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Thursday, July 10, 2025 Road Trip: Mission Valdosta

Jason and Bri sit with Bri's son and special guest, Kieran, who lives in Valdosta, Georgia. Jason flew to Georgia and drove back to Buffalo with Kiera...

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 For Wine and Monsters

Jason and Bri open with a recap of the Buffalo Marathon 5K and the push to the Tunnel to Towers 5K coming in September. Then a visit to one of the mos...

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 BEAR-ly Getting Started 11.4 - Pączki

We have enjoying drinking desserts in this series; however, we close out with one of the most unique Buffalo beer creations of the year. Craig and Jas...

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 BEAR-ly Getting Started 11.3 - Chocolate Hazelnut

From Craig's childhood to Jason's late start, the guys open with a talk about Nutella. After opening this episode's selection, conversation starts to ...

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 BEAR-ly Getting Started 11.2 - Carrot Cake

Craig and Jason use this episode to talk about one of the highest-rated breweries in New York State, Mortalis. Everything from history to popularity, ...

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 BEAR-ly Getting Started 11.1 - Peaches & Cream

Series 11 - Drinking Desserts. Jason and Craig open this fun series with a review of cream ales (see series 8.1 for more.) Then we dive in. We have so...

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 Gardens, Brunches, and CollaBEERation ft. Zywiec

A fast and busy month produced plenty of excitement. Jason and Bri start with a shot for a belated Dyngus Day celebration and pour Zywiec Porter. From...

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 BEAR-ly Getting Started 10.4 - Chocolate & Milk Stout

Closing out Series 10 begins with a review of the previous episodes as well as the ABC's of the Principles of Pairing. What is a milk stout? After a t...

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 BEAR-ly Getting Started 10.3 - Vanilla & Porter

Jason and Craig open with a quick review of the Porter style. What is the most versatile flavor? And why is it vanilla? We learn more about the "Princ...

Thursday, April 10, 2025 Having Four in the Old First Ward

We open the episode featuring Queen BrewHer from Beer Kind Brewing. From there Jason talks a bit on the history of the Old First Ward district in Buff...

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 BEAR-ly Getting Started 10.2 - Maple & Brown Ale

Jason and Craig open with a recap of perfect pairings in Buffalo food. Plus they talk 'flavor affinity' while introducing the second of the three prin...

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 BEAR-ly Getting Started 10.1 - Raspberry & Wheat Ale

For the debut of Series 10 we ask, what is your perfect pairing? Whether it be food, drink, or activities we are certain it is great. Jason and Craig ...

Reviews

on 10/25/2024

Loved hearing about beer styles and getting a little education while having fun listening! Cheers!?

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on 9/20/2024

Loved the review on Scottish ales. I didn’t realize the difference between scotch ale and Scottish ale. Also really cool to learn how the Scottish beers evolved so they wouldn’t be dependent on Englis...

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on 9/19/2024

Stumbled across this podcast and loved it Immediately. Great hosts and a fun discussion of a particular beer and other things. I’m not even from the Buffalo area but the hosts are so fun to hang out w...

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