 276 - Tom Acitelli, author of PILSNER
July 27, 2020 20:55 - 81 MBEpisode 276 - Tom Acitelli, author of PILSNER Happy Monday, Thieves! We have our friend Tom Acitelli joining us this week in the B-Rizzle Mobile Studios to talk about his upcoming book, PILSNER. If you know us, you know we’re terribly excited about lagers these days, and pilsners in particular. So it was a pleasure to welcome Tom to talk about the history of one of our favorite beer styles. Justin once again supplied the blind beers this week, one of which was a major hit and the other… not...
Episode 275 - Don Tse, Beer Writer (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
July 20, 2020 20:55 - 77.4 MBEpisode 275 - Don Tse, Beer Writer (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday, Thieves! We have a fun show for you today with our friend, the beer writer Don Tse. Don lives in Alberta, Canada, and recently joined us in the B-Rizzle Zoom Studios for a good chat about malt, Canadian beers, and surviving Covid in a very different country. Don even got to join us in tasting the second blind beer on the show…. sort of. Tune in and you’ll see what we mean. Do it up and let us know what you think!...
Episode 274 - Noah Bissell, Bissell Brothers Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
July 13, 2020 20:55 - 60.9 MBEpisode 274 - Noah Bissell, Bissell Brothers Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) **Want to support us? We have launched a PATREON Page. Click here to let us know you care!** As always, you can email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at [email protected]. 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...
Episode 273 - Jonathan Moxey, Rockwell Beer Co. (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
July 06, 2020 20:55 - 70.1 MBEpisode 273 - Jonathan Moxey, Rockwell Beer Co. (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday, Thieves! John Holl is still angry. Augie Carton is exhausted from a bike ride. Brian Casse is (likely, your honor, stoned) and Justin Kennedy is just happy to watch this world burn. Thankfully we have Jonathan Moxey here to calm our nerves, massage our muscles, offer a DD ride home, and to offer some fatherly sage advice. Moxey is a veteran of the NYC beer scene who moved back home to the midwest a...
Episode 272 - Bob Kunz, Highland Park Brewery (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
June 29, 2020 20:55 - 74.9 MBEpisode 272 - Bob Kunz, Highland Park Brewery (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday, Thieves! A Saturday afternoon had is back in our usual hangouts. Augie was in the yard with Casse up against the property line (for a few minutes anyway), Justin was in Brooklyn, and John Holl was in the basement home office. We're inching closer to returning to the same bar and are eager to do so. In the meantime, these remote shows have been a lot of fun because we're able to bring on guests that mig...
Episode 271 - Chip McElroy, Live Oak Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
June 22, 2020 20:55 - 62 MBEpisode 271 - Chip McElroy, Live Oak Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) via Austin Business Journal Happy Monday, Thieves! We’ve got a fun show for you today, talking pilsners and lagers with one of the best in the business. Chip McElroy is the owner and founder of Live Oak Brewing in Austin, Texas. Live Oak is the older craft brewery in Austin and Chip is somewhat of a legend in the industry. We had a great chat about some of our favorite styles of beer. Tune in and let us know what yo...
Episode 270 - Marcus Baskerville, Weathered Souls Brewing (Black is Beautiful Beer Collab)
June 15, 2020 20:55 - 56.7 MBEpisode 270 - Marcus Baskerville, Weathered Souls Brewing (Black is Beautiful Beer Collab) Happy Monday, Thieves! This week we’re chatting with Marcus Baskerville of San Antonio’s Weathered Souls Brewing. Marcus started the Black is Beautiful beer collaboration in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Carton got on board so we decided to ask Marcus to call in and discuss the inspiration behind the worldwide collaboration and what goes into the recipe. To quote from Marcus’s Black is Beaut...
