Beering Ain't Easy

Do you hate a beer that everyone loves?  Love a brewery that everyone hates?  Are you the type of person who holds back your opinions for fear of how stupid you sound, or do you just put it out there…

We’re back with the third annual Oktoberfest Episode!  This time we ramp things up by not only tasting our beers blind, but also taking our reigning champ, Paulaner, and putting it head to head with …

This week we take our beer Adjunct Series into the wild world of blueberries!  That’s right, we’re trying four different styles of beers from four different breweries to tell you the best way to enjo…

The Beering Ain’t Easy Podcast is celebrating it’s two year anniversary!  We bring back original co-founder Adam onto the show to talk about his move to Austin, Drew turning forty, and Ryan’s bathroo…

It’s been a wild month for the Beering Ain’t Easy podcast, and we’re glad to be back on the air bringing you another one of our patented beer experiments, this time testing whether specialty beer gla…

It’s a wild world out there folks - fiercely independent breweries selling to macro-breweries, the Houston beer scene rotating owners and brewers like musical chairs, gasoline costing more than craft…

In honor of Father’s Day upcoming, we discuss the transformation everyone must go through when becoming a dad: solitary hobbies, grilling expertise, awkward friend-making, and most importantly, the d…

Have you ever tried a Gluten Free Beer?  How are they made without barley or wheat?  What’s the difference between Gluten Free and Gluten Reduced?  The Beering Ain’t Easy Podcast will answer these qu…

Who wants a nice warm beer?  Yeah, we thought so.  But as parents, we’ve found that our kids often distract us mid beer at parties or events and leave us with a lovely can of lukewarm.  Which led us …

This week we bring you an exclusive sneak peak of Bad Astronaut Brewing, a major brewpub coming to Houston’s Hardy Yards later this year!  Chris and brewmaster Rocky walk us through their concepts fo…

Upon seeing the early signs of summer weather in Houston, Ryan and Drew decide to send off stout season in style via a Beering Ain’t Easy patented blind tasting!  This time we put three Oatmeal Stout…

Can Fruited Sours sweep you away on a tropical vacation from standard craft beers, or should they only be served at the kids table? Will we uncover health benefits unbeknownst to our hosts?  We bring…

We continue on our quest to highlight great guests from the beer industry, and this week we're joined by Marin, owner of one of Houston's best beer bars -  Star Sailor.  We'll hear all about the entr…

We bring on special guest Ryan Leer to hear about how his passions for homebrewing and videography mashed together into a career at Brewers Supply Group (BSG), a subsidiary of Rahr Malting.  We’ll he…

Houston versus Dallas - A sibling rivalry of Texas-sized proportions.  The Beering Ain’t Easy podcast will settle the debate once and for all as we battle two Houston and two Dallas hazy IPA’s, blind…

What are your thoughts on the hype beer market that is driving craft beer nerds across the globe to empty their pockets for a rare beer find?  Is this bad economics or the future of marketing?  Can y…

In this episode, we revisit the cult classic Beerfest 15 years later to see if the movie withstood the test of time. What has been its impact to drinking competitions and the beer industry in general…

We pick two breweries from Dallas to go head to head, Peticolas Brewing Company and Manhattan Project Beer, in an IPA vs. IPA and Winter Ale vs. Winter Ale battle.  Plus we cover the highly scandalou…

There are a lot of winter and “Christmas” beers that come out around the holidays, but do they all really count as Christmas beers?  We take three completely different styles of “Christmas” beers and…

The Beering Ain’t Easy Podcast is back at it again with a patented beer experiment!  This time we make teas out of three different types of hops and see if we can identify them based on their expecte…