The Adam & Dedra Show

Adam & Dedra
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 We live for craft beer and food.We are Adam and Dedra! We're on a mission to find the best craft beer and the most ridiculously delicious food we can get our hands on. Based in Arizona, but powered by hops and road trips, we will go wherever the beer flows and the plates are full.Expect brewery and food reviews, beer-fueled banter, and probably a few questionable decisions (like that time Adam tried a 18.5% barrel aged stout on an empty stomach). Whether it's a tiny taproom in the desert or a big-name brewery in the Pacific Northwest, if it pours, we’re in.Come for the beer, stay for the fun, and leave with a craving for your next foodie stop. 

  1. 4d ago

    A Plethora of Beer From Ballast Point to Stone: Our San Diego Beer Road Trip

    Episode 20 - A  search for breakfast and coffee in San Diego somehow became an entire day of breweries, sandwiches, strong IPAs, and one very important bottle pickup. We start in Little Italy, where Dedra finds a parking spot directly in front of Ballast Point and immediately decides coffee can wait. Adam orders Watermelon Dorado Double IPA, Dedra switches her plans to a Michelada, and chips and guacamole officially become breakfast. From there, we finally get the food we originally came for at Mona Lisa, where a Deluxe Sub piled with mortadella, salami, ham, provolone, and all the fixings gives us enough fuel to head north. Next is Stone in Escondido for Fear.Movie.Lions, hazy IPAs, garlic fries, pretzel bites, and one of our favorite parts of visiting breweries: sitting at the bar and getting to know the people pouring the beer. We keep moving toward Temecula, with a stop at Solaris in Murrieta to pick up a bottle of We Were Never the Same, a 2026 rye wine and stout blend made in collaboration with Horace. Dinner finishes the trip at Tacos & Beer, where a loaded molcajete and birria tacos make sure we're definitely not leaving Southern California hungry. We're also drinking Blended with Lumber Number Seven from Timber Ales, a 13.4% barrel-blended imperial stout with coffee and vanilla that has Dedra reconsidering her relationship with stouts—while also learning that 13.4% beers probably shouldn't be consumed like Miller Lite. Join us for the final leg of our San Diego adventure. Craft Beer. Food. Fun. Cheers Everyone!! Click here to send us a message! We’d love to hear from you!

  2. Aug 6

    North Park Beer Co, The Original 40, and the Best Sandwich We’ve Ever Had

    Episode 19 - A one-hour post-festival nap, a first visit to San Diego’s North Park neighborhood, and the best sandwich Adam says he has ever eaten... this night escalated quickly. We begin with Tamarack Track, a 7.5% black IPA from the Samuel Adams taproom in Boston. It was Dedra’s first experience with the style, and the dark appearance had her expecting something much heavier. Instead, we found a surprisingly easy-drinking beer with coffee, roasted malt, and caramel-like sweetness. From there, we relive our late-night San Diego brewery run. At North Park Beer Co., Adam went straight for a 10% triple dry-hopped hazy triple IPA before following it with Hot Fu. Dedra took advantage of a rare chance to order Pliny the Elder on draft and then moved to Art Squared. The food stop became the biggest surprise. Fatboy’s Deli & Spirits served us a Hot Italian with salami, capicola, mortadella, and sourdough that was so good we stopped using complete sentences. There were chips and a pickle involved too, but honestly, the sandwich erased most of the supporting details. We also talk about arriving at Mike Hess Brewing before the posted closing time but after last call, then walking to Original 40 Brewing Company, where bartender Joey made room for one more round. Adam ordered Most Necessary, Dedra chose Juice Maze, and several barrel-aged cans somehow followed us home. Join us for a conversation about North Park craft beer, memorable food, the power of a good bartender, and why our new restaurant rating system may need to be measured in grunts. Follow The Adam & Dedra Show and send us your brewery and food recommendations. Craft Beer. Food. Fun. Cheers Everyone!! Click here to send us a message! We’d love to hear from you!

