Another Reason to Drink

Bill & Rick
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Welcome to Another Reason to Drink — the podcast where two guys crack open cold beers, share hilarious stories, and tell jokes that’ll keep you laughing! This is what we love to do—kick back, relax, and have a good time. So whether you’re here for the beer or just along for the laughs, you’re in the right place. Grab your favorite drink and join us! We promise plenty of laughs, wild stories, and a laid-back vibe that feels like you’re hanging out with old friends. Want to catch up on the latest episodes or learn more?  Visit our website: www.anotherreasontodrink.com Don’t forget your beer... and let the good times roll! Now sit back, sip that ice-cold brew, and enjoy the show!

  1. 15 HR AGO

    Betting on the run

    Send us Fan Mail Salt and lime in a lager sounds like a guaranteed summer win, but the truth is in the first sip. We’re kicking back with Breckenridge Summer Cerveza and getting specific about what we taste: the lime pop, the salty finish, and that argument every beer fan has sooner or later about “skunky” notes and why some people notice them more than others. If you’re hunting for a Cinco de Mayo beer, a Mexican lager alternative, or just a new warm-weather craft beer, our rating and the back-and-forth might save you a wasted six-pack. Then the conversation takes the hard left turns that make this show what it is: camping season is here, we’re cooking over an open fire, and we learn the painful lesson that a roux does not care about your plans when you can’t control the heat. We also get into a cold, snowy state park cleanup, the strange stuff people leave behind, and how a “non-plan” can turn into the best day when Kentucky Derby betting, hot dogs, and random friends show up at the right time. After the break, we open a real surprise: Pinkus, an organic German beer with a smooth, easy-drinking profile that makes the price tag feel almost reasonable. From there it’s time for “Ricky Answer This,” where the questions get wild and the honesty gets louder. If you like craft beer reviews, drinking stories, and unfiltered comedy from two hosts who keep it real, you’ll feel right at home. Subscribe for more, share this with a friend who needs a new beer recommendation, and leave a review with your pick: salt and lime lager or German organic ale? Support the show www.anotherreasontodrink.com

    52 min

  2. 2 MAY

    Forgot her name

    Send us Fan Mail A jalapeno lime ale with zero heat should not work this well, but it does and we prove it sip by sip. We start with North High’s Halalime and break down why the jalapeno flavor reads fresh and crisp instead of spicy, how the lime builds as you drink, and what makes a “weird” craft beer ingredient feel intentional instead of forced. If you like craft beer reviews, tasting notes, and honest ratings, this one gets right to the point. Then we go down the rabbit hole of bottle hunting: a trip to World Wines, rows of bourbon that make you freeze up, and the wild sight of “wine of the sea” bottles that come back from ocean aging covered in barnacles. From there we jump to Kentucky bourbon country and talk Buffalo Trace, release day luck, Blanton’s pricing, and the reality of how fast a bottle can swing from reasonable to absurd depending on where you buy it. We also share a simple tradition we heard at a tasting that turns a great bourbon into something more meaningful: write the open date, have friends sign it over time, and let that bottle become a timeline. We close with food talk and a dessert pour that earns a perfect score: Decker Brewing Company’s Slang Du Jour Key Lime Pie, a smoothie style sour that legitimately smells and tastes like the real thing. Hit play, then subscribe, share the episode with your favorite drinking buddy, and leave us a review. What is the most surprising beer you have ever rated a 10? Support the show www.anotherreasontodrink.com

    53 min

  3. 25 APR

    I just heard sex

    Send us Fan Mail Cherry soda as a wheat ale sounds like a gimmick until you taste it. We pop open a Cheerwine inspired cherry wheat ale from the Carolinas and get real about what works and what doesn’t: the cherry flavor is spot on, but the wheat finish is loud, and it turns into a bigger conversation about how much a base style matters when the flavor is otherwise nailed. If you’re a Blue Moon fan or you love fruit beer, you’ll know exactly what we’re talking about, and we even toss out a few ways to dress it up with fruit and a sugar rim. From there, the mics drift into food mode with camping-friendly recipes and the kind of practical kitchen talk that actually helps. We break down a smash taco chicken parm idea for the Blackstone, including what we’d change next time to boost flavor, texture, and heat. Then we jump to Mediterranean meal prep with glazed salmon, sweet potato cubes that come out like little candies, and a quick pickled radish trick that feels like a cheat code for adding bite and brightness. After the break, we pour a Concord grape sour from Edmond’s Oast Brewing in Charleston, South Carolina and end up surprised by how balanced and drinkable it is. Things go from tasting notes to jokes to a “Bad Choices” question run that gets personal fast, and we close with weekend wins like golf and a whirlyball office showdown. If you like craft beer reviews, sour beer talk, and chaotic comedy, hit play, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave us a review. Support the show www.anotherreasontodrink.com

