Drinking Biddies

“This is the worst podcast ever for me to be on.”   “That sounds like cider: weird wine plus apple juice.”   “I only get my cigars from small businesses.”   Back in February, Laurie joined the Biddies all the way from New York for Jamie’s birthday, Laurie’s half birthday, and Keryl’s… general enjoyment… to finally be on the pod! A trip down memory lane, an argument over who really supports small businesses, and a new nickname… plus a very lively discussion over the can design. Laurie is the second guest to spontaneously do ASMR (why does this keep happening?!) so stay tuned because maybe this needs to be a new segment. Come for the beer, stay for the tingles!   BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT*    Keryl – 3.75  Jamie – 3.75  Laurie – 2.50     GET IN TOUCH: Instagram – @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast   Thanks for drinking!

“This looks like the espresso martini of beers.”   “I’m very much into the gas station pickle.”   “Are we all drunk?”    Happy Holidays from the Biddies! The annual Hanukkah/Christmas/Kwanzaa/New Year’s Eve/Winter Solstice episode features a delightful stout and an equally delightful guest.   Biddies (and Buddy) discuss: Sports! Can aesthetics! Hazy beer haters!   Keryl goes woo-woo and recommends pairing the beer with… a breath of cool, crisp air?! Meanwhile, Jason unlocks a core beer memory…   As always, thanks for drinking! See you in the new year with some new beer!    BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT*   Keryl – 4.5 Jamie – 4.75  Jason – 5.00    GET IN TOUCH: Instagram – @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast

“I like Halloween as a celebration of Satan and evil. Big fan of that.”   Happy Halloween from The Biddies! We’re feeling super into spooky season this year, so enjoy our annual Fall/Halloween/Pumpkin episode at least two weeks earlier than it would normally release.   This year’s offering is a twist on the ubiquitous Cali Creamin’ -- featuring a can with the cutest lil’ flaming pumpkin that you ever did see! Jesse tells us about pulling off THREE group costumes in a single Halloween night. And, oh yeah, everything you know about cream ales might be wrong! Did this beer get us in the Halloween spirit, or are we flying the night sky on our broomsticks, still in search of the perfect blood sacrifice to quench our thirst… we mean beer, pumpkin beer, definitely beer, we only drink beer.   BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT*    Keryl – 2.25  Jamie – 1.25  Jesse – 3.75    GET IN TOUCH: Instagram – @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast   Thanks for drinkin

“There were a lot of heels, there were a lot of solo cups, and there were a lot of fake eyelashes.” “As an Italian, I like gold.”   Summer might be ending, but beer is forever! This episode features Family-of-the-Pod:  Jamie’s Sister-in-Law, Nicole, flies all the way from NY to LA to talk some Talking Hands. Nicole discovers a new possible career as a beer ASMRtist. The Biddies discover a new bottle shop (Hop Merchants NoHo). Dive into the origins of Italian Pilsner, when the Biddies learned a little bit of sign language as kids, and most importantly, Nicole’s journey from Jersey Girl to New York beer drinker (ish) to esteemed podcast guest.   BEER DETAILS: STYLE: Italian Pilsner ABV: 5% IBU: 20   BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT*  Keryl – 3  Jamie – 4 Nicole – 4.25    GET IN TOUCH: Instagram – @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast   Thanks for drinking! 

Move over Hazy IPAs, Mexican Lager is *the* trending beer of the craft beer scene for Summer 2024. (Don’t sleep on those Guava Sours, though…)   We are back. SO. BACK. For the first time since 2019, the Drinking Biddies attend the LA Independent Beer Fest, which kicks off LA’s annual beer week. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER… we brought our recording equipment into the field. This special ep of the pod was recorded just two days ago, on June 15, 2024 in Long Beach, CA at the ShoreLine Aquatic Park. Which means LA Beer Week is happening right now, so if you want to check out any and all of the events, click here for the schedule: https://labrewersguild.org/events/   This Episode Features: Brewyard (Glendale) – Yoi Yoi Mochi Rice Lager w/Japanese Plum Del Pueblo (Pasadena) – Guava Sour Creature Comforts (Downtown LA) – Tritonia w/Cucumber & Lime Fruited Gose Cellador Ales (Torrance) – Crimson Wild Ale; Fuckified Rustic Wild Ale Brown Soul (South Gate) – Súper Saiyajin Rice Lager with Yuzu  Long Beach Beer Lab

