Hop Nation Usa - A Craft Beer Podcast

This week Adam and Steve add another Adam (Bashline of Bash Brew and Decayin' With The Boys Podcast) to sit down with homebrewing TRASH club members. They're talking with yet another Adam, Carmelo, and Bill, all medal winning homebrewers who will have their beers featured in Pittsburgh for Homebrew Con 2022. They're also joined by Tom one of the owners of Abjuration, and Zack a brewer, to talk about their brewery's involvement in making a collaboration beer for the week's festivities. Lots of talk of brewing for competition, beer judging, brewing for scale, exclusive news and more BEERS: Abjuration Brewing Franconian Lager v1.0 Abjuration Brewing Botanical Sour Ginger / Lemon Peel v1.6 Abjuration Brewing Dessert Stout Oreo / Coffee v1.5 Abjuration Brewing Smoothie Style Sour Key Lime Cheesecake v1.18

Steve and Adam audition two more breweries drinking things from Ohio they've never had before. They talk about the local news with douche stamps, one year for Two Frays, three years for Inner Groove; a New Guinness World Record, GABF is back, and baseball team "changes" their name. Then they dive back into the world of binge drinking and black out games, by peering in on what the young folk are up to. A discombobulating journey down the rabbit holes of TikTok lead to shuffle board with booze, engineering feats, and dangerous darts. BEERS: Birdfish Brewing Bohemian Pilsner Numbers Brewing Sour My Patch Hazy IPA

Adam and Steve hanging out at Hop Nation Central, drinking Burial from Asheville. What more could you ask for? They go through the news including Arboretum and Acrospire getting their move on, beer truck crashes, 10 cent beer night and Maxim magazine is still a thing? They also talk glitter beers, the desperation of corporations to get you to like them, Beavis and Butt-head's new movie, and the absolutely, positively 100% getting put into production Delorean EV. BEERS: Burial Brewing Company Dusk Dark Lager Burial Brewing Company The Beginning is After the End Coffee Porter

Steve and Adam are joined by the brewer / owner Nick Salkeld of Stick City Brewing in Mars, PA. They talk about the real important things beers, bears, and backpacking. Nick explains how the philosophies of conservation and naturalism are tied to the business of the brewery. Nick also gets into his history of homebrewing, traveling to sample hops, the music of the brewery, and his love for brown ales. Learn how to pair beers with fly fishing, Pennsylvania flora and fauna, and campfire breakfast.  BEERS: Stick City Golden Boy IPA Stick City Arctos 12° Pilsner Stick City Cedar & Slate Dark English Mild

Looking for lo cal alternatives for getting back out on the beach, poolside, or hiking? Katie has brought 3 lo cal beers for Kelsey, Adam and Steve to try. They talk about a penis on a beer label, murderers on beer labels, a new brewery and why it's not in a Toys R Us, and milk alternatives. Then they take a look at adventurous bars to visit and bike trails leading to breweries. Finally, a new game of involving beer pairings withe meals in order to keep it all around 2000 calories for the day. BEERS: VooDoo Brewery Empty Calories Light Lager Sloop Brewing Low Key JB NEIPA Great Lakes Brewing Crushworthy wheat ale

Steve and Adam audition beers to be their summer drinking beer of 2022. They talk about Oklahoma testing new ways to sell beer, Goose Island NFTs and the tanking crypto market, and John Deere partnering with Busch to make it seem like they don't suck. Then it's a Pittsburgh Summer Travel guide. New brewery spaces, new activities near breweries, outdoor breweries, and Anthrocon. Finally, the third segment was going to be a Beerify It for NFTs, but the accidentally come up with possibly the greatest idea for a brewery to steal.  BEERS: Dewey Beer Hot Sauce Sandwiches IPA Abjuration Brewing Honey Kolsch Spring House Brewing Rabbit Habit Pina Colada Sour

Full house at the Hop Nation Hub. It's Katie, Kelsey, Adam and Steve, and they're all drinking lagers! With everyone insisting it's the year of the lager, it's time for this podcast to jump on the bandwagon. They talk about a first Non-Alcoholic beer store in Pittsburgh, lager fests, getting tattooed for free beer, Beer Magazine, and ales for ALS. Then they do a summer movie preview with the beers they would sneak into those movies including Dr. Strange, Jurassic World Dominion, Bob's Burgers, and Crimes of the Future. Finally, a classic round of Beer Fight. BEERS: Fair State Brewing Co-op Tmavé Pivo Pipeworks The Finest Doppelbock Modist Brewing x Quantum Mirror Hex Code Coconut Pineapple Marshmallow Lager

