HT205 - Back Home
Hoppy Trails
Thanks for joining us again on this journey down the Hoppy Trail! In this episode we talk about, you guessed it, food and beer! Thanks to Patron Billy for the awesome Trail Report, we always look forward to sharing your adventures. Thank you all for your patience as we work to get caught up on this season's episodes. We'll be releasing the video version soon on YouTube so check that out when it's ready. We'll try to release once a week until we get caught up, so watch not only for the regular releases every other Friday, but at least one episode in between as well for the next few weeks....
info_outline
HT204 - South Carolina - The Festival and the Aftermath!
Hoppy Trails
Coming at you once again from South Carolina! Thank you all for your patience, this was a heck of an editing undertaking and we're happy it's finally ready for your listening pleasure. We'll be releasing the video version soon on YouTube so check that out when it's ready. Thanks as always to Patrons Robert and Billy for such an amazing weekend, we can't wait to do it again soon. Thanks to New Groove for putting on the amazing fesitval, and to everyone else that made this weekend memorable. Be sure to check out for all our links including contacts, where you can send us your feedback...
info_outline
HT203 - South Carolina Part 1 - The Arrival!
Hoppy Trails
You waited for it and here it is! Part 1 of our South Carolina Adventure! Originally everything was going to be a single episode but there was just too much content and there was no way to shrink it down coherently. So here we go, Part 1 of the South Carolina journey with Patrons Billy and Robert. Thank you both, we had such an amazing time with you out on the Hoppy Trail. In this episode we talk about so many places in South Carolina that we can't list them all here. Check our Instagram over the next few weeks where we'll shout them all out individually. Stay tuned for Part 2, which we plan...
info_outline
HT202 - Intoxicated Traveler
Hoppy Trails
Special Guest Episode! Today we have Steve, the Intoxicated Traveler join us on our journey down this Hoppy Trail. We spend some time talking about how IG got started and stories of some of our various travels. We do a deep dive into a recent article that's gotten a lot of people fired up about the fate of the beer industry, so make sure you stick around after the break! Join our Patreon at by donating as little as $3/month for the article notes and other bonus content, and for some upcoming Patron Only hangouts! Your donation helps us cover the costs of making this show and bringing you all...
info_outline
HT201 - New Year New Beer!
Hoppy Trails
After a short break we are Back! No, we did not change the release day, and hopefully we'll be back on regular releases coming next episode! In this episode Nick and Travis talk about their recent adventures together with Oli's Cheesesteaks at Post Not Bills in Seaside, California, and also discuss their upcoming trip to the Woodstock Barrel Aged Beer festival in South Carolina. We also dip our toes into Dry (Brut) January. Of course there's a lot more packed into the episode, so come along on the journey and remember to Always say Yes! to the Hoppy Ending! Cheers. Send us your comments,...
info_outline
HT024 - Special Delivery & Cambria
Hoppy Trails
Welcome back Trailmates! In this episode Nick and Travis recap the successes and failures of Thanksgiving dinner, and talk what to do with Thanksgiving leftovers so you don't get bored. Travis talks about his trip to Cambria for the Christmas Market, as well as his stops into Firestone Walker and Barrel House Brewing in Paso Robles, CA. Thanks for joining us, check out and shout out everyone we talk about on the show, and Remember to Always say Yes! to the Hoppy Ending! Cheers. Hit us up on all our socials, and send us yhour comments and feedback, as well as Trail Reports, to ; and find all of...
info_outline
HT023 - Gobble Gobble - 2023 Thanksgiving Extravaganza!
Hoppy Trails
This episode is a delayed release 1) to make sure you get the maximum benefit right before Thanksgiving; and 2) because I really, really had a hard time "fixing" some audio issues. Please, please be kind as the audio is exponentially better than it was, and really this episode almost didn't make it to release! We talk about a lot of breweries, food items, really everything! Remember to give a shoutout to everyone we talk to, and make sure to Alwayus say Yes! to the Hoppy Ending! Cheers. Check out all our links on our linktree, found at , send us your comments and Trail Reports to ; and toss us...
info_outline
Thanksgiving Episode Release Next Week!
Hoppy Trails
This is an announcement that your regularly scheduled episode has been pushed to next week. Why? Well because it's a Thanksgiving episode completely stuffed with Thanksgiving goodness and it just makes more sense to release it leading up to the big day. It will have so much amazing content that we assure you it's worth the wait! Check out some good stuff we'll be putting out on the socials this weekend, and fear not, next week you will get your Hoppy Ending! Cheers.
info_outline
HT022 - Halloween 2023
Hoppy Trails
This is a special Halloween episode! If you'd like to see our costumes, check out the video episode on YouTube. There's not a lot of editing on this one, because we spent our time trick or treating instead! So grab a stout and your bag of candy, and enjoy the show! Give us a shoutout on all the social medias, and remember to Always say Yes! to the Hoppy Ending! Cheers. If you're out in the field, send us a trail report to , and for more content and links head to
info_outline
HT021 - Has Craft Beer Gone Too Far?!
Hoppy Trails
Has craft beer gone too far?! Well has it? This episode Nick tells us about multiple adventures he had over the past two weeks, including an amazing Cider Festival. Travis takes us on a journey into a Food & Wine article written in 2017, exploring the adventurous (and sometimes Ballsy) side of craft beer, and uncovers some of the nuance the article's author overlooked. You can read the article for yourself here: We would love to hear from you. Send us an email to with any questions, comments, and especially Trail Reports! go to for our LinkTree with links to everything you could need....
info_outlineWe apologize for the late release. We had some crazy audio problems that we didn't find out about until Thursday night/Friday morning, which stopped us from releasing. We spent a lot of time recovering some lost audio, and we cleaned up what we had as much as we could, but this episode is not up to our normal audio quality standards and we're sorry for that. But hey, sometimes things happen when you're out there on the Hoppy Trail, and all you can do is roll with it and do your best to recover and keep on going!
In this episode we talk about a trip we made in person to Alvarado Street Brewing's newest location, Alvarado On Main in Salinas, CA. We had a blast and can't wait to tell you about it. Thanks Meg for making our visit super enjoyable, and we can't wait to tell everyone about where else we saw you on the Hoppy Trail in one of the next episodes!
We also have a special interview with Jeff from Hidden Hills Brewing and Blending, a great brewery we talked about a couple episodes ago. Jeff has an amazing history and some really great insights for homebrewers and craft beer lovers in general. We're so grateful to have had the opportunity to interview Jeff and can't wait to see him in person again.
As always, we take some forks in the road, but we always make progress down the Hoppy Trail. Please go to patreon.com/HoppyTrailsPod and give us your money! It lets us produce additional content that's only for patrons, send out fun merch, and even release episodes early (not this episode, sorry it's late!).
If you have a chance please check out everyone we talk about and show them some love, and shout them out on social media so they know where you heard about them! And Always remember to say Yes! to the Hoppy Ending!
We would love to hear from you. POlease give us feedback, send us Trail Reports, or submit ideas for "Pub Bites" via email to [email protected]; you can alswo find us on our various platforms by going to www.hoppytrailspod.com; and be sure to check outall the fun stuff we post on Instagram.
This episode we talk about:
Alvarado On Main in Salinas, California
Hidden Hills Brewing in Carmel By The Sea, California
Check out more about this show and other Sequoidea Productions, LLC shows and projects at Sequoidea.com