The Beerists Craft Beer Podcast

The Beerists Craft Beer Podcast

Every week, John Rubio and his co-hosts, Grant Davis, Pam Catoe, and Mark Raup, meet to taste, discuss, and judge five different beers from all over the world. Part beer appreciation, part drunken comedy, it’s the only beer podcast the A.V. Club calls, “consistently illuminating and amusing.”

Episodes

October 19, 2025 44 mins

Hot off the news of their duel GABF medal wins this weekend, we're diving into an Austin favorite– Pinthouse! Pairs with 100 whole pickles, terrible school systems, and turkey bacon.

  • Gold Steps
  • Fleeting Shadows
  • Fresh Drops
  • Fresh Hop Training Bines

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More German Oktoberfest beers! Pairs with heavy metal, greased brats, and adversarial neural networks.

  • Erdinger Oktoberfest
  • Ayinger Oktober Fest-Marzen
  • Weihenstephaner Festbier
  • Benediktiner Festbier
  • Warsteiner Oktoberfest

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October 5, 2025 45 mins

Oktoberfest is here! We've got 5 beers from 4 of the official Oktoberfest breweries in Munich! Pairs with kegels, the ideal specimen, and Reginald.

  • Hacker Pschorr Oktoberfest Marzen
  • Spaten Oktoberfest Ur-Marzen
  • Paulaner Oktoberfest Marzen
  • Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier
  • Hofbrau Oktoberfestbier

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September 28, 2025 39 mins

Summer is still blazing here in Texas, and that demands cold liquid refreshment! And what luck! A new beer by Sierra Nevada in a gorgeous 8oz format? Pairs with the rapture, humps in the rump, and foot fungi.

  • Paulaner Raddler
  • Meanwhile Darlin' Lager
  • Sierra Nevada Pils
  • Austin Beerworks Cool Pool

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September 21, 2025 38 mins

Time to clear the beer fridge out! We've got a nice mix of 4 beers to try on this one! Pairs with weird facial hair, the Cabela's, and cigar box coffins.

  • Dogfish Head 30 Minute
  • Pryes Main Squeeze
  • Pinthouse Raga
  • Kettlehead The Agent

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September 14, 2025 41 mins

Minnesota beers from Town Hall and Wooden Hill this time, thanks KENT. Pairs with bathroom nightmares, Pete’s Dragon, and Captain Chaos.

  • Town Hall Hope & King
  • Town Hall Masala Mama
  • Wooden Hill Hill Style
  • Wooden Hill Six

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End Credits Music: The Galaxy by Adelyn Paik

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September 8, 2025 41 mins

Time to check in with some freshies from a local Austin institution, Live Oak! Pairs with animatronic body doubles, fat carb salt, and Snidley Whiplash.

  • Lyghte
  • Schwarzbier
  • Spudweiser
  • Kalt IPA

Theme Music by Adrian Quesada of Black Pumas

End Credits Music: Tú No Me Querías by Ratchetón

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August 31, 2025 48 mins

Our buddy Shane Barnett brought us 3 beers from Chicago's Half Acre– and we're rounding out the lineup with a New Glarus Spotted Cow I had lying around. Pairs with illegal water features, laser tag for giants, and lots of unexpected drunkenness.

  • New Glarus Spotted Cow
  • Half Acre Slow Melt
  • Half Acre Daisy Cutter Union
  • Half Acre Nebula Double Daisy Cutter

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August 25, 2025 43 mins

Pam went on a beer run to the 617 for a proper Lord Hobo episode! Pairs with the splits, custom visors, and aromatherapy.

  • 617 Shandy
  • 617 Lager
  • 617 Hazy IPA
  • Crispy Boom IPA

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End Credits Music: Sway by Loving Caliber

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Found some random gold at the grocery store, so this week we're diving into Paulaner's Best of Munich Variety Pack! Pairs with turning 50, greezy noses, and labyrinth riddles.

