Hop Nation Usa - A Craft Beer Podcast

NON. ZOOM. EPISODE. We're back in person, bay bay. It's Katie, Steve and Adam together in the same room ... and they waste their opportunity talking about Non-Alcoholic Near Beers. (thelordgivethandthelordtakethaway) But still it's a redemption episode from the terrible NA Brewdog stout as they actually find something that makes sense. Also New Belgium is Torching the Earth, Natural Light is not a beer company anymore, and Dogfish Head is getting in on the NA game. Then it's workouts to look your best for #SpicyBoiSummer using your favorite thing to pick up: beer. Finally, a fun game of Is There Alcohol In This Crap? comparing beer and near beer on Untappd.  NEAR BEERS: Two Roots Brewing Co. Enough Said Helles Two Roots Brewing Co. Straight Drank IPA Sober Carpenter Blanche

This week HNUSA is Decayin' With The Boys as Adam and Matt from the DWTB podcast and Bash Brew homebrewing join Adam in Steve in the Zoomiverse. First it's news from around the world including Nigeria exporting Star Lager to America, Stone doing seltzer, hours in taprooms returning to normal (namely 412), and science nerds have found new uses for spent grain. Then they find out more about the DWTB podcast, Steve picks a donut fight, post Wrestlemania recap, and what are the Bets of Doom? Finally, it's a game of Werd which is different from PTI's Word so mind your business. But it's more WWE and Wrestlemania hot takes; WARNING Hulk Hogan gets shit on so much during this segment PornHub moved this podcast into its scat category. BEERS: Wilmington Brewing Company Litter Box Coffee Blonde Adroit Theory EBK Until They Kill Me Ghost 925 DIPA Allagash Kurkuma Farmhouse with Turmeric Fury Brewing Rowdy Bagpiper BA Scotch Wee Heavy Hitchhiker Brewing Triple Shakes Coffee Porter Bhramari Brewing I Could Float He

Kelsey returns to the zoomcast with Steve and Adam to talk beers. Word has traveled of a new contender to the throne of spiciest beer in the world from Maltese Brewing, Budweiser becomes the official state beer of Utah(because no one else would have them), and the best selling beer styles. Then it's a look into the future because like the locusts of Capistrano, beerfests are making their return. What is the perfect storm of Wet September? And who has the gall to have a beerfest in May? Finally it's more spicy boi takes as they all answer questions from around the internet in Nobody Asked You. BEERS: Cinderlands Danville Train Festbier Masthead Brewing Company Augenblick Helles Lager Working Class Brewery Die Tripper Belgian Dark Strong Ale Hitchhiker Brewing Double Bane IPA Couch Morning Wood Coffee Stout Listermann Brewing Company Smoked Porter

This week, all the way from Chicago, Chalonda White also known as Afro Beer Chick joins the show. Dennis from First Sip Brew Box also sits in with Adam. Steve is here too. They talk about the upcoming Barrel & Flow Fest (fka Fresh Fest), the collabs already set for the festival, Anderson Valley opening a new beer park, and Voodoo expands ... again. Then they get into ABC's professional drinking acumen with hosting a craft beer podcast and a bourbon podcast. She talks about some of the best bourbons out there and the best breweries to drink at in Chicagoland. Also we learn we can get a theme song on Fiverr. Finally, it's the great bourbon quiz, Charlie Brown. You won't believe how this ends. BEERS: North Country Brewing Cordelette Brown Ale McAllister First Love English Brown Ale Butler Brew Works Creekside Kolsch-Style Saint Errant Wander On DDH Ten7 Brewing Milky Milky Shakey Shakey Strawberry Hitchhiker Triple Thick Stout R Shea Brewomg Gose Into Effect The Big Rip Brewing Company Black i

That's right. This week we have someone way more famous than us as a guest on the podcast this week. Youtuber, musician, artist and former Pittsburgher Ali Spagnola joins the show. She's such a big guest original podcast member Sam comes back as well. They talk about Ali's maker art projects on her channel, Broadway musicals, high school band, "healthy" alcohols, and how fitness and beer can mix. Sam and Steve reminisce about Ali's Power Hour, they all reminisce about St. Patrick's drinking in Market Square, and then pile on Adam for his pineapple on pizza views. They also bring back the Pairdown and have Ali pair beers with favorite activities. BEERS: Pabst Blue Ribbon Abjuration Chocolate Hot Pepper Stout V1.6 Penn Brewery Marzen New Trail Leprechauns Drink Milkshakes Too IPA Flying Fish Salt and Sea Strawberry Lime Gose Shubrew Smooshie Shammy Shake Sour  

