America The BREW-tiful
Craft beer enthusiasts, Dan Holway and Tom Simpson, love beer and are very good at getting their hands on highly coveted bottles and cans from some of America's best breweries. Join them on a ride that will cover current events in the craft beer industry and tips and tricks on how you can get better beer without having to travel too far from home.
Episodes
176 episodes
Season 5 Episode 5 (03/21/2025) - Gradual Timeslip - 2 Years of Autodidact
In this episode Tom and Dan visit Autodidact ahead of their 2-Year anniversary. They speak to long haired Ron about the anniversary releases including collabs with Conclave, Twin Elephant, Icarus, and Wild Fern. They also look back at the 2 yea...
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Season 5 Episode 4 (03/08/2025) - Untappd Awards - Best Beers of 2024
In this episode we go over Untappd's 2024 Community Awards which spotlights the top beers of the past year in each beer style. Tom and Dan go over the national awards won by some of our favorite local breweries and then talk about some of the t...
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Season 5 Episode 3 (02/27/2025) - Northeast Hop Tour
In this episode, Dan talks to Corey, Justin, and Angela of RAR Brewing after their hop tour of New Jersey and New York. He talks to them about their journey in craft beer and their idea to take a trip and try the top hop makers in the area. The...
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Season 5 Episode 2 (01/28/2025) - Super Bowl Foods and Beer
In this episode, Dan heads back down to Alternate Ending to talk about the marriage of beer and food. Jose of Yankee Runner IG fame, the AE crew and Zac Ross of Marlowe Artisanal Ales discuss what beers you should have with what foods esp...
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Episode 2
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Season 5 Episode 1 (01/19/25) - Beer for LA/Evil Twin Brings Back the Stubby/Oakflower Killin' It
Our first episode of 2025 - Tom and Dan talk to Brent of Common Space Brewery who has helped to start "We Love LA" - a nationwide effort that brings breweries and beer drinkers together to help the people of Los Angeles that were affected by th...
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Season 4 Episode 28 (12/16/2024) - End of Year Beer Lovefest + NJ Brewery Earns Top Spot
This end of the year episode has it all - in this episode Dan talks to two of New Jersey's finest breweries as they collab together after both recently celebrating their 4th year anniversary. Jose of Yankee Runner IG fame joins the podcast with...
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Episode 28
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Season 4 Episode 27 (12/6/2024) - BEER WEEKEND! TapHouse Anniversary and LADS Day
In this episode Dan looks ahead to one of the biggest beer weekends in the Tri-State are - TapHouse 15's anniversary, Tin Barn's tree lighting, and Equilibrium's Life After Death Star Day. Also in this episode - Dan reviews the Tro...
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Episode 27
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Season 4 Episode 26 (11/23/2024) - Wild Fern Opens and Oakflower Turns 2
In this episode, Dan takes the drive out to Frenchtown, NJ to visit Wild Fern Brewing. He speaks to Julie and Derek, co-owners of Wild Fern. They talk about their experience and background in the craft beer industry and their decision to open t...
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Episode 26
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Season 4 Episode 25 (11/15/2024) - Zillicoah Hopes to Rebuild
In this episode, Dan talks to Jonathan - brewer and co-founder of Zillicoah Beer Company in Woodfin, North Carolina. Zillicoah was devastated by the remnants of Hurricane Helene. He talks about the story of his brewery, the damage caused by the...
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Episode 25
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Season 4 Episode 24 (10/26/2024) - Cheers to 4 Years at Alternate Ending
In this episode, Dan takes a trip down to Alternate Ending to celebrate and look ahead to their 4th anniversary. He talks about their new anniversary beers, many of which are collabs with some of the podcast's favorite people. He talks to Scott...
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Episode 24
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Season 4 Episode 23 (09/08/24) - Erratic Makes an ATB Beer
Mike and Danny from Erratic Fermentations stop by and debut a new beer that is super special to us - a barleywine collab that we did with them. They talk about the new beer they made with us, their next plans as they look for a brewery location...
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Episode 23
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1:42:03
Season 4 Episode 22 (08/26/24) - Conscious Brews
Tom and Dan talk to Chris from Conscious Ales who recently poured at Brews for New Avenues. He talks about the experience of pouring at the event and some of the new beers that he is made. We also talk about THC making its way into the craft be...
