Episodes
Aug. 13, 2024
Houston's Best German Pilsner
Can we all admit that Houston makes some damn good Pilsners? This week Ryan and Drew set up another spectacular blind tasting to crown Houston’s Best German Pilsner in an episode rife with controversy. Will Lil’ Snack from 11 Below hold onto its blind tasting crown, or will one of the new challen…
July 31, 2024
The Houston Beer News Episode
After many months on the road gathering the latest and greatest beer news, Ryan and Drew highlight the highs and the lows, the ups and the downs, and the the rising and falling breweries of the Houston area and beyond. It’s not all gloom and doom my friends… in the words of Monty Python and the Ho…
April 9, 2024
The Macro Beer Blind Tasting
And the winner is… America, obviously. The Beering Ain’t Easy podcast embarks on a blind tasting adventure through the most recognizable American Lager macro beers and one notable exception - Troy Aikman’s patented Eight Beer. Can Troy’s beer redeem the Cowboys playoff losing streak, or will he b…
March 5, 2024
Sour Feelings and Brewery Faux Pas
We drink two of the best sours in Texas, Atrial Rubacite from Jester King and Sea of Waves from True Anomaly, all while sharing our opinions and detailed instructions on how to perform the biggest faux pas when visiting breweries. Ryan brings it home with some beer news and Drew shares his toddler…
Feb. 13, 2024
BAE After Dark: Hot and Smoky
We back? It’s been a minute since our last episode, so we pay penance to the beer gods by drinking weird beers while we bring you up-to-speed with the state of affairs in craft beer and in our hoods. Tarot cards, anonymous Facebook posts, and Troy Aikman branded beer, all in the same episode?
Sept. 26, 2023
Fear Factor: Beer Mixed Drink Edition
It has been well established on our Podcast that host Ryan likes his beers (and other drinks) unadulterated. So what did we do to him? We made him face his fears and drink a wide range of beer mixed drinks for the first time ever, tournament style! And let him talk about more conspiracy theories.
Sept. 6, 2023
Drinking Euro Beer and Howling at the Moon
Ryan and Drew crack into some of the best beers from Belgium and Germany while sitting outside on the edge of the Austin, TX wilderness. In an episode rife with bad accents and pronunciations, your hosts discuss why Euro beers have fallen down so far on the Beer Advocate ratings while paying homag…
Aug. 1, 2023
The Mexican Lager Blind Tasting
In this episode, we do what we love best - beer news and blind tastings - but also answer some pretty important questions. Mexican Lagers are often considered basic beers, but are craft Mexican lagers an exception? And more importantly, could you pick them out of a lineup? And while we’re at it,…
July 4, 2023
Beer GPT
The Beering Ain’t Easy podcast has evolved into a new form fueled by Chat GPT and Artificial Intelligence, or in short, Beer GPT. We test out the capabilities of current AI and whether it poses a risk to white collar jobs, the writer’s guild, or at a minimum the low-grade humor you come to love o…
May 16, 2023
Fat Tire's Recipe Change and Sustainable Beer
One of the earliest US craft beer icons from New Belgium, the one and only Fat Tire, has gone through a major overhaul. New recipe, new logo, and new branding with sustainability at the forefront. We pull out our last batch of the old recipe and drink it side by side with the new and debate whic…
May 3, 2023
Aging IPA's and the Bud Light Saga
So, you’re supposed to drink IPA’s fresh, right? Well it may be common sense to you but we’re going to test it in an experiment anyway as is our tradition. We sample three Saint Arnold Art Car IPA’s at varying levels of freshness and answer why do IPA’s degrade, how do they degrade, and what are …
April 18, 2023
The Houston Flying Saucer with Asa Hanrahan
Asa Hanrahan, General Manager of the Houston Flying Saucer, joins the podcast to share his experiences spanning 16 years at the cornerstone beer bar and landmark of Downtown Houston! We discuss the craft beer evolution in Texas, Houston new downtown patio space along Main Street, the staying power…
April 4, 2023
The Hops Are Watching: Beer Conspiracy Theories
This week we talk about the one topic Ryan enjoys more than beer… conspiracy theories. We go through a series of wacky beer-related conspiracy theories and make up a few unsubstantiated theories of our own. Plus Ryan runs down Birds Aren’t Real and his favorite conspiracy theories of all time and …
March 3, 2023
Does the Color of Your Beer Affect its Taste?
