The Beer Report

Groucho took a trip… And all he brought back was this crappy story! Well, it’s not a bad tale about a beer and a burger.  While we wait for a better mobile setup to magically appear…  Groucho tells the story...

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebeerreport/TBR_BNB02_FINAL_Final.mp3 The dining tour of Tazewell County Illinois continues with a little gem sitting on the water. This episode focuses on a riverside bar that Groucho has known for over two decades.  Years ago we joked on the show that...

Welcome to Episode one of the Tazewell County Beer and Burgers Podcast with Groucho.  We take our movable feast to Mackinaw Illinois for episode one.  Haynes’ on Main has been a benchmark for quality pub fare with great craft beer...

We consulted the focus groups and it’s hard to believe it, but people want another podcast!   Actually, that’s not true.  Nobody asked for a new show.  Especially a show about dining in Tazewell County. If finding a place to grab...

Todd and Christian host us again!  The brewery is revisited after getting up and going!  Groucho and CHUD visited with Todd and Christian 9 months ago when the old paint store building was just a cold warehouse covered in dust....

Groucho is back for the final wrap up on the audio show for this years Peoria Beerfest and commentary on American Craftbeer Week 2015.  We then move on to clips from the festival VIP tent with Groucho & CHUD. Get...

Whats going on Thursday? Tartan Inn is giving away a guitar! Friday Night: Beer Cruise on the Spirit of Peoria Deschutes Tap Takeover at Fox Pub & Cafe Lakefront Tap Takeover at Fieldhouse Peoria Saturday: Gutbuster 5K and Mini Beerfest...

Day 3!  More news on beers being poured in Peoria and the surrounding area this week! Kemps Upper Tap.  Get there!  Coolest place you have never been too! Kellehers is serving something new everyday for American Craft Beer Week! Fieldhouse...

Craftbeer Week 2015 rolls on! Groucho runs down the events that he could sort out from the social media pages for all the local places that serve, sell and make craft beer! The Fieldhouse in Peoria is giving teachers a...

Groucho is making it his goal to let you know what’s going on in Peoria this week! This brief show, the first of 5 gives you info on the Fox Pub event with Peoria Brewing Company. Next up?  Who knows! ...

Groucho gets to chat with Neil for 15 minutes about how his as Master Cicerone at Boulevard and where it has taken him. Neil travels the country doing events for Duval, if you find yourself near anything he is working on…...

In celebration of the Peoria Craft Beer Week, we get with Matt Rixner of the Fox Pub to talk about this weeks event. CHUD was bumped in lieu of brother CHUMP (Who has been absent since episode 6) to join...

So, when you go shooting your mouth off about some guys creating a brewery in Peoria…  And you do that for a few months in a row… You better be ready to step up to the challenge if they call...

Don’t Call it a Comeback, part 3. Feeling disjointed with our sequencing???  So are we.  We were fortunate to have some material that was literately time-stamped over the last 2 shows.  That left a few shows in the hopper.  We...

Don’t call it a comeback, part 2!  The Death of Rusty. Beers on the show:  Victory Storm King, Ale Smith Speedway Stout, BBB Brewings Eurithius Extreme Imperial Stout. On the show: Longest running beer podcast? Stormking would make a killer band...

Something new for The Beer Report! Groucho and CHUD make the big trip from Pekin to check out the newest addition to the local beer scene! If this show comes off as a shameless promotion for the Destihl in Normal...

Hopefully, this is the first of many more interviews for 2008!   Special thanks to Michael and Specialty Distributing in Peoria IL for bringing Karen to town for a special Zappa themed tasting!   Karen is the Midwest representative for...

The studio is in renovation… So we took the show upstairs! We had the family together for Mother Markk’s 55th birthday… What could go wrong? OK, so we dont have a couple hundred millions dollars laying around… But who says...

OK…? So its been a long time since we threw a video out!? Sorry! If you were expecting part 2 of the St. Louis brewery tours… Sorry to dissappoint!? The fact is, part 2 is a big file, and I...

Thanks to Marketplace Selections for bringing this to Peoria! The tasting was held at Old Chicago on the Peoria Riverfront. Groucho had a great time drinking some fine Darkhorse beers on draft, and trying some of the “secret stash” that...

I guess CHUD and I cannot use that name if we ever start brewing! Christian came to Peoria as part of a tasting event at Sully’s. 2 Brothers is one of the only bottling brewers in Illinois, and they have...

Groucho sits down with Chris Lennert from Left Hand at Old Chicago for a few minutes… Chris was totally cool! To be honest… We have a higher opinion of Left Hand after meeting Chris and trying some of the specialty...

Wow… Are we a respectable Beercast? We could make you to believe it with a special like this! Dave Engbers, a VP and co-founder of Founders Brewery stopped in for a special tasting night at Kellehers in Peoria IL. Be...

Sorry for the delay in a new show. Its recorded… Just not produced. Brother CHUMP has come back from Florida for a vacation, and that means we have been drinking lots of beer over the past 2 weeks, but not...