    48 min

  4. 11 APR

    Whisper to me

    Send us Fan Mail A hazy IPA called Tiny Ass Umbrella sounds like a joke, but we treat it like a real craft beer review. We pop the can from Southern Range Brewing Company and get into the details people actually care about: haze, mouthfeel, that “juicy IPA” promise, and whether the finish drinks clean or turns heavy and gassy. If you like New England IPA talk that does not pretend every beer is life-changing, you are in the right place. Then the conversation wanders the way real nights do. We hit the state of the brewery scene and why it feels like some taprooms are slowing down, especially as younger crowds drink less alcohol or switch to vaping and THC. We also talk real life: Ricky’s new truck upgrade for hauling his camper through mountain trips, plus a deep dive into smoked deviled eggs on a Traeger smoker, including the ice bath trick and the add-ins that make them disappear at a holiday table. After the break, we crack the wild card: Eleven Lakes Brewing Company Apricot Habanero spicy wheat ale out of Cornelius, North Carolina. It is fruity, it is pepper-hot, and it turns into one of those beers you cannot stop talking about once the heat hits your lips. We rate it, argue about who would actually keep it stocked, and then we stir up our “Ricky Answer This” card game for some chaotic, adult-leaning laughs. If you enjoyed the ride, subscribe so you do not miss the next pour, share this with a beer friend, and leave us a review. What is the spiciest beer you have ever tried, and did you actually finish it? Support the show www.anotherreasontodrink.com

    50 min

  5. 9 APR

    Sick as a dog.

    Send us Fan Mail Three IPAs, one variety pack, and zero patience for fake tasting-note nonsense. We crack open BrewDog Hop Fiction, BrewDog American IPA, and Hazy Jane Double Hazy and talk like real drinkers: how much grapefruit shows up, where the bitterness hits, what changes as the beer warms, and which one is actually “crushable” enough to buy again. If you love IPAs but hate when they taste like straight-up citrus peel, our ranking is built for you.  Things get sideways fast when we start comparing everything to Wingman and Elvis Juice, then stumble into BrewDog’s DogHouse hotel near Columbus. Yes, the one with shower beers and in-room taps. We also swap real-life chaos stories, including getting knocked out by a rough sick week, battling yard drainage after heavy rain, and that moment when tornado weather makes you wonder where you’d even hide if you don’t have a basement.  Then we pivot to food because beer deserves backup. Ricky walks through his “cowboy sushi” Traeger cook: a bacon weave wrapped around a meatloaf-style filling with cream cheese and smoked pepper gouda, finished with a high-heat crisp and a glaze that locks everything in. We close out with the last beer scores, a quick run through our Bad Choices card game, and the usual unfiltered laughs. Subscribe, share this with your IPA friend, and leave us a review so more people can find the show. Support the show www.anotherreasontodrink.com

    1hr 1min

  6. 3 APR

    Color Wheel

    Send us Fan Mail A beer can be “8.5%” on paper and still drink like summer, and that’s exactly what happens when we crack Wingman Tropical Storm Imperial IPA from BrewDog. We dig into the smell, the first sip, and why this tropical IPA hits more like guava, mango, and passion fruit than the bitter bite people fear. If you’ve got a friend who says they don’t like IPAs, this is the kind of can you hand them with a smirk and watch the opinion change. Then we swing hard into the weird side of the internet with an article that stops us cold: LED lights under breast implants that can glow in different colors. Yes, we have questions. Yes, it gets out of control. And somehow we still keep the tasting on track, including food talk that starts with grilled pineapple on a burger and ends with new ideas we actually want to try. After the break we open “Sandwich” from 11-3 Brewing, a Berlin-style weisse made with Concord grapes and roasted peanuts. The result is a peanut butter and jelly sour beer that smells like the real thing and finishes with a legit peanut butter note. We also talk craft beer pricing, what it costs breweries to keep the lights on, and we run a round of Ricky’s Bad Choices before we lock in our final ratings and close out with golf season on the horizon. If you like funny, unfiltered craft beer reviews with real tasting notes, hit play, subscribe, share the show with your drinking buddy, and leave a quick review so more beer people can find us. Support the show www.anotherreasontodrink.com

