Craft conversation, unfiltered commentary

After a long wait, the reboot has arrived!

High Octane Growler began as an extension of the Friday morning Stone Beer segment on the Hansen and Tommy morning program, which aired on San Diego's legendary "It's About the Music" alternative outlet FM 94/9.

The segment quickly became the talk of San Diego's craft beer community, and was one of the first couplings of craft beer and conversation in a commercial radio setting. The segment was later rebranded as the Rock and Roll Happy Hour when Tommy moved to afternoons at FM 94/9.

In the years since, Tommy has worked with San Diego Audubon, ReWild Mission Bay, Surfrider, Oregon Wild, served as a San Diego County Planning Commissioner, a California Democratic Party delegate, the founding president of San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action, and ran two campaigns for San Diego City Council. Tommy also hosted mornings at 91X, where he and Producer Danielle rebooted that station's classic Beer for Breakfast segment with the similarly iconic San Diego craft brewer Karl Strauss.

The rebooted incarnation of High Octane Growler features Tommy's political monologues — the kind undone by the implementation of the Fairness Doctrine in 1987 and left for dead with the passage of the 1996 Telecommunications Act — though classic High Octane Growler takes on music, culture, and current events remain a staple.

High Octane Growler is back! Listen now, and thanks for visiting! ​More about Tommy at tommyhough.com.