The Master Craftsmen: Recent Episodes

Jarrod Niederhiser & Branson Wilms

A conversation about craft beer all while discussing the topic of the day ranging from sports, movies, music and everything in between.

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We’re Back! After a couple weeks away, we’re back with another trip down the East coast on our 50 Beers in 50 States Tour! #themastercraftsmen #craftbeer #50beersin50states #drinkacrossamerica #drinkup #craftbeerlover #craftbeerusa🇺🇸

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Our tour of the USA continues with a Midwest/West sampling! In our 3rd episode of 50 Beers:50 States, we dive into Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota, Michigan and our home state of Ohio!

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Season 2, Episode 4 and the 2nd in our 10 part series of 50 Beers in 50 States is up! We switch sides of the country for this one and cover five beers from states in the original 13 colonies!

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We’re back, after a mid-summer break, with an exciting new set of episodes. Over the next 10+ weeks we’re going to be touring the United States with our 50 Beers: 50 States Series! We start on the West Coast with 5 unique beers from Alaska, Hawaii, California, Oregon, and Washington and highlight the breweries where they’re made!

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Check out our Red, White, & Brew episode just in time for the 4th of July! We sample three rocket pop themed beverages while going through our line-up of 4th of July picnic staples!

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After a long hiatus, WE’RE BACK with the start of Season 2! We kick things off with a summer smoothie series and three amazing smoothies from @thebrewingprojekt, @imprintbeerco and @froth! To start off the new season, we discuss two true crimes as dive into their ins and outs!

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Episode 20 and season finale brings a trio of incredible BA stouts! We wrap up the season with these three offerings and have a conversation about things we remember or would love back from years gone by!#craftbeer #themastercraftsmen #barrelagedstout #stoutseasonneverends #drinkup #coffeestout #stoutseason #buffalotrace #angrychairbrewing #untitledbrewing #listermannbrewingcompany #loughgillbrewing

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Episode 19 is in the books! Summer weather brings summer beers and these 3 key lime pie themed offerings fit the bill! Along with the beers we talk about our top ice cream flavors and where you can find them and give them a try! #craftbeer #themastercraftsmen #sourbeers #keylimepie #drinklocal #drekkerbrewing #lefthandbrewing #graetersicecream #icecream #drinkup #craftbeerlife #handelsicecream

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After a 2 week hiatus, we’re back with three tasty offerings from @brewdogofficial! With summer quickly approaching, and temps starting to rise, we give a go to some IPA’s that could be added to your summer collection. While we dive into these beers we have some thought-provoking conversation into some “would you rather” questions and our thoughts on each!

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For this week’s episode, our 17th Episode, we give our Master Craftsmen NFL Mock Draft and take a look at three 450 North beers from their 420 Release! #themastercraftsmen #craftbeer #smoothiesour #quadzilla #420 #drinkadventurously #450northbrewing #craftbeerlover #craftbeernotcrapbeer #nfldraft #mockdraft #nfl

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We’re back after a taking a week away with a thought-provoking episode! For episode 16 we give three delicious stouts a try while taking a look at some conspiracy theories/myths!

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Episode 15 and Part 2 of our movie-themed baseball squad is up! We give three amazing smoothies from @rarbrew a try all while rounding out the infield and outfield of our movie-themed baseball squad!

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Episode 15 is live! A Spring themed week of three smoothies from @illwillbrewing21! Plus we go into part one of our movie-themed baseball squad!

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Episode #13 brings the Luck of the Irish with our St Patrick’s Day themed beers!Also, we take a look at our Final Four picks, as well as our national Champion!

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Episode 12 is a @treehousebrewco Takeover! We give three Treehouse Brewing Co. IPAs all while discussing our bucket list breweries we’d love to visit!

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Marshmallow Madness is here! Check out Episode 11 as we go into our much anticipated @450northbrewing review of three marshmallow smoothie sours. We also go over our top appetizer choices as we await the start of March Madness!

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In our 10th episode we dig into two tasty offerings from another local brewery, Sandy Springs out of Minerva! We also dig into our top three favorite candy picks with Easter on the way!

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In our ninth episode, we give three incredible fruit smoothies from Mortalis Brewing a go while we discuss three (plus a bonus) sports records we think are unbreakable and give our opinions why.

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In episode 8 we dive into three triple IPAs from three different breweries all while looking into a few fun prop bets and make our MVP and Super Bowl Predictions.

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Colder weather pairs great with coffee stouts, and we’ve got three to sample, as well as go into some interesting prop vests for the upcoming Super Bowl.

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Episode 6 features a little change of pace as we give a smoothie with a local flavor a try in Ill Will’s “Root of All Evil”: a smoothie style beer made with Kast Iron Soda’s house root beer, as well as Locke’s Ice Cream. We also take a sample of six of the sodas that Kast Iron has to offer, as well as give our takes on the upcoming AFC/NFC Championship games.

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Episode 5 features three smoothie sours from 450 North Brewing Co. from their Pokémon inspired collection and can art! Branson and Jarrod also discuss who we would want to have as dinner guests!

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In episode 4, we wrap up our 12 Beers of Christmas with a collection of 3 different styles. We also take a look at our top three bucket list sporting events that we would attend if/when they ever present themselves.

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In episode 3, we break into the 2nd half of our 12 Beers of Christmas with three incredible smoothies from local brewery Ill Will Brewing. We also use a draft format to choose our top 6 TV Shows, and good conversation follows.

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Episode 2 continues to dive into our theme of 12 Christmas themed beers. On this episode we sample three brews from a local brewery that are all centered around Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol”. We also rank our top 5 Christmas movies of all time, which leads to some spirited discussion.

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In our 1st episode of our 12 Beers of Christmas series, we dive into three Christmas themed craft beers, giving our review of each, all while chatting about the upcoming college football conference championships and their implications on the CFP.