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St. Patrick's Day Beer, Legends, and Lore

42m · Published 11 Mar 11:00

It's almost time for us all to turn Irish for a day.

St. Patrick's Day. Another great holiday for Americans to kick back some beers. I'm not arguing, it's a great excuse to grab some nitro stouts and red ales.

In keeping with tradition, we share some of the legends and history of St. Patrick and St. Patrick's Day while cracking into a few brews. There's talk of breakfast beverage booze, and where the hype went for craft beer.

In our glass this week

The classic St. Patrick's Day beer - Guinness, along with...
Smithwicks
Harp
Left Hand Dry Irish Stout (Nitro)
Sullivan’s Irish Ale (Red) and Irish Gold

Thanks for listening to Beer Guys Radio! Your hosts are Tim Dennis and Brian Hewitt with producer Nate "No Mic Nate" Ellingson.

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E356: Drink beer everyday, Heineken and Russia, and hot sandwich talk

42m · Published 04 Mar 11:00

What's the best sandwich in the world?

Sandwiches. So hot right now. A chart circulated around Twitter claiming to list the World's best sandwiches. We disagree with some of the answers, and so did many others, so we discuss (gripe) about on the show this week.

Big news from Heineken this week and their promised exit from the Russian market. Well, they're not gone yet. Also big news that Bill Gates just snagged a huge Stake in the company.

In our Big Beer Just Can't Catch a Break series we discuss drama from Miller-Coors and some whining from AB-InBev about watery beer.

And from the world of NA beers, Athletic is launching a pre-workout brew. NA for pre-workout and all the ABVs afterward. On that note, should you drink beer every day? If so, how much. We'll tell you what happens to your body if you're a daily drinker.

President Carter is in the news as his health is declining and he's entered hospice. Beer drinkers and non-beer drinkers alike have been talking about him this week. He was instrumental in getting the beer boom started in the US by signing legislation making it legal. But, homebrewing was a side effect and we have Senator Alan Cranston to thank for adding it to the bill.

New Podcast from New Belgium

Shout out to New Belgium on the launch of their new podcast - Green Flags: How to Humanize Business and Get Rich Trying.Discussions based around better business models that put humanity at its core. Check it out on your favorite podcasting app.

We DID drink some beers this week....

Creature Comforts - Bigger Dream Hazy IPA
Weldwerks - Luminosa DDH Juicy Bits
Other Half - Bagel and Schmear DDH IPA
NoFo - Blue Bird Day (Pilsner) (Couresy of NoFo. Thanks!)

Sources

https://www.thestreet.com/retail/people-are-boycotting-this-popular-beer-after-breaking-its-promise-to-pull-out-of-russia
https://nypost.com/2023/02/22/bill-gates-buys-nearly-1b-heineken-stake/
https://www.brewbound.com/news/molson-coors-appeals-national-advertising-divisions-call-to-stop-its-light-beer-shouldnt-taste-like-water-claim/
https://www.brewbound.com/news/2023/molson-coors-to-settle-false-advertising-claims-lawsuits-against-vizzy-for-9-5-million
https://www.brewbound.com/news/suped-up-athletic-brewing-and-super-coffee-team-up-on-pre-workout-brew
https://www.eatingwell.com/article/8031691/is-beer-good-for-you/
https://www.americancraftbeer.com/how-president-jimmy-carter-ignited-the-craft-beer-revolution/

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Beers we want back, we're so Punk, and RIP Platform

42m · Published 25 Feb 11:00

We're channeling our inner punk this week.

If there's one thing you think of when you think of Beer Guys Radio, it's punk. Then beer, but we're sure punk is first. With that, we reminisce on our punk days and talk about the punkest of punks and their latest totally punk move.

We also talk about discontinued beers we'd love to see come back. Inspired by a Tweet from the folks at Untappd. Not to spoil the show, but we really need Boulevard's Coffee Ale to return so we can try it with some king cake. Please hurry.

Terrapin's Wake-N-Bake Off is this Saturday and we've been invited to judge the competition. It's a good time and you an join as well, so hopefully you see this in time and grab your ticket right here. We wouldn't mind seeing some of the one-off WnB variants come back as well.

More brewery buy outs/mergers are going down with Drake's buying Bear Republic. Brian used to love that Racer 5 but it's been a minute since we got into that one.

Some interesting news out of the Brewers Association on hop supply and what to expect there, and in our That's Not Even Beer segment we talked about more tasty bourbon, in 5-7 years, of course.

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Beers we want back, we're so Punk, and RIP Platform

42m · Published 25 Feb 11:00

We're channeling our inner punk this week.

If there's one thing you think of when you think of Beer Guys Radio, it's punk. Then beer, but we're sure punk is first. With that, we reminisce on our punk days and talk about the punkest of punks and their latest totally punk move.

We also talk about discontinued beers we'd love to see come back. Inspired by a Tweet from the folks at Untappd. Not to spoil the show, but we really need Boulevard's Coffee Ale to return so we can try it with some king cake. Please hurry.