    45 min

  7. 19 MAR

    Watch, eat and drink!

    Send us Fan Mail Someone at a table casually unwrapped a kidney stone like it was a party favor, and somehow that wasn’t even the only strange moment of the night. We pour two very different beers and let the conversation go where it wants, from legit craft beer tasting notes to the kind of stories you only tell when you trust the room. First up is Old Peculiar, the famous Yorkshire dark ale that drinks way smoother than you’d expect. We talk flavor in plain language, how the coffee and chocolate hints show up (and then disappear), and why it earns a high rating without trying to be flashy. Then we jump into St. Patrick’s Day food and pub classics: quick sausage rolls with puff pastry, bangers and mash, and that Guinness gravy that makes you stop talking for a second. After the break, we crack 11.3 Brewing’s Brambleberry Cobbler. It’s labeled as a sour, but to us it drinks like a light dessert beer with vanilla, graham cracker, cinnamon, and just enough berry to keep it interesting. We also get into the real-life part of craft beer culture: price, availability, and whether a $21 four-pack is worth it. Along the way we hit Northeast Ohio chaos (meteor boom, Bigfoot sightings, weather whiplash), do a fast “bad choices” question game, and wrap with what we’re watching and what we want to try next. If you like beer reviews, brewery talk, easy comfort-food ideas, and off-the-rails stories, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review. What’s your “reason to drink” this week? Support the show www.anotherreasontodrink.com

    55 min

  8. 14 MAR

    Uncle Jeff

    Send us Fan Mail Peach can be either a perfect flavor note or a total dealbreaker, and we put that to the test with Sunpath Lager with Peach from Alesmith Brewing Company. We talk straight tasting notes from the first sip: real peach character, a surprising “canned peach” nostalgia hit, and that weird metallic finish you can’t un-notice once you name it. If you like fruited lagers, summer beer, and honest beer ratings, this pour is a fun one to compare against whatever’s in your fridge. Then we zoom out to the stuff that makes a craft beer night feel like a craft beer night: hunting for better bottle shop selection, trying new breweries instead of buying the same old packs, and pairing beer with actual food. Ricky gets into a corned beef cook that turns into legit Reuben sandwiches, plus a hike to Nelson Ledges where the ice makes every step feel sketchy. Somehow that turns into a real argument about Ohio Bigfoot sightings, trail cameras, and how to tell “evidence” from costumes and AI. After the break, we crack Once Upon a Lime from Collision Bend Brewing, a cucumber lime fruited sour ale that’s light, tart, and built for hot weather. We debate refreshment, balance, and whether we’d buy it again, then finish with our “bad decisions” card game and a quick St. Patrick’s Day check-in. Subscribe for more craft beer reviews, share this with a beer friend, and leave a rating and review. What fruit beer should we try next? Support the show www.anotherreasontodrink.com

    43 min
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Welcome to Another Reason to Drink — the podcast where two guys crack open cold beers, share hilarious stories, and tell jokes that’ll keep you laughing! This is what we love to do—kick back, relax, and have a good time. So whether you’re here for the beer or just along for the laughs, you’re in the right place. Grab your favorite drink and join us! We promise plenty of laughs, wild stories, and a laid-back vibe that feels like you’re hanging out with old friends. Want to catch up on the latest episodes or learn more?  Visit our website: www.anotherreasontodrink.com Don’t forget your beer... and let the good times roll! Now sit back, sip that ice-cold brew, and enjoy the show!

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  • Creator
    Bill & Rick
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    84
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Another Reason to Drink
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    Another Reason to Drink