The Top 16 Breweries in America

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Today’s podcast starts with a very apt question.

“So, what are you drinking?”

Jason and I get together this week to talk about one of our favorite subjects.

Beer

We take the time to list out our 8 favorite breweries each (for a total of 16 awesome places to visit) and let you know just why each one made our list.

The rules:

1) It has to be in the United States
2) We have to have visited the brewery in person.

In addition to our Top 16, we also list out some of our disappointments, as well as our wishlists.

If you have a favorite brewery make sure to leave it in the comments, we’d love to hear about it!

If we’re ever near to one we’d be more than happy to meet up, hang out, drink beer, and chat about our awesome brewery experiences!

Spoiler Alert:  All the breweries are listed below.  If you don’t want to ruin the surprise, stop reading now and listen to the episode first!  Then come back and check out all the links.

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In This Episode:

  • Which one of us is a professed beer snob?
  • Our biggest brewery disappointments.
  • A wishlist of breweries to visit in the future.
  • The top 16 breweries in the USA according to Jason and me.
  • Some hints about a possible itinerary for a big journey next year.
  • The real reason to work for yourself.
  • A request for your favorite breweries and an invitation!

and much more!

Links Discussed in This Episode:

The Breweries:

The Wishlist:

Jason’s Top Picks:
In alphabetical order

Travis’ Top Picks:
In alphabetical order

I Need Your Help

Share our top 16 breweries with your friends and start a discussion about your favorite breweries by clicking “Tweet This” below:

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EPoP 059: How to Choose the Right Backpack

How to Choose the Right Backpack

What bag should I bring for a two week trip to Europe?

When you’re planning your first trip (or your hundredth) one of the most important decisions you can make is what type of bag you’ll be bringing.

So, little surprise that it’s one of the most asked questions from EPoP readers!

This week Jason joins me to talk about the essential qualities of a backpack and how to choose the right one for you.

If backpacks aren’t your thing, don’t fret. We also discuss larger wheeled luggage and daypacks, essential for any traveler regardless of their luggage size!

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In This Episode:

  • Why, if possible, you should only bring a carry-on.
  • Tricks to bring on just a bit more stuff if your bag gets too full.
  • The difference between a top and front-loading packs, and why it matters.
  • Daypacks, why you should carry one, and what makes them great.
  • How backpacks with a good warranty are absolutely worth the investment.
  • Some great recommendations from Jason and I for backpacks, daypacks, and more traditional luggage.

and much more!

Links Discussed in This Episode:

Backpack Recommendations

Daypacks:

Backpacks:

Larger Luggage:

Wheeled Luggage:

I Need Your Help

If we’ve shared any good advice with you this week please click “Tweet This” below to help others find the right backpack for their travels:

How to pick the right #travel backpack with @PackofPeanuts & @ZerotoTravel. What’s your favorite #travel backpack? –> http://bit.ly/1CwvAIQ

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Help Us Catch Tim Ferriss on iTunes!

We just hit our original goal of 100 reviews on iTunes, which means we are the top-rated travel podcast (and which means I’m giving out $100)!

Now, we’re gunning to catch Tim Ferris’s new podcast and I have a surprise in store if we do. Help out and leave a review on iTunes:

    1. Click this link: Leave a review on iTunes
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    3. Leave an honest review.
    4. You’re awesome!

EPoP 58: Cooking the World with Sasha Martin

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How many countries have you traveled to?

A pretty common question in a group of travelers.

But for Sasha Martin, there is a much better question.

How many countries have you tasted?

Her answer: All of them!

Driven by a need to show her (then 6-month-old) daughter the world in a way that would be meaningful, but without the means to travel, Sasha came up with a different solution.

To cook the world.

Three and a half years later she’s finally completed her journey, only to find that it’s just the beginning.

Today we’ll talk with Sasha about how she came up with the idea to cook the world, why she started the website, and what the plan is now that she’s completed the journey.

She shares with us the importance of achievable goals, her favorite countries, and of course some of her delicious recipes!

We even came up with a listener challenge right on the spot called EPoPCooks.

Check out the recipe below to join us in cooking an Argentinian dinner salad and an Irish dessert cake that is sure to make your mouth water (mine was, and she was just talking about it!)

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In This Episode:

  • Why Sasha started cooking the world.
  • How it’s all about the journey, not the ending.
  • Why making attainable goals is the key to big dreams.
  • How Sasha found her recipes.
  • A great reader challenge that’s sure to make your mouth water!
  • Some of Sasha’s kitchen mishaps.

and much more!

Listener Challenge: #EPoPCooks

Join me this week in thanking Sasha for coming on the podcast in an unconventional manner.

Cooking!

Now I’m the first to say that I’m no chef in the kitchen, but Sasha has provided us with two easy to make recipes from her cooking journey and wouldn’t it be awesome for us all to share in her adventure?!

