Hoppy Craftsmen - Arizona Craft Beer Podcast

(NSFW) This episode the guys sit down with Matt and the elusive Greg to discuss the 4th anniversary of The Beer Research Institute (BRI).  We get to see behind the curtain once again and talk about what makes BRI so awesome and how it takes more than just great beer to rep your brand.  Always fun, always insightful, never a dull moment.  Plus we get to rapid round Greg, and do a rapid round rewind with Matt (this guy is scary consistent). All the while enjoying some great brews from their killer anniversary line up. Our Guest Info: The Beer Research Institute 641 South Stapley Drive #104 Mesa, AZ 85204 ​Phone: 480-892-2020 Facebook Instagram Email Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https:

(NSFW) This week Nate and Chris are joined on the show friend of the show Ed Gomez aka Barley Legible. We talk about anniversaries that are happening all this month and next. How oatmeal chocolate raisin cookies are the best. That Nate wants all breweries to just move closer to him. The Wandering Tortoise is getting a second location in Chandler called The Sleepy Whale. Nate learns how to ride a bike. We debate if Watermelons are a fruit or vegetable. A fly terrorizes Chris now stop. Then Ed wants to know how petty we could get if we had f*$k you money. Also, a private insult is shared on the air. Lastly, we bring back a segment we called honorable mentions.   Our Guest Info: Barley Legible Show Info: Ab-Inbev "Craft is Dead" Anniversary Explosion Time of Year Pueblo Vida The Beer Research Institute 12 West Brewing Cider Corp  McFate Mother Road The Wandering Tortoise Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beauti

New Brew Review is a bi-weekly bonus podcast.  Each episode a new reviewer from the world of craft beer will try a new brew they have never had before and share what they think of it with you in a bonus podcast. As the reviewer should be trying a new beer, and recording at the same time we hope to capture a very honest review. Not what they hoped it would be or thought it should be. As a note the review does not necessarily reflect those of the Hoppy Craftsmen, but are those of the reviewer. Our Guest Info: Pueblo Vida Brewing Co. 115 EAST BROADWAY BOULEVARD TUCSON, AZ, 85701 Facebook Instagram Twitter Email Untappd Ratings - Mosaic  Citra Check out full episode interviewing Pueblo Vida Brewing and the interview with Say Well Designs Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https

(NSFW) This week Jeff and Chris get to hang out at The Beer Research Institute and enjoy some of their amazing beers they have on tap. They then talk about local beer releases that they are excited about. It is also that time a year again. GABF and the pumpkin spice beer invasions! They speak of what kind of route would be the best at GABF, like high ABV, rares pours, or high profile names. Who knows maybe next year we can put those routes to the test! Our Location Info: Beer Research Institute 641 South Stapley Drive #104 Mesa, AZ 85204 ​Phone: 480-892-2020 Facebook Instagram Email Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraft

(NSFW) For our 50th episode we wanted to do something a little different than the normal rant episode or even the standard brewery interview. However, we still wanted to hang out with some of our friends from the Arizona brewing scene. So we asked long time guest on the show Ed Gomez aka Barely Legible and Noel Garcia to come hangout at Jeff's house. Neither one has ever experienced the perils of Drunk Quest, so we threw them right into the mix. Also, we solved the PBR is Hamm's mystery. Then Chris rolled some magic dice as well . Overall, what came out was an episode that we really enjoyed recording, let us know how well it is to listen too. Cheers! Our Guest Info: Drunk Quest with 90 Proof Seas Expansion 12 West Brewing Barley Legible Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: htt

(NSFW) Getting ready for Episode 50 so we dug deep into the archive and pulled out episode 16. This is the first episode that Chris, Nate, and Jeff were on together. This time in our newest format, and unedited. So there will be breaks and there will be crazy things said before we come back from those breaks. Enjoy! Long time listener, and friend of the show Jeff Breckon joins the guys to talk about AZ Wilderness of course! New breweries showing up in the valley, beers of the week, horrible parking, and they may talk a little about the recent buyout of Wicked Weed Brewing to they who shall not be named. Oh and he brought us some beer from Tucson’s Thunder Canyon Brewing! Beer mail from our friend in the Pacific Northwest. And more beer from AZ Wilderness. Episode Articles Draft Magazine - Best Beers We Tasted this Week AZ Wilderness No Ticky No Taco Barrio Mesa Gateway Last Call for IBUs: Fact, Fiction and Their Impact on Your Beer Watership Down Wicked Weed Buy Out Funkatorium Attendes  (Update May 9th: 52 o

(NSFW) The guys are all back together again, running through the old format of drinking beers and shooting the shit. We talk about the latest buyout from Heineken, our bucket list breweries that we want visit before we kick the bucket. We wax on about Wren House and AZ Wilderness. All the while we try four different beers that we had saved and some that we just got from the current Arizona can releases. All in all it was nice to get back to our roots, but we are all itching to go have some amazing conversations with some cool people.  Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://w

