Welcome to a long-overdue Chad’z Beer Podcast. In this episode from around 2010/2011, I sit down with Joseph Emswiler, better known as Proper Hops TV. Joe was one of those BeerTubers that built a big following with daily craft beer reviews, sharp production values, and a real enthusiasm for the hobby. We talk about how he got into craft beer, his first memorable beers, keeping a spreadsheet of every beer he tried, and what goes into his tasting process.

We also get into his love of stouts, IPAs, and Belgian ales; the growing Washington, DC craft beer scene; food pairings; homebrewing; and building a BeerTube audience through YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. This is a fun little time capsule from the early days of craft beer YouTube. If you remember Proper Hops TV, or were part of the early BeerTube community, leave a comment and let us know!

Watch the video version👉 https://youtu.be/IEvOQfcEFdg

Check out our collab review of Southern Tier's 2X Stout👉 https://youtu.be/q87IH8yuW88

One of my favorite BeerTubers from the early days was "Better Beer Authority." It was a roundtable show run by James Knott. He actually built a TV style studio in the basement of his house and produced a beer review show that would look like something you'd see on your local TV station.

I actually did a beer trade with him way back in the day. I always wanted to drive out to Ohio to guest on his show, but unfortunately it just never happened. Though we did get to at least record this podcast way back in 2012.

Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/CpAbqRO5sZg

James's YouTube channel are still available for viewing:

James Knott: https://www.youtube.com/@JamesKnott

Better Beer Authority: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBetterBeerAuth

Our collab review of "The Doppelrock" by Great Lakes Brewing: https://youtu.be/oRmabsylA6k

It's been a LONG time since the last new episode of Chad'z Beer Podcast. I'm hoping to bring this back to a monthly show for 2026. And the first guest of the year is Jon Brown; better known as Northern Southerner Beer Reviews (just don't ask me why his handle is  @brownale1000  ha ha).

JB's been a regular on the BeerTube scene since 2015. He gets his name from the fact he's originally from England's southern coast but now lives in the northeast region. Not too far from Samuel Smith's Brewery. Speaking of which, check out our collab review of Taddy Porter here👉 https://youtu.be/WcS1qmBU6xU

There have been a number of "brewery tour" BeerTuber channels going all the way back to the early days of YouTube. Beer Nation (not to be confused with Beer Geek Nation) was one of those channels, and IMHO, probably the best of its era.

Seth Wright was one half of this channel. In this podcast we talk about the origins of the show, what it's like being a craft beer enthusiast in New York City, and our mutual love for Union College Hockey!

You can see Beer Nation's complete archive of documentaries and interviews here:

https://youtube.com/@beernationshow

Watch me and Seth's review of Brooklyn Local 1 here:

https://youtu.be/-JioRJYUMmU

𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗲 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘👉 https://linktr.ee/chadzbeerreviews

Cristina joins me for a two hour live stream as a way to say goodbye. We review "Deth by Ramble" by Revolution Brewing and then B.S. around for another 90 minutes. We had been considering starting a podcast for a while (it would have nothing to do with beer) so this was kind of a pilot episode of sorts. We talk about the history of this channel, our history with drinking and plenty of random topics.

You've probably heard me use the term "BeerTuber" A LOT, right? Well, I didn't coin that phrase. All credit is due to "Winton The BeerTuber" who was one of the more popular BeerTubers in the Golden Age of BeerTube. He originally went by "BeerichiTuba" because he was part Japanese and he played the tuba. Winton and I actually met in person in Albany. I haven't talked to him in years so I'm not sure what he's up to. Still, his youtube channel is worth watching for some BeerTube nostalgia.

Check out Winton's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@beerichituba

Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/rE4DJVmQcK4

Continuing with my series of podcasts with Canadian BeerTubers, this episode features  Alan Mackenzie of One Flight Down. This channel features Alan who lives and works in the heart of Winnipeg. He started his channel in 2021 to combat boredom during the early days of COVID. Not only did we talk beer and beertubing, but we also found out we're both lovers of comics, hockey, and homebrewing.

Check out Alan's BeerTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@OneFlightDownWpg

Be sure to check out our review of Erdinger Weissbier here: https://youtu.be/QoCtFS7pjG4

This week's archive edition features Deanna Fox. We were acquaintances through the Albany foodie and craft beer scene back in the 2010s. Both of us had blogs on the website of the Times Union (the biggest newspaper in the Capital District). I just looked her up on LinkedIn and she is now the head of the New York State Farm Bureau (wow!). I'm actually going up to Albany in a few weeks, maybe we can catch up over a beer. Until then, enjoy this 2-in-1 podcast where I interview her and then she interviews me.

Drew Watts aka  @BeerforBreakfastFactsforSnacks  is one of the most popular Canadian BeerTubers of late. He started his channel in 2020 at the height of COVID. Since then he has gained a pretty strong following with over 700k views in just 5 years (wow!). I sat down with Drew (while he stood) and we reviewed Sparklepuff by Flying Monkeys; which you can see here: https://youtu.be/Eydif7LLFwA

I'd say the "Golden Years" of this channel (and BeerTube in general) were 2010-2015. At the time, I was writing a blog for the Times Union newspaper in Albany. I met several other local beer bloggers and brought them in as contributors to the TU blog. Ben Harris was one of them. He ran a blog called "Just a Beer Geek" and the logo was a nonic pint glass with the same glasses he wears. You can see it for yourself here: https://www.youtube.com/justabeergeek

I can't remember how we met, but I do remember meeting up with him often at some of the best craft beer spots and bottle shares. Ben seemed to always have some "whalez".

