Category: craft beer

Make More Clone Beers: Perfect Pour 590

Welcome in. Thank you for joining us. This week expect some things like:

  • When did the term “craft beer” even start?
  • Why are there not more copycat clone beers?
  • We need a beer fridge in every room.
  • Would you pair IPAs with listening to vinyl?
  • Stop adjunking Nick’s Stouts!
  • And more!

Download: PerfectPour590.mp3

HOSTED BY: Nick, Rad Stacey, Mikey

MUSIC BY: Sunburns and Paul From Fairfax.

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VOICEMAIL/TEXT LINE: 559-492-0542

Drop Us a Line: Email Perfect Pour.

Join our free Lager Line Discord channel!

Mikey’s newsletter: Drinking & Thinking.

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The Perfect Pour – co Mike Seay
2037 W. Bullard Ave #153
Fresno, CA 93711

Okay, now I DO want a Kirkland beer

We hope you had a great Thanksgiving in the States and are ready for a quick run up to Christmas. Everything will be fine if you have some good beers. This week we have a quick episode but still good, yeah? A few things we touch on:

  • Colin & Janine made Perfect Pour calendars for 2025!
  • Who makes the Costco house beer?
  • Would you wear a Yeti Sling?
  • Beer Black Friday deals.
  • More on Cellie (Celly?) Celebration Drippings.
  • Anchor Christmas Ale in cans.
  • Adobe Creek Brewing update.
  • And more!

Downloadable: PerfectPour588.mp3

HOSTED BY: Nick, Rad Stacey, Mikey

MUSIC BY: Sunburns and Paul From Fairfax.

BEER AND SHOW RELATED LINKS:

SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A GOLDEN GOD!

Subscribe to the show in Apple Podcast. You can also find us on Spotify and most podcast players.

Perfect Pour’s YouTube Channel.

VOICEMAIL/TEXT LINE: 559-492-0542

Drop Us a Line: Email Perfect Pour.

Join our free Lager Line Discord channel!

Mikey’s newsletter: Drinking & Thinking.

Browse Mikey’s Amazon Storefront.

Check out Mikey’s beer blog Mikey Top Pour.

Send Postcards or Samples to us:
The Perfect Pour – co Mike Seay
2037 W. Bullard Ave #153
Fresno, CA 93711

The Future of Beer Is Hard Hop Water?

Thanks for checking out our show this week, here are a few of the things you can expect us to talk about:

  • What in the world is chaos packaging?
  • Layers are total ‘seltzer bros’.
  • There is Hard Hopwater and it may be our future.
  • Dutch Brothers but hard.
  • Is a fanny pack okay for a beer garden?
  • What beer would you bring back?
  • Missing people and things.
  • This and much more!

Downloadable: PerfectPour583.mp3

HOSTED BY: Nick, Rad Stacey, Mikey

MUSIC BY: Sunburns and Paul From Fairfax.

BEER AND SHOW RELATED LINKS:

SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A GOLDEN GOD!

Subscribe to the show in Apple Podcast. You can also find us on Spotify and most podcast players.

Perfect Pour’s YouTube Channel.

VOICEMAIL/TEXT LINE: 559-492-0542

Drop Us a Line: Email Perfect Pour.

Join our free Lager Line Discord channel!

Mikey’s newsletter: Drinking & Thinking.

Browse Mikey’s Amazon Storefront.

Check out Mikey’s beer blog Mikey Top Pour.

Send Postcards or Samples to us:
The Perfect Pour – co Mike Seay
2037 W. Bullard Ave #153
Fresno, CA 93711

Maybe Tilray Will Buy YOUR Beer Thing

Hey, hello. Welcome back! Sorry, we were not here for you last week. But we are here now and we have some things to talk about:

  • Chowchilla beer name ideas.
  • Tilray is buying up more crafty beer!
  • Top ten Craft vs top ten Big Beer.
  • A GetiT in Fresno!
  • Los Angeles says to get your guild up, San Diego.
  • Getting salty.
  • And more!

Sorry for Mikey’s mic being low at times, this week.

Thank you for listening!

Downloadable: PerfectPour573.mp3

Heads up!: Some cussing is involved.

HOSTED BY: Rad Stacey, Nick & Mikey.

MUSIC BY: Sunburns and Paul From Fairfax.

BEER AND SHOW RELATED LINKS:

SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A GOLDEN GOD!

Subscribe to the show in Apple Podcast. You can also find us on Spotify and most podcast players.

Perfect Pour’s YouTube Channel.