Episode 269 - John Kimmich, The Alchemist (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
June 08, 2020 20:55 - 67.8 MBEpisode 269 - John Kimmich, The Alchemist (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday, Thieves! Have you heard of this beer called Heady Topper? It's an IPA and is brewed in Vermont. It recently arrived on shelves in Jersey and so Augie and John wanted to learn a little more about it, so they had Justin ring up the brewer who readily agreed to come on the show. Turns out his name is John Kimmich and along with his wife Jen founded the Alchemist, a brewery in Stowe, Vermont that has been ar...
Episode 268 - Andy Parker, Avery Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
June 01, 2020 20:55 - 62.3 MBEpisode 268 - Andy Parker, Avery Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) courtesy of Avery Brewing Happy Monday, Thieves! Our audio quality for these quarantine shows is much improved thanks to Zoom. We're pretty excited about that because we get to hear every single word from today's accomplice. Andy Parker is the chief barrel herder at Avery Brewing Co. in Boulder, Colorado and, as you'll hear time and time again, a big influence on Augie. From talking about the early days of the brewer...
Episode 267 - Jen Blair, New Realm Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
May 25, 2020 20:55 - 73.1 MBEpisode 267 - Jen Blair, New Realm Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday, Thieves! This week we're trying out some new audio options and recording the show from Zoom. We think it sounds a little bit better but let us know what you think. We're also bringing back the concept of the black glass. Executive Producer Justin Kennedy picked up some beers locally and sent to John and Augie. They were wrapped in foil (and even a bottle cap was covered) and the guy's spouses poured int...
Episode 266 - Steve Luke, Cloudburst Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
May 18, 2020 20:55 - 60.7 MBEpisode 266 - Steve Luke, Cloudburst Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday, Thieves! How are y’all hanging in there? We’re keeping on truckin’ with the quarantine episodes, and this week we’re welcoming back Steve Luke from Cloudburst Brewing in Seattle. Steve tells us all about how his company has pivoted and adapted during these times and what he plans to do moving forward. It’s a great conversation and we hope you enjoy it. Apologies in advance for the subpar audio quality. ...
Episode 265 - Lee McComb, Half Acre Beer Co. (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
May 11, 2020 20:55 - 68.6 MBEpisode 265 - Lee McComb, Half Acre Beer Co. (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday, Thieves! We’re come back at you this week from the B-Rizzle mobile Zencastr studios with our old friend Lee McComb of Chicago’s Half Acre Beer Co. We first met Lee a few years ago at Extreme Beer Festival and quickly became fast friends. Lee’s the type of thoughtful, laid back dude that we love running into in this industry. He’s recently transitioned to the head of the barrel program at Half Acre’s Wyl...
Episode 264 - Khris Johnson, Green Bench Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
May 04, 2020 20:55 - 58 MBEpisode 264 - Khris Johnson, Green Bench Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday, Thieves! We have another quarantine episodes for you today. (The norm for the foreseeable future.) This week we’re welcoming Khris Johnson of St. Petersburg, Florida’s Green Bench Brewing. We’ve known Khris for many years but every time we’re down in his neck of the woods, he’s been busy throwing the annual Foedre for Thought Festival which is traditionally held the night before Hunahpu’s Day. We fi...
Episode 264 - Khris Johnson, Green Bench Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) (Copy)
May 04, 2020 20:55 - 58 MBEpisode 264 - Khris Johnson, Green Bench Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday, Thieves! We have another quarantine episodes for you today. (The norm for the foreseeable future.) This week we’re welcoming Khris Johnson of St. Petersburg, Florida’s Green Bench Brewing. We’ve known Khris for many years but every time we’re down in his neck of the woods, he’s been busy throwing the annual Foedre for Thought Festival which is traditionally held the night before Hunahpu’s Day. We fi...
Episode 263 - JC Tetreault, Trillium Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
April 27, 2020 20:55 - 60.3 MBEpisode 263 - JC Tetreault, Trillium Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday, Thieves! We hope you’re all staying healthy, sane, and well hydrated out there in quarantine land. We got on a call this weekend with JC from Trillium Brewing in Boston. We’ve had JC on the show a few times and always enjoy hearing about what he and his crew are up to. This time around, of course, we’re talking about how Trillium is adapting to these unprecedented times, offering regional curbside deliv...
Episode 262 - James Queally, LA Times journalist and author
April 20, 2020 20:55 - 77.5 MBEpisode 262 - James Queally, LA Times journalist and author Happy Monday, Thieves! Don't adjust your radio. This week we're at Treadwell Park. Right before the closures started to happen and bars were closed in March we gathered at our usual hangout for a regular episode. Then the world changed so we moved our focus to the phone shows. But we didn't want this to sit on the shelf for too long. So, here's James Queally, who was just starting his (now currently on haitus) book tour for his...
Episode 261 - Alex Kidd, Dontdrinkbeer (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
April 13, 2020 20:55 - 66.6 MBEpisode 261 - Alex Kidd, Dontdrinkbeer (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday, Thieves! On the phone today is Alex Kidd, the mind behind Dont Drink Beer, the review site that is also responsible for Barleywine is Life. He's an attorney in California by day and amateur Tik Tok star at night. In this episode recorded with Augie and John at their homes they get into podcast mechanics, beer reviews, being funny in beer and what it's like to be anonymous (for a while at least). We break int...
Episode 260 - Tomme Arthur, The Lost Abbey & Port Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition)
April 06, 2020 20:55 - 68.7 MBEpisode 260 - Tomme Arthur, The Lost Abbey & Port Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine Edition) Happy Monday, Thieves! We hope you are all taking care, staying safe and healthy at home. Before the quarantines really got strict, John drove down to Augie's house for an afternoon of cellar raiding and phone calls. We called up Mr. Tomme Arthur, founder of the Lost Abbey and a brewer of fine quality sour ales to find out how Covid-19 was impacting his brewery, California in general, and to get a hand...
Episode 259 - 5th Anniversary Show with Jeff O'Neil, Industrial Arts Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine edition)
April 01, 2020 21:00 - 67.9 MBEpisode 259 - 5th Anniversary Show with Jeff O'Neil, Industrial Arts Brewing (COVID-19 Quarantine edition) Happy Anniversary Thieves! This isn't a joke episode. It's an actual anniversary show. Five years ago we launched this podcast with an idea to have a weekly conversation about beer, over beer, among friends that think about beer way too much. Our first home was Barcade in Jersey City and on show number one we had Jeff "Chief" O'Neill on to talk about a brewery he was getting ready to...
Episode 258 - Worst Beer Blog (COVID19 Quarantine Call-in)
March 30, 2020 20:55 - 68.2 MBEpisode 258 - Worst Beer Blog (COVID19 Quarantine Call-in) Happy Monday, Thieves! We're back in quarantine at Augie's dining room table this week, drinking from his cellar and talking about all that is happening in the world. This week, joining us from a safe distance and on the phone is... well... he won't give us his real name, but it's the guy that runs Worst Beer Blog. If you like the bad side of beer culture you're likely aware of Worst Beer Blog. It's on all the social media sites h...
Episode 257 - COVID19 Quarantine with Matt Monahan, Other Half Brewing
March 23, 2020 20:55 - 53.2 MBEpisode 257 - COVID19 Quarantine with Matt Monahan, Other Half Brewing Happy Monday, Thieves! These are strange and unsettling times but we're here for you with an all new episode. Last weekend Holl headed down a mostly empty Garden State Parkway to Augie's house to record a few shows. They sat well apart from each other, washed their hands, and didn't once clink glasses. Our accomplice is Matt Monahan, co-founder/owner, Other Half Brewing, Brooklyn, NY. We called him up and checked in on...
Episode 256 - CT McGaha, AKA SaisonSlayer69
March 16, 2020 20:55 - 71 MBEpisode 256 - CT McGaha, AKA SaisonSlayer69 Happy Monday, Thieves! First off: We're sorry to say that our live show scheduled for March 28, 2020 at Industrial Arts will be postponed. You know why. Now on to today’s show… You don't often get to meet you internet heroes. But today, SaisonSlayer69, former head brewer Cabarrus Brewing (North Carolina) and blogger at gutterboyforever.com sits down at the back table of Treadwell Park for a conversation. You might also know him as C.T. McGaha ...
