Chris, Micah and Rob bring each other a Christmas gift in the form of a Christmas beer. That’s right, three beer reviews packed into this Christmas episode extravaganza!

Beers reviewed this episode: Half Acre Far Star Winter Lager; Bell’s Christmas Ale; and 3 Floyd’s Alpha Klaus.

On top of that, the boys talk about beer brewed using melted snow from an NFL stadium, Christmas movies, a drunk raccoon that passed out in a liquor store, and story time with Rob.

We hit the “big time” with professional sound equipment! Sound engineer Chris transformed Rob’s basement into a podcast studio!

In this episode, Chris, Micah & Rob review a Kirkland barrel aged beer, and Arches by P3, while Chris and Rob recount their media coverage of FoBAB.

Come for the reviews and FoBAB talk, but stay to find out what gift the guys would bring to an audience with the Pope.

The 4E Podcast has become the Rough Draughts podcast.

Micah is now joined by (friend of the show turned host) Rob, and (sound engineer) Chris.

The format remains the same! This new triumvirate review three Aldi beers, and discuss a range of news: how a Chicago cyclist distributes her (free) home brew; speed dating therapists; and beer on the rocks.

All that and more in this episode of your favorite (albeit revamped & rebranded) beer podcast!

Hey!

The boys are back! They review Fresh Hop Vista - a collab between Art History Brewing and Binny's.

The Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer (aka FoBAB) is coming up on Nov. 22 and 23rd. Get your tickets at fobab.com. They'll be there, so if you're going, look out for The 4E Podcast.

Other highlights from this episode:

Dave Hoops answers beer questions (like does beer make you fat?); early adopters of Gmail; Googling yourself; There's another Russ in Australia who's the inspiration for the next great Netflix romcom; Mighty Ducks 4 plot ... this is not a movie podcast; AI beer robots on the Mediterranean coast; AI podcasters; and going to bars by yourself.

This and much, much more is awaiting your ears!

Prost!

It's been a minute ...

The guys have not abandoned you, loyal listeners! Russell & Micah are back with an episode that was recorded at the end of May (side note: we may need to fire our editor).

There's a beer review (Kinslahger Brewing's Gold Wing Pilsner), talk of birding, golden wing warblers, Russell went to BUG (Micah was sick), killer bee brewed beer (How many killer bees does it take to brew beer?), Micah quizes Russell on beer slang (boss pour), and much more!

It's been a minute. The boys are back with an extra long hour-and-a-half episode to make up for the hiatus.

Russell and Micah brought suprise/mystery beers to review - reveal to one another during the podcast recording. Russell brought Maplewood Simplicity is Bliss. Micah brought Werk Force Mable.

And, while drinking a bonus beer (Off Color's Crispy Beer for Pizza), the guys get silly with beer news. Guinness Myths, Hot Guinness instead of morning coffee ... this is not a Ghostbusters Podcast ... TV beer brands, can art intellectual property, the difference between New Hampshire and Vermont ... combining states ... this is not a geography podcast ... etc.

Come and get it!

Micah and Russell review two beers: Wry Expression (a rye stout collab between Art History Brewing & the Women of Binny's) and Onward (a New England IPA and the very last Lab Beer from Exit Strategy Brewing).

The 4E Podcast is going to the Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer (FoBAB), which takes place on Nov. 3 and 4, 2023. The boys preview the event, what they're looking forward to seeing and all the new cool stuff that's happening for this year's event.

The guys talk about Exit Strategy's coming closure and how much Catherine and Chris' brewery meant to us.

As for beer news, there's talk about the birth of beer, drinking with a bald eagle (and other animals), plus Russell tells stories about things he ingested during his college years.

Stay 'til the end, where Russell serenades Exit Strategy.

If you're going to FoBAB, come find us - we'd love to drink with you!

Apologies in advance ... this episode was recorded on August 1 and is just now dropping. What can we say ... it's. a hobby.

For all your patience, you get a great episode from Micah and Russell. There's two beer reviews: Three Floyd's Dismembers Only (a Barrel-Aged Imperial Milk Stout) and Schlafly's White Lager. All that plus a baboon working the switchboard of a train depot and Aldi's dream job posting. Oh, and, let's not forget that we haven't dropped an episode since BUG and so we definitely get into some hazy details about how that went.

Prost!