  3. Jul 30

    Salty Toast Beer Fest: San Diego Pours, Filipino Food & Our Usual Chaos

    Episode 18 - The Salty Toast Beer Fest brought us back to Broadway Pier in San Diego for an afternoon filled with waterfront views, breweries from across North America, Filipino food, and absolutely no realistic chance of remembering every beer name. We opened the episode with Drekker Brewing Company’s Slang Du Jour – Bumbleberry Cobbler Sour à la Mode. Packed with blueberry, strawberry, blackberry, granola, cinnamon, and vanilla bean, it was thick, sweet, and much closer to liquid dessert than a traditional face-puckering sour. At Salty Toast, we started with a familiar Arizona brewery: Starfire Brewing. Their Baptized in Bloody Water sour still reminded Dedra of a pink Starburst, even if Adam remained unclear about whether Starburst flavors are officially flavors or simply colors. We also tried beer from RAR Brewing, Beer Zombies, Solaris, Pinnacle Brewing Company, Villains Brewing, Tripping Animals, Green Cheek, Mother Earth, Fall Brewing, Harland, and several others. Our surprise favorite came from Messorem, a Montreal brewery pouring a hazy triple IPA that stood out even in a festival loaded with excellent choices. The meal from SD Sisig was just as memorable. We ordered Lechon Kawali with fried pork belly, garlic rice, a fried egg, cucumber, and several sauces, plus six pork lumpia with sweet chili sauce. The food was so satisfying that returning to the beer tents required a short recovery walk. We also discuss hidden barrel-aged bottles, Dedra’s unfinished smoothie-sour challenge, the soccer fans who relocated nearly every available chair, familiar Arizona beer-community faces, and why sampling bourbon on a pier seemed like an unnecessary test of balance. Cheers everyone!! Click here to send us a message! We’d love to hear from you!

  4. Jul 23

    We Accidentally Found Our Future Retirement Home - Starfire Restaurant and Rooftop Brewery

    Episode 17 - We visited one of the most unique breweries in Arizona: Starfire Restaurant and Rooftop Brewery in Tempe. Getting there required entering a gated retirement community, checking in at a guard shack, taking a golf cart through the property, riding an elevator from an underground parking garage, and hoping we had not accidentally signed ourselves up for assisted living. Once inside, we found incredible rooftop views, an open kitchen, rotating small-batch beers, and a food menu that included a flavorful beer-braised beef burrito, crispy onion rings, salad, and ranch good enough to send Dedra into a detailed childhood memory. We tried Starfire beers including a brown ale, Sonderlust Imperial Double Hazy IPA, and the memorable Baptized in Bloody Water smoothie sour, which tasted suspiciously like a pink Starburst. We then made a quick stop at The Shop Beer Co. for Wheeze the Juice, a hazelnut-and-vanilla barrel-aged stout, and another completely necessary hat purchase. We also opened the show with Hoptimus Haze from Chapman Crafted Beer and discussed hazy IPAs, Stone Brewing merchandise, Church Music, food-truck strategy, and the mystery of a guard-shack employee who was definitely not named Olivia. Join us for craft beer, food, rooftop views, questionable navigation, and another brewery adventure with The Adam & Dedra Show. Craft Beer. Food. Fun. Click here to send us a message! We’d love to hear from you!

  5. Jul 16

    Two Tempe Breweries, Giant Wings & Barrel-Aged Surprises - Hundred Mile & Catalyst

    Episode 16 - We crossed the Phoenix Valley for a Friday afternoon brewery adventure at Hundred Mile Brewing Company and Catalyst Crafted Ales, and apparently decided that starting with a 12% triple hazy IPA on an empty stomach was a perfectly reasonable idea. At Hundred Mile Brewing Company, we tried the Blood Hawk triple hazy IPA, West Hawk American IPA, Desert Neon New England IPA, a peanut butter stout called Hey Buddy, and several other beers. We also ordered shrimp tacos featuring some controversial pineapple, the Mayor chips, and buffalo wings so enormous that we have questions about the chickens they came from. Next, we headed to Catalyst Crafted Ales, where Dedra slowly enjoyed a New England hazy while Adam and Randy discovered an unexpectedly impressive collection of barrel-aged beer. We sampled Vanilla Reality, The Standard, a barrel-aged Belgian-style ale, the Mobility Scooter barleywine, and more. Dedra also found a dangerously delicious margarita slushie that became even more appealing after she learned it was around 10% alcohol. Join us as we explore two Tempe-area breweries, debate pineapple in tacos, investigate barrel-aged bottles from across the bar, and witness Dedra’s gradual transformation into a barrel-aged stout drinker. Cheers everyone!! Click here to send us a message! We’d love to hear from you!