Does the color of your beer affect how it tastes? Is Saint Patrick’s day and its green beer ruining your favorite lager? You better believe that the Beering Ain’t Easy podcast is here to conduct the experiments that no one ...
Feb. 14, 2023
The Austin Drip
Adam returns on this episode to share some great beers from Austin and we gush all about the beer scene in Dripping Springs! And of course in addition to the beer we stray off course with some truly ridiculous and hilarious stories (as is tradition when Adam joins the podcast).
Jan. 31, 2023
Negative Space at Ludicrous Speed
After we had so much fun tasting verticals and horizontals during our Eureka Heights episode, Ryan and Drew are back at it again with none other than the Negative Space Milk Stout from 11 Below Brewing! Come find out all about the awesome Negative Space variants and whether this beer is better fre…
Jan. 18, 2023
Time Machine: Best Beers of 2010
Join the Beering Ain’t Easy podcast as we jump in a time machine to drink the top 5 beers of 2010 (hint hint one is a big one!). But that’s not all - we’re going to give you the full and unadulterated 2010 experience. This means top 2010 news stories, top music, top movies, slang, and of course …
Dec. 20, 2022
Beer World Records
Ryan and Drew use their extensive research to tell you about beer-related world records so you don’t have to google them for yourself! And don’t google them, because we may have made some of these up. Plus, do kids ever throw up where you want them to and is Wade Boggs full of shit?
Nov. 15, 2022
Going Nuclear: A Eureka Heights Tasting
Stout Season is here! Ryan and Drew go full-on “nucular” by tasting a variety of Eureka Heights Nuke the Whales Imperial Milk Stouts aged across multiple years and their variants. What can go wrong with drinking four 11% ABV stouts? Apparently a lot of things.
Oct. 25, 2022
Painful Experiences and The Search for the Perfect Buzz
Come join us this week while we take a trip down memory lane, rattling off some of our best beer memories as we discovered beer and craft beer, and of course some of the most painful experiences to keep it from being too sappy! And on that topic, sometimes there is a fine line between a great beer…
Oct. 11, 2022
Hot Takes and Unpopular Opinions
Do you hate a beer that everyone loves? Love a brewery that everyone hates? Are you the type of person who holds back your opinions for fear of how stupid you sound, or do you just put it out there in the open for all to dissect? Well, Ryan and Drew choose the latter path, letting rip their bee…
Sept. 27, 2022
Oktoberfest: Houston vs. The World
We’re back with the third annual Oktoberfest Episode! This time we ramp things up by not only tasting our beers blind, but also taking our reigning champ, Paulaner, and putting it head to head with three Houston beers. And if that isn’t enough for you, Ryan and Drew test the myth of “Das Boot” wi…
Sept. 13, 2022
Adjunct Series: Blueberry Beer
This week we take our beer Adjunct Series into the wild world of blueberries! That’s right, we’re trying four different styles of beers from four different breweries to tell you the best way to enjoy fruit in your beer. While we’re at it, we’ll tell you the many different ways of how to brew wit…
Aug. 23, 2022
2 Year Anniversary: Drew Turns 40, Adam Moves to Austin
The Beering Ain’t Easy Podcast is celebrating it’s two year anniversary! We bring back original co-founder Adam onto the show to talk about his move to Austin, Drew turning forty, and Ryan’s bathroom etiquette conundrum. Plus we do micro-recaps of the HTown Brewery challenge and cover Turkey Forr…