Episode 255 - Zac Ross, Marlowe Artisan Ales & 12 Percent Beer Project
March 09, 2020 20:55 - 58.6 MBEpisode 255 - Zac Ross, Marlowe Artisan Ales & 12 Percent Beer Project Hey Ya'll Back to business today at Treadwell Park with Zac Ross, Marlowe & 12 Percent Beer Project. There's all kinds of interesting brewery relationships these days and this week Ross stops by the table to talk about his. Zac was a brewer at Kent Falls for several years before moving to Virginia to head the barrel program at Aslin Beer Co. Last year, he moved back to Connecticut to become head brewer at Twelve Perce...
Episode DBTB2020 - Drink Beer, Think Beer with Augie Carton
March 02, 2020 21:55 - 84.3 MBEpisode DBTB2020 - Drink Beer, Think Beer with Augie Carton Happy Monday, Thieves! We're shaking things up this week. We're happy to present an encore airing of John Holl's Drink Beer, Think Beer podcast. Augie is the guest. Some of you might remember when we aired the premiere episode of John's new show a few weeks back. Well, here's the one you really wanted all along. This particular episode has been a long time in the making. Despite co-hosting a show with Augie Carton for the l...
Episode 254 - Brett Taylor, Wild East Brewing
February 24, 2020 21:55 - 63.9 MBEpisode 254 - Brett Taylor, Wild East Brewing Happy Monday, Thieves! NYC Beer Week is in full swing and we’ve got one of the city’s newest brewers on the show today. Brett Taylor is one of the co-founders and brewers at Brooklyn’s Wild East Brewing, slated to open any day now in the borough’s Gowanus section, mere blocks from Threes, Strong Rope, Other Half, and Folksbier. Wild East is already crafting yeast-driven beers out of their brewery so be sure to look for them on draft around the c...
Episode 253 - Dan Lamonaca, Beer Karma
February 17, 2020 21:55 - 56.5 MBEpisode 253 - Dan Lamonaca, Beer Karma Happy Presidents Day Monday, Thieves! We have our friend Dan Lamonaca from Brooklyn’s Beer Karma bar and bottle shop joining us today. Dan’s an old pal who we’ve known for several years. He’s a frequent listener to the show, and we were happy to invite him on as a guest. He even asked to go in on one of the blind tastings, so Justin brought a bottle for Dan and Augie to dive into (Holl is absent yet again this week!). Tune in and let us know what you t...
Episode 252 - Chris Prout, Gun Hill Brewing
February 10, 2020 21:55 - 60 MBEpisode 252 - Chris Prout, Gun Hill Brewing Happy Monday, Thieves! Our accomplice this week is Chris Prout of the Bronx’s Gun Hill Brewing. Chris has spent time brewing professionally at Greenpoint Beer & Ale and in North Carolina at the Outer Banks Brewing Station. He joined Gun Hill in 2016 and has quickly made a name for himself as a top-notch brewer in the NYC beer scene. Tune in and let us know what you think! **Want to support us? We have launched a PATREON Page. Click here to let us...
Episode 251 - Ann Reilly, Executive Director NYC Brewers Guild
February 03, 2020 21:55 - 60.6 MBEpisode 251 - Ann Reilly, Executive Director NYC Brewers Guild Happy Monday, Thieves! We’re talking to Ann Reilly, Executive Director of the NYC Brewers Guild, today about the upcoming festivities that are NYC Beer Week. We wanted to know how the week has evolved over the last several years, from a time when you could count on one hand the number of breweries in the city to today when we have dozens upon dozens of breweries dotted throughout all five boroughs. This year’s Beer Week starts F...
