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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 show and enjoy the beef hole. Good bye.
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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 high-fived a unicorn. He stood up, dusted off his jacket, and calmly announced, “I suppose there’s still time for one more meeting.” The gnome simply shrugged and ordered another round.
From that day on, rumors spread that somewhere in the hills there was a secret brewery capable of reviving anyone—as long as they appreciated a well-made pint and didn’t ask too many questions about the recipe. Historians dismissed the tale, bartenders swore it was true, and every time someone raised a glass, they wondered if it contained just a drop of that legendary, life-restoring brew.
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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.
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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.” Alright, have fun out there!
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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 all time.
Will traditional lagers reign supreme? Can pale ales overcome the competition? Do dark beers get the respect they deserve? The arguments begin here.
Along the way, the discussion drifts through brewing, beer culture, industry news, favourite styles, brewery experiences and the eternal challenge of deciding what actually makes a beer “great”.
In This Episode
Watching Game 4 of the NBA Finals while recordingLive reactions, distractions and basketball chatIntroducing the Beer Engine World Cup of BeerBuilding the first tournament bracketClassic beer styles go head-to-headThe most influential beers of all timeUnderrated and overrated beer stylesLager versus ale: the eternal debateDark beer appreciation societyBrewery stories and brewing observationsCraft beer trends and industry chatterListener arguments waiting to happenThe Beer Engine World Cup of Beer
The Beer Engine World Cup of Beer aims to answer a question nobody can agree on:
What is the greatest beer style ever created?
Over the coming episodes, beer styles from around the world will battle through a tournament bracket featuring classic lagers, pale ales, IPAs, stouts, porters, Belgian ales, wheat beers, pilsners and more.
Expect controversy, questionable decisions and plenty of passionate defence of favourite styles.
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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 brewery life.
Topics Discussed
The current state of the Australian craft beer industryNew beer releases and what’s on tapBrewing processes and production challengesBeer styles and recipe developmentHospitality and customer experiencesEvents, festivals and beer cultureRegional brewing and local communitiesPackaging, branding and marketingIndustry news and trendsGeneral beer nerd discussions and listener favouritesFeatured Beers
A selection of locally brewed beers, seasonal releases and industry favourites are discussed throughout the episode, alongside insights into what makes great beer and the stories behind the brews.
About Beer Engine
Beer Engine is a podcast for beer lovers, brewers and anyone interested in the craft beer industry. Hosted by Tony and Griff, each episode explores brewing, beer culture, hospitality, industry news and the stories that make independent beer unique.
Whether you’re a professional brewer, homebrewer, hospitality worker or simply someone who enjoys a great pint, Beer Engine delivers conversations from the heart of the Australian beer community.
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Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and follow along for future episodes featuring beer reviews, brewery insights, industry discussions and plenty of brewing banter.
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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!!
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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:
Someone says “we’ll cut that out” and absolutely nobody does.A beer gets reviewed with the confidence of a man reading the wrong Untappd entry.Griff attempts to explain himself.Tony slowly realises he’s now hosting a podcast and writing the description in real time.The stinger is still too long.“News: The Game” continues to drift further from both news and games.At least one discussion could’ve been solved with a five second Google search.A completely normal topic somehow becomes a 20-minute debate.Also featured:
Strong opinions delivered with almost no research.Accidental dead air.Someone talking over the intro music.A callback to a joke nobody remembers.Audio levels that were definitely checked beforehand. Probably.The Beer Engine Podcast:
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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!
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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.
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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!!
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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.
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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!!
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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 through to the heat of summer.
And let me tell you brother… this thing gets heated.
The lads unveil this year’s 64-entry bracket, packed with matchups so intense they’d make a steel cage blush. There are early favourites, dark horses, and at least one entrant that has absolutely no business being there—but somehow survived Griff’s seeding process.
Will Tony’s “statistical approach” dominate the field?
Or will Griff’s patented “gut feeling and two pints deep” strategy once again throw the whole tournament into chaos?Expect:
• Dramatic bracket reveals
• Trash talk worthy of a championship belt
• Wild predictions that absolutely will not age well
• A few surprise rule changes mid-episode (because of course there are)
• And at least one moment where someone demands a bracket rematch
As tradition dictates, the bracket will evolve week-by-week throughout the season. Rivalries will form. Alliances will crumble. And by the time summer arrives, only one contender will stand victorious in the centre of the Beer Engine ring.
So grab a cold one, pull up a seat ringside, and prepare yourself…
Because Bracketmania is running wild in 2026.
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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 dollar short… beers beers beers. The mates who show up after the raffle’s been drawn. The keg that kicks just as the best story starts. The bar light flickering like it’s in on the joke. And somehow, despite the timing, despite the short change, there’s abundance in repetition. Not perfection — repetition. Another round. Another crack of a can. Another chorus of “cheers” rolling across the room like it’s always been right on time.
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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.
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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.
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That's right! It's another year of the most anticipated awards show in all of beer, The Drippies!!!
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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!!
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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!
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