Steal This Beer
Steal This Beer

Steal This Beer

Steal This Beer

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Beer gurus Augie Carton (Carton Brewing) and John Holl (author of Drink Beer, Think Beer: Getting to the Bottom of Every Pint) get to the bottom of the day’s most pressing craft beer issues with help from opinionated brewer friends, know-it-all barkeeps, and smarmy industry insiders. For each episode, Augie and John will blind-taste and dissect two beers on air (provided by that episode’s guest) while discussing current beer topics, news, and styles.

Recent Episodes

Episode 555 - Jay Sykes, Flagship Brewing Co.
DEC 8, 2025
Episode 555 - Jay Sykes, Flagship Brewing Co.
<p class="">Episode 555 - Jay Sykes, Flagship Brewing Co.</p> <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > <img data-stretch="false" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/d69c9bbf-8df7-4ed4-9c75-0b7e6aa622d6/flagship.png" data-image-dimensions="1827x1038" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/d69c9bbf-8df7-4ed4-9c75-0b7e6aa622d6/flagship.png?format=1000w" width="1827" height="1038" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 100vw" onload="this.classList.add(&quot;loaded&quot;)" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/d69c9bbf-8df7-4ed4-9c75-0b7e6aa622d6/flagship.png?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/d69c9bbf-8df7-4ed4-9c75-0b7e6aa622d6/flagship.png?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/d69c9bbf-8df7-4ed4-9c75-0b7e6aa622d6/flagship.png?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/d69c9bbf-8df7-4ed4-9c75-0b7e6aa622d6/flagship.png?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/d69c9bbf-8df7-4ed4-9c75-0b7e6aa622d6/flagship.png?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/d69c9bbf-8df7-4ed4-9c75-0b7e6aa622d6/flagship.png?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/d69c9bbf-8df7-4ed4-9c75-0b7e6aa622d6/flagship.png?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </figure> <p class="">Happy Monday, Thieves! We’re back on Staten Island this week talking to founder of Flagship Brewing Co., Jay Sykes. Flagship celebrated ten years last year and is going strong on the forgotten borough. Tune in and let us know what you think!</p><p class="">***</p><p class="">As always, you can email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at [email protected]. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS! You can subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!! Co-hosts: Augie Carton &amp; John Holl Producer: Justin Kennedy Engineer: Brian Casse Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant. </p>
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Episode 554 - Kevin Smith & Kevin Quinn, Bale Breaker Brewing
DEC 1, 2025
Episode 554 - Kevin Smith & Kevin Quinn, Bale Breaker Brewing
<p class="">Episode 554 - Kevin Smith &amp; Kevin Quinn, Bale Breaker Brewing</p> <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > <img data-stretch="false" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/04c7dea9-018f-45bd-843c-4aa0e0bdce8b/New-1.jpeg" data-image-dimensions="1965x1327" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/04c7dea9-018f-45bd-843c-4aa0e0bdce8b/New-1.jpeg?format=1000w" width="1965" height="1327" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 100vw" onload="this.classList.add(&quot;loaded&quot;)" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/04c7dea9-018f-45bd-843c-4aa0e0bdce8b/New-1.jpeg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/04c7dea9-018f-45bd-843c-4aa0e0bdce8b/New-1.jpeg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/04c7dea9-018f-45bd-843c-4aa0e0bdce8b/New-1.jpeg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/04c7dea9-018f-45bd-843c-4aa0e0bdce8b/New-1.jpeg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/04c7dea9-018f-45bd-843c-4aa0e0bdce8b/New-1.jpeg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/04c7dea9-018f-45bd-843c-4aa0e0bdce8b/New-1.jpeg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/04c7dea9-018f-45bd-843c-4aa0e0bdce8b/New-1.jpeg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </figure> <p class="">Happy Monday, Thieves! We’re strolling through the hop fields this week with Yakima’s Bale Breaker Brewing. You may have heard Augie &amp; John waxing poetic about a Bale Breaker-Russian River collab they had at Rhinegeist several weeks ago, so we decided to reach out to the gang to get the back story. That and lots more hops talk this week. Tune in and let us know what you think!</p><p class="">***</p><p class="">As always, you can email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at [email protected]. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS! You can subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!! Co-hosts: Augie Carton &amp; John Holl Producer: Justin Kennedy Engineer: Brian Casse Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant. </p>
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Episode 553 - Matt Gallagher, Suncatcher Brewing
NOV 24, 2025
Episode 553 - Matt Gallagher, Suncatcher Brewing
