Episodes

5 hours ago
State of Beer with Brandon Hernandez
5 hours ago
5 hours ago
It's time for the State of Beer Mid-Year Report with San Diego Beer News founder, Brandon Hernandez. The Jeffs meet Brandon for a pint in Rancho Bernardo at Abnormal Beer Company. Nobody knows more about San Diego beer than Brandon Hernandez! Lots of changes and surprises in San Diego Beer, but the state of beer is "better than you might think". What does that mean? Pull up a barstool and take a listen to find out.

Monday Jun 16, 2025
Field Trip! The Mill Room
Monday Jun 16, 2025
Monday Jun 16, 2025
The ILB Team returns to Oceanside and visits The Mill Room to talk about South O beer, cocktails and food with Jack Everett. The space, food and drink experience is impressive, and so is the vision Jack and partner Trevor Whitehead have brought to this new venture. As always, they've done it all with a commitment to their community and true to the Oceanside vibe. With a little prodding, Jack shares a "Moment in Beer" that rivals Trevor's great stories. Take a listen to hear more about new beers, upcoming events, The Mill Room, and zip ties.

Monday Jun 09, 2025
What's In a Name
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Full house this week in the studio! Tom shares some beers and stories from recent travels. The Jeffs bring the laughs with classic toast, roast and pour and an installment of WTF. Listen to the end to hear an entirely new segment called What's in a Name!

Monday Jun 02, 2025
Popes and Beer
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Celebrating Joe's trip to Rome, Influencer shares a bit about the history of Popes and beer, Joe shares about moped antics in Rome and the whole team honors Norm (George Went) from Cheers. Definitely an enlightening episode:)

Monday May 26, 2025
Field Trip - Booze Brothers Brewing
Monday May 26, 2025
Monday May 26, 2025
The ILB Team finally makes it to Booze Bros. First they hear the origin story from the Minister of Fun, Josh Thompson who has been with Booze Bros since the beginning. Then they sit down with head brewer, Garrett Perkins, to find out about what's brewing and upcoming releases. Booze Bros Gonzo-style has ensured they infuse fun and creativity into everything they are doing. Food, fun, friends and great beer are the constants in a brewery not afraid to make changes!

Monday May 19, 2025
Death Dive with Doc
Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
The Doctor is back, and that means so is Wild Thing! The team enjoys an XPA from the newest Mira Costa Brew Tech cohort, a collaboration beer from Artifex and Mother Earth, and Harland's CroneZone. Talent has Toast, Roast and Pour updates and Doc takes them on a wild ride including Beer or Not a Beer and a peek at his craic. Beer may or not have been shot out of noses by the end. Cheers!

Monday May 12, 2025
Field Trip - BattleMage Brewing
Monday May 12, 2025
Monday May 12, 2025
Join the boys for another "guerrilla" field trip, this time to BattleMage Brewing. Listen to one of our better Toast, Roast Pours, followed by a great interview with Julia, a beertender and former student of Influencer. This is a fun episode worth listening to the end. Enjoy!

Monday May 05, 2025
Cinco De Mayo Episode
Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
Happy Cinco De Mayo! The Jeffs are back in the Studio with Mateo and they bring the laughs. The Toast-Roast-Pour has a premature Toast, while they all share beers from Influencer's trip. Listen to the end to learn all the team's summer plans.

Monday Apr 28, 2025
Field Trip: Blue Fire Brewing
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
The Jeffs drop by Blue Fire Brewing to catch up with Tommy Gordon. Talent calls this a "guerrilla" style podcast because we just showed up. Tommy was happy to see them, though, because he had some great new things to share about his fine establishment. Listen to the end to find out about the dreams coming true for the Jeffs!

Monday Apr 21, 2025
Field Trip - The CSUSM Brewchive!
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
The ILB Team visits the CSUSM Brewchive. Judith Guest, curator of all things San Diego beer, takes the boys on a trip through beer history and shares rare and fun artifacts she's collected over the years. With plans to open up a public display in the future, the Brewchive is an impressive holding of the many stories contained in the San Diego beer world from the very first breweries to the newest additions.