The show starts planning for vacation. Jon Dispenza from the official Untappd podcast Drinking Socially and Adam's long time friend Greg both live in Wilmington, North Carolina and they're both on this podcast with Adam and Steve. They talk about the Untappd cast, chasing badges, and drinking in Wilmington. They go deeper into the city's beer scene and get ale trail recommendations including Flytrap, Ironclad and Edward Teach, as well as beerfest and specific beer recs. Finally it's the return of the game Craft or Crap? taking the most indiscernible Untappd reviews and trying to guess what beer the reviewer is talking about. BEERS: Wilmington Brewing Company Tropical Tropical IPA Wilmington Brewing Company Hazy Tropical NEIPA Wilmington Brewing Company Tropical Frightening Imperial IPA Flying Machines They Came From Above IPA New Anthem Beer Project Hillbilly Prophet Stout in Willett Barrels Burial Beer Co Spectacle of Martyrdom English Mild

It's the fourth anniversary show and we're redoing the 3rd anniversary show. All the pieces are set. Adam and Steve are here and Katie is back as a guest. They talk about the dwindling population of Trappist monks, the best burgh for baseball boozers, and West Virginia's struggles within the craft beer scene. Then it's the Pandaversary of the Panorama aka Ronamania and they take a look back at the "good" things to come out of the last year of crisis. Finally, they put together all star lineups for a special Hop Nation USA celebrity episode as well as cast Hop Nation USA The Podcast: The Movie. Steve attempts to use magick to meet Kat Dennings. BEERS: Westmalle Trappist Tripel Butler Brew Works Soft Top Hazy IPA Toppling Goliath Pseudo Sue Pale Ale Brasserie d'Achouffe Cherry Chouffe Insurrection Ale Works Wash Uffizi Drive Me To Firenze Pilsner Hoof Hearted Brewing x Dugges Bryggeri Faster Than the Future Stout Oxbow Brewing Sap Haus Smoked Lager Grist House Mexican Mocha Stout Urban Artifact The Ga

Drink a Beer, Play a Game. It isn't just good life advice, it's also the name of the podcast and Youtube channel hosted by this week's guests Jim and Brian. They join Steve and Adam to drink beers and plays games. Up first they talk about the March Madness brackets released by Breweries in PA, get in Pennsylvania drinking habits, bash on New Jersey, and then get into the big news out of Columbus and Platform. Then they get to know Brian and Jim a little better, their channel, favorite video games, beers, and how they rank them. Finally, they all come up with not 1 but 4 beer themed videogames including one involving Greg Koch and Stone that gets an automatic Ao rating. BEERS: Spring House Brewing From Helheim With Love NEIPA Casa Agria Specialty Ales Ocean Bound IPA Abjuration CDS V1.6 Candied Sour Old Thunder Brewing 340 Helles Lager Barrel Brothers Milk Was A Bad Choice Peaches & Cream DIPA Rusty Rail Brewing Crunch Bot Caramel Peanut Brown Ale Spoonwood Brewing Flambasted Fruit Beer Urban Vill

The zoom shows never stop coming. This week Anthony and Mark from The Main Damie / Stranger Damies pod join Adam and Steve to talk beers and Dungeons & Dragons. First it's the news of the world including Cold IPAs, on the rise! Brew Dog gets a new location, and so does Cinderlands. Can you guess where they are? Then they get to know more about the Stranger Damies podcast as they launch their second season with an all new campaign. Also find out what a Kentucky Fried Tiefling is. Finally, they take on a game of Guess the Monster using a fantasy beer flight from the Miskatonic Brewing Company. BEERS: Cape May x Tonewood Brewing Two Versions of Me IPA Flying Machine Brewing Company Ratios: SMaSH Lager Yellow Bridge x Fueled By Hops Something T'art Peach Sour Sweetwater Brewing Troptimistic Southern Tier Iced Macchiato White Stout Rogue Yellow Snow Pilsner Southern Tier 8 Days a Week Blonde Hitchhiker We All Scream Ice Cream Stout Mortalis Hydra Pumpkin + Blueberry + Banana + Milk Sugar + Cinnamon

