The Beer Engine

We're baaaaaack! Had to start out with some delightful gloating and bragging. And of course, Tony returns to the airwaves after a month away, and we break down his trip in painstaking detail. Also, the holiday season approaches with a legendary Beer Engine game.

I wish I was better at naming things. Last official pre taicon show and we talk traveling with Tony, Griff is the good parent and the official taicon line up. Plus is it beef or pizza? RIP Mr Belding. You were a real one.

Hello! HELLO! It was a show of great chaos this week, as Tony and I had been talking about “accommodations” and “checking bags” all before we started recording. Then we got right into the hell that was the Comfort Suites, some great cheap food that all Vegas visitors should eat (?), and why only serial killers would put tomato and raw onion on their Chicago Italian Beef sandwich. Brewdog content is back baby, and then we do a bit of “sword play” to wrap things up. Bye bye.

I'm so itchy. It's causing me great distress! This is a great show to listen to if you want to know what beers Tony wants to sit in a big pool of. Could be fun to listen to if you find that kind of thing interesting, I know I do. Think about it, how crazy would it feel to sit in a big pool of Bigfoot. It would feel and smell really bad. Ok enjoy!

We’re running out of time until I have to prepare myself and my mind for Tony to be here in the USA. I hope he has all of his paperwork - they’ve been kind of tight with that lately. Introducing the fam to Underberg - a harrowing experience. Hot gardners for free? What do people even want these days? Gone in 60,000 PBRs and BrewDog is freaking BACK baby. Time to levy some punishment on these freaks, let’s go!

There’ s a guy who has checked in 134 Aventinus Eisbocks. Now that guy has the “Devil’s Hole” if anyone does. I went to a prime rib restaurant and it was pretty weird but not bad, some guy is mad about dipping your pizza, a new Sweet Tomatoes post, and one of the worst beer ranking you’ll ever see. All that happens on ONE podcast?! What a freakin value! In today’s world, in this economy? You can’t find a content deal like this one, only on the Beer Engine Podcast!!

Listen, I don’t have a problem with these things, but a lot of food in Chicago is being ruined by big undercooked bell peppers. My guys, cook your bell peppers off and then put them on your beef or pizza. I don’t get it! Today’s show is laden with various psychotic rants and micro-obsessions and assorted grievances. Plus I try to stump Tony as he wanders through the hallowed halls of the beer hall of fame. Good enough okay bye.

I am not gonna say the rest of what this guy said because it’s pretty gross and racist. On today’s show we had a nice time talking about some of our favorite guys and then talking about beer. We honestly did some pretty dorky beer talk on this episode so  you might want to listen to it if you give a crap about any of that. And hardly any basketball stuff, you’re gonna love it. Also some great stuff from the various food groups. Yeah grains, vegetables, fruits, or whatever. Well have fun bye.

We’re having a super time today looking at beeve sandwiches and talking about them beers. Fresh off a trip to the “Cindy Witty,” Griff is full of shit and also some delicious meals. Tony is craving a deli sandwich really bad this entire episode, this guy has salami on the gd brain. A compelling conversation of how much brewers should post and also a great new game about BA reviews that you’re gonna LOVE or HATE, which is what I WANT.

Yes it’s a place where you can get your normal tamale sandwich, sausage covered in beef and the always perfect Maxwell St Polish with onions and mustard mmmm yummy. On today’s show I have way too easy of a game for Tony, who I forget has that brain that memorizes entire paragraphs. Great. Also we start thinking of ways to switch up the pizza group - but we’ll never, ever change the drop. Post in our discord if you have ideas of psychotic facebook groups where 90 year old racists are posting about food. Alright well, enjoy the sh...

When the old Senate clock struck midnight, everyone agreed that Mitch McConnell had finally reached the end of his very long political journey. The room fell silent—until a tiny, glowing brewery gnome appeared carrying a frothing mug of impossibly golden beer. “This,” the gnome declared, “is the Legendary Last Lager, brewed once every thousand years from moonlit barley and the laughter of pub regulars.”

The magical beer was poured into Mitch’s hands, and with one dramatic sip, the room erupted in sparkling foam. His eyes flew open, the lights flickered, and somewhere in the distance an eagle hig...

Griff finally got one of these goofy PR merch offers, and it’s for one of his favorite things: the beautiful White Castle slider. On today’s big show, we introduce Paul Bearer / Paul Heyman who is now in charge of that State Fair thing or something? Lots of beer talk from 2 of the most different cities ever, and some of that annoying and incoherent basketball talk that you guys all love, am I right. World Cup is still going on, think we’ll beat the final with our stupid little game? Guess we’ll find out next week. 

Show notes?! In this economy?! Yeah, I’m doing em. Griff is back from the technology conference and the people there are freakin HORNY. Also, we gotta be having some of those Sweet Tomatoes / Potatoes (Tuna Tarragon, yum) and arguing over the virtues of Hell’s Kitchen on the internet. We also congratulate the nation of Scotland for proving to Boston that they aren’t even good at the thing they brag about (getting drunk and fighting), and there’s some more World Cup bracket before we take a nice one week break while Griff goes to “drain the swamp.” Al...

