HT005 - Belching Beaver & Claim 52

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02/24/23 • 74 min

Nick and Travis do a Brewery Review episode! Belching Beaver in San Diego, and Claim 52 in Eugene. As always, we take some forks in the road, but always end up making progress down the Hoppy trails! If you have a chance please check out everyone we talk about and show them some love, and always say Yes! to the Hoppy Ending.

We would love to hear from you. Please give us feedback or submit ideas for "Pub Bites" via email to [email protected]; you can also find us on all of our various platforms by going to www.hoppytrailspod.com

Travis talks about:

Belching Beaver

Nick talks about:

Claim 52 Brewing

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Travis talks about:

Belching Beaver

Nick talks about:

Claim 52 Brewing

Check out more about this show and other Sequpoidea Productions, LLC shows and projects at Sequoidea.com

Previous Episode

HT004 - Beer Today, Apocolypse Tomorrow - Epidemic Ales Interview!

**Want some Hoppy Trails swag? Post a comment on Epidemic Ales' Instagram Posts telling them you heard their interview on @hoppytrailspod, and send us a screenshot. We'll send you the Hoppy Trails basic starter pack. If you buy one or more SF Beer Week collaboration foursies (either on their website, at the brewery, or from a retail store), post a picture of you holding the cans or the online order confirmation to YOUR IG tagging @hoppytrailspod & @epidemicales, and send us the screenshot, we'll send you the Hoppy Trails delux starter pack! Email your screenshots to [email protected]

Today we are so hoppy to be interviewing Holly, owner of Epidemic Ales! Holly tells us how she got started, and how they made it through the pandemic shutdown. We also get to hear about some amazing collaboration beers Epidemic will be releasing for SF Beer Week. Epidemic Ales is a majority woman owned brewery, and Holly is an amazing example of incorporating art and creativity, and the concept of "community" not "industry" that has really made Craft Beer an important part of so many communities.

You will notice release day is on the kickoff of SF Beer Week, so if you're listening today you're in time to grab each one of these collabs on the day they release (and to grab some Birria Tacos or a Birria Ramen from OG Tacos!). You can pick up each of these beers at the brewery on their release day (below), or if you're in California you can go to www.epidemicales.com, click on the Online Store button, and order these beers shipped right to your doorstep! All collaboration beers will be available on tap and in 16oz foursies to go.

If you have a chance please check out everyone we talk abhout and show them some love, and always say Yes! to the Hoppy Ending.

RELEASE SCHEDULE:

2/11/23 - 2 Shawnz Hazy DIPA Release & Karaoke Night

2/15/23 - Majestic Mood Pale Ale Release & Underdog Rescue Pop Up

2/16/23 - Danksy Cold IPA Release & Trivia Night

2/18/23 - UFO Attack! Raspberry Milkshake IPA Release & Comedy Night

2/19/23 - SFBW Collab Flight Special!

WE ALSO TALK ABOUT:

OG Tacos

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Next Episode

HT006 - Pub Bites - Wrappers

Nick and Travis try their first ever Pub Bites episode where we make Wrappers! What the heck are Wrappers? Listen and find out. As always, we take some forks in the road, but always end up making progress down the Hoppy Trails. If you have a chance please check out everyone we talk about and show them some love, and always remember to say Yes! to the Hoppy Ending.

We would love to hear from you! Please send us feedback to [email protected]; or if you have ideas for "Pub Bites" or you've got a "Trail Report" from your own adventurs on the Hoppy Trails, send them in and we'll try to work them into a future episode. Remember to like, subscribe, and leave 5 star reviews wherever you can.

You can also find us on all of your various platforms by going to www.hoppytrailspod.com ; check out all the fun stuff we're posting to our Instagram page to see what we're doing in between episodes!

We talked about beer from Icicle Brewing in Leavenworth Washington, and ciders from 2 Towns Ciderhouse in Corvalis, Oregon. Our trail report mentioned beers from New Groove Artison Brewery in South Carolina, New Holland Brewing in Michigan, Ciclops Cydery and Brewery in South Carolina (thanks for supporting local artists!), and New Belgium Brewing Company, an old name in the craft beer scene!

Please take a look at Royale BBQ Fabrication, the creators of the wonderful burger and steak presses we talked about in this episode. They're making some pretty cool stuff to help you have the best BBQ experience, let them know you heard about them from the Hoppy Trails Pod. They're not an advertiser or sponsor, we just love their stuff!