Here’s what to do:

1. Follow one (or both for extra credit!) recipes below before September 12th.

Recipes:
Pumpkin (or squash) Salad from Argetina
Guinness Cake from Ireland

2.  Take a photo or shoot a video of your creations and get them to us one of four ways:

  • Post them to the Extra Pack of Peanuts Facebook page
  • Tweet to @PackofPeanuts and @Global Table, including #EPoPCooks
  • Post to Instagram, tag @PackofPeanuts and @GlobalTable and use #EPoPCooks
  • Email trav@extrapackofpeanuts.com and include EPoPCooks in subject line

3.  I’ll compile them all and post them to the site!

Links Discussed in This Episode:

I Need Your Help

Click “Tweet This” below to thank Sasha for sharing her journey to cook the world:

Thanks to @GlobalTable for sharing some #recipes on the @packofpeanuts #travel podcast. We even have a listener challenge #EPoPCooks http://bit.ly/Yd59IS

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Help Us Catch Tim Ferriss on iTunes!

We just hit our original goal of 100 reviews on iTunes, which means we are the top rated travel podcast (and which means I’m giving out $100)!

Now, we’re gunning to catch Tim Ferris’s new podcast and I have a surprise in store if we do. Help out and leave a review on iTunes:

  1. Click this link: Leave a review on iTunes
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  3. Leave an honest review.
  4. You’re awesome!

EPoP 056: The Transformative Power of Travel with Jacob Sokol

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We are a nation of consumers.

And with the age of the internet, we have become consumers of information.

New blogs, podcasts, and courses are everywhere, and we’re always trying to keep up.

But what do you DO with all that information?

How do you take those lessons, those epiphanies and turn them into actual habits that actually transform your life?

Jacob Sokol has an idea.

Sensophy.

Today Jacob joins us to talk about how he believes you can take those ideas and implement real change.

We talk about why the “want” is more important than the “how”, what really inspires people to change (it’s probably not what you think), how travel helped him transform his life, and how surrounding yourself with the right people can make all the difference.

Complete with Notorious B.I.G. quotes and a great piece of travel advice, this is an episode you won’t want to miss!

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In This Episode:

  • What does Sensophy stand for?
  • How travel can transform your outlook.
  • How changing your thoughts can change your life.
  • Why it’s not the “How” that’s important, it’s the “Want”.
  • The importance of surrounding yourself with people who live the life you want.
  • The two reasons that people will make a change.
  • Why certainty is overrated.

Links Discussed in This Episode:

I Need Your Help

Click “Tweet This” below to thank Jacob for sharing his story and how travel transformed him:

Thanks @JacobSokol for showing me the transformative power of #travel on the EPoP Podcast w/ @packofpeanuts http://bit.ly/1qW74rC

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Help Us Catch Tim Ferriss on iTunes!

We just hit our original goal of 100 reviews on iTunes, which means we are the top-rated travel podcast (and which means I’m giving out $100)!

Now, we’re gunning to catch Tim Ferris’s new podcast and I have a surprise in store if we do. Help out and leave a review on iTunes:

  1. Click this link: Leave a review on iTunes
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  3. Leave an honest review.
  4. You’re awesome!

EPoP 054: One Person, One Community, One Nation with Kelly Will

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Can you fall in love with America?

That’s the question that Kelly Will asked herself when she decided to embark on a year-long quest to visit every all 50 states. But here’s the kicker;

She couldn’t stay in hotels,

or hostels,

or camp,

or even sleep in her car.

She had to stay with real people living in the places she was visiting.

And those people had to be somehow related to her network by being either family, friends, or friends of friends!

Only 2 weeks after having the idea she set out to follow her dream. She had sold all of her belongings (except her car) to fund her trip and hit the road with almost no plan!

Kelly talks to us about the ups and downs of her journey, how a change of mindset is sometimes all you need, and, most importantly, about the amazing bonds that she formed with her 164 host families.

She also shares some of the ways that she cut down on her costs while traveling around the country with a weekly budget that may surprise you.

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In This Episode:

  • Some of the reasons Kelly undertook this journey.
  • The injury that pushed her really reexamine her life
  • What her biggest fear was for her trip.
  • How your mindset affects your happiness.
  • What kept her going, even when she fell like she was falling apart.
  • Some of the bonds she created during her travels.
  • How keeping that travel mindset at home can change everything.
  • Budget saving tips from her travels around the US.

and much more!

Links Discussed in This Episode:

Don’t Forget About the Survey!

This podcast is all about YOU!!

And because of that, I want to make sure that the podcast is everything you want!

The right length, the right topics, the right everything!

So please, click here to fill out a survey about the podcast.

I promise that it’ll only take you 5 minutes!

I’ll take every single response into account, and…

I’m also giving away a $50 Amazon gift card to one of you lucky folk who fills out the survey, so make sure to enter your name into the drawing and fill out the survey here!

I Need Your Help

Click “Tweet This” below to thank Joel for talking about the impossible with us:

Thanks @MissWill for joining the @PackofPeanuts #travel podcast and teaching us to fall in love w/ #America again. http://bit.ly/1qpyWb9

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Help Us Catch Tim Ferriss on iTunes!

We just hit our original goal of 100 reviews on iTunes, which means we are the top-rated travel podcast (and which means I’m giving out $100)!

Now, we’re gunning to catch Tim Ferris’s new podcast and I have a surprise in store if we do. Help out and leave a review on iTunes:

  1. Click this link: Leave a review on iTunes
  2. Hit “View in iTunes” on the left-hand side under the picture.
  3. Leave an honest review.
  4. You’re awesome!

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