We are here to say our goodbye, drink some beers and reminisce about the good ol days of the podcast. Kick back while we take a stroll down memory lane as we end this era. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Promo Code BESTBESTFRIENDSPOD Episode Song: The Way by Dilated People Remember to Subscribe, Rate and Review UNTAPPD - @Bestbestfriendspo...
May 14, 2025•58 min•Season 6Ep. 261
We are back recording live and we had a special episode. We are featuring a beer that we have discussed several times on the podcast but never featured. We are drinking The Four Roses editions of Brooklyn Brewery's Black Ops. We are also talking about our favorite cheesesteaks and we get deep into ice cream sandwich discussion. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 6Ep. 231
The boys are off this week, so we are throwing it back to a BBFPod Classic episode with Human Robot's Ken and Andrew. We're back together in the studio and Tom is on his 'roid rage tip. We are joined by the head brewer at Human Robot, Andrew Foss and one of the owning partners, Ken Correll. We have Human Robot on, so you KNOW we're talking lagers and pilsners. We are also talking glassware, the Human Robot brand and Czech side pours. Oh, and Ken casually drops that he knows Rob Tod. Check out th...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Season 6Ep. 259
We are drinking a beer that Dan has somehow never had. We are featuring Dale's Pale Ale to give it the respect that it deserves. We talk about the beer and how it helped start the can craze, we talk about people trying to form personalities and being toxic, getting beer from the grocery store and the whiskey bubble bursting. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or mo...
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 6Ep. 230
We are joined by old friend of the podcast, Brendan Breslin, from Wishful Thinking Brewing Co. We talk about the lager and pale ale that he provided us, his philosophy for the brewery featuring locally sourced ingredients, his Lukr system and his Detroit style pizza. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Promo Code BESTBESTFRIENDSPOD Episode Son...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 6Ep. 257
Now that we have wrapped up the Hall of Fame of Craft Beer, we are kicking back with a classic Whatcha Drinking episode. We are investigate the legitimacy of a certain beer influencer's unique beer count, we paint the picture of the neighborhood alpha dad and Tom drinks one of the worst beers he ever had, so we reminisce over the worst beers we've had on the podcast. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodc...
Apr 09, 2025•58 min•Season 6Ep. 256
The Hall of Fame inductions are finally here! We are inducting and highlighting our initial inductees, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Bell's Two Hearted IPA. We also induct our initial Listener's Choice, Troeg's Nugget Nectar. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Promo Code BESTBESTFRIENDSPOD Episode Song: Fashionable People by Joel Placket Emergen...
Apr 02, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 6Ep. 255
We are getting into Lime Beer season. We are drinking the newly released Key Lime Pie Sour from our friends at New Trail Brewing Company and talking about the state of sours in the industry. We also talked about Farkus getting elected to the Brewers of PA board as well as choosing beers that will be the first inductees into the Hall of Fame of Craft Beer. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10...
Mar 26, 2025•59 min•Season 6Ep. 254
We are celebrating St. Patty's day the way it was meant to be celebrated, by drinking stout. Dan brings on a new concoction to the podcast called Pine Tar, which is a half and half made with Guiness and Sierra Nevada. We also talk about our hatred of Red Ales and The Bit gives us his picks for the Hall of Fame of Craft Beer. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or mo...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 241
We are getting in deep with our Hall of Fame of Craft Beer in this episode. We are bringing two beers each to the table as our inaugural nominations for the Hall of Fame. That's about all there is too it. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Promo Code BESTBESTFRIENDSPOD Episode Song: Puffer - Cautious Clay Remember to Subscribe, Rate and Revie...
Mar 12, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 252
We are getting back to our roots of featuring one beer on the episode and the beer we are featuring on this episode is Publican's English Style Dark Lager from our friends at Human Robot and Schilling. We also start hashing out our Hall of Fame of Craft Beer idea and we talk about our top 5 pizza toppings. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with P...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 251
It's our 250th episode and we are celebrating by doing a hastily thrown together Whatcha Drinking?!?! episode. We are talking about Rebel Hill closing their taproom and the farewell party that we attended, we also talked about the Craft Beer Hall of Fame, creating our own craft beer HoF and gummy candies. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Pr...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 6Ep. 250
We welcome old friend of the podcast, Mike LaRosa, from New Trail Brewing Co. Mike brought 3 different beers to try. We talked about session IPA, West Coast IPA. Mike also brought us a NA version of Broken Heels. We talked about about the resurgence of NA beers as well. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Promo Code BESTBESTFRIENDSPOD Remember...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 42 min•Season 6Ep. 259
We are dipping our toes into the world of Ready to Drink cocktails. We are joined on this episode by Chris and Luke, co-owners of Not Pizza. Not Pizza is a locally produced RTD that consists of 2 seltzer drinks and 2 non-carbonated drinks. Chris and Luke talked to us about how they got the idea to start this venture, how they got the name Not Pizza, what goes in to producing RTDs and marketing it. We got the chance to enjoy the Orange Seltzer and the Iced Tea varieties. Support the podcast by do...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 248
We are continuing out look into the bottle by featuring the Coors Banquet Stubby Bottle. We are talking about the history of the Stubby Bottle, the resurgence of beers like Banquet and High Life, as well as looking at the Brewer's Association's '24 Year in Beer. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Promo Code BESTBESTFRIENDSPOD Episode Song: Ba...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 247
We are going back to the well with our buddy Richie and his beer from Space Cadet. Richie was going to come on but told us we needed more clout by having Alan on. We are drinking Richie's Pilsner dry hopped with NZ hops. We bring back dadscussions to talk about humidifiers and salt lamps and we talk about all time situational beers. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 246
Dan is back from Colorado just in time for the best beer season around. We are celebrating the yearly release of Nugget Nectar, we continue our adventure in the bottle by comparing drinking out of the bottle vs a glass, we ponder a gofundme to go to GABF and we do some eBay shopping for Miller Lite football glasses. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tav...