In this episode Nate and Chris sit down with Barley Legible and wax about pouring at Real Wild and Woody 2018. They listen to a few interviews that we did during the festival. And talk about some of the "latest" news. Oh, and Nate bags on Ed for bringing some old beers. Our Guest Info: Wren House Brewing 12 West Brewing Beer Research Institute Pueblo Vida Cider Corps Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com/ YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast Support US! Buy U

This episode, Jeff and Ed meet with Rob Fullmer to discuss the upcoming Real Wild & Woody festival, as well as Rob fills us in on several of the things the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild are working on to make Brewers and beer drinkers lives easier. Our Guest Info: Barley Legible Arizona Craft Brewers Guild Show Links: Real Wild and Woody Tickets Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hoppycraftsmen/ E-mail: hoppycraftsmen@gmail.com Blog: http://hoppycraftsmenpodcast.com/ YouTube: Hoppy Craftsmen – Craft Beer Podcast Support US! Buy Us a Beer! For as little as a dollar

(NSFW) This bonus episode we dust off an episode that never saw the light of day. The Hoppy Craftsmen are back at The Shop Beer Co. but this time it’s to release the amazing collaboration Tropic Like Its Hot can between The Shop, the Hoppy Craftsmen, and some of our lucky listeners. Listen up as we realize the awesomeness of our killer triple milkshake IPA flavored with pineapple, coconut and vanilla. We get to try it on nitro for the first time and we get to experience what its like to live in the flight path. Plus, we review what it took to get to this point, and how humble of an experience this has all been. Our Guest Info: HCPC21: The Shop Beer Co – Inappropriate Beer Names and Undiagnosed ADD Show Links: HCPC34: The Shop Beer Company – Contest Winners, Adjuncts, and Yuma Rapid Round HCPC39: The Shop Beer Co – Brew Day Recap and Contest Winners Rapid Round Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vi

(NSFW) This episode the guys find themselves in a cool little beer share with our buddy Ed.  We sit down and share some fine beers from Cantillon and La Cumbre, that latter of which was donated by friend of the show Paul Flores.  We take on subjects like the closing of Nimbus Brewing in Tucson, the amazing arrival of Rowley Farmhouse to good old Arizona, Pueblo Vida canning woes, crowd sourced canning lines and the wonderful Pete Coors open letter and Ninkasi’s awesome response. Our Guest Info: Barley Legible Show Links: Coors Open Letter Ninkasi Response  Wages Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakotsuboMen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TakotsuboMen Contact us! Instagram: @hoppycraftsmen Twitter: @hoppycraftsmen Fac

(NSFW) This episode the guys head to Prescott AZ to sit down and talk with Jeff Herbert of Superstition Meadery.  Aside from Jeff’s unbelievable hospitality, we sit down and talk about making world class mead in the relatively tiny city in central AZ.  Join us as we talk about crazy ingredients, labeling, the difference between making beer vs. making mead.  Superstition’s popularity around the globe and what’s in store for the future.  Mr. Herbert is seriously nothing short of amazing, listen in and find out how a mild-mannered Phoenix firefighter discovered his calling for Mead, and try to figure out how he does it (while remaining a full-time Phoenix firefighter). Guest Information: Instagram Facebook Website Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tako

(NSFW) When the good people up at Dark Sky Brewing asked if we wanted to come up to Flagstaff and chat we said yes. It helped that the date we settled on was their 3rd Anniversary Party. We sat down with Ryan Sandlin Co-Owner, Brewer, and all around pretty cool guy. We talk about how a night of backyard drinking with friends turned into this beer making machine that is Dark Sky Brewing. The growing pains that they saw early on, and what the future plans are for the brewery. We marvel at the sheer number of beers they have made in the last three years, what was good, and what was not so good with some of them. We talk the amount of collaborations they have done, their latest can and bottle releases, and what everyone will be missing at the festivities that night. Along the way Ryan treats us to samples of each of the new releases, and some beers that are no longer in production. If you get a chance to check out Dark Sky Brewing in Flagstaff Arizona the first international dark sky city, we highly recommend it.

(NSFW) This episode finds us in Goleta, California with the boys from 12 West and Grand Canyon Brewing.  The fine folks at Captain Fatty’s Brewing invited them out to brew up a couple collabs, and they were nice or crazy enough to invite us along.  After a hell of a road trip, checking in on the So. Cal craft scene to see what Bottle Logic, Monkish, Phantom Carriage and a few other fine breweries were up to, we made our way up the coast to Goleta near Santa Barbara.  We sampled more beers, soaked in the amazing hospitality and were treated to some amazing tacos.  This was a super fun trip, and resulted in a super fun episode, join in and listen to the awesomeness that goes into a collab when some incredible brewers hook up and do their thing! Our Guest Info: Captain Fattys Brewing 12 West Brewing Grand Canyon Brewing Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gor

