Beer Guys Radio Craft Beer Podcast

With rising costs for everything would you rather your favorite beer lose a bit of ABV or see the price go up a bit? According to our Twitter poll, about 75% of you would rather pay a bit more for your pint. "Drinkflation" is a hot topic in the UK as some brewers are choosing to drop the alcohol content of popular by 0.2% or so, and Brits are not happy about it.

If you want to see some hardcore Drinkflation, head out to your nearest cocktail bar. We enjoyed several Tiki cocktails this weekend and have the receipts to prove it. Drinking great is not cheap, for sure.

Back to beer we look at current trends, and I may have to eat my words for not believe that Bomb Pop beers were having a moment. I must have seen 4-5 release notices just this week. Never would have guessed, but I'm not scared to admit when I'm wrong. Red and Amber Ales are on the uptick as well, they're coming from all angles.

What's not on the rise is Sorachi Ace beers. This hop popped into our heads this week and we remember a few really nice beers that featured it. Seems lately that crop yields are very low and the lion's share of the harvest goes to Sapporo, who still features Sorachi Ace in the Asian markets.

We know this Bud Light story just keeps going on, but Anheuser-Busch continues to (somehow) keep wrecking this train. Their US CEO Brendan Whitworth appeared on the CBS Morning Show where he avoided every single direct question and instead chose to talk about their focus on unity and their employees. They've managed to make everyone upset, not matter their stance, and their sales continue to pay the price for their hubris.

To end on a positive note, New Jersey is very close to overturning some extremely restrictive beer laws that limited food, events, and everything fun at breweries. A bill is headed to the governor for signature that would reverse these laws and make things much better for the Garden State's breweries. Way to go, NJ!

Beers of the Week

• Halfway Crooks Radix - German Pilsner
• Hair of the Dog Adam Batch 89 - Adambier, ~2013
• Monday Night Juice Raptor - NE IPA
• Austin Brothers Alpena Amber - Amber Ale
• Austin Brothers Sno Drift Rally: Bonfire Alley - Brown Ale
• Terrapin Imperial Luau POG - Imperial IPA
• Eighth State Com Truise - Imperial IPA
• Shiner Prickly Pear - Fruit Beer

Thanks for listening to Beer Guys Radio! Your hosts are Tim Dennis and Brian Hewitt with producer Nate "Mo' Mic Nate" Ellingson.

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It's hot, Y'all. So hot. Summer beers are here to save the day.

Now you know we're not scared to go dark in the Summer, but we do enjoy the lighter, crispy, refreshing beers that Summer brings. Kolsch, Pilsner, Pale Ale, and a lot more. We share some of the most popular styles for the season and an unexpected trend this year with... Rocket Pop beers?

Another hot item for Summer - the backyard barbecue. Maybe you call it a cookout, or just grilling. Call it what you like as long as the end result is delicious grilled meats. We've got pairings for some of the most popular grilled/smoked meats - ribs, pulled pork, brisket, and good ol' burgers and dogs. We also talk about some of the regional barbecue styles across the country and the city that's the most BBQ obsessed, which may be a surprise to many.

What's your favorite Summer beer? What's your favorite kind of barbecue? We've got ours, but we'll be doing research this year to verify.

Summer Beers of the Week

• Dos Equis Especial Lime & Salt (Lager)
• Sierra Nevada Summerfest (Summer Lager)
• Westbrook Key Lime Pi (Sour)
• Three Taverns Beeps (American Light Lager)
• Oyster City Mangrove (Mango Pale Ale)
• Deadwords Timberline (West Coast-ish IPA)
• Oyster City Tates Helles (Helles Lager)
• Good Supply Beer Co. (Easy Lager)
• Liability Brewing Stainless Steel Magnolias (Kolsch)

Thanks for listening to Beer Guys Radio! Your hosts are Tim Dennis and Brian Hewitt with producer Nate "Mo' Mic Nate" Ellingson.

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It's hot, Y'all. So hot. Summer beers are here to save the day.

Now you know we're not scared to go dark in the Summer, but we do enjoy the lighter, crispy, refreshing beers that Summer brings. Kolsch, Pilsner, Pale Ale, and a lot more. We share some of the most popular styles for the season and an unexpected trend this year with... Rocket Pop beers?

