Better On Draft | A Craft Beer Podcast

This week on better on draft, our 2 month anniversary show, The hosts try a plethora of new beers including a beer that was inspired by Kim Jong Un.

This week, the hosts are joined by the crew from Mike's Unhappy Hour to discuss various beer topics. Also the BCBS announcement is made! Episode #7 Drink List Oddside Barrel Aged Citra Pale Ale Oddside Barrel Aged Mayan Mocha Stout Goose Island 312 infused with coffee beans and vanilla Stone Enjoy By 10.31.15 Rustic Leaf Sliverback IIPA Rustic Leaf Toes In The Sand Rustic Leaf Amber

This week on the show, Dan, Nick and Ken talk about the possible hop shortage & the impact it could have on craft beer, more updates on the SABMiller/ABI merger including congress stepping in & and it's possible impact on Michigan and more! Episode #6 Drink List Axle Ruby New Belgium Ben & Jerry's Salted Caramel Brownie Brown Ale New Holland Dragon's Milk with Raspberries Wolverine Brewing Massacre.

Discussing the effects of how you purchase beer and what the most amount of money you’ll spend, playing video games while drinking and its effect on your skill, and beer news for the week. Episode #5 Drink List Bells Brewery Inc – 30th Anniversary Ale Founders Brewing Co – Backwoods Bastard Bell’s Brewery Inc – Neptune: The Mystic Arcadia Ales – Barrel Aged Shipwreck Porter

Even with technical difficulties at the beginning, Ken, Dan, and Nick power through as we discuss everything from beer games, an update to the ABI and SABMiller merger, Ballast Point being the smallest potential brewery with its own IPO, the beer board game that looks way too complicated when you just want to drink, and an interview with Shannon Long from Pure Brews America. We also prepare for the Fall Beer festival the following day by doing some tastings. Episode #4 Drink List Stone Brewing – Barrel Aged Arrogant Bastard New Holland Brewing – Dragon’s Milk with Toasted Chiles Black Lotus – Gourdie Howl ROAK – Devil Dog infused with Dates, Raisins, and Vanilla Beans

This week we really hammer down some of the intricacies that is the ABI/SABMiller merger and what itdoes for the American and foreign markets. Eric Stephenson stops by to help us get the information from the side of a craft brewer. We look into what it means, what is craft, and if and why as a consumer we should care. A lot of talking didn’t leave for a lot of drinking, but we still managed a nice little list including the delicious New Belgium Hop Stout! Episode #3 Drink List Falling Down Beer Company – Captain Trollbridge Lagunitas Brewing Company – Equinox Falling Down Beer Company – Harvest Ale (2015) New Belgium Brewing Company – Hop Stout

We welcome two guests from North Center Brewing as we discuss starting a brewery from scratch, creating the recipes for mass production, discuss what is craft and what is not, and promote their slogan “If you like it, then it’s a good beer”.  Don’t judge, just drink, and cheers to this weeks long beer list! Episode #2 Drink List Warsteiner Premium Verum / German Pilsener North Center Brewing Maple Brown North Center Brewing TA’s IPA North Center Brewing You’re My Boy Blueberry Pie Ale (Nice Bloobs) American BADASS Beer Company BADASS Lager Robinsons Brewing Company Trooper 3 Floyds Brewing Company Permanent Funeral Right Brain Brewery Barrel Aged Fat Lad Founders Redankulous New Belgium Pumpkick (Infused with Cranberries and Oak Chips sitting in Whiskey)

This week on the first ever episode of the Better on Draft Podcast, you were introduced to the hosts Ken, Dan, and Nick. Listen as they take you into the beers that they’re drinking for the night, their interview with Eric Briggeman from the Michigan Brewers Guild, and discussing everything from corporate beer buyouts, beer with protein, and some of their favorite places to drink! Episode #1 Drink List Deschuttes Barrel Aged Black Butte XXVII Kuhnhenn Cherry Oud Bruin Yuengling Traditional Lager Yuengling Black & Tan The Bruery Autumn Maple Allagash Brewing Company Riverton Allagash Brewing Company Tripel 3 Floyds Brewing Company Calumet Queen Sponsors: North Center Brewing – https://northcenterbrewing.com/ Zetouna Liquor – https://www.facebook.com/Zetouna-Liquor-Fine-Wine-Cigars-146021445420374/ PCI BrandCraft – https://www.instagram.com/pcibrandcraft/ Join The Michigan Beer Discord – https://discord.gg/vEEDyzwdjT Download the MI Beer Map – http://www.mibeermap.com Subscribe to Better on Draft – https: