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Batch132: Second Chance Beer Blend-O-Matic & Beachwood Brewing Citraholic IPA
January 22, 2019

Cheers hop heads and science lovers! This week's Beer of the Week is the Blend-O-Matic, a collaboration from Second Chance Beer Co. and AleSmith Brewing. It's two beers that can stand alone or be mixed together to create a unique drinking experience....

Batch131: Russian River Happy Hops & Modern Times Orderville IPA
January 15, 2019

Cheers and beers to all the hop heads! For our beer of the week, we're road tripping to northern California for some Happy Hops; an IPA from Russian River Brewing. A hoppy IPA that pays tribute to an old brewery from Santa Rosa. Greg talks about his...

Batch130: Sierra Nevada Resilience Butte County Proud IPA
January 08, 2019

Cheers and hoppy New Year! We're kicking off the new year drinking for a cause with Sierra Nevada's Resilience Butte County Proud IPA. It's a simple yet classic style IPA with some tasty hop additions. Greg talks about donating the Drink Local...

Batch129: Happy New Year 2019
January 01, 2019

Cheers! Sláinte! Salud! Most importantly, Happy New Year! We asked all of our Friendsmas friends to come back and share some more beer for the New Year so that we could ring in 2019 with all of our favorite drunks. The Booze League's Commissioner,...

Batch128: 2018 Friendsmas
December 25, 2018

Cheers, Merry Christmas, and happy holidays everyone! We got together with some of our beerest friends to share some Christmas beer and cheer. The Booze League's Commissioner, Coley, and BDN join friends-of-the show Brian and Deb along with Shannon to...

Batch127: AleSmith Brewing Gregarious Nature IPA & Stone Xocoveza Mocha Stout
December 18, 2018

Tis the season...for collaborations! We're starting things off with a collaboration from Alesmith Brewing and Stone Brewing, two of San Diego's OG hop factories. The beer is Gregarious Nature IPA, a hoppy, easy drinker with notes of citrus and pine....

Batch126: Firestone Walker Gen-1 IPA & Port Brewing Santa's Little Helper
December 11, 2018

Happy Holidays everyone, we're getting in the holiday spirit with some of our beer reviews. Our beer of the week is Gen -1, an unfiltered IPA from Firestone Walker which is now part of their Leo V Ursus series. Scott brings up the Christmas party...

Batch125: Russian River's Blind Pig IPA & Sierra Nevada Celebration Fresh Hop IPA
December 04, 2018

The IBUs are high with this one. Our Batch 125 Beer of the Week is Russian River Brewing's Blind Pig IPA: a hoppy treat with flavors of citrus and pine that can give Pliny a run for its money. Alex aka LadyIPA is back with a new beer review, this...

Batch124: Casa Agria Oxnard Pale & Luponic Distortion Beer Science
November 27, 2018

Our beer of the week is Oxnard Pale Ale from Casa Agria; a hazy pale ale that is hoppy, juicy, and extremely easy to drink. The gentlemen talk about their Thanksgiving holidays and how much beer they had, and Greg talks about the new Drink Local...

Batch123: Firestone Walker 805 & Alesmith Brewing's Private Stock Ale 2016
November 20, 2018

Batch 123's beer of the week is 805, Firestone Walker's Blonde Ale. An extremely drinkable and widely distributed beer that also has a bit of an emotional attachment for the gentlemen. Before getting into some talk of beer trips and brewery...