Local beer influencer the PGH Beer Douche joins Steve and Adam at Hop Nation Central to talk stahts, because all weather is stout weather. They talk Year of the Lager, Logger Beer Fests, the Return of the Keg Ride, a look 2028, the Budverse, and what's new at Mondays. Then the hosts are influenced by the douche talking about new breweries in the city Fermata, Back Alley Brewing, and Coven. Also talking restaurants and food trucks. Finally, it's a new segment called Am I the Douche? and the hosts bully Mike into get merch. BEERS: Rar Brewing 10 Layer Stout Mondays Brewing All Season Stout Casita Brewing x Forgotten Road Brewing Not Before I’ve Had My Banana Marshmallow Chocolate Vanilla Hazelnut Coffee Stout

Katie brings back Oklahoma beers for Adam and Steve. They talk about the news of the week including OKC brewery Vanessa House going solar and releasing an Earth Day Beer, smoked beers on the rise, garlic bread, and Philly invades Pittsburgh...again. Then they get into the history of beer in Oklahoma which includes a lot of prohibition, but also includes the uniqueness of Choc beer and what the hell is a fishberry? Finally it's a round of Nobody Asked You where we answer questions from the internet about beer. BEERS: Heirloom Rustic Ales Nightjar Dark Lager Roughtail Brewing Company Drippin' Milkshake IPA COOP Ale Works DNR Belgian Strong

Steve and Adam travel to the middle of Carnegie, PA outside of Pittsburgh to talk with Dave Cerminara, owner/meadmaker of Apis Mead & Winery. They chat about what exactly is mead, put to rest common misconceptions, and learn about the processes separate mead from beer. They also get to know Dave's history in beer as both a home and pro brewer, his partnership with Bedillion Farm, and reminisce about good beers. Finally, It's the Great American Bee Bee. MEADS: Apis Bomb First Hopped Melomel Apis Mango Habanero Apis Lemon Meringue

April Fool's is a month long now and you tuned in thinking this was a beer podcast. But it's a cidey cast. We gotcha. Adam and Steve drink cideys and talk cideys. In the news, Nine Pin 26er club is back, Tom Hanks is enjoying Pittsburgh ciders, they learn what a pommelier is, and more. Then they get into the best cider houses and places to find ciders that aren't in Pittsburgh for the travel types . . . but homerism sets in. Finally, they talk about their favorite non-booze stories of the week in Toyota Corollas and Monkey Island. No it's not 1993.   CIDERS: Kelterei Krämer Bembel With Care Apfelwein Kirsche Wyndrige Cider Co Honey Lavender Beak & Skiff 1911 Maple Bourbon Barrel Aged Cider    

Steve and Adam hanging out drinking brown ales. That's the premise. Love it or leave it. This week they talk about Stone vs Keystone vs Firestone Walker vs Firestone Tires, Pints and Panels new book; the Two Frays, First Sip and Kweza beer and introduce a new segment. Then they decide what to do with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hint: It's not keep the Pittsburgh Pirates, but their ideas are far more fun. Finally, now that Stone has opened the lawsuit door it's time for Hop Nation USA to recoup some losses and set the industry straight with frivolous lawsuits. Of course this goes well. BEERS: Helltown Mischievous Brown Listermann Triple Digit Chickow! Hazelnut Double Brown Grist House Gristly Bear  

Traveling correspondent Kelsey has brought back beers from the insane state to the south, Florida. Adam and Steve get to enjoy them. In the news, Patagonia and Dogfish Head team up to scale up Kernza malt, PIttsburgh is getting lager fests, beer is getting cheaper in Seattle, and Jeremy Clarkson is aiming for a Top Beer? Then they brainstorm what the Hop Nation trend for 2022 will be, since they still can't lager beer and get in on that trend. Finally, it's beerifying recipes for the Disney parks for fun and profit?  BEERS: Unbranded x Blaze Brewing Co Amigos? Amigos! PB&J Sour Hidden Springs Brewing Casserollin' with The Homies Sweet Potato Sour Florida Avenue Brewing Neopolitan Berliner Weisse

An episode il classico with just Steve and Adam hanging out at Hop Nation Central drinking beers . . . but not strictly talking beers. First in the news, a sale on pineapple juice, Troegs gets even bigger, Heineken is terrible company in the metaverse, and Hoot Design and First Sip Brew Box give options to support Ukraine. Then they diverge from beer talk to talk about a new TV show on Amazon Prime, Last One Laughing Canada. The show featuring some of the funniest comedians from Tom Green, Whose Line Is It Anyway, Letterkenny and more facing off to not laugh. They get into the origins of the show and how it might work in America. Finally, they answer beer questions from the internet. BEERS: Shiner Brewer's Pride Collin Street Bakery Fruitcake Pastry Porter Brasseurs du Monde l'Abricothe Apricot and Tea wheat ale Helltown x Black Forge Coffee Forged in Hell coffee brown  