  6. Jul 9

    Surprise Beer Crawl: O.H.S.O., Head Right Brewing, Manny’s Place & Pizza

    Episode 15 - We kicked off a full West Valley beer day with breakfast beers at O.H.S.O. Surprise, including penny pours, crispy potatoes, and one breakfast sandwich that Dedra may never emotionally recover from. From there, we checked out the brand-new Head Right Brewing in Surprise, a massive hidden brewery with big potential, classic beer styles, a food truck, and a little Weller bourbon redemption. After that, we stopped at one of our favorite tap houses, Manny’s Place, where we accidentally brought brewery-crawl energy into what may have been a silent reading event. Then we wrapped the day at Deno’s Pizza with BYOB beers, pizza, wings, and a Tree House beer share with friends. This episode is all about craft beer, questionable breakfast decisions, new brewery discoveries, local tap house love, and the kind of beer day that starts at 9 a.m. and somehow ends with coolers full of cans in a pizza place. Featured stops: O.H.S.O. Surprise Head Right Brewing Manny’s Place Deno’s Pizza Beers and drinks mentioned: Trillium Vicinity O.H.S.O. Boom Dynamite Wren House Spellbinder O.H.S.O. Lost Viking O.H.S.O. Can’t Be Hazy Head Right American IPA Head Right Hazy IPA Head Right Vienna Lager Head Right Session IPA Weller Full Proof DESTIHL DeadHead Chapman Crafted Super Fudge 2 Tree House King Julius Tree House Emperor Julius Come for the beer, stay for the breakfast sandwich trauma, and leave with another West Valley beer adventure to add to your list. Cheers, everybody! Click here to send us a message! We’d love to hear from you!

  7. Jul 2

    Boston’s Night Shift Brewing + Italian Food So Good It Made Dedra Angry

    Episode 14 - We’re wrapping up our Boston trip with one last brewery stop, and this one deserves way more time than we gave it. In this episode of The Adam & Dedra Show, we visit Night Shift Brewing in Boston after a full day in Salem, squeeze in a couple beers before closing, take in a beautiful waterfront sunset, and somehow end the night with Italian food so good it makes Dedra angry. We kick things off with Lunch from Maine Beer Company, a smooth and dangerously easy-drinking 7% IPA, before diving into our quick stop at Night Shift Brewing. Adam tries Double Parked, an 8.5% double IPA, Dedra grabs the hazy Fluffy, and we bring home Pie Scraper, a pumpkin pie ale that sounded amazing but didn’t quite hit the fall dessert dream we were hoping for. Then it’s off to Boston’s North End for dinner at Quattro, where brick oven pizza, linguini with clams, halibut acqua pazza, wine, fresh bread, and sauce-dipping happiness completely steal the show. We also cover Boston concert crowds, waterfront fishing, weird brewery bathrooms, almost-Uber mistakes, and why Lake Pleasant may only have one tired fish that everyone takes turns catching. Cheers, everybody. Click here to send us a message! We’d love to hear from you!

  8. Jun 25

    Salem Beer Crawl: Notch Brewing, East Regiment & A Witchside Tavern

    Episode 13 could not have worked out better if we planned it... because this time, we’re taking the show to Salem, Massachusetts. That’s right: our spooky-numbered episode just happened to be about witches, Hocus Pocus filming locations, old New England buildings, tourist shops, breweries, chowda, fried shrimp, and one very dark beer that looked like it came straight out of an oil pan. In this episode of The Adam & Dedra Show, we recap our day trip from Boston to Salem, including stops at Notch Brewing, East Regiment Beer Company, Witch Side Tavern, and Dire Wolf Tavern. We talk about Salem’s witch history, Dedra’s love of Halloween, Hocus Pocus nostalgia, the difference between Salem and Boston, and why missing a train sometimes just means you get one more beer. Our featured beer for this episode is Chai Marty from Prairie Artisan Ales, a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout with espresso, chai, and honey. It clocks in at 13.6% ABV, which means it fit perfectly with Episode 13 and Salem’s spooky little vibe. If you love craft beer, brewery travel, New England food, Halloween, Salem, Boston day trips, or just watching a husband and wife turn a vacation into a full beer-and-food adventure, this episode is for you. Cheers! Click here to send us a message! We’d love to hear from you!

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 We live for craft beer and food.We are Adam and Dedra! We're on a mission to find the best craft beer and the most ridiculously delicious food we can get our hands on. Based in Arizona, but powered by hops and road trips, we will go wherever the beer flows and the plates are full.Expect brewery and food reviews, beer-fueled banter, and probably a few questionable decisions (like that time Adam tried a 18.5% barrel aged stout on an empty stomach). Whether it's a tiny taproom in the desert or a big-name brewery in the Pacific Northwest, if it pours, we’re in.Come for the beer, stay for the fun, and leave with a craving for your next foodie stop. 

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  • Creator
    Adam & Dedra
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Adam & Dedra Show
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