VOICEMAIL/TEXT LINE: 559-492-0542

Drop Us a Line: Email Perfect Pour.

Join our free Lager Line Discord channel!

Mikey would love you to subscribe to his newsletter: Drinking & Thinking.

Browse Mikey’s Amazon Storefront.

Also, Check out Mikey’s Beer Geek blog.

Send Postcards or Samples to us:
The Perfect Pour – co Mike Seay
2037 W. Bullard Ave #153
Fresno, CA 93711

Hazy Little Torch Passing

Hi there. Very excited you can join us this episode. Some of the things that will get mentioned include:

  • We need a Dark Untappd.
  • The Firestone Walker Invitational 2024 buzz is beginning.
  • Beer Cruncher’s Top Ten “Craft” Beer of California.
  • Morning Beers can be Lunch Beers (if you’re up early enough)
  • Beer at the Cliffs of Dover!
  • Rolly Bowly: what is it?
  • Cheers to Odie.
  • This and more!

DOWNLOADABLE: PerfectPour561.mp3
(Heads up: Some cussing is involved)

HOSTED BY: Rad Stacey, Nick & Mikey.

MUSIC BY: Sunburns and Paul From Fairfax.

BEER AND SHOW RELATED LINKS:

SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A GOLDEN GOD!

Subscribe to the show in Apple Podcast. You can also find us on Spotify and most podcast players.

Perfect Pour’s YouTube Channel.

VOICEMAIL/TEXT LINE: 559-492-0542

Drop Us a Line: Email Perfect Pour.

Join our free Lager Line Discord channel!

Mikey would love you to subscribe to his newsletter: Drinking & Thinking.

Browse Mikey’s Amazon Storefront:

https://www.amazon.com/shop/mikeytoppour

Also, Check out Mikey’s Beer Geek blog.

Send Postcards or Samples to us:
The Perfect Pour – co Mike Seay
2037 W. Bullard Ave #153
Fresno, CA 93711

Brewery Taproom or Beer Bar?

Hi. Thanks for checking out our beer podcast. It’s episode 560. Some of what to expect this week:

  • We are down a host.
  • Good or not: Grapefruit IPAs?
  • It’s beer festival season.
  • Which do you choose: Beer Bar or a Brewery Taproom?
  • Is a YouTube show a podcast?
  • When you run into another Untapper.
  • This stuff and more!

Thank you for listening to our beer and good people-fueled show.

Downloadable: PerfectPour560.mp3
(Heads up: Some cussing is involved)

HOSTED BY: Rad Stacey, Nick & Mikey.

MUSIC BY: Sunburns and Paul From Fairfax.

BEER AND SHOW RELATED LINKS:

SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A GOLDEN GOD!

Subscribe to the show in Apple Podcast. You can also find us on Spotify and most podcast players.

Perfect Pour’s YouTube Channel.

VOICEMAIL/TEXT LINE: 559-492-0542

Drop Us a Line: Email Perfect Pour.

Join our free Lager Line Discord channel!

Mikey would love you to subscribe to his newsletter: Drinking & Thinking.

Browse Mikey’s Amazon Storefront:

https://www.amazon.com/shop/mikeytoppour

Also, Check out Mikey’s Beer Geek blog.

Send Postcards or Samples to us:
The Perfect Pour – co Mike Seay
2037 W. Bullard Ave #153
Fresno, CA 93711

What Craft Brewers Conference Says We Will Drink In 2025?

Hello There [General Kenobi]…

Happy Star Wars Day (weekend) to those who celebrate, welcome back to the Perfect Pour.

Here are some episode notes from this week in Craft Beer podcasting:

  • A tangent on Volkswagon happenings.
  • There are no dead In-N-Outs.
  • Long Beach beer news?
  • World Beer Cup results.
  • Rumors from Craft Brewers Conference about what the beer industry will be pushing on us in 2025.
  • The expense of hopping a beer.
  • Amtrack.
  • This stuff and more!!

Thank you for listening to our beer and good people-fueled show.

Downloadable: PerfectPour559.mp3
(Heads up: Some cussing is involved)

HOSTED BY: Rad Stacey, Nick & Mikey.

MUSIC BY: Sunburns and Paul From Fairfax.

BEER AND SHOW RELATED LINKS:

SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A GOLDEN GOD!

Subscribe to the show in Apple Podcast. You can also find us on Spotify and most podcast players.

Perfect Pour’s YouTube Channel.

VOICEMAIL/TEXT LINE: 559-492-0542

Drop Us a Line: Email Perfect Pour.

Join our free Lager Line Discord channel!