In this podcast you get a twofer: first I interview Ben, then Ben interviews me. I'm planning a trip home sometime this summer so hopefully we'll have a chance to catch up in person.

I follow a lot of accounts on Instagram of beer and food influencers from all over the world. So it's not surprising that the algorithm matched me with Bre and Shannon; two food and drink enthusiasts from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Bre is currently in the Canadian Navy and I was in the in the U.S. Navy from 2001-2011. In fact, my ship actually went to Halifax in 2006 so I showed them pictures of when I was there nearly 20 years ago (but it feels like yesterday).

Be sure to check out our collab review of Delirium Tremens: https://youtu.be/5ELEvgiWM0I

Follow Bre and Shannon on Instagram:

Bre: https://www.instagram.com/bre_hfxfoodie/

Shannon: https://www.instagram.com/thebootiefoodie/

Madison Smith-Levine aka  @WinoBeeroFoodo  was one of the first Lady BeerTubers back in the Golden Age of BeerTube. She posted pretty frequently and she knew what she was talking about as she had an extensive education in food and nutrition. She's worked for wineries and breweries but now owns her own hearing consultation firm (quite a change of venue for sure!).

Madison doesn't make food and drink content anymore, but maybe this podcast will inspire her to give it another try!

Check out me and Madison's review of Sierra Nevada Ovila Dubbel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3RGjUtDQHY

Madison on the web:

website: https://winobeerofoodo.com/

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

TwiX: https://x.com/@WinoBeeroFoodo

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

One of the most underrated BeerTubers in the UK, IMHO, is  ⁨@AndysBeerReviews⁩ . Though relatively new to the BeerTube scene, he's amassed over 1000 followers. His beer reviews are concise and to-the-point. This podcast was anything but, LOL. We chatted about many topics including BeerTube, football (both American and global), beer trends, homebrewing and plenty more. Be sure to check out our review of Westmalle Trappist Tripel here:

Follow Andy on the socials:

Untappd

https://untappd.com/user/andy_scaife

Beer Blog

https://andysbeerreviews.com

Instagram

https://instagram.com/andysbeerreviews

TikTok

https://tiktok.com/@andysbeerreviews

Facebook

https://facebook.com/AndysBeerReviews

One of the biggest channels to come out of the UK in recent years is  @paulsbeerreviews . Much like Simon, he's gained a wholly organic large audience just for being himself. In this podcast, Paul tells me what lead him to craft beer, to social media and how BeerTube lead him to his current job.

Follow Paul on Youtube:

www.youtube.com/@paulsbeerreviews

Follow Paul on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/paulsbeerreviews/

Check out our collab review of Trappistes Rochefort 10 here:

https://youtu.be/iT-KJQqxE1s

If you were around for the Golden Age of BeerTube (2009-2013) you probably remember Mark Starr aka "The Grand Ole Hopry." He was based out of Kansas City and was one of the first BeerTubers to review "whalez" like Pliny The Younger, Founders KBS, and Bell's Hopslam (those last two are now available in supermarkets). Mark was a big fan of Boulevard Brewing (before they merged with Ommegang and Moortgat), and we actually reviewed "The Sixth Glass" together. This interview was shot in January of 2011.

Mark discontinued his channel after only 2 years, though it appears all the videos are still there. I definitely recommend checking him out. Hopefully he'll come back to BeerTube someday.

Mark's channel

https://www.youtube.com/@TheGrandOleHopry1

Our collab review of "The Sixth Glass" by Boulevard Brewing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj3mNnThRh0

Stephanie is the WOMAN behind the aptly named  @craftbeergirlakaCBG  channel. She's a nurse by day and a craft beer enthusiast by night. We actually met through Instagram as we're both located in the Orlando area and have a lot of local acquaintances in common. Oddly enough we've never actually met in person. We talk about all this and more in this podcast.

Be sure to check out our collab review of Cherry Chouffe here: https://youtu.be/8a4JK5W4XJs

Follow Stephanie on all social media outlets here: https://linktr.ee/CraftBeerGirl

Jesse aka  @bumpy-isms  has been around the BeerTube scene since the Golden Age. Though he started out mostly as a viewer and commenter, he eventually got into creating content around 2018. His channel is a mix of homebrewing, beer reviews and pizza reviews.

Mr. Bumpy lives in New Hampshire, which is a prime location since he's within a day's drive to some of the hottest breweries in the country right now. We discuss what it's like to be surrounded by such great beer in this podcast.

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

Have you ever heard it's better to cellar beer vertically rather than horizontally (like wine)? The theory behind is that a bottle stored upright has less surface area exposed to oxygen whereas a bottle laid down on its side increases that area massively and will oxidize quicker and more prominently. I decided to put this theory to the test and conducted an experiment that took me TWO YEARS to complete. I bought two 8-packs of Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout from North Coast brewing and laid one down horizontally. I tasted them at 3 months, 6 months, a year and two years to see if there was a noticeable difference. Was there? Watch and find out!

Watch the video version of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/CyPUumpzDZc