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The Brewmance podcast. Restoring Civility One Sip At A time. Mike Russell & Rob Hunter believe they can solve problems and disagreements over a beer.  On this podcast episode Mike & Rob talk about the brilliance of  Dave Chappelle after watching his new Netflix special, Sticks & Stones.  Chappelle has a special gift challenge societal […]

Hard Seltzers like White Claw and Truly have been taking over the beer world. Sales are up 193% since last year. Because of this some of the big brewers are offering their own hard seltzers. Mike & Rob know the reason. Taxes. They explain on The Brewmance On The Radio. Since fall is getting closer […]

Recently, Mike was pulled over for speeding on his way to a fishing tournament.  His pleasant experience with the officer leads The Brewmance to discuss what to do when you are pulled over. First thing to know is the police aren’t going to give you legal advice. Second, be nice to the officers. Third, we […]

The Phoenix Rising Football Club is getting people in the stands with dollar beer nights.  The Brewmance wants to know why more teams aren’t doing the same thing. Mike also gives us some recipes and some ideas on how to cook with beer.  On the other hand, Rob only cooks one thing with beer and […]

Today, Mike and Rob sip on Belching Beaver’s Phantom Bride IPA while they discuss whether or not athletes are role models. Many NBA athletes enter the league at the age of 18 or 19, only 6 or 7 years older than kids who will be looking up to them. Should the players take their roles […]

Some minor league baseball teams are putting fans in seats with craft beer partnerships. We here at The Brewmance fully support this idea because beer brings people together. Beer is a great companion of good conversation. Beer can help solve problems. So, naturally we wanted to discuss this. Mike & Rob also debate how many […]

  On this episode of The Brewmance podcast Mike & Rob try out a new trend in craft beer:  a lower calorie IPA from Dogfish Head Brewing.  Their Slightly Mighty IPA only has 95 calories per can.  Ok, that’s great, but how does it taste?   Mike & Rob rate and review on The Brewmance Beerometer. […]

Coors Light is airing an ad where a woman takes off her bra when she gets home after cracking open her can. A couple of women found this offensive. Mike and Rob discuss this and why NBC’s Today show made an issue out of it. On Arizona’s only beer radio show The Brewmance also discusses […]

Do you believe a conspiracy theory? Almost 50% of Americans do. Whether it is JFK, an alien at Area 51, a 9/11 cover up or the supposed Clinton body count.  That’s why Mike & Rob wanted to have this discussion after accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in his Manhattan jail cell. Some don’t […]

College Football is back. But, college football has a problem. At many schools, game day attendance is way down. Some schools like Arkansas, LSU and Texas A&M think they have a solution. Beer. As The Brewmance likes to say, ‘beer will save the day.’ It doesn’t hurt Arkansas landed a $400,000 per year sponsorship deal […]

See that?  That’s we call can art. Can art can help a beer stand out on the shelf and more and more brewers are taking their can art as seriously as they brew their beer.  You can’t help but be drawn to these cans of Helton Brewing‘s Valley Venom Pilsner. Come on, look at that […]

It’s a crowded beer market place.  The big brewers are losing market share to the over 7,000 craft breweries across the country.  Let’s face it, craft brewers are making better beer. Big beer companies, though, have lots of money though to spend on ad campaigns.  Mike and Rob give you a couple examples of how […]

The headline signifies how American politicians and media works.  Here on The Brewmance Podcast Mike and Rob wonder why everything is becoming a reality show and why politicians and TV media hosts rarely talk about solutions to problems. On this episode The Brewmance talks like grown ups.  That doesn’t mean we drop a bunch of […]

Don’t you just hate waiting too long for your next drink? Of course you do. We do too. We’ve been there with you, standing at the bar trying to get the bar tenders attention. All while they seem to look everywhere but in our direction. Artificial intelligence could be here to save the day. Or […]

This week on The Brewmance On The Radio Mike Russell and Rob Hunter take a look at the worst beer trends in the country.  The trends come from brewers themselves. So, what is it the don’t like in their industry? This week’s Beer Of The Week comes from Huss Brewing in Tempe, AZ.  It’s their […]

What do you think beer tastes like in North Korea or Cuba? We’ll give you a hint. It’s not good. We here at The Brewmance have not had the opportunity to try it, but Dr. Ben Powell and Dr. Robert Lawson have. They traveled to a group of socialist countries like North Korea and Venezuela […]

This week on The Brewmance On The Radio: Mike needs a hop tolerance break. What is that? He explains. Rob thinks he’s lost his mind. This week’s Brewmance beer of the week won’t help him with the hop callous though.  It’s Mother Road Brewing‘s (Flagstaff, AZ) Lost Highway Double Black IPA (8% ABV 100 IBU) […]

Vaguebooking. Have you heard of it? It’s a Facebook status update saying something like, ‘don’t even ask.’ We here at The Brewmance know exactly what you are doing when you write this.  In fact, we encourage you to stop fishing for comments. Instead, we suggest going old school. Download and listen to one of our […]

Kenny and Crash invited Mike and Rob onto their radio show on Fox Sports 910 (The Freaks, weekdays 1-4p) to talk about craft beer.  They want to know more about Arizona craft beer so we brought them in Mother Road’s Conserve & Protect Kolsch. Brewed in Flagstaff in conjunction with Arizona Game & Fish, one […]

This week on The Brewmance On The Radio there are two beer companies who want to save the planet. One is new Belgium. The other is Busch Beer. They are both taking different approaches with the same goal in mind. Also, Mike Russell and Rob Hunter clue you in on what will become the next […]