Terrapin's Wake-N-Bake Off is this Saturday and we've been invited to judge the competition. It's a good time and you an join as well, so hopefully you see this in time and grab your ticket right here. We wouldn't mind seeing some of the one-off WnB variants come back as well.

More brewery buy outs/mergers are going down with Drake's buying Bear Republic. Brian used to love that Racer 5 but it's been a minute since we got into that one.

Some interesting news out of the Brewers Association on hop supply and what to expect there, and in our That's Not Even Beer segment we talked about more tasty bourbon, in 5-7 years, of course.

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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Big Game beer commercials, King Cake beer pairings, and bye bye beer fests

42m · Published 18 Feb 11:00

In this week's episode of Beer Guys Radio......

We're not sure if we manifested this with our minds or if we saw something about it subconsciously and then talked about it. Either way, NoDa has released a Cheerwine Ale, and we need some of it. We recap the beer commercials in the Super Bowl. Even without exclusivity, AB InBev still ran more than any other brewer.

With Mardi Gras upon us we talk King Cake beers and beer pairings. I've never paired a beer with a King Cake, but I gotta try that out.

More union news with the brewers at Widmer Brothers joining the Teamsters. We'll get an update on Georgia's BUG soon. But, in Georgia news, we've got a new beer bill and we run down the high points of what's in it.

We're seeing some big beer fests go away. Sad stuff. So we share some news on one in Georgia and one in Oregon, plus some drama in the Oregoin bourbon world.

Plenty happening this week and some good beers were shared.

Beer of the Week

Deschutes Black Butte Porter
Iron Hill Philly Phavorite IPA
Juice Gymnastics DIPA (Collab Cellar Maker and Trillium)
Humble Forager Enchanted Island (Hurricane Tiki Sour)

Good times.

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Big Game beers, Chili Cheese brew, and old and new Fat Tire

42m · Published 11 Feb 11:00

It's time for the Super Bowl and if there's one thing we're big fans of, it's Super Bowl parties. Wings, pizza, plenty of beer, and chili cheese dip. Great news, this year you can have your dip in a bowl or a glass thanks to Hormel and Modist Brewing's Chili Cheese Brew. We tried it, and we can say it definitely delivers as promised. For better or worse.

We've got our party plans for the weekend and we're pulling for the Eagles. Should be a close game either way, the Chiefs are hitting hard this year, too. We also sampled the old and the new Fat Tire side by side and share our thoughts. Whether or not it ends up a winner, the re-launch was definitely great marketing. A little more under the radar, Sam Adams is tweaking their Boston Lager recipe.

In the news we talk about the Brewers Union of Georgia. It's a fiery battle right now between the much-loved brewery Creature Comforts and a group of employees who say they're playing dirty in an effort to discourage union support.

To wrap up the show we sip on Bold Monk's Virtue of Patience Flander's Red (stellar) as we look at which states drink the most. We're tried our best but Georgia didn't even make the Top 10. We promise to do better next year.

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Vermont Hoppy Goodness with Foam Brewers

42m · Published 04 Feb 11:00

Foam Brewers Robert Grim enjoys a good lager but he admits that it's still all about the hops in Vermont.

Foam is in Burlington, VT where you can swing a hop bine and hit a handful of breweries making great IPAs. When making your choice of where to visit, you should know that Foam is a James Beard semi-finalist for Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program. How about that?

We kick things off discussing underrated beer styles. Shout out VinePair for inspiring this discussion. We learn about Bob's brewing background and how he came to co-found Foam. We celebrate the end of Dry January and find out if anyone at Foam gave it a shot and Bob tells us about the Woman of Foam's recent Amber Ale brew.

In addition to Foam, Bob's other business include a restaurant (Deep City), farm winery (Natural Hack), and mixed ferm brewery (House of Fermentology) and there's a cannabis beverage company (Taunik), too.

We've got to get up and visit Vermont soon. We're going to drink all the beers.

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E351: Cask Ales, Mitch Steele, Charlie Meers, and Better Beer Laws

40m · Published 28 Jan 11:00

Hey Folks! We ventured out last week to the Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting and spoke to a handful of really cool people.

A bit of a change up from our usual ACAT shows where we typically have a few of Georgia's soon-to-be breweries. Maybe a sign of the times, but this year we didn't find anyone new in attendance.

No worries, we still have some great guests. Owen Ogletree, festival organizer and owner of Brewtopia Events joins us to talk about cask ales, the festival, and beer tours.

Mitch Steele of New Realm Brewing sits with us for a spell to chat more on cask ales, their 5th anniversary, and whether or not he's forming a brewers band in Georgia.

Charlie Meers of Magnanimous Brewing joins us. We just met Charlie at the event but we have several mutual friends that said Charlie was cool and we needed to chat wit him. So we did.

Wrapping up the show Joseph Cortez, Executive Director of the Georgia Craft Brewers Guild shares some of what the Guild is up to this year and Steve Hamburg, Chicago's Cask King joins to share his love for all things cask ale.

The event was awesome, the people were awesome, and the show is awesome. So much awesome.

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Cask Ales, Mitch Steele, Charlie Meers, and Better Beer Laws