American Beer Review LIVE!
Welcome to the American Beer Review podcast. Good times with good friends requires good beer, lucky for us we know how to pick all three. We’re a group of friends who grew up in the Pacific Northwest, giving us a jump start on our craft beer journey. Join Alec, Chad, and Brian while we review some beer, talk about beer topics, and whatever else comes up. We invite you to pour yourself a drink and hang out with us.
Episodes
84 episodes
American Beer Review LIVE! Review #36 - Gold Dot Beer’s Export Lager
For our season 3 finale, we found a beer designed for connoisseurs like ourselves- Gold Dot Beer’s Export Lager. We will be taking the rest of the summer off from regular recordings, but watch for some best of compilations and maybe a few...
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Review #35 - Time for some Coffee & Cigarettes with Cellarmaker Brewing Company
On today's review, Alec and Chad reap the karma from subjecting Brian to the Pickle Agony. We dive ashtray-first into Cellarmaker Brewing Company's Coffee and Cigarettes, a tasty smoked coffee porter that sent a couple of the crew for a l...
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American Beer Review LIVE! Episode 47 - May Flowers ft. Mortalis Brewing Company & Humble Forager Brewing Co
On today's episode of American Beer Review LIVE!, we are celebrating the true return of spring with a couple of beers with loads of fruit flavors. First off we revisit pistachios with Mortalis Brewing Company's Hydra, a fruited smoothie (always...
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American Beer Review LIVE! Review 34 - Talladega Flights with Michael Waltrip Brewing Co.
Buckle up and pop the top on a cold one, because we're about to take you for a wild ride through the thrilling intersection of NASCAR excitement and craft beer expertise. I recently had the chance to clink glasses with none other than Michael W...
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Episode 46 - May the Cinco de Forth You Special 2024 ft. Evil Twin (NYC) Brewing & Magnify Brewing
A few weeks ago, in a living room far, far, away...Some scruffy looking nerf herders celebrated both upcoming holiday a bit early, and we are not mad about it. We start the party with Evil Twin Brewing's ETNYC Proudly Presents the Real ...
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American Beer Review LIVE! - Review 32 & 33 - Best Maid Sour Pickle Beer and Walkabout Sour Ale
On this American Beer Review LIVE! review, we put a bow on Dune references and pickle beer (for now). Today Alec and Chad will attempt to transmute Best Maid Sour Pickle Beer from Martin House Brewing. On the other side of the table Brian will ...
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American Beer Review LIVE! Episode 45 - These Cans Take Us Higher ft. Hoosier Brewing Company & The Unknown Brewing Company
On this episode of ABR LIVE!, we are celebrating everyone's favorite pre-funk for Earth Day - 4/20. We get off to a blazing start with Hoosier Brewing Company's Purple (Kush) Punch fruited sour and lament not having any more
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American Beer Review LIVE! Review #31 - Black Raven Brewing Co.'s Mens Room IPA
On this American Beer Review LIVE! review, we are tapping into some nostalgia of our younger beer drinking days. As expected from the beer experts at the The Mens Room and Black Raven Brewing - Mens Room IPA is a classic easy drinking (dare we ...
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American Beer Review LIVE! Episode 44 - Water of Life ft. Source Brewing & Imprint Beer Co.
On this episode of ABR LIVE! (3.0), preambles are back baby! Today we (Alec and Chad mainly) are celebrating the success of Dune 2, with a couple of water themed beers. First up from Source Brewing we have Ocean Water, an ice-style sour a...
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American Beer Review LIVE! Review #30 - Narrow Gauge Brewing Co's Peanut Butter & Stout
On this American Beer Review LIVE! review, Brian does not realize that this is a pre-apology from Chad and Alec for some future pickle beer. But we also sit down and try a fantastic peanut butter stout from Narrow Gauge Brewing Co, and Chad pla...
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American Beer Review LIVE! - St. Patrick's Day Special 2024 ft. Hoosier Brewing Company & Prison City Brewing
On this year's St. Patrick's Day Special of ABR LIVE!, we start off, as one would, by talking Legos and NASCAR. We rambled on a bit on this one folks, we do talk about the beer-soaked holiday eventually. Today's beers and how we managed to find...
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American Beer Review LIVE! Review #29 - Jester King Brewery's 2023 SPON. Three Year Blend
On today's American Beer Review LIVE! review, Brian's feeling strong enough to tackle some wild beer. For this week's review we bust out the wine opener and pour ourselves some old school beer - Jester King Brewery's SPON. Three Year Wild Ale.<...
