
What Draws You to a Brewery?
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11/02/21 • 41 min
What draws you to breweries? Other than the beer of course! We poll the audience and tap into Ryan’s brewery connection to find out the truth. Plus, Adam and Drew lament over a challenging solar system science project assigned to their kids and debate whether it is ever acceptable to offer feedback/coaching to your kid’s teachers. Lastly, we update you on our HTOWN Brewery Challenge status by recapping True Anomaly, 8th Wonder, Great Heights, and Walking Stick!
Featured Beers:
Vernal. Equal Parts Brewing Company, Houston, TX. Marzen. 6.1% ABV.
Gorlami. Equal Parts Brewing Company, Houston, TX. Italian Pilsner. 5.1% ABV.
Slippin’ into Darkness. Brazos Valley Brewing, Brenham, TX. Russian Imperial Stout. 10.5% ABV.
Hazy Hop Bomb IPA. Symbol Brewing, Dallas, TX. 6.5% ABV.
Kaleidoscopic. Urban South HTX, Houston, TX. Triple IPA. 10% ABV.
Other Shout-Outs
Re-grained Spent Grain Food Company
CNN/Fox News
SpindleTap Brewery, Houston, TX.
Eureka Heights Brewing Company, Houston, TX
The Nook Brewing Company. Broken Arrow, OK.
King’s Bierhaus, Houston, TX
Ladder to Heaven. Hazy DIPA. Great Heights Brewing Company, Houston, TX.
Purple Flour - Pizza food truck at Great Heights
Eatsie Boys - Food truck at 8th Wonder
HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston
NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE! Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media!
https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/
Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at [email protected], or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.
What draws you to breweries? Other than the beer of course! We poll the audience and tap into Ryan’s brewery connection to find out the truth. Plus, Adam and Drew lament over a challenging solar system science project assigned to their kids and debate whether it is ever acceptable to offer feedback/coaching to your kid’s teachers. Lastly, we update you on our HTOWN Brewery Challenge status by recapping True Anomaly, 8th Wonder, Great Heights, and Walking Stick!
Featured Beers:
Vernal. Equal Parts Brewing Company, Houston, TX. Marzen. 6.1% ABV.
Gorlami. Equal Parts Brewing Company, Houston, TX. Italian Pilsner. 5.1% ABV.
Slippin’ into Darkness. Brazos Valley Brewing, Brenham, TX. Russian Imperial Stout. 10.5% ABV.
Hazy Hop Bomb IPA. Symbol Brewing, Dallas, TX. 6.5% ABV.
Kaleidoscopic. Urban South HTX, Houston, TX. Triple IPA. 10% ABV.
Other Shout-Outs
Re-grained Spent Grain Food Company
CNN/Fox News
SpindleTap Brewery, Houston, TX.
Eureka Heights Brewing Company, Houston, TX
The Nook Brewing Company. Broken Arrow, OK.
King’s Bierhaus, Houston, TX
Ladder to Heaven. Hazy DIPA. Great Heights Brewing Company, Houston, TX.
Purple Flour - Pizza food truck at Great Heights
Eatsie Boys - Food truck at 8th Wonder
HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston
NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE! Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media!
https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/
Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at [email protected], or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.
Previous Episode

A Guide to the Houston Beer Scene With Sylvia, The Houston Beer Mother
The Beering Ain’t Easy podcast gets the low down on the Houston Beer Scene in this awesome interview with Houston Beer Influencer Sylvia, aka the @houstonbeermother! Sylvia has been following the Houston beer scene since the beginning, and she not only acts as a brand ambassador for many Houston breweries, but she also has her own Houston Beer podcast (The Draught Queens) and runs the Houston Beer Guide website. We talk about upcoming Houston Beer events and releases, must-see breweries, Renaissance Fest, and shine bright lights on all the great beer-related things going on in H-Town!
Featured Beers:
Hyper Light. Back Pew Brewing, Porter, TX. 4.2% ABV.
Blue Testament. Back Pew Brewing, Porter, TX. 5.2% ABV
One Helles of a Lager. Klaus Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 5.4% ABV.
Hazy Pale Ale. Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 4.7% ABV.
Doc Hoppiday. Saloon Door Brewing, Webster, TX. 6.4% ABV.
Pumpkinator (2020). Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Houston, TX.
Cocodiculous. Saloon Door Brewing, Webster, TX. Coconut Imperial Stout. 11.8% ABV.
What’s Sylvia Up To?
Follow Sylvia @houstonbeermother on Instagram!
Subscribe to the The Draught Queens podcast!
@Budzbees Local Honey Farm
Other Shout-Outs
The Maharaja. Avery Brewing Company, Boulder, CO.
Light Hearted Ale. Bell’s Brewery
SpindleTap Beers: Heavy Hands, 5% Tint, Hop Gusher, Houston Haze, Houston Haziest, Triple Crown
Saloon Door Beers: Happy Hoppidiculous (coming soon), Tasty AF, V for Vienna, Kema Supremah
Vallensons Beers: Honey Belgian Ale (Honey Pot)
Renaissance Fest: Brigadoon Brewery (Black Plague Stout), Polish Tavern, Sea Devil Taproom
Pints for Prostates
Music to My Beers Festival (Pearland)
Nobi Public House
Cidercade
Texzas Food truck at SpindleTap
Frost Town Brewing
Big Al Craft Brew House / Turkey Forest
Grumpy McGregors
Saint Arnold / Great Heights / New Magnolia / Eureka Heights / Twisted Acre/ Misfit/ Location Six / Lone Pint/ Walking Stick/ Galveston Island Brewing / Baa Baa Brewhouse
Martin House
HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston!
NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE! Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media!
https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/
Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at [email protected], or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.
Next Episode

The Intersection of Beer and Sports
What is the best sport to watch while drinking? To play while drinking? While we’re at it, what is a sport anyway? Do things like golf, Nascar, horse racing, and bowling count? What is your criteria for defining a sport versus a game? Your Beering Ain’t Easy hosts answer all these questions, plus we share “Uncle Rico” moments as we reminisce on our peak sports performances.
Featured Beers:
Stratospheric Clouds. Spindletap Brewery, Houston, TX. NEIPA. 8% ABV.
Dollar Pils Y’all. Holler Brewing Company, Houston, TX. 5.4% ABV.
Black is Beautiful. Weathered Souls Brewing Company, San Antonio, TX. 8.9% ABV.
Other Shout-Outs
Netflix Series: F1 Drive to Survive
Houston Astros
Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Fun Zone Dolla Dolla Bills Y’all)
Kingpin (Woody Harrelson/ Bill Murray)
Uncle Rico (Napoleon Dynamite)
Varsity Blues
Bern Appetit Podcast
HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston!
NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE! Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media!
https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/
Follow @beeringainteasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube, email us at [email protected], or follow our beer quest on Untappd, usernames BeeringAintEasyAdam and BeeringAintEasyDrew.
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