Another hot item for Summer - the backyard barbecue. Maybe you call it a cookout, or just grilling. Call it what you like as long as the end result is delicious grilled meats. We've got pairings for some of the most popular grilled/smoked meats - ribs, pulled pork, brisket, and good ol' burgers and dogs. We also talk about some of the regional barbecue styles across the country and the city that's the most BBQ obsessed, which may be a surprise to many.

What's your favorite Summer beer? What's your favorite kind of barbecue? We've got ours, but we'll be doing research this year to verify.

Summer Beers of the Week

• Dos Equis Especial Lime & Salt (Lager)
• Sierra Nevada Summerfest (Summer Lager)
• Westbrook Key Lime Pi (Sour)
• Three Taverns Beeps (American Light Lager)
• Oyster City Mangrove (Mango Pale Ale)
• Deadwords Timberline (West Coast-ish IPA)
• Oyster City Tates Helles (Helles Lager)
• Good Supply Beer Co. (Easy Lager)
• Liability Brewing Stainless Steel Magnolias (Kolsch)

Thanks for listening to Beer Guys Radio! Your hosts are Tim Dennis and Brian Hewitt with producer Nate "Mo' Mic Nate" Ellingson.

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There's a lot to love about Belgian beers.

Once upon a time, many craft drinkers in America turned to Belgian beers for their quality and complexity. Either for a break from the limited American beers or due to lack of availability in their area. Golden ales, dubbels and tripels and quads, lambic and geuze, there was a bounty of flavor coming from Belgian breweries.

On the heels of his Belgians in the Garden beer festival John Roberts of Bold Monk joins us this week along with fellow brewer Brian Purcell of Three Taverns. We five into the styles, traditions, trends, terroir, glassware, and ingredients of Belgian beer.

A few of the topics covered:

• Belgians in the Beer Garden Recap
• Belgians vs. Belgian-style
• St. Bernardus 12 vs. Westy 12
• Singels, Dubbels, Tripels, & Quads
• The Short History of the Quadrupel
• Long Lost Belgian Styles Still Lost
• What Makes a Pilsner Belgian?
• Three Taverns Steps Out - A Night On Ponce
• Saisons: The Beer of the People
• All Beers Were Once Rauchbiers
• Growing Interest in Tripels & Quads
• Tekus and Belgian Beer Glassware
• Patersbier / Belgian Singels
• Lambics, Geuzes, and Spontaneous Ales
• Flanders Red Ales and Oude Bruins

Belgian Beers of the Week

• Orval
• Three Taverns & Brick Store - Total B.S. (Brett Saison, 2017)
• Oude Geuze Boon
• Bold Monk - The Virtue of Patience (Flanders Red Ale)

Thanks for listening to Beer Guys Radio! Your hosts are Tim Dennis and Brian Hewitt with producer Nate "Mo' Mic Nate" Ellingson.

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If you enjoy the show we'd appreciate your support on Patreon. Patrons get cool perks like early, commercial-free episodes, swag, access to our exclusive Discord server, and more!

There's a lot to love about Belgian beers.

Once upon a time, many craft drinkers in America turned to Belgian beers for their quality and complexity. Either for a break from the limited American beers or due to lack of availability in their area. Golden ales, dubbels and tripels and quads, lambic and geuze, there was a bounty of flavor coming from Belgian breweries.

On the heels of his Belgians in the Garden beer festival John Roberts of Bold Monk joins us this week along with fellow brewer Brian Purcell of Three Taverns. We five into the styles, traditions, trends, terroir, glassware, and ingredients of Belgian beer.

A few of the topics covered:

• Belgians in the Beer Garden Recap
• Belgians vs. Belgian-style
• St. Bernardus 12 vs. Westy 12
• Singels, Dubbels, Tripels, & Quads
• The Short History of the Quadrupel
• Long Lost Belgian Styles Still Lost
• What Makes a Pilsner Belgian?
• Three Taverns Steps Out - A Night On Ponce
• Saisons: The Beer of the People
• All Beers Were Once Rauchbiers
• Growing Interest in Tripels & Quads
• Tekus and Belgian Beer Glassware
• Patersbier / Belgian Singels
• Lambics, Geuzes, and Spontaneous Ales
• Flanders Red Ales and Oude Bruins

Belgian Beers of the Week

• Orval
• Three Taverns & Brick Store - Total B.S. (Brett Saison, 2017)
• Oude Geuze Boon
• Bold Monk - The Virtue of Patience (Flanders Red Ale)

Thanks for listening to Beer Guys Radio! Your hosts are Tim Dennis and Brian Hewitt with producer Nate "Mo' Mic Nate" Ellingson.

