Beering Ain't Easy

Adam and Drew
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Beering Ain't Easy is the podcast for all beer lovers. We're not brewers, we're not beer professionals, and frankly we don't give a shit. We just want to talk about craft beer and BS with you. Open the fridge door, grab a cold one, pop the top, and drink with us!

  1. 08/13/2024

    Houston's Best German Pilsner

    Can we all admit that Houston makes some damn good Pilsners?  This week Ryan and Drew set up another spectacular blind tasting to crown Houston’s Best German Pilsner in an episode rife with controversy.  Will Lil’ Snack from 11 Below hold onto its blind tasting crown, or will one of the new challengers steal their thunder?  Listen to find out! Featured Beers: Lil’ Snack.  11 Below Brewing, Houston, TX.  4.5% ABV. Cloud Punch. Bad Astronaut Brewing, Houston, TX.  5.2% ABV. Dollar Pils Y’all.  Holler Brewing Co., Houston, TX. 5.4% ABV. Professor Pils. Paradigm Brewing Company, Tomball, TX. 5.5% ABV.   Other Shout-Outs: Fredericksburg, TX Karbach Brewing Pilsen, Czech Bohemia Josef Groll - inventor of the Pilsner Huggy Brewer Untappd Nook Brewing 713 Music Hall Blackberry Smoke   HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston!   NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE!  Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media! https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/ Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, username BeeringAintEasyDrew.

    30 min

  2. 07/31/2024

    The Houston Beer News Episode

    After many months on the road gathering the latest and greatest beer news, Ryan and Drew highlight the highs and the lows, the ups and the downs, and the the rising and falling breweries of the Houston area and beyond.  It’s not all gloom and doom my friends… in the words of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, craft beer is “not dead yet.” Featured Beers: Nectar Double IPA. Seventh Tap Brewing, Shreveport, LA. Spin Craft. Bad Astronaut Brewing, Houston, TX   The Fallen: Urban South HTX Buffalo Bayou Brewing Family Business Brewing (Austin, TX) Klaus Brewing Cascade Brewing.  Portland, OR The Rising: True Anomaly Brewing Gulf Coast Distillers / Giant Texas Distillers / Tejas Beer / Big Bend Brewing Co. / Marfa, TX Anchor Brewing / Chobani Yogurt Project Halo Brewing Craft Culture X / For the Culture Brewing / Ovennik Other Shout-Outs: Parish Brewing Frida Kahlo Hip Hop Vintage Flea Market Hulk Hogan / Real American Beer 11 Below Brewing Fortress Brewing B-52 Brewing   HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston!   NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE!  Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media! https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/   Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, username BeeringAintEasyDrew.

    36 min

  3. 04/09/2024

    The Macro Beer Blind Tasting

    And the winner is… America, obviously.  The Beering Ain’t Easy podcast embarks on a blind tasting adventure through the most recognizable American Lager macro beers and one notable exception - Troy Aikman’s patented Eight Beer.  Can Troy’s beer redeem the Cowboys playoff losing streak, or will he be relegated to the Keystone Light division?   Will Ryan’s love of conspiracy theories finally pay off in a big way by being the first to uncover Houston Brewery moves?  And lastly, will Ryan love or hate his Nickelback concert experience?  You don’t want to miss this one. Featured Beers: Bud Light.  Anheuser Busch, St Louis, MO. 4.2% ABV Miller Lite. Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI. 4.2% ABV Coors Light. Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO. 4.2% ABV Pabst Blue Ribbon.  Pabst Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX. 4.8% ABV Eight Elite Light Lager. EIGHT Brewing Co, ?? United States.  4% ABV   Other Shout-Outs: Troy Airman / Dallas Cowboys Barry Switzer / University of Oklahoma Faubourg Brewing Co.  New Orleans, LA Verona, WI Oregon State Food Science Dept Phil Leinart (AB, Harpoon, Ommegang) Gayle Benson:  New Orleans Saints, Pelicans Keystone Light Michelob Ultra Hipster Sauce 11 Below Brewing Fortress Brewing B-52 Brewing X Files Salt & Oak Brewing / Hazeboiz Nickelback / Houston Rodeo / Houston Chronicle Drake/Bun-B Vector Brewing, Dallas, TX Oak Highlands Brewing, Dallas, TX   HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston! WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE!  Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media! https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/   Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, X,Threads, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, username BeeringAintEasyDrew.

