On tap this week: The viral 9-9-9 ballpark challenge goes legit and comes to a stadium near you. Sycamore Brewing gets sold and rebranded, while a Houston favorite brewery shuts its doors. We break down what actually makes a great happy hour just as one elderly woman pushes for a “Grandparents’ Happy Hour” bill. Plus, the debate you didn’t know you needed: the worst passenger to sit next to on a three-hour flight. And of course… a classic Hold My Beer and Watch This story. Plus, special guest Carey Kish joins us to talk about how his love of beer inspired him to hike around the world. All this and so much more presented by Cask Branding. Enjoy the show, cheers!

On tap this week: A break down some of the most surprising beer stories from around the globe. From Molson Coors’ “Just Bring the Beer” campaign aimed at younger drinkers to the revival of Real American Beer and efforts to fulfill Hulk Hogan’s original vision. We discuss new research showing more pregnant women choosing low-alcohol drinks, the top 5-star Untappd beers of 2025, and what those ratings signal about current trends. Plus, we look at an Ohio brewery making beer from recycled shower and laundry water and Rice University’s attempt to boost football attendance with the promise of free beer. All this and soooo much more presented by Cask Branding. Enjoy the show, cheers!!

On tap this week: A band cooks hot dogs on stage and flings them at music fest crowd. A furious resident calls out brewery for obnoxious advertising tactics, There is a new Modelo Christmas beer, After 30 years Samuel Adams releases a new holiday brew, Diddy busted for drinking in prison, There is a bridge that continues to give beer trucks a problem, A Chicago brewery celebrates 30th anniversary of Smashing Pumpkin’s Mellon Collie album with new beer. All this and soooo much more presented by Cask Branding. Enjoy the show, cheers! 

On tap this week: According to Heineken’s CEO beer eases loneliness and tackles mental health epidemic, Yuengling is to release a new apple beer, A Colorado widow built a ranch for first responders and is now honoring them with a new beer, Garage Beer changes the way you may tackle raking leaves,  A country music artist injured a fan with a full beer can now faces a lawsuit. Plus, a listener email about ordering a beer on a first date. All this and so much more presented by Cask Branding. Enjoy the show, cheers!

On tap this week: A man dies minutes after opening a beer after work, TABC tests liquor bottles for contamination at a local bar, Molson Coors cutting workforce, Xavier University announces new beer, When your life hits rock bottom…just know you can make alcohol from hot dogs, A fun fact about putting egg in your beer, Hold My Beer and Watch This about a man who drank 10 pints and snorted cocaine before stabbing a bouncer. Plus, Jeremy Kuhns, a former middle school principal, calls into the show to talk about leaving education and buying a brewery. All this and soooo much more presented by Cask Branding. Enjoy the show, cheers!

On tap this week: RIP Hulk Hogan. Hogan’s beer at the center of new lawsuit, 'Unicorn skull' discovered lands a man free beer, Luke Bryan stops concert mid-show to give 21-year-old her first beer, Nationals’ fired GM offers free beer to fans, Missouri enact the American Beer Act, Pub closures soar in the UK. The beer community comes out big to help the Texas Hill Country. All this and soooo much more including a Hold My Beer and Watch this that involves a fist full of nachos being shoved down someone’s pants. This episode is being presented by Cask Branding. Enjoy the show, cheers!

On tap this week: What are these Forever Chemicals found in our beer???, The perfect airport beer, Garage Beer announces ownership of a professional football team, Gen Z do not know how to run bar tabs, Great Divide Brewingcloses both Denver taprooms, Writing off the flash drives, all this and soooooo much more presented by Cask Branding. Enjoy the show, cheers!!

On tap this week: Chad and Bill take on the Winter Beer Festival, With all the bad news about the beer industry lately..it continues to generate billions of dollars for the global economy, Monday Night Brewing takes on Molson Coors over trademark, Inaugural class announced for American Craft Beer Hall of Fame, A DC Brewery invites beer drinkers to help those recently laid off by the DOGE, what happens if you replace Popeye’s spinach with a beer?? All this and sooooo much more presented by Cask Branding. Enjoy the show, cheers!

On tap this week: Making your Super Bowl party cheaper, Does the size of the TV matter?, The most popular Super Bowl foods this year, A look at the all time greatest beer Super Bowl commercials, Super Bowl drinking games, A woman wins millions after suing a BBQ restaurant, all this and sooooo much more including a Hold my beer and watch this where a guy's junk froze to the ground during a drunken brawl. This pod is presented by Cask Branding. Enjoy the show, cheers! 

On tap this week: Natural Light made a double-sided fridge you share with your neighbor, Buddy the Elf showed up at a hockey game not looking so good, A popular Japanese actor fired from beer ads after getting drunk, Dogfish Headwants you to give up your New Year's resolution with their new IPA, Busch Light is letting you "Speed Date" at theDaytona 500, A year of free beer on the line in city-wide treasure hunt in St. Paul, A developer accidentally destroyed the boyhood home of AC/DC's Angus and Malcolm Young, all this and soooooo much more presented by Cask Branding. Enjoy the show, cheers!

On tap for this first show of 2025: New Surgeon General Warnings on beer labels, AB InBev to begin contract brewing for Pabst, Sam Adams founder Jim Koch announces who he will pass control of company to, Funeral home to be first in Ohio to operate with a liquor license, Heineken fans upset of news that brand discontinues a popular beer. Marketing idea of the week comes from Lakewood Brewing, all this and soooooo much more presented by Cask Branding. Enjoy the show, cheers!