Episode 250 - Mary Izett, Fifth Hammer Brewing
January 27, 2020 21:55 - 67.4 MBEpisode 250 - Mary Izett, Fifth Hammer Brewing Happy Monday, Thieves! There's a lot of things to love about Mary Izett. As a long time homebrewer, writer, and podcast host (plus one heck of a knitter), every time we get to hang out with Mary we learn something new. This week she joins us at Treadwell Park and we go deep into the mechanics of Fifth Hammer, the brewery she runs with husband Chris Cuzme. More than just flavors and styles, Mary opens up about what it takes to run a small busi...
Episode 249 - Jeff Lyons, Keg & Lantern Brewing
January 20, 2020 21:55 - 58.8 MBEpisode 249 - Jeff Lyons, Keg & Lantern Brewing Happy Monday, Thieves! Keg & Lantern Brewing is getting ready for an upgrade. The small basement brewery in Brooklyn recently moved into spacious new digs and head brewer Jeff Lyons is here to tell us all about it. He's a long-time NYC brewer who has worked at breweries like 508 GastroBrewery and Greenpoint Beer and Ale. Take a walk down memory lane with us, get surprised by the beer in the black glasses, and settle in for a lively conversat...
Episode 248 - News and Letters with Anne Becerra, Treadwell Park
January 13, 2020 21:55 - 73.5 MBEpisode 248 - News and Letters with Anne Becerra, Treadwell Park Happy Monday, Thieves! We're back in the comfort of Treadwell Park and tackling some of the news and doings in and around beer. To help us along we invited Anne Becerra to sit in and weigh in with some expert opinion. She also helped us out by bringing along some beer (?) for us to taste blind in the black glasses. It got interesting real quick. Tune in and let us know what you think! **Want to support us? We have launched a ...
Episode 247 - Plan Bee and Carton Play Hot Ones
January 06, 2020 21:55 - 75.3 MBEpisode 247 - Evan Watson and Augie Play Hot Ones Happy Monday, Thieves! We're starting off the New Year with an episode we've been holding on to for a while. Back in November we gathered at Augie's brewery for a show with Evan Watson of Plan Bee. It was just around Augie's Birthday so we wanted to do something special and even torture him a bit. So, Dr. Watson cooked up some hot wings and we decided to do what that other hot sauce show does. It got ugly real fast, especially for Holl and m...
Episode 246 - Holiday Show 2019 with Joel Shelton, Shelton Brothers
December 30, 2019 21:55 - 58.5 MBEpisode 246 - Holiday Show 2019 with Joel Shelton, Shelton Brothers Happy final Monday of 2019, Thieves! A couple years ago, we did a holiday show with Joel Shelton of Shelton Brothers importers over at Wurstbar in Jersey City. We had fond memories of that night, so we decided to invite Joel back to do it again in 2019, this time at Clinton Hall in lower Manhattan. We had a fun time recapping 2019 and hope you enjoy the conversation. Get at us and let us know what you think! **Want to supp...
Episode 245 - Em Sauter, Pints & Panels, is back
December 23, 2019 21:55 - 76.9 MBEpisode 245 - Em Sauter, Pints & Panels, is back As we start to close out another year and a decade we wanted to sit down with Em Sauter, the editor and creator of Pints and Panels to talk about how beer has evolved over the last ten years. We also talk about her taking the Master Cicerone test and the role of beer education. We're posted up this week at Clinton Hall because Treadwell was closed for popcorn machine repairs. Thanks to them for hosting. Tune in and let us know what you thin...
Episode 244 - Drink Beer, Think Beer with John Holl
December 17, 2019 11:30 - 86.4 MBEpisode 244 - Drink Beer, Think Beer with John Holl Happy Monday, Thieves! Holl has gone wondering again. You might have heard Augie and John talking last week about a new podcast "Drink Beer, Think Beer" an effort Holl is doing with a newly formed media company called Beer Edge. His weekly podcast gets to the bottom of every pint with brewers, growers, and industry leaders on all aspects of the brewing industry. From ingredients and process, to philosophy and the art in each beer, the po...
