Hop Nation USA - A Craft Beer Podcast

Episode 233: Gonna Learn Business Today

Adam and Steve are joined by Greg Dunkling from the University of Vermont and he is the director of the Business of Craft Beer Program. They talk about origins of the 5 course program, which involves learning how to run a brewery beyond fermenting wort. Plus, get info on who prospective brewers can expect to learn from. Then, they get to learn more about Greg, homebrewing in the 80s (aka pre-internet), the Vermont brewing scene outside of The Alchemist, and international beers. Finally it's a game BUY / SELL where Greg is asked to pick his favorites in emergent craft beer trends like NFTs vs Augmented Reality and Cannabis vs Mushrooms.

BEERS:

Dublin City Brewing Renegade Red Ale

New Glarus Moon Man Pale Ale

Eleventh Hour Daisy Pils Italian Style Pilsner

Stone w00tstout (2021)

Bells Bright White Ale

Grist House Siberian Highway (2021)

Voodoo White Magick of the Sun Witbier

Episode 232: Iranuary & the Non-Fillable Tipple

Steve and Adam are back with a studio show with a preview of Irish beers in January, because lord knows what March will actually hold. They dunk on Brewdog because it's easy, a farewell to Bells, and mushrooms on the rise. Then they peer into the future of beer, and find it's an NFT hellscape. Learn all about how Budweiser is participating in the latest planet destroying trend. Also a look at Augmented reality beer cans by Swigr. Finally, it's a round of Nobody Asked You where beer questions from the internet get answered.

BEERS:

Smithwick's Red Ale

Southern Tier Irish Creme Stout

Guinness Chocolate Mint Stout in Bourbon Barrels

Episode 231: Malt Liquor Future & The Brain Fog

It's Tryanuary on the Zoom. Kelsey joins Adam and Steve in the year 2022. Social Distancing? Still on. They talk about the big news of Monster Energy buying Oskar Blues and Cigar City, Seaworld sucks, and Ballast Point might come back ... ? Then our 2022 prognostications, and Steve paints a dystopian nightmare. Finally, it's hot takes about Pliney the Younger, Pittsburgh, and PBR on Word

BEERS:

Great Divide Peach Milkshake IPA

Flying Machines x The Eighth State Brewing Company Futura IX Sour IPA

Grist House Continental Breakfast Stout

Decadent Ales Coconut Almond Macaron IPA

Two Frays Magnificent Beasts Schwarzbier

Ellicottville Brewing Sugar Cookie Ale

Kasteel Nitro Bacchus Frambozenbier

Platform Prantl's Cocolate Almond Torte

Heavy Seas Brewing Dark Anchor Porter

 

Brew Beers Rockin’ Eve 2022 w Decayin’ With the Boys

START THIS PODCAST AT 10:55:10 TO SYNC WITH MIDNIGHT

Adam, Steve, Adam and Matt are here to ring in the new year with their highlights of 2021, and a great big fat end of the year quiz according to Untappd. Who will be champion to close out 2021? Find out and have a Happy New Beer.

BEERS:

Southern Tier Frosted Sugar Cookie Ale

Full Pint Night of the Living Stout

Conny Creek Brewing TwELF-25

Arboretum Trail Brewing The Best Present Under the Tree IPA

Hop Fly Brewing Overton Porter

Cinderlands Brewing Brick Top Coffee Belgian Quad

12 Guests of Christmas 2021 (Part 2)

You've reached the nerd sh*t portion of the holidays. This week our guests represent the six pillars of nerdom; wrestling, comic books, movies, Weird Al, video games, and beer. They're also all returning guests here to give us their year in reviews for 2021 and hopes for 2022. Our Guests and their Beers -

Happy Hour Adam Zane / 412 Brewery x Arboretum Trail Blackberry Cobbler

Beer'd Al: Lauren / Victory Merry Monkey

Hops and Box Office Flops: Capt Cash / 21st Amendment Fireside Chat Winter Warmer

