Brewtal Battle Podcast

With beers picked by Rachel Herron from Wine World, Carlin and Rebecca embark on a miniature Oktoberfest beer tournament. Not all Oktoberfests follow the same guidelines, which leads to a few different variations in this competition.

Carlin sets up another mini deca-sode for Rebecca with mystery beers at the request of listener Steve Phifer. It’s pumpkin beers, but most will be more obscure than what the typical beer drinker is used to.

Kyle Norman unveils his final beer game after he and Carlin crack open the last beer in the Bruery Terreux and Dogfish Head collaboration series.

Another beer game created by Kyle Norman is played, but a warm-up beer is needed to get things started. It’s the second in the series of three collaboration beers from Bruery Terreux and Dogfish Head.

The first of the regular episodes at the beach, Carlin and Kyle Norman kick back with a warm-up beer that ties a famous Delaware brewery to one of the show’s favorites from California. Kyle then debuts a new game called Beer Belly and Carlin competes for bragging rights.

Having saved a few vintage bottles of North Coast Old Stock and some special variants, Carlin figures it’s time to taste and evaluate them all in one episode. This vertical highlights how this classic old ale changes over time and what the sweet spot is for aging.

At the beach for vacation, Carlin sits down to record with Kyle Norman. Leaving it up to Kyle, Carlin is presented with this epic Brewery Showcase episode that he tries to guess the focus of, before having the surprise revealed. Kyle takes the helm, giving all the information and dispensing quite a few beers to […]

For this installment of the Bruery Society Beers show format, Carlin talks about the fun and experimental tone of a lot of the society beers has has access to. He then lays out how some of the beer ordering process works and slightly rants about the exclusivity of the Hoarders Society.

It’s been awhile since the last On The Shelf episode, so Carlin and Rebecca brought it back to check in on what beers are hitting shelves. This time, the episode gets a mystery beers treatment with four beers picked out and wrapped up by Mike Jonczak.

Another road trip leads to another beer excursion episode for Carlin and Rebecca. This time around they hit breweries in Mechanicsburg and Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. Then they returned to one of their favorite taprooms in Red Lion.

Each year Rebecca tries to find her perfect beach beer. Kyle Norman suggested making her pursuit of this penultimate brew a blind episode. With that suggestion, Carlin put together a full deca-sode to see which one of 12 potential beers will earn the title of Rebecca’s official 2019 beach beer.

Carlin and Rebecca keep the excursion episodes coming, this time by hitting two breweries in Baltimore. Then, the most famous craft beer bar in Maryland is discussed. What beers are consumed to represent each establishment? Listen to find out.

After a long hiatus for the Pack Attack episode format, a triumphant return is in order. Carlin found a perfect beer pack to have Rebecca try blind, as it ties into her search for the perfect beach beer.

Carlin and Rebecca headed up to Hershey, Pennsylvania for a beer trip for Carlin’s birthday celebration. Great beer and food were consumed, leading to this robust brewery showcase episode, which is packed with information and tasty beers.

Having recently hit Frederick, Maryland for a special beer excursion, Carlin and Rebecca decided to do another. This time they hit up three good breweries in Columbia, Maryland. Listen in for their reviews and recommendations.

Continuing this new format series, Carlin dives into four more beers by The Bruery. After explaining the different society tiers a little bit, the first beer is cracked, and it’s a sour. The next two are versions of barrel aged imperial stouts, and the final returns to the sour category.

Still sipping on the warm-up beer from the last episode, Carlin and Mike jump into a discussion about the use of self-serve taps at some breweries. Convenience, logistics and laws are all discussed while analyzing this topic.

A recording session with Mike Jonczak wouldn’t be complete without a warm-up beer, so Carlin busts one out that ties in to the discussion topic. While sipping on the beer, the two give their opposing opinions on kitschy beers.

Having been well over a year, Carlin has Mike Jonczak back on the podcast. Wasting no time, the two dig into the recent news of Ballast Point being downsized by its parent company, Constellation Brands. The guys dig deep on this topic, talking about things like impairment charges and bond diversification.

Carlin took a trip to New Jersey with his Buddy Rich Smith to go to Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash. While up there, Carlin checked for local breweries and found that this one was close. Glad he stopped in, Carlin returned home with some beers and roped Rebecca into a brewery showcase episode.