Steve and Adam are back on Zoom and Steve's audio quality has also returned. This week they're joined by members of the Pittsburgh Diversity Council including returning guest host Dennis of First Sip Brew Box and Adam aka Happy Hour and Sydney of 412 Brewery. They talk about the formation and goals of the council and what the future looks like for it. Then it's onto some indie pro wrestling talk, the change in ownership of 412, and what people can look forward to from the brewery. Finally, they play a game of Brew'd in which Happy Hour and Sydney have to brew beers for MONsters, vikings, and super athletes. BEERS: 412 Brewery Deep ObSession IPA Hop Farm Brewing Big Wit witbier Brew Gentlemen General Braddock IPA East End Brewing Pennsylvania Loophole 3.0 Sixpoint Party Favors DIPA Soebel's Obscure Brewing Mayapple's Maple Brown Ale Inner Groove Brewing Crooked Hoss stout Alchemist Luscious Stout 11th Hour Brewing Slice Blueberry Peach Sour Grist House Every Once In A While CA Common Rhinegeist Sla

Minutes before we went to broadcast, a local man found his microphone, murdered, thrusting him into a world of terrible, second rate audio. If you, or someone you know, has any leads to solving this unsolved mystery contact us. This week Dudes with Brews on a Porch host Drew joins Adam and Steve on Zoom inside. Not on a porch. Because it's cold. They talk about the beer recycler ReBru Spirits, Kirin and New Belgium cutting ties with Myanmar, and the Kwik Trip phenomenon of Wisconsin. Then they learn about Drew, his podcast, his history in radio, asshole podcasters, and interest in the paranormal. Finally, a series of cryptic cryptid puzzles are made scarier by Steve's terrible mic. Can you solve the beer mysteries? Beers: New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze 11th Hour Brewing Hour XII Cinderlands Brick Top Coffee Quad Hi-Wire 10w-40 German Chocolate Cupcake Karben4 x Kwik Trip Urge Tracker Stout North Country Brewing Sour Series: Bananas Foster Hitchhiker Clouded Distraction Smoked Coffee Stout Tatt

Adam and Steve are going guestless on this week's murderous episode. First they get into the news of the week, Voodoo gets a new location, Trillium shows up in PA, South Carolina plays catch up and Iron City is coming back to the city. Then they explore the world of true brewery crime with the stories of Otto Koehler and Adolph Coors III, and the ill fates they met. Finally, they target the murders of beer styles by IPA and the conspiracy surrounding them. All will be revealed as to why the technocrat elite wants you drinking the same citra hopped. Beers: Ever Grain Brewing Sorbetto #11 Voodoo Brewery Venti Coffee Blonde Ale Hitchhiker Subsurface Pineapple + Mango Oskar Blues Death by Coconut porter Wilmington Brewing Company Jalapeno Saison Grist House Hops of Darkness Black IPA

For the first time in 2021, a brewery joins Steve and Adam on the podcast to tell their story. It's Outerbelt Brewing located outside of Columbus, Ohio. They're joined by headbrewer/co-founder Dan Griffin and marketing's Jason Butts. They talk about the history of the brewery, Dan's pedigree and work experience, and adapting a new brewery to Covid in Ohio. Then they get into homebrew horror stories, favorite beers, and plans for the future. Finally, the wrap with a game of Brewed in which Dan and Jason have to come up with hypothetical beers for their $90 six-pack, The Columbus Zoo, over priced Valentine's fixed menus, and new arrivals to space colonies. Beers: Outerbelt Brewing Glasstown Lager Outerbelt Brewing Gravel Donuts Hazy IPA Outerbelt Brewing Limited Edition Barrel Aged Vanilla Coffee Porter

One half of the Beer'd Al Podcast Lauren joins Adam and Steve to discuss beer and accordion fueled parody songs. But first it's news of the beer world including Four Points getting a new taproom, Yuengling going head to head with Shiner in 2021, and the Michael Waltrip has a brewing company. Then they learn about how Lauren and her brother brought their love for beer and Weird Al Yankovic into one place, talk the theory of pastiche, more sandwich theory talk, and how polka affects Pennsylvanians. Finally, it's The Great Weird Al Quiz where Lauren faces off against Steve. Steve makes a Dimmu Borgir reference on deaf ears. Beers: Adroit Theory Evangelion XV: Arael TIPA New Trail Brewing Co Drift Hazy DIPA Four Points Brewing Co Adam's Apples Fruited Sour Ale Troegs Mad Elf Belgian Haw River Brewing Crimson Velvet IPA Brew Gentlemen General Braddock IPA Toppling Goliath Sosus DIPA Other Half Brewing Greenbacks DDH Insurrection Aleworks 20 Hounds Oatmeal Stout

