Don’t miss this super fun and super king sized episode exploding with local beer love! We are joined by Mike Pratt of a Pint of Hoppiness and good friend of the show Ryan DeBusk to sample some great new beers and discuss some big news happening in craft beer culture. Also, we answer some “Frequently Asked Beer Questions” from our friend Tasting Nitch. Come laugh and learn with us, folks!



This week we are joined by two special guests – Mike Pratt from A Pint of Hoppiness and good friend of the show and awesome local beer guy Ryan DeBusk. Tune in as we sample a bunch of new to us beers and discuss some culture topics in the beer community – Both in San Diego and beyond. We start of by getting to know a bit more about our friend Ryan and how he found his way into the San Diego beer community. We also discuss beer tourism and our approach to visiting other cities including how to mule beer cans and bottles back home from out of town. We also discuss and break down the news story about a certain brewing giant taking over all the hops from a certain region and how it will hurt local, independent breweries and we discuss our thoughts on the situation. We also dive into why this is crazy and why ownership does matter and why it is important to support your local, independent breweries. We discuss the most recent brewery acquisition as well, and how it seemed to spark more interest in standing up for local/independent. We talk about the upcoming collaboration beer 11 Barrel IPA and discuss its release date. Hear about plans to fly a plane over East Village as a way to fight back against “big beer” and hopefully get consumers to ask questions about ownership. During our Get Social segment we do something a bit different – Tune in to hear us tackle some great Frequently Asked Beer Questions thanks to a good friend of the show and Beer YouTuber Tasting Nitch! All this plus much more including upcoming exciting cans in San Diego, clarity scales for beers, we share love for our friends at Whats on Draft, dead arms and a lot of busted chops. Don’t miss out on this very fun and super king sized episode! Tune in to laugh and learn with us.

Opening Track – “Conversations” by Brothers Weiss. From their EP Conversations available now!

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Necessary Links for Episode 114

A Pint of Hoppiness (Twitter)

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