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American Beer Review LIVE! Episode 43 - Prime Numbers ft. Civil Society Brewing & Fair State Brewing Cooperative
On this episode of ABR LIVE!, Brian is back and still mostly alive. Today we are diving into Moneybeer - Alec, Brian, and Chad each put together a dream 6-pack for our next Tavour crate. But just like your favorite penny-pinching MLB front offi...
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American Beer Review LIVE! Review #28 - Boundary Bay Brewery's Northwest Original IPA
On today's American Beer Review LIVE! review, Alec and Chad are holding things down still - Brian is scheduled to return next week. For this week's review we bust out the bottle opener and pour ourselves some old school beer - Boundary Bay Brew...
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American Beer Review LIVE! Episode 42 - Improbability Drive ft. Evil Twin Brewing and Prairie Artisan Ales
On this episode of ABR LIVE!, Brian is mostly alive and it's down to Alec and Chad to attempt to sound like beer aficionados. The probability of this occurring on episode 42 was 8,767,128 to 1 against, yes this is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the ...
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American Beer Review LIVE! - Flight & A Pint #2 - Iron Horse Brewery
On today's episode of American Beer Review LIVE!, we buckled our seatbelts and headed east towards Ellensburg, Washington - home to Iron Horse Brewery (the folks who make tasty, tasty Irish Death). Joins us while we wrap up our most excellent b...
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American Beer Review LIVE! Review #27 - Kettlehead Brewing's Pulpy Hazy IPA
On today's American Beer Review LIVE! review, we are back to IPAs and the hops went straight to our heads - get ready for a fun one. Today we are gushing about Kettlehead Brewing's Pulpy New England (Hazy) IPA - there's a juice box on the can f...
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American Beer Review LIVE! Episode 41 - Darkest Before Dawn ft. Barrique Brewing & Blending and Threes Brewing
Only one more ABR LIVE! episode to go before Chad starts Tavour-ing IPAs again. This week we celebrating the return of 5pm sunsets, and manage to lose track of the time discussing some amazing dark beers. First up today is Barrique Brewing and ...
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American Beer Review LIVE! Review #26 - Black Raven Brewing Co.'s Festivus Pale Ale
On today's American Beer Review LIVE! review, we finally completed the questline "Hey, we should totally review next year's version!" with Black Raven Brewing Co.'s Festivus Infused Pale Ale.Blac...
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American Beer Review LIVE! Episode 40 - We're Crushering It! ft. Reuben's Brew's & Drekker Brewing Co.
On this episode of American Beer Review LIVE!, Brian dropped his first sci fi reference in the group chat, time to celebrate. We are digging into a couple brews from two brewies we didn't have to do any research on - Reuben's Brew's Crush the S...
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ABR LIVE! Review #25 Barebottle Brew Co.'s Rainbow Road Shortcut Hazy Pale Ale
On this ABR LIVE! Review, we're taking a little detour on our less hops January with Barebottle Brew Co.'s Rainbow Road Shortcut Hazy Pale Ale (say that 5-times fast). We also give give you a little A-Few-Weeks-Late Monday Morning QB and talk a...
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ABR LIVE! Episode 39 - New Year, Wild Beer ft. The Ale Apothecary & Four Fathers Brewing
On today's episode of American Beer Review LIVE!, Chad struggles with how to describe non-IPA beers. Starting off 2024, the crew digs into Brian's Too Many Hops Theory, running down some experiments ran over the holiday season. We crack...
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ABR LIVE! Review #24 - Holy Mountain Brewing's Brumalia
For our final ABR LIVE! Review of 2023, we are celebrating the passing of another winter solstice with Holy Mountain Brewing's Brumalia Ale. Join us while we thoroughly enjoy this reminder of brighter, warmer, Summer days ahead. Chad and Alec s...
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ABR LIVE! EPISODE 38 - Personality Hires ft. New Hokkaido Beverage Co. & Hoof Hearted Brewing
On this week's episode of American Beer Review LIVE!, Chad got another Tavour drop based on the can art alone. We start the episode off with a heavy right foot and talk a little off-season NASCAR before we fill our glasses with Yamabiko Rice La...
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Episode 38
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ABR LIVE! Review #23 - Fieldworks Brewing Emperor Citra DDH IPA
On this ABR LIVE! Review, we are in the presence of royalty. Having coronated King Citra, we are more than pleased to announce his successor - Emperor Citra DDH IPA from Fieldwork Brewing Co. In addition to today's review, Brian fills us in on ...
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