HaBOF: Chumpzilla / Sweetwater Almond Milk Stout & Burnt Hickory Brewing Big Shanty Graham Cracker Stout

Drink a Beer Play a Game : Jim / Iron Hill Brewery Reindeer's Revenge Tripel

DaBPaG: Brian / Free Will Brewing Special Cookie Brown Ale

Allegheny City Brewing x Fermata Brewing Winter Solstice Cascadian Dark Ale

Abjuration Brewing Cotton Candy Sour

12 Guests of Christmas 2021 (PART 1)

This week we start holiday programming, inviting on past guests to catch up for year end merriment. This week is primarily Pittsburgh focused as we talk to personalities in the Pittsburgh beer scene. We start with Darren Gailey of Couch Brewery, and give him to talk about the closure of Couch and what the future looks like for him as he exits brewing, plus reminisce on all the good times had. Other Guests and their beers include:

Nick of the Weekly ReCap podcast / Dancing Gnome Exquisite Beast DIPA

Jen aka @Hellobrewtiful / Hightower Brewing Perfect 3rd TIPA

Mike aka @Pghbeerdouche / Wallenpaupack Brewing Hoppy the Elf's Peppermint Porter

Former Hop Nation USA regular Sam / Victory Winter Cheers wheat beer

Former Hop Nation USA regular Bubba / Allagash Nocturna

Allegheny City Brewing One Flip cream ale

Necromancer Brewing Soggy Bottom blueberry pastry stout

Episode 230: Weird Beer Heeya

Katie joins Adam and Steve for some weird beers including one of the most polarizing beers ever. They also tackle the news of butterfly beers, Corona's super sus island, and a Karen doin' a grift on Heineken. Then for all the Johnny and Joanie Come-Latelys, it's the 2021 Hop Nation USA Non-Denominational Holiday Buyer's Guide That Could Also Be Used For Christmas I Guess 2021. They take a look the best gifts you could get for the beer lovers in your life, and then they get into the worst gifts while drinking what some would call the worst beer.

BEERS:

Duclaw Sour Me Strawberry French Toast

Fonta Flora Brewery Seasonal Creep Stout

Martin House Brewing Best Maid Grape Punch Pickle Beer

Episode 229: Imbide the Biscuit Counter

Chill episode at the Hop Nation USA Studios with Steve and Adam to stave off the Holiday Madness. They talk about the ends for Couch Brewery and Roundabout Brewing in Pittsburgh, and who will be taking their places in Tortured Souls and Coven. Then while drinking cookie beers they get into the world of cookies made with beer. The never ending cycle of Americans stuffing empties calories into more empty calories. Finally it's a game of word featuring Bourbon County Stout, Sheetz and Esquire.

BEERS:

O'Fallon Dad's Scotch Oatmeal Stout

O'Fallon Vanilla Wafer Cream Ale

O'Fallon Creamy Peanut Butter Ale

STOUTSGIVING 2021 Part 3 Cyber Scrumday

In the final part of Stoutsgiving 2021, Adam, Steve, Dennis, Kelsey and Katie reflect on the past year and what they're thankful for in beer. They also talk about what they're thankful for in general. Things like friends, breweries, the death of puritanical laws. Fun things. Also still a surprising amount of banana entendre, confusion on what is a plantain, and more.

BEERS:

Dogfish Head Utopias Barrel Aged World Wide Stout

Hi-Wire Brewing 10w-40 Banana Split Stout

Great Divide Horchata Yeti Stout

STOUTSGIVING Part 2: Fortnite of Chickens

Stoutsgiving continues with Adam, Steve, Kelsey, Katie and Dennis. This mini-sode, they're drinking stahts and answering questions from the internet like which Squid Game are you most confidant in. There also a lot of talk about road bananas, try and figure out what that is. And some chicken debate. You'll discover it should be Fort Night of Chickens, but Fortnite is better for the SEO. Anyway we're drinking the Hi-Wire 10w-40 Banana Split.