The boys are back for another episode of Beer Engine, recorded live while Game 4 of the NBA Finals played out in the background. As you’d expect, there are plenty of basketball interruptions, score checks and completely unqualified sporting opinions mixed in with the usual beer-fuelled conversation.

The big feature this week is the launch of the inaugural Beer Engine World Cup of Beer. Inspired by sporting tournaments around the globe, Tony and Griff begin the impossible task of pitting classic beer styles against each other in a knockout bracket to determine the greatest beer style of al...

In this episode of Beer Engine, Tony and Griff are back behind the microphones to discuss the latest happenings in the world of craft beer, brewing, hospitality and everything in between.

The conversation covers the challenges facing independent breweries, industry trends, new beer releases, and the realities of running a brewery in regional Australia. Along the way, the discussion wanders into brewing techniques, beer styles, customer expectations, hospitality experiences and the ever-changing landscape of the Australian beer scene.

As always, there are plenty of tangents, laughs, strong opinions and stories from behind the scenes of...

Yep, I drank the gloop and I liked it - the taste of that pistachio bullshit! It was pretty rough, but we rode the gloop waves through Copenhagen. Also, Seth gets meth mouth, Griff buys $100 of candy, and Tony rips AI to absolute shreds. It’s over for you jerks over at OpenAI and Anthropic! We played Family  Feud and Tony has to do some serious hair splitting. Alright, very good, time to go, I’m about to sneeze!!

This week on The Beer Engine Podcast, Griff forgot to do the show notes.
 Not “running late.”
 Not “half-finished.”
 Forgot. Entirely.

So instead of a polished episode description filled with timestamps, witty observations, and at least one legally questionable comparison to regional fast food chains, you get this hastily assembled emergency broadcast from the depths of Tony’s notes app.

Somewhere in this episode:

That's right, we've been served our papers. Just kidding, but we have lots of papers for you that we will deliver through your ears. Court records have been reviewed, Zwanzes have been drank and drunk, and dinners have been ruined. All on today's Beer Engine Pod. Get it now!

We are on top of the news. I look up the news every week!!! We somehow did cover another sale in the industry but it wasn’t the big big one. Also, I have to know if Beggars Pizza is good in the next 28 minutes and if I don’t find out, I will leave Crestwood crestfallen. We did the final four of another great bracket season, how do I do it every year where we are 3 weeks after the real Final Four. Welp, until next week, bye bye.

You would think this is an April Fools bit, but honestly, I couldn’t have written anything this funny. The Beer Engine outlives yet another foe. We have conquered Boingo, Weathers, and the Hulkster. How do we do it?! Also a dynamite bracket region that was merely a week after we’ve finished the actual March Madness, and a farewell to the 2nd Bulls Front Office that the Beer Engine has experienced. Damn we’ve been doing this a long time!!

Haha April Fools! Don’t you guys love all the April Fools beer posts? Oh man, we love your beer with 98 grams of protein haha, that’s just sooooooo funny. Oh, you’re shifting from brewing into investing? Great idea, I love it!! Wow, a new powdered version of your IPA, that’s so convenient!! I hope it ends soon for all of these guys and I hope I get to nudge the door close on their crypts.

Oopsie, forgot to do show notes! Oh well. On today’s show - Tony shops for air travel, a great discussion about shitty airports (?) and how you can treat your lawn with Natty Light. Wow, we covered all that?! Better download RIGHT NOW!!

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN… welcome to the most electrifying time of the Beer Engine calendar!

The arena lights are on. The taps are flowing. The brackets are printed. And somewhere in the distance you can hear the sound of aluminium cans cracking like folding chairs over a wrestler’s back…

BRACKETMANIA 2026 IS HERE.

This week, Tony and Griff step into the ring to kick off their annual bracket showdown, a tournament of questionable decisions, passionate arguments, and bold predictions that will rumble all the way throug...

That’s the rhythm of it. The delivery truck’s just pulled away, the sun’s already dipping behind the silos, and someone’s realised the tap list never got updated. Again. It’s the feeling of sprinting toward something that’s already halfway gone — but laughing anyway because there’s a cold one in your hand and that counts for something. Foam clinging to the glass, condensation sliding down like a slow apology. You missed the moment, sure. But you didn’t miss the pour.

It’s the soundtrack of small-town Fridays and half-finished plans. A day late and a dolla...

Hello, I am boycotting the AI slop. There was just too much of it at the Super Bowl and it sucked major ass. We are gonna have to stand up to this crap, or let the economy “do it's thing” where we all go broke for a few years and say “cool, we have to do this forever.” Today we had a nice time talking about Heineken, Voodoo Ranger and Vaccinale. That just about covers it. See ya.

Man, do I have to write show notes? I do?? Oh noooooo! On today's show we did a number of important things and dealt with all of the biggest news of the day and week. This included a bunch of talking about wrestling and basketball and which stout I liked this week. Finally, the real news is back and better than ever. Ok that's fine . Bye.

