Cöld Brüe Pödcast - Craft Beer Reviews & News

Beer Convo: Ian Harwell (Owner - Ground Control)

Greg talks with Ian Harwell, owner of Ground Control in Litchfield Park, AZ. Ground Control is a coffee bar, restaurant, and taproom with a wide selection of beers on tap and to-go. Ian talks about his journey in craft beer, trying to keep a restaurant afloat during the pandemic, and the future of Ground Control.

It's All Good From Longmont to the Bay

We drink and review Gettin' Tiki With It Nitro (7.5% ABV), a piña colada wheat beer brewed by Left Hand Brewing Company (Longmont, CO). we also drink and review a double IPA called Denogginizer (9.75% ABV) brewed by Drake's Brewing Company (SanLeandro, CA).

In the beer news, we talk about Treehouse's $65 minimum online ordering, Hill Farmstead's attempt to exclude beer mules, and Brewdog's employees calling out their toxic work environment.

Our Cöld Brüe List is the Top Ten (or so) rides and Disneyland. Did yours make the list?

In our drunken shenanigans, Greg calls out Max Allotment for insensitive Instagram Story posts during the wake of the Rat Magnet Revelations.

Beer Convo: Hilda Cardenas (Co-owner The Wayward)

Greg talks with Hilda Cardenas, co-owner of The Wayward beer bar in Downtown Phoenix. Greg and Hilda about her start in the craft beer industry, the struggles of opening a bar during the Covid pandemic, and her thoughts on the future of The Wayward. 

Beer History7: Trappist Ales

Professor Beerkowski is back with another lesson in Beer History. This time she teaches us about Trappist Ales. What defines a Trappist ale? How do they differ from Abbey ales?

For our review segment, we drink and review Things We Don't Say (7.5% ABV), a sorbet IPA brewed by Energy City Brewing (Batavia, IL) in a multi-brewery effort to promote Mental Heath Awareness. We also drink and review a Russian imperial stout brewed by Lost Coast Brewery (Eureka, CA) called Imperial Oak Aged Madagascar Vanilla Bourbon Stout (2021) (10.3% ABV).

We have our Beer News, Cöld Brüe List, and recap our drunken weekends. Spoiler Alert, we review Cruella and Bad Batch.

Beer Convo: Drew Pool (Co-owner Wren House Brewing)

Greg talks with Drew Pool, co-owner of Wren House Brewing (Phoenix, AZ). They talk about how Wren House started, what the original name was supposed to be, how it grew into a world renowned brewery, and what the future of Wren House might be. They also discuss Drew's favorite Wren House Beer, a few of his favorite breweries, and brewing award winning beers.

Short 'N Sweet

We drink and review Emera Light (3.6% ABV), a session Hazy IPA brewed by Greenwood Brewing Co. (Phoenix, AZ). We also drink and review a maibock brewed by Morgan Territory Brewing (Tracy, CA) called Lock'd, Bock'd & Ready To Rock (7% ABV).

We have our beer new segment with Yosemite beers, our Cöld Brüe List with beers you have not tried before, and get personal with our Drunken Shenanigans.

Keeping it short 'n sweet.

Till It Happens To You

We discuss our feeling brought about by the stories from Instagram account @ratmagnet. We will not remain silent. We will support our sisters in the beer community. Change begins with us.

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We drink and review Trip Aces (10% ABV), and triple IPA brewed by Tombstone Brewing Company (Tombstone, AZ) in collaboration with The Casual Pint (Phoenix, AZ). We also drink and review imperial stout brewed by Port Brewing Company (San Marcos, CA) called Old Viscosity (10% ABV).

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You know Mount Rushmore? The rock? We selected our favorite hops to place on our Mount Hopmore. (TBH, I'm getting sick of beer puns)

Why Are IPA's So Popular?

We drink and review a west coast style IPA called Liquid Gravity IPA (7% ABV) brewed by Liquid Gravity Brewing Company (San Luis Obispo, CA). We also drink and review an imperial coffee stout called Perkatory (13.1% ABV) brewed by New Glory Craft Brewery (Sacramento, CA) using coffee beans roasted by Valiant Coffee Roasters (Loomis, CA).

We list the top IPAs and IPA-ish beers for those who are not into India Pale Ales. We talk about the beer news including brewing beer in space. We bring back our Instagram Follow of the Week. And during our Drunken Shenanigans segment, Sorcerer Chromatic details his trip to Las Vegas, NV.

Cöld Brüesters

We drink and review a hazy DIPA from Other Half Brewing Co. (Brooklyn, NY) called Drained (8% ABV). We also drink and review an English-style IPA called Hop & Destroy (6.2% ABV) brewed by Altamont Beer Works (Livermore, CA).

Professor Beerkowski (@brews.with.beerkowski) gives another Beer History Lesson where she goes into the Brewsters impact on the beer world.

In honor of Mother's Day, on which day we recorded this episode, we countdown the Worst Ten Mothers depicted on film.

And finally, we breakdown the SF 49ers draft class. Well, the first four picks.

Ranking Arizona Breweries w/Guest Host Eddie Gomez

We drink and review an American IPA brewed by Other Half Brewing Co. (Brooklyn, NY) called Dream Gems (6.5% ABV). We also drink and review a double New England IPA called Tylda (8.0% ABV) brewed by Wren House Brewing Co. (Phoenix, AZ) in collaboration with The Wayward (Phoenix, AZ Beer Bar).

 

We each rank the Top Six breweries in Arizona. The we share our lists with each other while giving the reasons.

 

We also talk about casting replacements in movies and television. And finally, we talk about which sports teams should move locations.