<p class="">Episode 553 - Matt Gallagher, Suncatcher Brewing</p> <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > <img data-stretch="false" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/7142e4e4-7a4d-40cd-9caa-ddfdac4b64b5/suncatcher.png" data-image-dimensions="1481x692" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/7142e4e4-7a4d-40cd-9caa-ddfdac4b64b5/suncatcher.png?format=1000w" width="1481" height="692" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 100vw" onload="this.classList.add(&quot;loaded&quot;)" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/7142e4e4-7a4d-40cd-9caa-ddfdac4b64b5/suncatcher.png?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/7142e4e4-7a4d-40cd-9caa-ddfdac4b64b5/suncatcher.png?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/7142e4e4-7a4d-40cd-9caa-ddfdac4b64b5/suncatcher.png?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/7142e4e4-7a4d-40cd-9caa-ddfdac4b64b5/suncatcher.png?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/7142e4e4-7a4d-40cd-9caa-ddfdac4b64b5/suncatcher.png?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/7142e4e4-7a4d-40cd-9caa-ddfdac4b64b5/suncatcher.png?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/7142e4e4-7a4d-40cd-9caa-ddfdac4b64b5/suncatcher.png?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </figure> <p class="">Happy Thanksgiving week, Thieves! We’re catching up with Matt Gallagher of Chicago’s <a href="https://suncatcherbrewing.com">Suncatcher Brewing</a> today. Matt was a co-founder of Half Acre and last year opened his own little brewing spot as a sort of return to his roots as a brewer. Tune in and hear all about it. We also have some fun int he black glass with a couple of classics. Let us know what you think!</p><p class="">***</p><p class="">As always, you can email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at [email protected]. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS! You can subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!! Co-hosts: Augie Carton &amp; John Holl Producer: Justin Kennedy Engineer: Brian Casse Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant. </p>
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Episode 552 - November Catch Up
NOV 17, 2025
Episode 552 - November Catch Up
<p class="">Episode 552 - November Catch Up</p> <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > <img data-stretch="false" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/b9b8a581-de31-4d98-9efe-cf0ccb3523b1/unnamed+%2824%29.jpg" data-image-dimensions="3024x4032" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/b9b8a581-de31-4d98-9efe-cf0ccb3523b1/unnamed+%2824%29.jpg?format=1000w" width="3024" height="4032" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 100vw" onload="this.classList.add(&quot;loaded&quot;)" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/b9b8a581-de31-4d98-9efe-cf0ccb3523b1/unnamed+%2824%29.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/b9b8a581-de31-4d98-9efe-cf0ccb3523b1/unnamed+%2824%29.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/b9b8a581-de31-4d98-9efe-cf0ccb3523b1/unnamed+%2824%29.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/b9b8a581-de31-4d98-9efe-cf0ccb3523b1/unnamed+%2824%29.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/b9b8a581-de31-4d98-9efe-cf0ccb3523b1/unnamed+%2824%29.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/b9b8a581-de31-4d98-9efe-cf0ccb3523b1/unnamed+%2824%29.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/b9b8a581-de31-4d98-9efe-cf0ccb3523b1/unnamed+%2824%29.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </figure> <p class="">Happy Monday, Thieves! It seems like Augie and John have been on the road for the better part of the year, so we (Kennedy and Casse) decided to sit down with them and catch up on what’s been going on. We give some behind-the-scenes stories from Philly, Florida, Kentucky, and Ohio, and talk about one of the more, um, potent, gifts of the season (pictured above). Tune in and let us know what you think! (Shout out to Justin S. of Sacred Vice for the advent pic.)</p><p class="">***</p><p class="">As always, you can email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at [email protected]. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS! You can subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!! Co-hosts: Augie Carton &amp; John Holl Producer: Justin Kennedy Engineer: Brian Casse Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant. </p>
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Episode 551 - Chris Shields, Cincinnati Brewer
NOV 10, 2025
Episode 551 - Chris Shields, Cincinnati Brewer
<p class="">Episode 551 - Chris Shields, Cincinnati Brewer</p> <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > <img data-stretch="false" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/1e5eec17-37b7-46ca-95c7-017b11a87b5f/20250930_142240.jpg" data-image-dimensions="3000x4000" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/1e5eec17-37b7-46ca-95c7-017b11a87b5f/20250930_142240.jpg?format=1000w" width="3000" height="4000" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 100vw" onload="this.classList.add(&quot;loaded&quot;)" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/1e5eec17-37b7-46ca-95c7-017b11a87b5f/20250930_142240.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/1e5eec17-37b7-46ca-95c7-017b11a87b5f/20250930_142240.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/1e5eec17-37b7-46ca-95c7-017b11a87b5f/20250930_142240.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/1e5eec17-37b7-46ca-95c7-017b11a87b5f/20250930_142240.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/1e5eec17-37b7-46ca-95c7-017b11a87b5f/20250930_142240.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/1e5eec17-37b7-46ca-95c7-017b11a87b5f/20250930_142240.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534036f1e4b047d0e06ecd0f/1e5eec17-37b7-46ca-95c7-017b11a87b5f/20250930_142240.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </figure> <p class="">Happy Monday, Thieves! Our Ohio adventure comes to a close as we welcome Chris Shields, a long-time brewer and educator who is now working on the hops side of things in the industry. A conversation about what makes Cincinnati great, why you should visit, and beers that inspire. Tune in and let us know what you think!</p><p class="">***</p><p class="">As always, you can email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at [email protected]. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS! You can subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!! Co-hosts: Augie Carton &amp; John Holl Producer: Justin Kennedy Engineer: Brian Casse Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p>
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