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If you enjoy the show we'd appreciate your support on Patreon. Patrons get cool perks like early, commercial-free episodes, swag, access to our exclusive Discord server, and more!

Huge thanks to our Patreon supporter Coach Rogers for the suggestion for this show. We appreciate it!

Father's Day is a little over a week away. Are you ready for it?

Dads. We all have them. Questionable fashion, cheesy jokes, mad love for our idiotic selves. Dads don't get the credit they deserve, which is probably why they need a beer.

We delve into all things dad in this episode. Discussing what a dad beer is, or maybe what it was and what it is today. We share stories of beers we had with our dads, our dads' favorite beers, offer some gift ideas for dad, and share a slew of really awful dad jokes.

Don't forget Dad next Sunday. Get him his favorite beer, take him out to his favorite dinner, and make sure to laugh at his jokes.

Beers of the Week

• Heileman’s Old Style | Lager
• Mickey’s Big Mouth | Malt Liquor
• Miller High Life | Champagne of Beers
• Atlanta Brewing Kentucky Beer Dad | English Barleywine
• Southern Pines Malty By Nature | Scottish Export
• RJ Rockers Brown Eye Squirrel | Brown Ale
• River Rat Broad River | Red Ale
• The Eighth State Daily Routine | Pilsner

Cheers!

Thanks for listening to Beer Guys Radio! Your hosts are Tim Dennis and Brian Hewitt with producer Nate "Mo' Mic Nate" Ellingson.

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Huge thanks to our Patreon supporter Coach Rogers for the suggestion for this show. We appreciate it!

Father's Day is a little over a week away. Are you ready for it?

Dads. We all have them. Questionable fashion, cheesy jokes, mad love for our idiotic selves. Dads don't get the credit they deserve, which is probably why they need a beer.

We delve into all things dad in this episode. Discussing what a dad beer is, or maybe what it was and what it is today. We share stories of beers we had with our dads, our dads' favorite beers, offer some gift ideas for dad, and share a slew of really awful dad jokes.

Don't forget Dad next Sunday. Get him his favorite beer, take him out to his favorite dinner, and make sure to laugh at his jokes.

Beers of the Week

• Heileman’s Old Style | Lager
• Mickey’s Big Mouth | Malt Liquor
• Miller High Life | Champagne of Beers
• Atlanta Brewing Kentucky Beer Dad | English Barleywine
• Southern Pines Malty By Nature | Scottish Export
• RJ Rockers Brown Eye Squirrel | Brown Ale
• River Rat Broad River | Red Ale
• The Eighth State Daily Routine | Pilsner

Cheers!

Thanks for listening to Beer Guys Radio! Your hosts are Tim Dennis and Brian Hewitt with producer Nate "Mo' Mic Nate" Ellingson.

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We made it through the holiday weekend unscathed and are almost done with this short work week. Nice.

On this week's show we recap Brian and Nate's trips to Florida and the beer they got into on their travels. Smalls and I stayed here but Smalls threw a party so we had some grilled meats and beers with friends and then I binged the rest of Ted Lasso.

I sip on a new Scofflaw brew called Hop Shatter. Here's what the brewery has to say about the beer.

Originally brewed for the 2023 Craft Brewers Conference, this potent IPA showcase CGX Cryogenic Lupulin Pellets, jam-packed with resins and oils for Flavor and Aroma and less environmental impact and production waste. Featuring Motueka CGX, Amarillo CGX, and Cashmere T-90 for notes of zesty citrus, with a touch of floral, white grape, and fresh berries.

Interesting. Very tasty beer, too.

We discuss Sima, also known as Finnish Spring Mead. It's a very low alcohol beverage brewed for May Day festival, known as Vappu in Finland. Brian tried a commercial take on the style this weekend but it's also a very easy one to brew at home.

A bill is up to allow shipping alcohol by USPS. We won't get too excited for that just yet as it's been talked about before, but we'll see. Brewers are buying their breweries back from Big Beer. Quite the turn of events, I wonder if we'll see more of it?

And the monks are really sick of people reselling their beer and they're cracking down. If you go to the Netherlands and buy a Trappist ale at a convenience store don't be surprised when a bunch of guys in robes come after you. You've been warned.