Mikey would love you to subscribe to his newsletter: Drinking & Thinking.

Browse Mikey’s Amazon Storefront:

https://www.amazon.com/shop/mikeytoppour

Also, Check out Mikey’s Beer Geek blog.

Send Postcards or Samples to us:
The Perfect Pour – co Mike Seay
2037 W. Bullard Ave #153
Fresno, CA 93711

Every Geek Needs a Beer Staging Area

Oh wow, we have a special one for you, @HoppyLibations came through town and got us to go back to Dorktown Studio. This will be fun. Some things:

  • Orlando and Tampa Bay brewery recos from the source.
  • What is all the Cigar City Brewing drama about?
  • Dark Lord Day is coming and we celebrate.
  • There’s a Trappist bike trip?
  • Belgium Beer recommendations from Rad Stacey.
  • Everyone needs a Beer Staging Area.
  • Coffee tangent.
  • And more more more!

Downloadable: perfectpour558.mp3
(Some cussing)

HOSTED BY: Rad Stacey, Nick & Mikey.

MUSIC BY: Sunburns and Paul From Fairfax.

BEER AND SHOW RELATED LINKS:

SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A GOLDEN GOD!

Subscribe to the show in Apple Podcast. You can also find us on Spotify and most podcast players.

Perfect Pour’s YouTube Channel.

VOICEMAIL/TEXT LINE: 559-492-0542

Drop Us a Line: Email Perfect Pour.

Join our free Lager Line Discord channel!

Mikey would love you to subscribe to his newsletter: Drinking & Thinking.

Browse Mikey’s Amazon Storefront:

https://www.amazon.com/shop/mikeytoppour

Also, Check out Mikey’s Beer Geek blog.

Send Postcards or Samples to us:
The Perfect Pour – co Mike Seay
2037 W. Bullard Ave #153
Fresno, CA 93711

This Is Not a Top 40 Beer Podcast

Hi there, welcome in. Today we are down a host but we will push through with things like:

  • Hops tend to wear you out.
  • Beer social media is all over the place.
  • The beer fools of April.
  • Are we good enough to make a Top 40?
  • Can Pales be danky?
  • Paying for the wrong beer.
  • How to make old beer taste better.
  • And much more from episode 555!

Thank you for listening!

Downloadable: PerfectPour555.mp3

HOSTED BY: Rad Stacey, Nick & Mikey.

MUSIC BY: Sunburns and Paul From Fairfax.

BEER AND SHOW RELATED LINKS:

SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A GOLDEN GOD!

Subscribe to the show in Apple Podcast. You can also find us on Spotify and most podcast players.

Perfect Pour’s YouTube Channel.

VOICEMAIL/TEXT LINE: 559-492-0542

Drop Us a Line: Email Perfect Pour.

Join our free Lager Line Discord channel!

Mikey would love you to subscribe to his newsletter: Drinking & Thinking.

And check out his guide to Untappd:

https://mikeseay.gumroad.com/l/untappdguide

Also, Check out Mikey’s Beer Geek blog.

Send Postcards or Samples to us:
The Perfect Pour – co Mike Seay
2037 W. Bullard Ave #153
Fresno, CA 93711

Beer in the Path of Totality

Hey, hope you are well. This week we drink and say stuff like:

  • Where are you at, Midwest IPAs?
  • There is a green Fosters?
  • Having a beer in the path of totality.
  • Will you be at FresYes or No?
  • Were there more brewery closings than openings in 2023?
  • Firkin Man!
  • A Disneyland podcast recommendation.
  • You gotta corn your beer and a lot more things! Give us a listen!

DOWNLOADABLE: PerfectPour553.mp3
(Warning: cussing throughout)

Thank you for listening! Please check this stuff out too:

HOSTED BY: Rad Stacey, Nick & Mikey.

MUSIC BY: Sunburns and Paul From Fairfax.

BEER AND SHOW RELATED LINKS:

SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A GOLDEN GOD!

Subscribe to the show in Apple Podcast. You can also find us on Spotify and most podcast players.

Perfect Pour’s YouTube Channel.

VOICEMAIL/TEXT LINE: 559-492-0542

Drop Us a Line: Email Perfect Pour.

Join our free Lager Line Discord channel!

Mikey would love you to subscribe to his newsletter: Drinking & Thinking.

And check out his guide to Untappd:

https://mikeseay.gumroad.com/l/untappdguide

Also, Check out Mikey’s Beer Geek blog.

Send Postcards or Samples to us:
The Perfect Pour – co Mike Seay
2037 W. Bullard Ave #153
Fresno, CA 93711