Listener Evan Gundy sent us a HUGE box of beer from Oklahoma. Wow, Oklahoma. Who the hell knew?

Choc Gose
Prairie Hop
Marshall El Cucuy
Prarie Noir
Mustang Imperial Court Stout
Coop DNR

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Among the biggest beers brewed, barleywines pack a punch to the palate. Nevertheless, we have 6 to try, and if we die, we’re taking Ryan Mesch with us.

Brooklyn Monster
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 2013
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 2010
Great Divide Old Ruffian
Stone Old Guardian
Firestone Walker Sucaba

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Ron Jefferies is making amazing wild beers in Michigan. Tonight, we sample 7 of them and get a little (a lot) drunk in the process.

Baudelaire Beer iO Saison
ES Bam
La Parcela
Fuego del Otoño
La Roja
Oro Del Calabaza
Madrugada Obscura
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English or American, Porters are dark malty joys that most everyone seem to love. Unless your name is Anastacia. Or the vanilla porter farts in your face. Spoilers.

Samuel Smith Taddy Porter
St. Peter’s Old Style Porter
Fuller’s London Porter
Breckenridge Vanilla Porter
Southern Tier Porter
Deschutes Black Butte
Sierra Nevada Porter
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Stone has been a force for abrasively hoppy beers since 1996. We have 6 of their beers for this show, 3 of which were sent to us by Stone themselves.

IPA
Ruination IPA
The Perfect Crime
Enjoy By 2.25.13
Sublimely Self-Righteous
Vertical Epic 11.11.11 (Aged in White Wine Barrels)

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We’re so excited to finally have Ballast Point beers available in Austin, that we couldn’t not do this show. 6 beers, 4 hungover Beerists, and Anastacia’s finally back from Vegas!

Wahoo Wheat
Calico Amber
Pale Ale
Big Eye IPA
Sculpin IPA
Victory at Sea
Indra Kunindra

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Each of us brought some beer to try. Anastacia’s still in Vegas, but Ryan is back to fill in for her. Also, Stone. Cut point.

Boulevard Two Jokers
Russian River Supplication
Freigeist Abraxas
Jolly Pumpkin Maracaibo Especial
Russian River Temptation
Squatters Hell’s Keep

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In Vegas for the Podcast Awards at NMX, we recorded a show on the expo floor a couple of hours before the awards ceremony. We talk about our trip so far, try a terrible hefe, and Anastacia gets drenched in beer.

Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale
Stillwater of Love and Regret
Lagunitas Sucks
Firestone Walker Velvet Merlin
Joseph James Weize Guy (more…)

Rubio and Anastaca, the Samuel Adams Winter Classics box, some chocolates TCHO picked to pair with them, and gluttony. And chocolate. Fuck yeah, chocolate.

The Sam Adams branded TCHO gift box isn’t on their site anymore, but this one has the same assortment of chocolates included in it.

Boston Lager + PureNotes™ Dark “Chocolatey”
Winter Lager + PureNotes™ Dark “Citrus”
White Christmas + PureNotes™ Dark “Fruity”
Holiday Porter + PureNotes™ Dark “Nutty”
Old Fezziwig + SeriousMilk™ “Classic”
Chocolate Bock + SeriousMilk™ “Cacao”
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Winter. Bourbon barrels. Put imperial stouts in ’em. Then put the resulting beers in our faces.

Hoppin’ Frog Barrel Aged B.O.R.I.S
Deschutes The Abyss
Founders KBS
Firestone Walker Parabola
Midnight Sun Berserker
Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout

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