The first episode of 2024 is finally here! (Recorded… a while back. But let’s ignore that part.)   “2024 is awesome so far. I feel like that comment is not gonna age well.” “I was double-fisting Goose and cran and my hands were never empty.” “I need cameras on this show!”    We’ve had this one brewing for a while, pun intended!! Better late than never… right? Look, we are late to the party for the year but we showed up and that’s what matters. Okay, enough of that. This episode features a fruited sour from a local brewery that we are absolutely gaga for – Crowns & Hops, which is Black-owned, Woman-owned, Veteran-owned, and dare we say… owning the craft beer space?  And we finally nabbed Acquah Dansoh, who regales us with tales of sneaking his first sip of beer, the chokehold that Heineken has on Ghana, and drinking... Zimas! Acquah dives into his journey to becoming a craft beertender and why you should ask your bartender more questions. No, really, ask questions. You just might find a drink you actu

Happy Holidays from the Biddies!!!  “Statistically people drink the most in Wisconsin and BOY do they let you know it!” “I like the specialness of Christmas music. The fact that it only comes around every once in a while, like the McRib.”   For the first time since 2016, we welcome Grant Lyon back on the pod. Because when we think Christmas, we think Grant. Tune in for some Christmas tunes, Big Dad Energy, and some really big New Beers Resolutions (TM pending). Of course, we couldn’t say farewell to 2023 without a proper tribute to Anchor Christmas Ale. After a monumental 127 years, Anchor Brewing closed in 2023. We shed some tears, share some beers, and promise to cherish every brew with you. Be safe, and as always… thanks for drinking!   BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT*   Keryl – 3.5   Jamie – 3.25 Grant – 2.5  (GRINCH!!!)   GET IN TOUCH: Instagram – @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast

Happy Halloween! (close enough) JAMIE: We should build a cannon in the shape of a giant beer and then we use the propulsion of the beer… to launch the pumpkin. KERYL: I don’t think Jamie ever took physics.   BEN: Growing up a lot of my costumes were dictated by what my sister wanted to be. I was the Beast for like three years because she wanted to be Belle.   BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT*   Keryl – 4.75 Jamie – 4.5 Ben – 5.0   GET IN TOUCH: Instagram – @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast

“You could say I get it from my mother, but I think my mother gets it from me.”   “You two gals inspired us to think about the beer universe more.”   “It’s as exciting to have a really great beer as it is a really fantastic bottle of wine.”   We’ve had dads of the pod, siblings of the pod, but on Episode 72 we finally land a Mom-of-the-Pod… she needs no introduction, but she got one anyway… the one, the only, Jackie Tunkel!    Jamie’s mom joins us for a blonde ale and regales us with tales of sipping sangria and singing at the bar back in her day. We discuss the very eye-catching label design and Jackie’s journey into the craft beer world, which was inspired by the Biddies.   BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT*   Keryl – 4 Jamie – 3.75  Jackie – 3.75   GET IN TOUCH: Instagram – @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast   Thanks for drinking!

*DISCLAIMER: We recorded this episode in January 2023*  Sorry, editing takes a little longer than drinking.   “This cider is the best cider I’ve ever tasted.”  “That is the future that we need, not Chat GPT.”’ “I have so many stories about kumquats.”   The journey to this episode starts in San Luis Obispo, involves a camping trip, a freshly painted sign, and that one time the Biddies met the Broads.    BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT*  Keryl – 4.5 Jamie – 4.75 Maya – 5   GET IN TOUCH: Instagram – @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast

Two women on a beer journey since 2015 and counting... join us! Thanks for listening. #ThanksForDrinking 

HAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVE FROM THE BIDDIES!!! AMY: Happy to be here! JAMIE: Happy New Year! KERYL: She said… "happy to be here…"   “They f*cking knew what they were doing with the 9 percent…”   BONUS SEGMENT:  For the second year running, the Biddies compare two years of Anchor Christmas Ales (2021 and 2022). The tree is different, but does the beer taste the same to you?   BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT*   - Keryl: 3.5 - Jamie: 4 - Amy: 3.75   GET IN TOUCH: Instagram – @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast   THANKS FOR DRINKING! SEE YOU IN 2023!

“I’m Hocus Pocus Shmocused!” “The guy that married us came out of a coffin.”   Happy Halloween from the Biddies! This episode features our first (but certainly not our last) 100 percent gluten-free beer. Guest Tierney Drach – yes, that’s “Drach as in Dracula” – joins us for our annual spooky Halloween episode. And they might just be Halloween’s number 1 fan, so it’s a match made in… hell. (Get it? Get it?) No, seriously, Tierney got married at a haunted house in Vegas and tells us all about it! Plus we discuss the plot of the original Hocus Pocus and our best Halloween costumes.   BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT*  - Keryl: 3.5 - Jamie: 2 - Tierney: 1.5   GET IN TOUCH: Instagram – @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast

“Most of my drinking stories actually come from Philly.”   We are BACK and BEER-ER than ever! Listen, we recorded this episode several months ago but couldn’t get it to air until today and let us tell you… it is worth the wait. Spoiler alert: This might be one of the highest rated beers we have ever had on the pod? This beer is pure art, and the artists are 3 Nipo-Brazilian Women Brewers -- Maíra Kimura, Yumi Shimada and Fernanda Ueno. And you KNOW we matched this great pilsner with a GREAT GUEST. Jim Chaliz regaled us with some wild drinking stories, explained what it means to just order “the lager” in Philly, and told us about his life as a… secret boxer?!?   BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT*  - Jamie: 4.75 - Keryl: 4.75 - Jim: 4.75   GET IN TOUCH: Instagram – @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast  

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE BIDDIES!!!!! 2021 is almost over, but we couldn’t let the year go by without releasing our annual holiday episode! We have a lively discussion about the absolutely gorgeous can design and an even livelier debate about the precise shade of white used in said design. (Is the can white white? Or white white white? Let us know what YOU think!) BONUS SEGMENT: Last year we vowed to save a bottle of Anchor Brewing’s 2020 Christmas Ale and compare it to their 2021 release… tune in around the 48:30 minute mark for that extra special content! Stay safe out there, biddies, and as always... thanks for drinking!   BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT* - Jamie: 4.75 - Keryl: 4 - Surbhi: 5   GET IN TOUCH: Facebook - @drinkingbiddiespodcast Instagram - @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast

HAPPY HALLOWEEN (a month late!) Did you think a nearly 2 year pandemic could keep us from recording? Ummm, kind of, we haven’t recorded much. And in true 2021 fashion, disaster strikes – halfway through the episode we discover a scandalous Drinking Biddies first – we somehow drank expired beer?!? But despite the expired beer, never fear loyal listeners, ’cause we are BACK, VAXXED, AND DRUNKER THAN EVER!   BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT* - Jamie: 3 - Keryl: 3.25 - Em: 3.25   GET IN TOUCH: Facebook - @drinkingbiddiespodcast Instagram - @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast    

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE BIDDIES!!!!!!!!!!!!  Last year we brought you KERYL’S DAD for the holidays… this year we bring you JAMIE’S DAD for the holidays. This is our FIRST EVER VIRTUALLY RECORDED EPISODE. Wishing you a happy and healthy new year! We will be back in 2021 with more virtually recorded episodes. Stay safe!   KERYL: I’m a little bit worried that I have coronavirus because I’m smelling this and I can’t really smell that much.   JEFF: We’re off to a good start.   BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT* - Keryl: 4.5 - Jamie: 4.75 - Jeff: 2.75   GET IN TOUCH: Facebook - @drinkingbiddiespodcast Instagram - @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast   As always, thanks for drinking (responsibly)!

[DISCLAIMER: Recorded pre-pandemic.]   “Did you get us La Croix by mistake?”   BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT* - Jamie: 2.25 [5 as a mixer!] - Keryl: 2.25 - Julie: 3   GET IN TOUCH: Facebook - @drinkingbiddiespodcast Instagram - @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast   As always, thanks for drinking (responsibly)!

CHEERS TO 5 YEARS OF BEERS!!!!!  TODAY MARKS OUR 5-YEAR POD-VERSARY.   On our first episode of 2020, we re-do our first beer, this time with a special guest.   5 years (and a LOT of beers) later, how do we feel about this Amber Ale? Listen to find out… and you may just hear some familiar sound bites from that very first episode.   FROM THE EP… “Men in bars… men in cars… men on stars… a Dr. Seuss book about men mansplaining beer to us!”   “If you play this podcast backwards, it’s actually me screaming SAVE ME! SAVE ME!”   “I love rodents.”   BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT* - Jamie: 4.5 - Keryl: 4.5 - Margaret: 4.5   GET IN TOUCH: Facebook – @drinkingbiddiespodcast Instagram – @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast   As always, thanks for drinking (responsibly)!

**********HAPPY HOLIDAYS! This is our final episode of 2019 and it features Mark Brown, aka KERYL'S DAD, and beer he brought from Keryl's FAVORITE brewery in Colorado, Odell Brewing Co. We here at Drinking Biddies hope you are enjoying this holiday season, and we can't wait to see you in 2020!**********   “The compass led me to this bar!” “Where’s the fish???”   BEER RATINGS *SPOILER ALERT* - Jamie: 4.5 - Keryl: 4.5 - Mark: 4   GET IN TOUCH: Facebook - @drinkingbiddiespodcast Instagram - @drinkingbiddiespodcast Email – drinkingbiddies@gmail.com Untappd – DrinkingBiddiesPodcast   As always, thanks for drinking (responsibly)!