Episode 243 - December News
December 09, 2019 21:55 - 80.9 MBEpisode 243 - December News Happy Monday, Thieves! It's been a busy few weeks in beer land. Maybe you've heard about some of the sales and transactions that have happened. New Belgium sold to Lion Little World Beverages. Ballast Point sold back into private hands. Anderson Valley also changed hands again. Augie, John, and Casse sat around Mr. Carton's dining room table over the weekend to record a special news show. Augie has some hot takes. Holl tries his best to read the news, and Casse ...
Episode 242 - Miguel Rivas, The Beer Trekker
December 02, 2019 21:55 - 57 MBEpisode 242 - Miguel Rivas, The Beer Trekker Happy Monday, Thieves! For the second week in a row we are back next to the popcorn machine at Treadwell Park. There's so much diacetyl in the air but thankfully Miguel Rivas is here to take our mind off of such things. Miguel is a Brooklyn based photographer, his background in photography comes from his passion for live music shows, traveling and the artistry of craft beers. Born in Paris, TX, raised in Venezuela and he has been calling NYC ho...
Episode 241 - Gage Siegel, Non Sequitur Beer Project
November 25, 2019 21:55 - 66.8 MBEpisode 241 - Gage Siegel, Non Sequitur Beer Project Happy Monday, Thieves! We got the prime seat right next to the popcorn machine at Treadwell Park, so this week it's all about diacetyl. Thankfully Gage Siegel is back on the show to help distract us from all that fake butter. You might know Gage from Beer Menus. After a brief stint in the Midwest he's back in New York and has launched a beer brand called Non Sequitur. Gage is here to tell us all about it and what he’s trying to achieve th...
Episode 240 - Jeff Cioletti, author of Drink Like a Geek
November 18, 2019 21:55 - 70.4 MBEpisode 240 - Jeff Cioletti, author of Drink Like a Geek Happy Monday, Thieves! We're geeking out this week with Jeff Cioletti. The author, writer, and editor stopped by the mobile studio to talk about his new book "Drink Like a Geek: Cocktails, Brews, and Spirits for the Nerd in All of Us." Recorded at Carton Brewing, Jeff got a chance to taste the galaxy inspired Blue Milk IPA that came out a few months ago and we talk about everything from Doctor Who to James Bond and Game of Thrones. ...
Episode 239 - Bill Shufelt, Athletic Brewing
November 11, 2019 21:55 - 60.6 MBEpisode 239 - Bill Shufelt, Athletic Brewing Happy Monday, Thieves! We’ve got something a little different for you today. We’re talking to Bill Shufelt of Connecticut’s non-alcoholic brewery, Athletic Brewing. We’ve never had an NA brewer on the show, and frankly we were a little skeptical. it ended up being a fun talk, though, and lead to a discussion about wellness and exercise and why non-alcoholic beers (with good flavor!) make sense in today’s world. We probably won’t be switching to t...
Episode 238 - Ben Keene, beer writer, is back
November 04, 2019 21:55 - 61.9 MBEpisode 238 - Ben Keene, beer writer, is back Happy Monday, Thieves! We have a great show for you today with longtime STB friend Ben Keene. Ben has co-hosted a bunch of shows over the years and has appeared as an accomplice on several more. He was recently in NYC so it was a no-brainer to get him back on. We hope you enjoy and please get at us and let us know what you think! **Want to support us? We have launched a PATREON Page. Click here to let us know you care!** As always, you can ema...
Episode 237 - October News and Mailbag Drop
October 28, 2019 20:55 - 57.6 MBEpisode 237 - October News and Mailbag Drop Happy Monday, Thieves! It's been a rough week for Founders Brewing Co. A discrimination lawsuit that has been making its way through the legal process keeps revealing new allegations against the Michigan-based brewery (now owned by Mahou San Miguel). Last Monday we recorded a listener mail episode and many of you asked our take on the situation. So, we offer up our hot take on Founders (this before they decided to close their Detroit taproom ind...