  • Paulaner Münchner Lager
  • Paulaner Hefe-Weizen
  • Paulaner Oktoberfest Marzen
  • Paulaner Salvator

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End Credits Music: Blurry by Bankston

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August 10, 2025 42 mins

Grant picked up some beer at Austin's own Oddwood Brewing! Pairs with hunks, fart freedom, and getting blown up in Machete.

  • Yuki-Onna
  • Chug Tyme
  • Sunglasses Tan
  • Odd Mutants: Scare Tactic

Theme Music by Adrian Quesada of Black Pumas

End Credits Music: Oh My God by Zorro

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August 4, 2025 41 mins

We got a visit from our good friend Shane Barnett, and he schooled us on just how amazing Chicago's Goldfinger Brewing Co is. Pairs with precognition, Superman disguises, and Twizzler homonyms.

  • Goldfinger Summer Beer
  • Goldfinger Pils
  • Goldfinger Original Lager
  • Goldfinger Vienna-Style Lager

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July 28, 2025 40 mins

Mark's friend Bill gifted us four beers from Columbus, Ohio's Wolf Ridge Brewing! Pairs with crack runs, crack houses, crack suitcases, and my ride or die crack friend Billiam.

  • Wolfs Ridge Select
  • Wolfs Ridge Hefe
  • Wolfs Ridge Double Diamond
  • Wolfs Ridge Clear Sky Lavender Lemon Sorbet

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July 20, 2025 35 mins

In a recent trip to Gloucester, MA, Pam found a bowling alley with a brewery in it and brought some beer back as proof. Pairs with haunted lighthouses, silver alerts, and however it is fish breed.

  • Laneside Light
  • Laneside Grow Wild
  • Laneside Headpin
  • Laneside Semper

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End Credits Music: I Like What I Like by Baha Bank$

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July 13, 2025 52 mins

We're Beerists, not numerologists. Here's a mix of four random beers! Pairs with killing with names, Ozzy Osbourne, and 4 white horses. And there are four of us, if we ever find the lady. Hello, lady!

  • Slow Hand Mediterranean Pilsner
  • Surly Mango Axe Man
  • Other Half Mylar Bags
  • Meanwhile Sparkle & Ruin

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July 7, 2025 40 mins

Listener Lew Lang sent us some beer from Orlando's Tactical Brewing Co! Pairs with your favorite animal, a motorcycle running out of gas, and the Conan one.

  • Kolsch
  • Kopuwai
  • Foeder Cult Spring Bock
  • Possum Rage

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End Credits Music: Stuck with Me by Victor Lundberg

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June 30, 2025 42 mins

Grant brought beers from British Columbia's Dageraad and Temporal! Pairs with shellios, hockey sounds, and Mark's bottomless thirst.

  • Dageraad Field Theory
  • Dageraad Entropy Series No. 34 – Sauternes Anno
  • Temporal Petrichor
  • Temporal Occultation

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End Credits Music: The Final Tear by Particle House

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June 23, 2025 41 mins

Listener Bart Hutt sent us some beer from Maryland's Crooked Crab Brewing Company! Pairs well with sick crab pun beer names.

  • Darth Malt
  • Pink Crabby Club
  • Crab Theft Auto
  • A Fistful of Crabs

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End Credits Music: Placebo by Mimmi Bangoura

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June 15, 2025 41 mins

We have a couple of beers from Wisconsin's Rupee, and a couple from Indiana's Metazoa! Pairs with being a force of good for your community, teaching kids to gamble, and supporting the Butts.

  • Rupee Basmati Rice Lager
  • Rupee India Pale Ale
  • Metazoa Trash Panda
  • Metazoa Vampire Bat

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End Credits Music: About Us by Lofive

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June 8, 2025 44 mins

We got some beers from Minnesota's Summit and Schell's! Thanks KENT. Pairs with severe hail storms, unorthodox pronunciation, and long distance gaslighting.

  • Summit Extra Pale Ale
  • Summit Oatmeal Stout
  • Schell's Firebrick
  • Schell's Cave-Aged Barrel-Aged Black Lager

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End Credits Music: Map of the Stars by First Timer

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