It's a full house at Hop Nation Central as it's Kelsey, Katie, Adam and Steve to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the podcast. They're drinking all 5.0% beers. Get it? If this bit continues, it does give incentive to hit 10 years. We get caught up on all the upcoming beerfests in the Pittsburgh area. Plus Zac Efron has a new beer related movie and is the location of the Wild Iggle revealed? Also we look back to the year 2017 and test our Hop Nation Knowledge. BEERS: Spring House Brewing Spare Me Pomelo Pale Ale Flying Fish Crisp Kolsch-Style DSSOLVR brewery Wicked Engine Pumpkin Cheesecake Sour

Two podcasters walk into a guy's house. Turns out it's a brewery. Not a great joke but that's exactly what happened when Steve and Adam showed up at Ben Steffen's currently garage based brewery Arboretum Trail. They discuss the obvious elephant in the room of how do you put a 3 bbl system in your home. They also talk about Ben's brewing origins, a funny tale about Tree House (yes that one,) homebrewing, and gardening. Finally, they get into brewing beers for all the trail hikers across America. BEERS: Arboretum Trail Brewing Just Browning Araun' Honey Brown Ale Arboretum Trail Brewing Sweet 2 Death Milk Stout Arboretum Trail Brewing x Mondays Brewing x Links Brewing In The Trees DIPA

Katie joins Adam and Steve to talk about the pride of Warren, Oh; Modern Methods Brewing. They also get into the news which includes the Foos, the hard Dews, and new guidelines for brews. Also a very cool St. Patrick's Day idea that other breweries need to adopt. Then it's history involving straws and Sumerian drinking culture. Finally, a fun round of Craft or Crap. BEERS: Modern Methods Brewing Company Dub City West Coast IPA Modern Methods Scrappy German Hefeweizen Modern Methods The Percolator Coffee Lager

Steve and Adam hanging out at Hop Nation Central enjoying some French Toast . . . BEEEERS?! This week it's celebrating the cinnamony breakfast sweet treat in beer form. First in the news, Heineken tries to put a fun spin on dire collapse of society (Thanks, O̶b̶a̶m̶a̶ Capitalism) Then a Dictionary adds some beer words . . . but not the dictionary because there is no single one. Then it's the history of French Toast, and why it's not French. Learn origins and preparations from around the world. Finally, the debut of our meal replacement app ... which is just making beer flights out of meals. This is probably not healthy. BEERS: Bhramari Brewing Let's Get Some F****** Fraanch Toast Artisanal Brew Works Touch O' Crunch Red Ale Yards Brewing French Toast Bites Ale

This week Adam and Steve are joined by Nikki and Eric to tackle the Valentine's Treat Beers and the coming Big Game. First they go heavy on the local news (because there wasn't really anything else) and talk about Arboretum Trail taking a couch, and Dancing Gnome's new artist forward initiative. Then they get into how to properly celebrate Super VD by mixes the Valentine's Day and Super Bowl celebrations into one with menu and gift ideas for both Rams and Bengals fans. Finally, it's a game of Is It A Love Song, Is It A Beer, or Is It Both? BEERS: O'Fallon Brewery Knotty Peanut Butter Pretzel Ale Land Grant Experimental Red Velvet Sour Abjuration Brewing Fruited Sour v1.19 Chocolate Cherry  

Frozen at home, Steve and Adam talk their mess across Zoom and drink some beers. In the news and notes, Beers of Burgh and Brews and Bruises set their dates, AB-Inbev answers the question of how to make the 2022 Qatar World Cup worse, and the French are bleu dah be dah. Then Steve tries to class up the joint with a cultural report on things beer and adjacent. Focusing on the Lunar / Chinese New Year and Peruvian molle chicha trip juice. Finally, they invent a whole bunch of new beer styles and products for the future in hopes of finally getting that fat check. BEERS: Hitchhiker Heavy as Liquid Stout with Blackberries Notch Brewing Left of the Dial Session IPA Salty Turtle Muddy Buddy Peanut Butter Ellicottville Brewing Hells Canyon WCIPA Old Thunder Brewing Smoked Midnight Blue Porter The Brew Kettle Heritage Porter