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Episode 126: Stickman Brews/Hop Hedz Gear (or Enough to be Dangerous) Oct 20, 2017

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Back at Stickman Brews again, and once again New England IPAs feature prominently in our discussion. This time, it’s because they brewed one…what?! I know, we were a bit shocked too. Ethan wasn’t event there to defend himself. Scandalous. But, seriously, it was pretty tasty, and it was a collaboration with our good friends at Hop Hedz. It’s called Double Deuce, and this evening was the release party. Kate Sorrento returned to the show along with Jim Buckman, who took up the mantle from Ethan on awesome beer discussion. Founder of Hop Hedz, Bart Kaminski, was also on hand to defend why he chose this particularly trendy (and contentious) beer style for the collab. As usual, Dan talked about the latest in brew news, we played a Stickman-inspired version of Libation or Fabrication, and Steph – continuing the theme of divisive beer styles – discussed Pumpkin Beers in Know Your Beers. Luckily, there was plenty of delicious liquid on hand.

Episode 125: South County Brewing (or That's Insensitive) Oct 06, 2017

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In this episode we visited South County Brewing in Fawn Grove, PA to sit down with Owner and Brewer JR Heaps, who first appeared on the podcast back in Episode 30. We talked about what’s new at South County including their awesome Gelato series, new brewing tech, love for lagers, canning plans, expansion plans and more. Dan got us up to speed in beer news, we played Band or Beer in Happy Fun Time and Steph talked about brewing with ancient grains in Know Your Beers. All amongst samples of South County’s truly top-notch offerings.

Episode 124: GK Visual/Poured in PA (or Highly Carbonated) Sep 22, 2017

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With Nate Kresge and Sara Bozich at GK Visual

This episode took us to GK Visual, an award-winning video production and design company in Harrisburg, PA ,to talk about their upcoming craft beer documentary Poured in Pennsylvania. We sat down with GK Visual Co-Owner and Executive Producer Nate Kresge and Writer/Producer Sara Bozich over samples of PA beers from breweries featured in the film. After producing the Harrisburg craft beer documentary, Brewed in the Burg, for the first Harrisburg Beer Week in 2015, GK Visual has set their sites on the beer community throughout the state with their latest project. Dan reported on the latest news, we played “Libation or Fabrication Goes Hollywood” in Happy Fun Time, and Steph talked about brewing with corn in Know Your Beers.

Episode 123: Joe Man (or No Baloney) Sep 08, 2017

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With The One and Only Joe Man

Back in the Beer Busters Podcast Basement we welcomed one of our oldest and biggest fans (those being descriptors of his fandom, not his physical person), the one-and-only-that’s-no-baloney Joe Man, aka Joe Mansell. The recording turned into essentially a bottle share, with several Patrons in attendance and many, many bottles of beer – including those from Joe’s hometown of Richmond, VA and some of his homebrews – passed around all night. Dan reported on the latest news including new beer and puke resistant shoes from Adidas and Millennials’ declining interest in craft beer (they ruin everything). In Happy Fun Time we played “Alternative Facts” and Steph talked about Mead in Know Your…Mead, I guess. We drank a lot of beer during what was one of the most fun episodes we’ve recorded.

Episode 122: Saint Benjamin Brewing (or Blink Weird) Aug 25, 2017

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With Tim Patton, Andrew Foss, Anthony Masciantonio, Meredith Megan Williams, Josh Caputo & Tommy Kijak at Saint Benjamin Brewing Company

We return to Saint Benjamin Brewing in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia for the first time since way back in Episode 65, to sit down with owner Tim Patton and many members of the growing St. Ben family. There was a lot to catch up on from the addition of the tap room to new ventures in packaging, distribution, and more. News stories this episode include a Fried Chicken IPA from Veil and Evil Twin and a Cinnamon Bun brew from Southern Tier. We played Top Tappd Brews in Happy Fun Time and learned about the New Zealand Pilsner in Know Your Beers. All this, and more, among many samples of St. Ben brews including brand-new liter glasses of Oktoberfest. Prost!