The pee themed title of this episode is brought to you by this week's guest, Master Cicerone Brian Reed. He joins Steve and Adam in the world of Dry January. That's right those two dunces invited one of the most knowledgeable beer minds on to not talk about beer. Instead they'll be profiling and reviewing sandwiches. They do learn a lot of about the Cicerone program, the education that goes into it, and how it was adapted for 2020. Then it's a gentlemanly debate about what is a sandwich and is Jaws a horror film. Finally it all comes together in a horror movie-sandwich quiz that cannot be duplicated or disassembled. Sandos: Smallman Street Deli Reuben Patrick's Pub Reuben Industry Public House Model T-urkey Carson Street Deli The Balboa Italian Hoagie Pizza Milano Ranchero Sub Steve's Homebrew Cheese steak wit Whiz Isley's Chipped Chopped Ham Barbecue 2 Brothers BBQ Brisket Sandwich Wal-Mart 'Talian Hoagie

2021 is off to a rocky start, a late guest cancellation has left Adam and Steve scrambling for content. The first half of the show is playing catch up with beer news, 2021 releases, the latest goof ass beer, black IPAs are back baby, and what're top 10 cities for breweries? Then it's a bare structured discussion about what we're watching to push the world out; non-spoiler discussions of Grand Tour, Cobra Kai, The Queen's Gambit, Tenet, The Orville and Star Trek. Minimal threats towards the audience. Beers: North High Wired Coffee Stout Divine Barrel Rumor of Tacos Berliner-Weisse

The crossover episode 3 people asked for is your reward for making it through 2020. The Weekly Re-Cap and Hop Nation USA come together for over an hour of Pittsburgh beer bants featuring Nick, Alex, Steve and Adam. Talking podcasting, breweries, beers, 2020 in review and capping off with a brutal round of Would You Rather which features a lot of bashing of beer that doesn't exist anymore. Beers: Dancing Gnome Upward Below IPA Brew Gentleman Kabuto IPA Grist House Outrun Nobility Keller Pils Grist House Velvet Vortex Dessert Sour Trace Brewing Sun Shadows Lager Couch Espionage Orca White Chocolate Stout

It's the second episode of Holiday programming for Hop Nation USA. They're ending 2020 by bringing on guests from the past, reflecting on the year, looking to the future, and having a bit of fun. Guests and their beers: Darren and Bobby Nacho of Couch Brewery Tom Wagner of A Little Beer Tasting / Logyard Misery Whip IPA CoHost Katie / Cinderlands Virgil Cain Vienna Lager CoHost Bubba / Leaning Cask Nelson Unleashed NEIPA OG Host Sam / Cinderlands She's A Beaut Spruce IPA Steve and Adam's Beers: Altered Genius Real Nice Surprise Holiday Ale Hitchhiker Some Mores Stout Samichlaus 2016

It's the first piece of Holiday programming for Hop Nation USA. They're ending 2020 by bringing on guests from the past, reflecting on the year, looking to the future, and having a bit of fun. First Steve and Adam welcome Trace Brewing and Truss Brewing to the Pittsburgh area. Then it's guests galore: Guests and their beers: Dave and Tom of Abjuration Brewing / Abjuration Dessert Stout V1.1 Chocolate Turtle Cohost Kelsey / Couch Brewery Sofa Quemando Pepper stout Pod Theory's Jason Cercone / Noble Stein Brewing Gnome for the Holidays Winter Ale A Little Beer Tasting's Nikki & Eric / Other Half Forever Citra IPA Steve and Adam's Beers: Four Points Brewery Hefeweizen Abjuration Smoothie Style Sour V1.4 Peanut Butter and Jelly North Country Brewing Snow Shoe Belgian White Victory Merry Monkey Holiday Belgian

It's the return of Bubba, the least Bubba named Bubba. He joins Adam and Steve on a Zoom call because the rate of Covid is too damn high. In news the talk about Pabst and Goose Island Closures, Cinderlands openings, Michael Jordan's Dumb Future and the release of the first piece of Hop Nation USA Glassware available now HERE: bit.ly/3gz6nXQ Then they get into Christmas beer traditions around the world including Norwegian Jul origins, German Gluhbier, Danish Tuborg Julbryg and more. Finally, it's a round of Nobody Asked You with questions pulled from Reddit and Beer Advocate. Beers: Dogfish Head Brewery Costumes & Karaoke Imperial Cream Ale Armada Brewing Forbidden Kingdom Kolsch Robinsons Brewery x Iron Maiden Trooper Sun and Steel Sake Lager Fathead's Hop Stalker IPA Leaning Cask Brewing Celestial Canine IPA Ellicottville Brewing Chocolate Cherry Bomb Stout Sobel's Obscure Brewery Honey Blossom Hefeweizen Pizza Boy Super Tight Session IPA Guinness Open Gate Imperial Stout Aged in Bourbon Barre