Chad'z Beer Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

After a month-and-a-half hiatus Chad'z Beer Podcast is back, baby! This episode features one of the most popular beer influencers on Instagram: Mateo The Beer Reviewer.

He has one of the biggest organic followings for a Beer 'Gramer with over 8500 devoted fans where's he been posting daily beer reviews since 2012! In this podcast, Mateo and I discuss our mutual love for beer and what it's like being a beer reviewer/influencer who's constantly chasing the next must have beer/brewery/style, etc.

This was a pleasantly fun and surprisingly breezy episode that I think (and hope) everyone will enjoy.

Be sure to follow Mateo here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beer_reviewer/

Untappd: https://untappd.com/user/Beer_reviewer

One of my favorite BeerTubers from the Golden Age was Matt Stewart. He was a bearded beer lover in the Miami area at the time. I can't remember how I found his channel, but I do remember appreciating his honesty and light hearted/every man approach. Matt and I did a few trades and he was the first to introduce me to the wonders of two Florida breweries that were in high demand back then: Cigar City and Funky Buddha. Matt and I actually met once in Albany and we're still friends on Facebook today. Perhaps we'll do a reunion collab review sometime?

Matt hasn't posted in years, but his channel is still available for viewing at https://www.youtube.com/@MtStewart/videos

Who doesn't like Fridays? Well, Howard Tignor dedicated his channel to this day of the week by calling it  @fridaysr4u306 . He's been making BeerTube videos since 2019. His channel features several themed shows though "Uncle Bub's Bell Buckle Beer Reviews" is the flagship show. He considers himself a blue collar working man and dedicates every episode of his show to workers in a different industry. Howard isn't a beer snob at all, and something of a newbie to the craft beer world. Learn all about this man from central Tennessee in this podcast.

Be sure to check out our collab review of Boddingtons Pub Ale here: https://youtu.be/ISsDyEOVxQk

You might not recognize the name of this episode's guest, but Jeremy Hosier actually had a lot of influence on my craft beer journey. He was the manager of Westmere Beverage, a fantastic beer-only store in Guilderland, NY within walking distance of my apartment from 2007-2015. I was there so often that we struck up a friendship and he even gave me the employee discount.

Around 2011 Jeremy and some of his friends/colleagues started Steadfast Beer Company. They made only gluten-free beers that actually tasted like beer (not all twangy like Red Bridge). It doesn't look like they're still in business, although their website is still active.

Unfortunately, Jeremy died in early 2020 right when COVID hit. I'm not sure if that was the cause of his death, though.

I included two back-to-back interviews with him I conducted in the summer of 2012: one as a beer company owner and one as the manager of a beer store. Even if you're not familiar with Mr. Hosier, I think the inside information he provides is fascinating. And as a bonus I included two tours of Westmere Beverage from 2009 and 2011.

Jon Shubin is the man behind @HopsAndBrews  - one of the most popular BeerTube channels to emerge in the last few years. Hops & Brews started out as a pretty standard BeerTube channel, but Jon eventually started doing many experimental type videos that have gotten massive views; such as freeze distilling Budweiser, his 46 day all-beer diet, how to turn any beer non-alcoholic, trying to drink with a muscle stimulator and many many more.

Check out our collab review of Lagunitas Maximus IPA here: https://youtu.be/CdnaL11AzJE

Be sure to follow Hops & Brews everywhere:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HopsAndBrews

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HopsAndBrews

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/HopsNBrews/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopsnbrews/

Untappd: https://untappd.com/user/HopsAndBrews

If there was ever a BeerTuber with an ideal URL it was Mark Sinderson who originally started out his channel as youtube.com/videobeerreviews (so accurate and right to the point!). He later changed his handle to @BikeBeerBBQ across all social media.

I always enjoyed his channel because he was (and I assume still is) an avid cyclist but also was a craft beer enthusiast. He even wrote a book for people like me that loved beer but wanted to lose weight called "Beyond the 12oz Curl". Unfortunately that book is out of print but its listing is still up on Amazon.

I also liked Mark's food cooking tutorials as he made pretty much everything on his "Big Green Egg" grill. Unfortunately, his channel disappeared a while back due to copyright issues. I wish Mark would re-upload those old videos without the copyrighted material as I'd bet a new generation of viewers would enjoy them.

You can still catch Mr. Sinderson on Joe D's "Share a Beer" show here:

https://www.youtube.com/@JoeDreviews/streams

John Holl is one of the top beer journalists and authors working today. For over two decades, he's been making a living covering the beer industry. Mr. Holl has published several beer cookbooks and beer history and travel guides. Plus, he produces MULTIPLE beer podcasts every week! If you want to know what's going on in the beer industry, John is the man to talk to.

Be sure to follow John Holl here:

https://www.johnholl.com/

https://x.com/john_holl

https://www.instagram.com/mrjohnholl/

https://allaboutbeer.com

https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004FW8SHG/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=055a6142-74df-4f21-af31-34d980272b5c&ref_=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1

There aren't too many women in the BeerTube community, but Chelsea and Liz of the  @bodybybeerpodcast  channel might single-handedly change that. They produce a high-quality video podcast where they discuss food and beer pairings; beer news; beer facts and history; debunk beer myths; go on brewery tours; interview professional brewers; and a whole lot more. You've probably seen some of their shortform content on YouTube, Instagram or TikTok (where they have over 18k followers!)

Sorry for the "short" runtime on this episode. We're hoping we can get together again for a second part later this year. In the meantime, be sure to check out our collab review of Chimay Green here: https://youtu.be/jghRza3Lsx4

For more BODY BY BEER, check out these links:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bodybybeerpodcast

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bodybybeerpodcast

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bodybybeerpodcast/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bodybybeerpodcast

Website: https://www.bodybybeerpodcast.com

Merch: https://bit.ly/3w2O0Xm

Books: https://amzn.to/3TsOE9Q

This week's archive edition features one of the lesser-known BeerTubers: Max Spang aka "Snobby Beer". I remember being impressed with Max's production skills which were pretty advanced for the 2010-2013 era. I interviewed Max for my channel in August of 2011 and he had me on his show about a month later. Both of those interviews are included in this podcast episode.

As an extra bonus, I've included a video of me unboxing a beer mail he sent me sometime in 2011. Yup, I still have that video saved (I never delete anything).

Max's channel is still up on YouTube, but he hasn't posted to it in about a decade. Maybe this podcast will encourage him to come out of retirement.

Recently, a few UK-based BeerTubers have made vlogs wondering if beer reviews on YouTube are still needed and if this niche we call BeerTube is dying. I've actually had similar thoughts lately, but I wanted to get another seasoned American BeerTuber's perspective, so I asked Mat from @massivebeers to join me for a discussion on the subject.

Be sure to check out this videos that inspired this discussion:

 @ScottReviewsThings 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MVxJLe37n4

 @brownale1000 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eHGKIuHnHo

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