(NSFW) This week’s episode finds Nate and Chris at the Juicy Brews Festival in Tucson. The brain child of Hop Culture Magazine, the Juicy Brews Festival is a traveling festival selling out all over the country. It focuses on, you guessed it, juicy ipas as well as a beer festival the Hop Culture Magazine crew would really want to go to. During the festival they catch up with Chase from AZ Wilderness and Luke from Wren House Brewing Co. They gush over more Pueblo Vida beers with owner and brewer Kyle. Then Ryan and Kristen from Dark Sky Brewing come say what up. Brittany and Jonathan two big supporters of the show get to see what it’s like on the other side of the mic. Finally, a super busy Kenny Gould, Juicy Brews Organizer sits down with us after we get someone to cover for him. Our Guest Info: Arizona Wilderness Wren House Dark Sky Brewing Pueblo Vida Brewing Hop Culture Magazine Brittanie and Jonathan Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in

New Brew Review is a bi-weekly bonus podcast.  Each episode a new reviewer from the world of craft beer will try a new brew they have never had before and share what they think of it with you in a bonus podcast. As the reviewer should be trying a new beer, and recording at the same time we hope to capture a very honest review. Not what they hoped it would be or thought it should be. As a note the review does not necessarily reflect those of the Hoppy Craftsmen, but are those of the reviewer. Our Guest Info: 12 West Brewing 3000 E RAY RD BARNONE BLDG. 6, SUITE 110 GILBERT, AZ 85296 480-404-9699 Facebook Twitter Instagram Untappd Ratings Check out full episode interviewing 12 West Brewing Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TakotsuboMen Twitter: https:/

(NSFW) This episode finds the guys in Avondale, AZ at 8-Bit Aleworks.  We sit down with Ryan and Krystina Whitten to talk about their totally awesome, video game inspired brewery, hacking beers and the overall awesomeness of 8-Bit Aleworks.  Tune in and listen to us fire off our tried and true rapid round questions, as well as discussions about the similarity of brewing equipment vs. meth lab gear to the Po-Po, the upcoming final anniversary (calm down, it’s not literally “final”), the myth of million-dollar brewery start-up costs, the awesomeness of dealing with the city of Avondale, the less awesome dealing with general contractors.  Then marvel at the ridiculousness of how many times Jeff says “ooooooooh” then as his dreams are realized at the mention of a newly hacked The Hef is a Lie infusion.  Cheat code:  Banana’s Foster. Our Guest Info: 8 Bit Aleworks  Facebook  Instagram  Website Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for f

(NSFW) After a long day of brewing Tropic Like Its Hot our social media voted Triple Juicy Pina Colada Milkshake IPA we sit down and talk about how it all went. We speak to this amazing trip that we all got to be a part of. Then Chris puts them all though the rapid round and tests Dave's memory to see if he gives the same answers. You might want to go back and double check for us, but we think he might have gotten some wrong. Like always it was great talking to the guys at The Shop Beer Co, but it was great getting to spend the day with our contest winners and getting to know them a little better. Our Guest Info: The Shop Beer Co.  Facebook  Instagram  Website Contest Winners Info Saucy Sina geimanjordan Stoney Mountain Brewing Chris Sauro Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Faceboo

New Brew Review is a bi-weekly bonus podcast.  Each episode a new reviewer from the world of craft beer will try a new brew they have never had before and share what they think of it with you in a bonus podcast. As the reviewer should be trying a new beer, and recording at the same time we hope to capture a very honest review. Not what they hoped it would be or thought it should be. As a note the review does not necessarily reflect those of the Hoppy Craftsmen, but are those of the reviewer. Guest Info: Pueblo Vida Brewing Co. 115 EAST BROADWAY BOULEVARD TUCSON, AZ, 85701 Facebook Instagram Twitter Email Untappd Ratings Check out full episode interviewing Pueblo Vida Brewing and the interview with Say Well Designs Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times but ultimately gorgeous. Enjoy! Intro: Skint But Free Outro: Takotsubo Man Follow them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tako

(NSFW) The Craftsmen sit down at Casa Libby or better known as Hop Theories Brewing (Nate's home brew) to catch up on some news with their good friend Barley Legible. We talk about the David versus Goliath situation that Stone Brewing has decided to pursue. Ultimately, they are trying to put the KEY back in KEYSTONE! We talk about how excite we are to be going to Juicy Brews Festival in Tucson on March 10th, and what a killer lineup it seems to be. Then we go over some insane beer laws that Texas decided to impose on Jester King and the collaboration they did with De Garde Brewing, and Sante Adairius Rustic Ales. We slip into some hockey podcast talk and Chris brings us back to the important topic... beer. Our Guest Info: Barely Legible Blog Instagram Untappd Articles Mentioned: Stone Sues Keystone Juicy Brews Festival Texas Beer Laws Suck Our Information: Music Credit: Takotsubo Men The assorted sounds of three ageing humans hitting things in a studio for five days. Beautifully nasty and pretty vile at times