Beer Guys Radio Craft Beer Podcast

Eight years of talking about beers

This week marks the 8th anniversary of Beer Guys Radio.  Cheers to us.  So much has changed over the last 8 years it seems like we've been at it a long longer.  Chee…

Looking back on the big styles and big stories of 2023.

We've almost made it through another year.  Whew.  Seems like they hasn't been a ton of sunshine and puppies for craft beer since before the pla…

What a fun way to "work."  As is tradition, it's time for our annul Holiday Blind Beer Tasting, aka The 12 Beers of Christmas, aaka The Interfaith Holiday Beer SPECTACULAR.

13 (so close to 12) beers, …

What's your favorite brewery?

Just before we recorded this week's show VinePair dropped an article about 30 of the best breweries in America.  These "best of" lists always bring out some controversy, …

Lawsuits and taxes and beer laws, oh my!

2023 has been a hell of a year for craft beer.  Breweries continue to close their doors or move in together.  Like when you had to go back to your parents' hou…

This new hop sounds fishy...

With our recent love of tinned seafood we were pretty stoked to hear about Anchovy hops, and even more stoked to hear they don't taste like anchovies.  We'll have to find …

If it's gonna be dark at 5:00 I'm gonna need more stouts.

Oh. My. God.  I hate this time of year.  Set the clocks back an hour and I'm off schedule for two weeks.  I don't sleep right, day is night, u…

Would you pay $250 for 25 ounces of beer?

It's once again time for the semi-annual release of Sam Adams Utopias and with that, the slew of websites touting that it is illegal in 15 states.  Technicall…

Oh, Spyglass has hazies alright, but there's so much more

John Wagner and Isaac Boucher from Spyglass Brewing Co. join us on this week's show.  They brewery made their name with their hazy IPAs.  Than…

We don't recommend this beer drinking challenge...

Seems a guy in the UK has "challenged" himself to drink 2,000 pints of beer in 200 days.  I'm fully opposed to this challenge, but it's hard to look …

We have no idea what's going on anymore.

Some of the beer (or at least alcohol) news we see is just insane.  Maybe we shouldn't judge too hard, we've all had our moments, remember Brian's BORG phase?

S…

Y'all, the Wagner Group owns a brewery in Africa...

Yes, that Wagner Group. The story is crazy.  You'll have to stick with us til the end but we give you the rundown on this craziness.

For some reason,…

We remember falling in love with Hop Drop N Roll...

Back before we started BGR, NoDa Brewing's Hop Drop N Roll was one of the beers we would mule back when we went to the Carolinas.  Pickings were sti…

Are you ready for an extra long Oktoberfest?

The official Oktoberfest celebration in Munich is 18 days long this year, an extra 2 days over the typical 16 to include German Unity Day.

If you're celebra…

We're so busy festin' this year that we had to do an extra episode to work in our annual Oktoberfest blind beer tasting.  But, we're dedicated so we made it happen.

We (OK, Brian) grabbed 5 German and…

Our beer fest tour continues...

Last weekend we took our happy selves to Duluth, GA for the Les Bon Beer Festival hosted by our good friends at Good Word Brewing.

Good Word always puts on a great event…

Did you see all the madness going around last week over the rumor that the Biden administration was going to tell Americans they can only have 2 beers a week?  It was crazy and, from what we read, se…

Last weekend we hung out with the crew at Terrapin Brewery Atlanta for the Live at the Battery beer fest.  It was an awesome time filled with BBQ, beer, and great conversation.

Joining us on the show …

Apparently Germany has a raccoon problem.  Drunken ones at that.  The population has exploded in recent years and the furry troublemakers are breaking into homes, tearing stuff, and getting lit.  The…

Maui Brewing is leading efforts for wildfire relief

Earlier this week a fire ripped through the town of Lahaina on Maui.  The losses were devastating, a nearly total loss of the entire city.   Maui Br…