Episode 121: Ever Grain Brewing (or Speaking of Leotards) Aug 11, 2017

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With Bruce Tanner at Ever Grain Brewing Company

Central PA boasts a bounty of bangin’ breweries. Harrisburg-bound once again, we stopped by Ever Grain Brewing in Camp Hill, PA to sit down and chat with brewmaster Bruce Tanner. We talked about the story of this soon-to-be one-year-old brewery and what’s in store for the future. Dan presented the news including yet another brewery buyout, and the slowing growth of the craft beer industry. In Happy Fun Time, we played the bizarre brew game There’s Weird in My Beer and Steph talked about the Cumberland Valley Beer Trail (a collab among several cool spots including Ever Grain) in Know Your Beers. And – you’d never guess it, but – we drank some beer!

Episode 120: Local 44 (or Stoking Your Antis) Jul 28, 2017

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With Brendan Hartranft and Sarah Fuller at Local 44 Plus Jason Stewart from Grainfather & Ethan Tripp from Fermentery Form

West Philly bound for this episode, where we sat down at the bottle shop at Local 44 Beer Bar with owner Brendan Hartranft and manager Sarah Fuller. Also joining us were Jason Stewart, representative for The Grainfather all grain homebrewing systems and Ethan Tripp, founder of the new Fermentery Form – a new farmhouse style brewery in the West Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. Dan reported on the Brewers Association’s new independent beer seal and a (obviously misguided) “beer for women” from the Czech Republic. We played a Belgian Beer edition of Libation or Fabrication in Happy fun Time and sampled an array of Belgian beers in honor of Belgian Beer Week and some offeringd from Fermentery Form.

Episode 119: Stickman Brews (or A Tinge of Balls) Jul 14, 2017

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Kate Sorrento and Ethan Buckman at Stickman Brews

We return to Stickman Brews in Royersford, PA once again to chat with brewer and returning guest Ethan, as well as newcomer to the podcast Kate. Topics include the development of the Stickman brand, the expansion of their barrel program and a lengthy and in-depth discussion about the state of craft beer consumer-hood. Ethan certainly had a ton of insightful things to say and this episode is worth a listen for that conversation alone. We played The Beer Seller in Happy Fun Time and Steph talked about the Helles Bock style in Know Your Beers. And there was beer…and we drank it…and it was good.

Want more Beer Busters? Support the podcast on Patreon and get access to our bonus podcast “minisode” series, Last Call. Episode 2 from our time at Stickman is available now!

Episode 118: Evil Genius Scavenger Hunt 2017 Jun 30, 2017

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Live at the Ninja, Cowboy, Bear Scavenger Hunt at Evil Genius Featuring Trevor Hayward and Gordon Brennan

We’re back at Evil Genius again! This time we broadcasted live for the final stop of the Evil Genius Philly Beer Week Scavenger Hunt that lead participants from bar to bar throughout the Fishtown neighborhood. To kick things off we sat down with Trevor and Gordon to chat about the event and its inspiration. At The Lab, the Evil Genius tap room, scavenger hunt teams braved their penultimate task: participating in lighting rounds of Happy Fun Time Games live on the Beer Busters Podcast. After their brief brush with internet fame, the teams participated in a tournament of Ninja, Cowboy, Bear (like Rock, Paper, Scissors but with full-body involvement) to vie to be crowned the winners of the Hunt. Live play-by-play commentary was provided by Dan and Wayne during the tense battle.

Episode 117: Evil Genius Beer (or Click, Click, Twist, Twist, Twist) Jun 16, 2017

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With Luke Bowen, Trevor Hayward, Garrett Williams & Kevin Keller at The Lab at Evil Genius Beer Company

Way back in July of 2013, Luke and Trevor journeyed to the Beer Busters Podcast Basement to join us for Episode 7 of our then fledgling podcast. The founders and owners of Evil Genius Beer Company were our first “real” beer industry guests. They, and many others from Evil Genius, have appeared on the podcast several times – but Evil Genius never had their own location…until now. We’ve finally had the honor of recording a podcast at The Lab, the tasting room at the newly opened Evil Genius Brewery in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia. As wells as catching up with Evil Genius, in this episode we discussed at length the AB-InBev acquisition of Wicked Weed, played Years of Beers in Happy Fun Times, and Rich took over Know Your Beers again to talk about beer “muling”. And we drank, obviously.

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