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209: Beers from The Beerists

Episode 209 – This week on the show, we’re drinking some beers from Texas via John Rubio of The Beerists Podcast!

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This week on the show, we’re drinking some beers out of the great state of Texas from our friends in podcasting, The Beerists. Not to spoil the episode, but these beers are fantastic, and we would expect nothing less from the fine folks at The Beerists podcast.

If you’ve never listened to an episode of The Beerists, finish listening to this week’s episode of Four Brewers, then head over to The Beerists website and give their show a listen. In summary, these peeps have a well-produced, informative, and funny beer podcast. If you’re a fan of 4B, you’ll love The Beerists as well.

BREW THE SHIT OUT OF IT.

Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/83uYMScezI8

Episode Chapters:
00:00: Support Four Brewers on Patreon!
00:09: Theme Music
00:18: Begin Show
00:27: On The Line: John Rubio of The Beerists Podcast
05:01: HefeWeizen – Live Oak Brewing Company
10:28: Live Oak Gold – Live Oak Brewing Company
15:41: Hans’ Pils – Real Ale Brewing Company
20:43: Flavor Country – Austin Beerworks
27:03: The One They Call Zoe – Hops & Grain Brewing
31:25: Industry Pils – Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co.
41:33: Electric Jellyfish – Pinthouse Pizza
46:22: Four Brewers on YouTube!

Beers from this week’s episode:
HefeWeizen – Live Oak Brewing Company
Live Oak Gold – Live Oak Brewing Company
Hans’ Pils – Real Ale Brewing Company
Flavor Country – Austin Beerworks
The One They Call Zoe – Hops & Grain Brewing
Industry Pils – Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co.
Electric Jellyfish – Pinthouse Pizza

Direct audio: MP3

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Theme Song: The Sleeping Sea King

Top 10 List at the 2017 SDBW VIP Takeover (That aren’t IPA)

My last SDBW Guild Fest I attended was 2013

As an outsider to San Diego, I don’t always have the wherewithal to marinate myself in the brewery du jour inside the 150ish brewery-thick county. Luckily there are several resources I dive into before waving hand at non-jiggly nuclear boobies and socal’s spectacular coastline. There’s The West Coaster (which interviewed me in their SDBW 2013 issue), SD Beer Talk Radio Podcast (which I support on Patreon), The Full Pint (click the sidebar —>), and of course, my prized San Diego beer docent: Erin Hill.

Along with Matt Olesh, I’m not sure the good people of San Diego know that Erin Hill is craft beer royalty up here in Orange County. Her penchant for sarcasm, utter lack of bullshit, and switchblade-like middle finger is second to none…but not only that, we have the same taste in beer. When I did a travel-guide to San Diego for Craftbeer.com, she sent me to breweries like Little Miss, where I recall playing darts over various clean smash beers. She sent me to Small Bar for brunch where I sat next to the jukebox and annoyed everyone’s earholes for a solid hour over eggs and bloody mary’s. She’s like my own personal cicerone.

Erin Hill spinning pearls at The Bruery’s Black Tuesday party, 2013.

When it comes to SDBW VIP Takeover, I was as shocked as anyone there were only 31 IPAs listed. What the hell can a guy do with only 31 IPAs? So I asked Erin, “what should be my top ten list of beers to try that aren’t IPA?” And she responded:

  1. Eppig – Moment of Weakness
  2. Wild Barrel – SD Vice w/pink guava Berliner
  3. Booze Bros. – Brothers Keeper Berry Patch BBA sour ale
  4. Gordon Biersch – Marzen
  5. Pizza Port- Bacon & Eggs
  6. Rock Bottom La Jolla – Oat to Jim: NBA Imperial Oatmeal Stout
  7. North Park – Mocha Massage
  8. Monkey Paw – Back in the ESSA
  9. 3 Punk – Brick Top w/Nomad Coffee English Brown
  10.  Alesmith – Hawaiian Speedway

And so, my list is born. Catch John Holzer and I at the Friday VIP takeover! Saturday we’ll be recording a session with Jason as well at the big SDBW festival. Stop by and say hi! Matt can’t make it. Oh goddamn.

Tickets and stuff here: https://sdbeer.com/sdbw/guild-fest

-Greg @ocbeerblog/@fourbrewersshow