The Northwoods Beer Guy Podcast

Ep 189 - Iron Post Brewing Grand Reopening

A brewery sale can either kill the dream or light a fire under it. I’m in Lake Mills, Iowa with my brother Brian and our buddy Larry to tell the story of how a two and a

Ep 188 - High-ABV Pumpkin Beer Showdown

Pumpkin beer can be cozy, or it can be chaos when the ABV climbs into double digits. We grab six high-ABV pumpkin beers and put them through real tasting notes and real s

Ep 187 - Low ABV Pumpkin Beers That Actually Taste Like Fall

Pumpkin beer has a reputation problem, but a good one can taste like dessert without drinking like syrup. We’re back in the studio to chase the real question: which fall

Ep 186 - Tasting Seven American Oktoberfests From Crisp Lagers To Bourbon Barrels

Oktoberfest beers all wear the same costume, but they don’t act the same once you crack the can. We line up seven American Oktoberfest releases and taste them in order, l

Ep 185 - Biscuit Notes And UFO Cows At Oktoberfest

Eight American Oktoberfest beers hit the table, and we do not let a single one skate by on fall vibes alone. We’re tasting for the stuff that actually matters: that coppe

Ep 184 - Five Bold Craft Beers Tested At A Wisconsin Lake Resort

A barrel-aged stout can taste like old wood, coffee roast, rye spice, and bourbon char all at once, and somehow still go down smooth. We’re back at Callahan Lake Resort w

Ep 183 -Testing Natural Cocktail Mixers With Rum Tequila And Whiskey

Most cocktail mixers promise convenience and deliver regret, so we brought the bottles to the bar at Callahan Lake Resort to find out what’s real and what’s hype. We tast

Ep 182 - Alaskan Beer Flight Part Two

Alaska sounds like the perfect place for bold beer stories: glaciers, pioneers, and cans that look like they belong in a national park gift shop. So we went back to our A

Ep 181 - Reviewing Five Alaskan Brewing Beers From A 40-Can Anniversary Box

A random grocery store find turns into a full-on craft beer variety pack review: Alaskan Brewing’s “40 Beers For 40 Years” box. We expected forty different beers, but it’

Ep 180 - Tasting South Dakota Beer And Trading Wyoming Road Stories

Imperial Snot. Buffalo Snot. And a Vienna Lager that actually earns a repeat pour. Rob joins me outdoors for a laid-back but detail-heavy craft beer tasting after he haul

Ep 179 - Tasting Lime Beers And Summer Crushers

Lime in beer can be a clean summer lift or a full-on sour-and-salt curveball, and we put that to the test with seven very different cans. We kick things off with a weird

Ep 178 - We Find The Best Spirit Pairings For Gluten-Free Fresh Victor Cocktail Mixers

Crisp cucumber and lime, a jalapeno kick that lingers, a margarita mix that doesn’t taste like it came off a gas station shelf, and a grapefruit Paloma base that divides

Ep 177 - Fresh Victor Vodka Mixers Put Summer Flavor First

Beer is our home base, but summer has a way of changing what sounds good after a long, hot day. When Fresh Victor reached out and asked if we’d try their cold-pressed cra

Ep 176 - Bourbon Barrel Stouts And A Food Truck Reality Check

A bourbon barrel aged stout can be pure comfort or pure chaos depending on what ends up in the glass, so we decided to make it simple and taste our way through it. We’re

Ep 175 - Sam Adams Variety Pack Showdown

Two Sam Adams variety packs show up at the same time, and we cannot resist turning it into a full-on taste test. Mike and Jim are back in the studio with Julie, and we li

Ep 174 - On Location At Alchemy Brewing

Only one house beer on tap at a brewery we drove out to visit, so what do we do? We order it anyway, grab a full guest flight, and turn the whole afternoon into a real-wo

Ep 173 - Tasting 3 Sheeps Barrel Society Stouts With Real Flavor

The quickest way to learn what you actually like is to drink outside your comfort zone, and we prove it with a table full of 3 Sheeps Barrel Society barrel-aged beers. We

Ep 172 - The Great IPA Taste Test

Seven IPAs hit the table and we do not protect anyone’s feelings, especially our own. Mike brings the Northwoods Beer Guy scoring brain, Jim brings the skepticism, Matt b

Ep 171 - Six Beers Before The Fourth

A salty lime lager that promises habanero heat. An orange ale that smells like fresh juice. A vanilla porter that stays smooth instead of burnt. Then we crank up the ABV

Ep 170 - Are Modern IPAs Still About Hops

An IPA episode that starts with skepticism and ends with us genuinely impressed. We line up six different India pale ales and do a true side-by-side IPA tasting, the kind