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Episode 22
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Season 4 Episode 21 (08/09/24) - Block Party Beerfest
Scott of Lorenzo the Beer Cat fame joins the podcast to talk about Tin Barn's Block Party beerfest. He talks about the recent collabs coming out of Tin Barn surrounding the event as well the breweries attending the event. Chase fro...
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Episode 21
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Season 4 Episode 20 (08/03/24) - Dekkera Brewing + Muckraker 5th Anniversary
Dan of Dekkera Brewing and Blending joins to talk about the charity event he is doing today at Fermentory Form in Philadelphia where he will be pouring his beers. He also updates us on everything that has been going on since the last time he jo...
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Episode 20
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Season 4 Episode 19 (07/27/24) - Quick End of July Episode
Dan talks about the new Bourbon County lineup, which states drink the most beer, and summer beerfests. Chase from Top Beer Drops talks about the top rated beers of the past week and some that might make next week's list. Dan discusses new local...
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Episode 19
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Season 4 Episode 18 (07/13/24) - Icarus Gets a New Home
Dan takes the trip down to Icarus's new impressive home in Brick, NJ. His friends Jay Wilson and Steve Mags join him for a conversation with Jason Goldstein - owner and founder of Icarus. We crack open an old bottle and talk about the future of...
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Episode 18
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1:21:08
Season 4 Episode 17 (07/07/24) - Tin Barn Summer Block Party
Dan visits Tin Barn ahead of their Block Party beerfest on August 10th. He talks to Lauren and Rich of Tin Barn as well as Scott of Lorenzo the Beercat fame. We talk about the over 70 breweries that will be in attendance for the festival and so...
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Episode 17
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1:07:20
Season 4 Episode 16 (06/22/24) - Keepin' it Reel! 6th Anniversary of Heavy Reel
In this episode, Dan takes the ride down to the Jersey Shore to visit Heavy Reel ahead of their 6th Anniversary. He talks to George, one of the brewers there about the Anniversary collabs with the likes of Tired Hands, 450 North, and Beer Zombi...
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Episode 16
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Season 4 Episode 15 (06/06/24) - Skrip's Fantome Brew and Diversity in the Craft Beer Community
Tom and Dan talk about several brewery anniversaries and look ahead to new locations for District 96 and Icarus Brewing. Later in this episode Tom and Dan talk to their friend Skrip about his collab with Fantome in Belgium which is now availabl...
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Episode 15
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1:07:52
Season 4 Episode 14 (05/25/24) - Coastal Brew Works
Welcome to Season 4 Episode 14 of America the Brewtiful. In this episode we visit Red Bank, New Jersey and talk to Matt Potenski, head brewer of Coastal Brew Works. He talks about the grand opening of Five Dimes Red Bank which is a space he wil...
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Episode 14
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1:02:57
Season 4 Episode 13 (05/11/24) - Twin Turns 8
In this week's episode we go to Twin Elephant ahead of their 8th anniversary celebration. We talk to the Twin Elephant crew about their anniversary collabs with Troon and Dekkera. We also talk about their collabs with District 96, Conclave, and...
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Episode 13
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Season 4 Episode 12 (05/02/24) - Eskerhart Grand Opening
Congratulations to Bobby and Brielle of Eskerhart for opening their taproom. In this episode we talk to Bobby about his journey in beer and the move from home brewer to professional brewer. Bobby and Brielle talk about the space that is now aff...
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Episode 12
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1:14:31
Season 4 Episode 11 (04/29/24) - Conclave and Alias
Great new episode with a lot of guests. We start at Conclave Brewing in Flemington, New Jersey. Tim, owner of Conclave talks about the brewery with Dan, Dave of Panz_Pour_Page on Instagram, and Jon of Aryabarksbrews. Chase from Top Beer Drops w...
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Episode 11
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1:38:32
Season 4 Episode 10 (04/06/24) - Happy National Beer Day
April 7th is National Beer Day in the United States but a lot of people don't know the story of why. Justin Smith - the unofficial founder and godfather of the holiday - joins the podcast to tell the story of how the date came about. <...
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Episode 10
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Season 4 Episode 9 (03/22/24) - Autodidact: One Complete Revolution
Autodidact celebrates their first anniversary. We talk about the first year of their brick and mortar. The Rons share their anniversary beers - all collabs - and tell us how they came about. We discuss the importance of music to what Autodidact...
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Episode 9
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