    45 min

  4. 03/05/2024

    Sour Feelings and Brewery Faux Pas

    We drink two of the best sours in Texas, Atrial Rubacite from Jester King and Sea of Waves from True Anomaly, all while sharing our opinions and detailed instructions on how to perform the biggest faux pas when visiting breweries.  Ryan brings it home with some beer news and Drew shares his toddler woes on airplanes. Featured Beers: Atrial Rubacite.  Jester King Brewery, Austin, TX. 5.8% ABV. Sea of Waves. True Anomaly Brewing, Houston, TX. 8.5% ABV.   Other Shout-Outs: GABF Texas Craft Brewers Conference Houston Beer Guide Houston Beer Month Elder Son Southern Yankee Yelp 4J Brewing Texas Roadhouse Home Alone / Kevin McAllister Draught Queens Idaho Springs, CO Westbound and Down Brewing Lion King Spindletap Keyboard cat PETA   HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston! NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE!  Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media! https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/   Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, username BeeringAintEasyDrew.

    51 min

  5. 02/13/2024

    BAE After Dark: Hot and Smoky

    We back? It’s been a minute since our last episode, so we pay penance to the beer gods by drinking weird beers while we bring you up-to-speed with the state of affairs in craft beer and in our hoods.  Tarot cards, anonymous Facebook posts, and Troy Aikman branded beer, all in the same episode? Featured Beers: Slice Sipper.  Sixpoint Brewery, Brooklyn, New York. 5% ABV. Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier-Marzen. Schlenkerla (“heller-Brau” Trum), Bamberg, Bayern Germany.  5.1% ABV Evan’s 5 Year Beer. Eureka Heights Brew Co., Houston, TX. 3.5% ABV. Buckle Bunny. Eureka Heights Brew Co, Houston, TX. 4.5% ABV   Other Shout-Outs: Mike’s Hot Honey Ingenious Brewing Black Page Brewing H-Town Brewing Astral Brewing North Shepherd Brewing Vallenson’s Misfit Outpost Equal Parts Brewing Location Six Brewing Project Halo Brewing Galveston Bay Brewing Great Heights Brewing Holler Brewing Bad Astronaut Brewing Nook Brewing Company Nextdoor Shell Houston Open Swag Brewery Hoppy IPA Craft Beer Candle Texas Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M Bill O’Brien Houston Texans Jumbo Fischer Nick Saban Bill Belicheck Troy Aikman’s 8 Beer Ace Ventura Dan Marino Pineapples on Pizza LL Cool J Love Guru   HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston! NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE!  Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media! https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/   Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, username BeeringAintEasyDrew.

    50 min

  6. 09/26/2023

    Fear Factor: Beer Mixed Drink Edition

    It has been well established on our Podcast that host Ryan likes his beers (and other drinks) unadulterated.  So what did we do to him?  We made him face his fears and drink a wide range of beer mixed drinks for the first time ever, tournament style!  And let him talk about more conspiracy theories.   Featured Beer Mixed Drinks: Michelada: Spicy Michelada Mix by Space City Snax.  Maracas Mexican Lager by Nook Brewing Company, Broken, Arrow, OK (or Zeno’s if you are Ryan). Black and Tan: Guinness and Zeno’s Pale Ale by Lone Pint Brewing Company, Magnolia, TX. Black Velvet: Guinness and La Vostra Prosecco Shandy:  Zeno’s Pale Ale and Lemonade   Other Shout-Outs: Joe Rogan Fear Factor Harp Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy Goose Island Summer Shandy Sierra Nevada Left Hand Milk Stout Craft Culture X:  Ovinnik and For the Culture Brewing Anchor Brewing / Sapporo Houston Beer Block Party Squats and Hops Is it Cake? Mini Boss / Eureka Heights   HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston!   NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE!  Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media! https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/   Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, username BeeringAintEasyDrew.

    43 min

  7. 09/06/2023

    Drinking Euro Beer and Howling at the Moon

    Ryan and Drew crack into some of the best beers from Belgium and Germany while sitting outside on the edge of the Austin, TX wilderness.  In an episode rife with bad accents and pronunciations, your hosts discuss why Euro beers have fallen down so far on the Beer Advocate ratings while paying homage to these classic styles.  Will Ryan learn to appreciate the Belgian quad?   Will we be able to finish the episode without being interrupted by coyotes?  Tune in and find out.   Featured Euro Beers      Duvel. Duvel Moortgat. Puurs, Vlaanderen Belgium. 8.5% ABV. Ayinger Celebrator. Ayinger Privatbraurei. Aying, Bayern Germany. 6.7% ABV. Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier. Bayerische Staatsbraurei Weihenstephan. Freising, Bayern Germany. 5.4% ABV. Abt 12. Brouwerij St. Bernardus. Watou, Vlaanderen Belgium. 10% ABV. Trappistes Rochefort 10. Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Remy.  Rochefort, Wallonie Belgium.  11.3% ABV.   Other Shout-Outs: Beer Advocate Asa Hanrahan - Flying Saucer Houston Toppling Goliath AB InBev - Breckinridge, Shock Top Kid Rock - Bud Lite Karbach Brewing Surly Brewing (MN) Spindletap (HOU Hobby Airport) King’s Bierhaus Chimay Cool Runnings The Trappist - Oakland, CA Kloster Kreuzberg Dunkel Side Project Guiness Trappist Westvleteren 12 Jester King Fat Tire   Epic One Water Brew (recycled water beer by Devil’s Canyon Brewing) https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/may/02/recycled-wastewater-beer-epic-cleantec-san-francisco-drought-california   Beer Advocate Rankings from 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100828090327/http://beeradvocate.com/lists/top   HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston! NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE!  Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media! https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/   Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, username BeeringAintEasyDrew.

    48 min

  8. 08/01/2023

    The Mexican Lager Blind Tasting

    In this episode, we do what we love best - beer news and blind tastings - but also answer some pretty important questions.  Mexican Lagers are often considered basic beers, but are craft Mexican lagers an exception?  And more importantly, could you pick them out of a lineup?  And while we’re at it, where do you stand on putting fruit in your beer?  It's time to take a stand. Featured Mexican Lagers:      Scout.  True Anomaly Brewing,  Houston, TX.  7.6% ABV. Dos Equis Lager.  Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma S.A. de C.V.  4.2% ABV Modelo Especial.  Grupo Modelo, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico.  4.4% ABV. Pacifico Clara. Grupo Modelo, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico.  4.5% ABV. Tecate Light. Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma S.A. de C.V.  3.9% ABV   Houston Beer Block Party on Aug 19th https://houstonbeerguide.com/houstonbeerblockparty/   Other Shout-Outs: Anchor Brewing (Christmas Ale, Liberty Ale, Anchor Steam) Sapporo Black Page Brewing.  Houston, TX Spindletap Brewing Laser Brewing Corona Bacardi Limon Micheladas Total Wine Anita Brewing Space City Snacks White Oak Music Hall Dumb & Dumber Wayne’s World Chuck Norris   HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston! NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE!  Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media! https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/   Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at beeringainteasy@gmail.com, or follow our beer quest on Untappd, username BeeringAintEasyDrew.

    47 min
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Beering Ain't Easy is the podcast for all beer lovers. We're not brewers, we're not beer professionals, and frankly we don't give a shit. We just want to talk about craft beer and BS with you. Open the fridge door, grab a cold one, pop the top, and drink with us!

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  • Creator
    Adam and Drew
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    87
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2020 Beering Ain't Easy
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