That's right! It's another year of the most anticipated awards show in all of beer, The Drippies!!!

And on the seventh day he said “let there be another show and some show notes!!” And I said, sure whatever. So here you go, this show was super fun to make and I love that Rachel Leigh Cook is cranking out Hallmark movies now. Gobblessem all! May these movies and this bit never die. Anyways, get on our discord and nominate some Drippies winners, the Drippies will return on Jan 29!!

Alright we're back. And I'm whipping together some notes last minute because I was eating Thai food! We had some good stuff, some green papaya salad, some large, some brisket, some noodles, some crab fried rice. It was a win across the board. Hey gang the Drippies are coming up so I'll be opening up that channel on the Discord to get your noms in. Do it!

Time to settle in by that holiday fire and enjoy one of these newfangled American podcasts. Listen to the soothing voice of an Australian brewer describe the pick and roll. Or the pleasant baritone of a guy in a now very less echo-y room talking about Dubai chocolate and cookie butter. Ahh now that’s Christmas, isn’t it folks. How about a nice game where for some reason they talk about soyface and woke and they say “sike?” Damn, that is the holidays, and I’m having a great time. Let’s all have a nice holiday and eat some del...

Ooooopsie I forgot to do show notes. Is that why we are late posting the show? Let’s just say it is. Tony was in a particular “holly jolly” mood today as we ran down some amazing and fun topics. You’re gonna wanna listen to this one folks!(?) All the normal stuff with a fun holiday spirit, plus Trader Joe’s items. Check it out, it's that fabulous beer engine show.

We're back and better than ever!! Bester?? Oh no, I've messed up again. Well I think we did a great comeback show and now we're back on track….maybe. We had a nice time talking about the Hulk and stuff. Hey, if you want something to do just type in “Ray Allen tweet” into Google and you'll understand our game today. Ok see ya.

When it comes to Aussie gambling sites,  I just can’t imagine what’s better than the Lucky Owl Club. I mean, you get everything: some awesome games, great banking, all the crypto you want. It’s a lot like beers, loaded with crypto and a bunch of shitty scams. Today we looked at a number of Beggars pizzas, considered the homeland security risk level of a can of Steel Reserve, and put Tony into a big giant robot to fight the Untappd aliens. Just another day in the world of the Beer Engine, am I right?

Just kidding!!!! We're back though, and it took us a little while to really get into the swing of things, but I think we found it. Some amazing pizza disasters this week, some great fast food analysis, plus maybe my favorite kölsch EVER. Tony enjoys the Bourbon County game this year and I really think my variants are even better than the real ones.

You wouldn't believe the type of hellhole warzone I just got out of. I was stuck eating pizza, sushi, pour over coffee, fresh hop beers. Won't somebody think of the children, my goodness!!

Also Tony had to pause the show to use the toilet. Which is just what they call it there, he’ll get pissed at me if I call it a “restroom” or a “bathroom.” It’s the toilet!! Today we came upon the weirdest beer related PR push of all time, and I honestly cannot unlock what is happening there. Some really bizarre stuff.  

I would try “Dale’s IPA,” I just want that out there. I would try it and I think it’ll be pretty good. I would also try a beer called Lucky O’Reilly...

Honestly I think today was the most difficult Untrappd game ever, and was absolutely based on total falsehoods. This was a fake news version of Untrappd. I also spend some time trying to legitimize shrimp pizza, trying to decode pizza bots, and bragging about my Russian River intake. 

The conservative dad has been defeated, I repeat, the conservative dad has been defeated by Anheuser-Busch!

On 12 October 1810 Crown Prince Groff of Bavaria married Princess Tony of Maffcohausen. Munich officials invited the public to celebrate on fields outside the city walls; the site was named Tonywiese (“Tony's Meadow”) the following year and is still called Wiesn.

The highlight of the first festival was a beer rating guessing game modelled on the medieval Scharlachrennen once run at Karlstor. Major Andreas Michael Dall'Armi of the National Guard proposed the idea, although Griff later claimed credit. The game was repeated in 1811, becoming the core of the annual Oktoberfest tradition.

*Matt Berry voice* ah yes, the Beer Engine PodCAST! Yes, we’re finally back, the great Beer Engine Podcast, doing our usual stuff. Do they like beer, we don’t know, are they drinking beer, we don’t know! Tony makes a big bet on the Measles taking over a certain, non-vaccinating state and Griff eats fancy bread and fancy burgers. It’s just what we do. Pizza is discussed and also a man is angry about dynamic beer pricing on the strip. I dunno dude, it’s the Vegas strip, shit is expensive, just go to the ABC Store and...

Don’t say it! Another podcast came out today, much to the chagrin of the haters and losers. It was nice to catch up with my friend Tony (or my friend Griff, depending on whose perspective you tend to read this from). We talked about some of our wonderful recent travels, our beautiful very sweet stouts we are cooking up and drinking, and how cool it is to get rained on sometimes. What else, what else, well we played a very, very difficult game with Tony that was frustrating for sure. And we checked in on Seth Weathers. Actually it...