Jan 22, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 245
Dan is off to Aspen where the beer flows like wine so Tom had to call in a proper degenerate. Ryan Seiz from Warwick Farm Brewing is guest hosting this episode and we are talking about brewing Kolsch, good ol Alan make an appearance, 12oz vs 16oz cans, will bottles make come back and we check out a Vice article about craft beer dying. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of...
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 6Ep. 244
We are back from our holiday break and welcoming Season 6 of the podcast. We are starting a new year of intro music and this season it's all about what we are vibing on. We are also bringing the chat's BBA love, Alan not being able to prop up the Belgian beer industry and if the bottle will make a comeback. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with ...
Jan 08, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 6Ep. 243
We are wrapping up Season 5 with a real bang. We've talked about doing the Guiness/Monster mix for a while and we are finally doing it. We guzzle the devil's concoction down and we talk about what we are going to do in season 6 and fantasy football. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Promo Code BESTBESTFRIENDSPOD Episode Song: Clobberin' Time...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 242
Ding dong the smoothie sour witch is dead. We are talking about our carcast episode, going to see Creed and 3 Doors Down in concert, visiting Wishful Thinking and we celebrate the embarrassing death of Imprint Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Promo Code BESTBESTFRIENDSPOD Episode Song: Remember to Subscribe, Rate and Review Featured Beer: U...
Dec 11, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 205
We are on the road (literally) to go see Creed in concert. We talk about our barrel aged holiday weekend, how many Creed songs we will know, the downfall of breweries and our most memorable Christmas presents. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Promo Code BESTBESTFRIENDSPOD Episode Song: Remember to Subscribe, Rate and Review Featured Beer: U...
Dec 04, 2024•57 min•Season 5Ep. 240
We are visiting a style that Dan hasn't particularly enjoyed in the past. We are enjoying Murdered Out, a Black IPA, from Source Brewing. We talk about the Black IPA style as a whole, we compare it to bands that we don't listen to but appreciate their influence and hating on Sour Beer drinkers. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Promo Code BE...
Nov 27, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 239
We are heading back on the road for our Drinking Across Ol Glory series. This time we are heading to the Bourbon Belt and visiting Kentucky. We are doing a shot and a beer on this one and featuring Citra Ass Down from Against the Grain. We talk about Against the Grains brewery and how they seem like guys we would hang out with and we have our spookiest cyrptid yet. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcas...
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 238
We have another Mule fueled episode. We are doing a kind of abbreviated Whatcha Drinking filled with Tree House Beer. We are trying out a beer that that the Mule did not enjoy, North Koreans discovering porn and shedding some tears over a robot movie. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Promo Code BESTBESTFRIENDSPOD Episode Song: Darwanism by ...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 237
We are heading back on the road for our Drinking Across Ol Glory series. This time we are heading up to Vermont to enjoy an OG of NEIPA, Sip of Sunshine by Lawson's Finest Liquids. We try to figure out the music scene in Vermont, we talk a lot about Lawson's, we get in to some VT fun facts and we have an interesting cryptid. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or mo...
Nov 06, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 5Ep. 236
We are back with a spooky Halloween episode and we are exploring a beer, dressed as another beer, acting like another beer. We are drinking Budweiser Buvar Czech Lager from Czech Republic, not to be confused with the one from St Louis. We explain what would happen if prohibition happened again, why the youth is not drinking alcohol and barrel aged seaon. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 ...
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 235
We are going back to one of our favorite type of episodes, Whatcha Drinking?!?, where we reach in to our fridges and drink some fun beers. We are drinking some beers that wouldn't be surprising, Tom drinks a crispy and Dan drinks some funk. We also talk about ol Alan and the GABF winners that were released. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with ...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 234
We are saying out goodbyes to the season of festbiers. We enjoy some Human Robot Festbier, talking about what makes the style so good and we are joined by Ryan Seiz from Warwick Farm to talk about brewery Oktoberfest events. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box of $25 or more on Tavour with Promo Code BESTBESTFRIENDSPOD Episode Song: Amerika by Rammstein Remember to Subscri...
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 233
We are going back to our roots by having a brewer on the podcast. We welcome back, friend of the podcast, Richie Tevlin. Richie is starting a brewery called Space Cadet and he brought us some of his new beer to try. We talked about the beer, how the brewery came to be, the mission of the brewery and what the future holds for Space Cadet. Support the podcast by donating at Anchor.fm/bestbestfriendspod/support Check out the live stream at Twitch.tv/bestbestfriendspodcast Save $10 on your first box...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 5Ep. 232
