It’s a podcast week suckas! This week we chat up Leah, the Colorado Beer Girl, while hanging out at Deep Draft Brewing Company in lovely downtown Denver, Colorado. Well, Pete just gets to listen in as Sam and Leah enjoy some beers and pop some P’s. That’s actually not dirty. […]
Tag: craft beer
BnL Podcast EP 028 – Getting Jazzed with Spangalang
This week’s show finds us hanging out with Taylor Rees, one of the owners and brewers at Spangalang Brewery. We learned a bit about their origins, Pete get’s schooled as shit on saisons, and then a simple hangover vs. tripping balls question unearths all sorts of wild information. All in […]
BnL Podcast EP 027 – Talking SommBeer with Somm Guy named John
We recently chatted up our new friend John from SommBeer, a website with very similar interests to Beer n’ Loathing. We dive all over the place in terms of some of the cool shit he’s seeing in his neck of the woods in Michigan and even touch on being torched […]
Is the Craft Beer Community the Easiest to Troll?
The Situation Last week I had a revelation: I think the knee-jerk reaction so many people have to negative or inappropriate events in the craft beer industry coupled with the need to give an expert opinion or criticism is starting to work against the intended effect. Now, I’m not saying we need […]
BnL Podcast EP 026 – World of Beer and Wishes of Arctic Dingleberries
This week’s episode finds us chatting with Cody C0ppola from World of Beer. He talks about opening new stores, primarily their new Boulder location, home brewing and even get a quick lesson on Arctic Cloudberries before we dive into the important stuff: would he eat fried dog shit to gain a […]
BnL Podcast EP 025 – St. Paddy’s Suicide Vests and a Beer Dinner
This week’s episode finds us (well, Sam) on location at The District, a Denver bar that slings bad ass brew and makes some killer food. They are putting on their first beer dinner on March 30, and are partnering with Kansas City’s Boulevard Brewing Company for five courses of amazing […]
BnL Podcast EP 024 – Poop, Clog, Repeat with A Crazy Cat Person
This past episode, we had the supreme pleasure of hosting Nick McCormac of Drink. Blog. Repeat. fame. He gives us the low down on his local upcoming beer week, beer miles and the fucking crazy laws that South Carolina affords it’s loyal craft beer drinkers. I don’t want to say […]
BnL Podcast EP 023 – Barrels of Fun, Sorry for Calling you Ryan
We’re joined on the show this week by Ryan Noah Steingraeber from Rocky Mountain Barrel Company. Once Pete gets his name right, he gives us the low down on barrel wranglin’, the brain-flattening size of foudres, and how to get into the trade of cooperage. Then we dive even deeper into […]
Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines 2016: We Meet Again, Vail
As I type this sentence, I am sitting in the lobby of the Vail Daily. It’s currently Sunday, the day after the Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines festival. It’s nearly 11am and I was expecting to be sitting in traffic going back towards Denver, but instead my car was […]
BnL Podcast EP 022 – We Kinda Hate Schmoz but Mostly Thrillist
BEWARE! THIS EPISODE GETS TOPICAL, FOLKS. Our longtime friend, Noel, joins us for this week’s episode and, per his request, we discuss the Thrillist article that lists off a dozen craft beer trends that need to die in a fire. We have our own opinions about it and in true […]
BnL Podcast EP 021 – Kinda Live from Chain Reaction Brewing Company
This week’s episode is a special one. Not only is our podcast now 21 episodes long (enough to legally drink in our minds), and not only is this a triumphant return to a brewery that has been big supporters of us in the past, this episode also happens to be […]
The #BigBeersHunt2016 Results. Try not to Pee.
Well, the weekend is over. Vail survived another Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines festival despite all our best efforts to try and bring the city to its knees. Yes, we ALL had a part in it. Total community. I’ll have several stories to share from the three days that are […]
BnL Podcast EP 020 – Secret Shouting and Shit Funnel Cake
In this week’s episode, we welcome back our friend Sarah. We haven’t talked to her in forever so she didn’t yet know the joys of our new show structure. We talk about some of the new hot spots in the Summit County, CO brewery scene, avoid talking about the weather […]
On the Hunt at Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival
This weekend will be the 16th annual Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywine Festival (Great recount of the fest’s history available here). Last year was my inaugural visit and while I certainly had a wicked time (read about it here), I felt like I can do better this year. But how, […]
BnL Podcast EP 019 – An Oral History Of Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines
This episode of the BnL Podcast has us joined by guest Laura Lodge, who is the primary organizer behind the Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival in Vail. This year’s fest is happening on January 8 and 9, 2016. Laura gives us a great history of the event and how […]