The Beers of the Week are....

• Deadwords Brewing - Timberline Pacific Northwest IPA
• Beer Zombies - Zombie Duck Hunter (WC IPA)
• J. Wakefield - UJP Porter (Smoked English-style Porter)
• The Seed: A Living Beer Project - Moments (Ordinary Bitter style Ale)
• Eighth State - Coating Consistency (Imp Stout w/ toasted coconut, almond, walnut, and 5 *different* vanillas)
• Scofflaw Hop Shatter Hazy IPA

Thanks for listening to Beer Guys Radio! Your hosts are Tim Dennis and Brian Hewitt with producer Nate "Mo' Mic Nate" Ellingson.

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We made it through the holiday weekend unscathed and are almost done with this short work week. Nice.

On this week's show we recap Brian and Nate's trips to Florida and the beer they got into on their travels. Smalls and I stayed here but Smalls threw a party so we had some grilled meats and beers with friends and then I binged the rest of Ted Lasso.

I sip on a new Scofflaw brew called Hop Shatter. Here's what the brewery has to say about the beer.

Originally brewed for the 2023 Craft Brewers Conference, this potent IPA showcase CGX Cryogenic Lupulin Pellets, jam-packed with resins and oils for Flavor and Aroma and less environmental impact and production waste. Featuring Motueka CGX, Amarillo CGX, and Cashmere T-90 for notes of zesty citrus, with a touch of floral, white grape, and fresh berries.

Interesting. Very tasty beer, too.

We discuss Sima, also known as Finnish Spring Mead. It's a very low alcohol beverage brewed for May Day festival, known as Vappu in Finland. Brian tried a commercial take on the style this weekend but it's also a very easy one to brew at home.

A bill is up to allow shipping alcohol by USPS. We won't get too excited for that just yet as it's been talked about before, but we'll see. Brewers are buying their breweries back from Big Beer. Quite the turn of events, I wonder if we'll see more of it?

And the monks are really sick of people reselling their beer and they're cracking down. If you go to the Netherlands and buy a Trappist ale at a convenience store don't be surprised when a bunch of guys in robes come after you. You've been warned.

The Beers of the Week are....

• Deadwords Brewing - Timberline Pacific Northwest IPA
• Beer Zombies - Zombie Duck Hunter (WC IPA)
• J. Wakefield - UJP Porter (Smoked English-style Porter)
• The Seed: A Living Beer Project - Moments (Ordinary Bitter style Ale)
• Eighth State - Coating Consistency (Imp Stout w/ toasted coconut, almond, walnut, and 5 *different* vanillas)
• Scofflaw Hop Shatter Hazy IPA

Thanks for listening to Beer Guys Radio! Your hosts are Tim Dennis and Brian Hewitt with producer Nate "Mo' Mic Nate" Ellingson.

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If you enjoy the show we'd appreciate your support on Patreon. Patrons get cool perks like early, commercial-free episodes, swag, access to our exclusive Discord server, and more!

Ever struggled to adapt in a constantly changing landscape?

We discuss the challenges that breweries face and how they must evolve to stay afloat. We delved into the latest updates on the New Jersey Brewery Law while also sharing our recent visit to Six Bridges Brewery in Milton, Georgia. We even touched on the stigma that comes with a struggling brewery..

As we sipped on various craft beers, we explored unusual concepts like carbonated pork rinds (a guy can dream) and the ABV limit on beer. We also emphasized the importance of supporting local craft breweries and their ongoing battle to stay alive in a competitive market.

But wait, there's more! We ventured into the realm of craft beer cameos and collaborations with movies and TV series, such as the partnership between Athletic Brewing and Netflix for the Witcher series. Plus, we talked about the emerging trend of 19.2-ounce stovepipes in craft beer and why convenience stores are the perfect place to find them.

Beers of the Week
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• Southern Pines Malty by Nature Scottish Export Ale
• Genesee - Cream Ale
• Octopi - Belgian Chocolate Toffee Vanilla Stout
• Other Half - All Green Everything (TIPA).
• Burial - This Is All Much Too Subtle To Be Translated To the Intangible. (Imperial Pastry Stout)

Thanks for listening to Beer Guys Radio! Your hosts are Tim Dennis and Brian Hewitt with producer Nate "Mo' Mic Nate" Ellingson.

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