Taproom stories from the craft beer map.
America The BREW-tiful is a beer-scene field report built around taproom conversations, release notes, and local loyalty. Tom Simpson and Dan Holloway follow breweries, bars, collaborations, ratings, closures, and comeback stories from New Jersey outward.
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America The BREW-tiful is a craft beer podcast centered on the people, places, and release cycles that shape local beer culture. Its home territory is New Jersey and nearby beer destinations, but the show also reaches into Brooklyn, Manhattan, Asheville, and the Canadian beer scene. Tom Simpson and Dan Holloway talk like listeners who have spent real time in lines, taprooms, and anniversary crowds. That history matters. The show notices when line life starts to feel like an earlier era, and it treats that change as part of the story rather than background noise. Episodes often begin with a beer in hand and a calendar full of places to go. From there, the conversation can move to Other Half memories, Q Bar’s anniversary, As Is turning 10, Alternate Ending and The Seed celebrating four years, or Autodidact’s path from homebrewing dream to Morris Plains brewery. It is scene coverage with names, rooms, and roads attached. Chase from Top Beer Drops adds a recurring look at top-rated new beers, weekly rankings, and the release chatter that moves cans and bottles around the community. The show also has a sharp eye for beer as memory. A label can trigger talk of old movies, New Jersey identity, or the kind of personal nostalgia that makes someone chase a can before tasting it. Not every story is celebratory. Brewery closures, Asheville’s damage after Hurricane Helene, and small brewers fighting for shelf space against much larger companies give the show a practical, grounded edge. Still, it keeps returning to collaboration, local pride, and the belief that small breweries learn from one another. The pacing is casual. The vocabulary is insider-friendly without being sealed off. It suits beer drinkers who know Untappd scores and tap lists, but also anyone curious about why a neighborhood bar or tiny brewery can become a destination. America The BREW-tiful works best as a guided beer trip: part release radar, part community bulletin, part conversation at the end of the bar.
Made for: For craft beer drinkers who follow brewery releases, local taproom news, Untappd rankings, and beer travel around New Jersey and beyond. It especially suits listeners who care about small breweries as community fixtures, not just sources of sought-after cans.
What sets it apart: The show combines release intelligence with on-location conversations at bars, anniversaries, and breweries, giving the beer scene a lived-in sense of place. Its focus on New Jersey, recurring Top Beer Drops check-ins, and long memory for line life make it more local and practical than a broad beer chat show.
Craft beer enthusiasts, Dan Holway and Tom Simpson, love beer and are very good at getting their hands on highly coveted bottles and cans from some of America's best breweries. Join them on a ride that will cover current events in the craft beer industry and tips and tricks on how you can get better beer without having to travel too far from home.
New Jersey's beer calendar becomes your social calendar, with Tom and Dan pointing toward the next pour.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A New Jersey beer conversation that ties craft brewing to memory, movies, and place.
This episode circles a New Jersey revisit and the odd way beer labels can pull old memories back into focus. The best stretches come when the talk lands on beers that stick because they are tied to a movie or a personal moment, and the New Jersey material gives the conversation…
A holiday-season beer conversation that blends collaboration, industry perspective, and year-end warmth.
America the Brutiful closes the year with a holiday-season beer conversation built around a collaboration interview and a broader look at how craft breweries keep one another moving.
Bourbon talk, barrel stories, messy good pours.
Bourbon reviews with memory, candor, and community.
Everyday life, thought through together.
Jose, known as Yankee Runner77 and brand ambassador for Alternate Ending, tells host Tom Simpson that Melesa's Wings runs Saturday, October 17, 11 a.m.
Hopster Hope grew from a $2,500 pediatric-cancer fundraiser into more than $175,000 donated.
Tom Simpson returns to NJ Beer Co.
Tom Simpson and Dan Hallway visit Alternate Ending Beer Company in Aberdeen, New Jersey, for a collaboration with Killsboro Brewing Company.
The hosts introduce the episode, previewing interviews with a 10-year anniversary bar, a Canadian brewery, and a beer drop expert.
The hosts welcome a guest to discuss a Brooklyn bar's anniversary and the local craft beer scene.
America The BREW-tiful records at Wharton, New Jersey's Tap House 15 before its 10th-anniversary celebration, with host Tom Simpson, co-host Dan Holloway, owner Tom, and Haze Boys founder Rob discussing the event's beer lineup.
Recorded live at Tin Barn's Friendsgiving event on a Saturday in November 2025, Dan Holloway and guests pour collab cans including the Bakes triple IPA "Queen's Chip" and the "Pulp Beast" hazy with RAR.
Hosts discuss craft beer industry changes and interview a local brewery owner.
The hosts discuss spring beer releases, Untappd's top beers of 2024, a New Jersey brewery closure, and a local favorite beer drop.
Tom Simpson opens Season 4, Episode 28 by noting Troon’s 2024 Untappd average of 4.472 across almost 27,000 ratings and by previewing a year-end “beer lovefest.” Jose of Yankee Runner joins at Alternate Ending to talk with The Seed and Alternate Ending about a collab built on Rabbit Hill pilsner malt, decoction, and late-addition whole-leaf Tettnang.
The hosts discuss fall beer events and interview a founder of a brewery affected by Hurricane Helene in Asheville.
The hosts discuss craft beer news, upcoming brewery anniversaries, and a new brewery opening, with plans to interview a brewery owner and a beer ratings expert.
The hosts celebrate National IPA Day and International Beer Day, discuss upcoming events at Kane Brewing and other breweries, and preview interviews with brewers.
Hosts Tom and Dan discuss craft beer news, tips, and trends, recording from Tin Barn Brewing in New York.
Hosts Tom and Dan interview head brewer Matt Patensky about his new brewery in Red Bank, New Jersey, discussing the space and craft beer industry.
The hosts visit Twin Elephant Brewery to discuss their anniversary and a new stout release.
The hosts discuss craft beer news, including National Beer Day, a brewery closing, and a home brewer's taproom opening, while sharing tips and trends.
This episode of America the Brutiful discusses March craft beer trends, including seasonal releases, International Women's Day beers, a home brewer's progress, and a segment with Chase from Top Beer Drops on top-rated beers.